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  • Hecht, Michael

    Greater New Orleans, Inc. | President and CEO

    Michael Hecht is President & CEO of Greater New Orleans, Inc., the economic development agency for southeast Louisiana. GNO, Inc.'s mission is to create a region with a thriving economy and an excellent quality of life, for everyone. Under Michael's leadership, GNO, Inc. has been named a “Top Economic Development Organization in the United States” by Site Selection magazine.
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    KEENWAY Patentanwälte | Partner

    Christian Heine is a German and European Patent Attorney. He entered the field of IP in 2001 after studying physics with a minor in medicine in Germany. In 2008 he became partner of an IP boutique situated in Düsseldorf, Germany, who is operating under the name of KEENWAY Patentanwälte PartG mbB since January 2020. He is intensely involved in prosecuting, invalidating and litigating European and German patents, mostly in the fields of mechanical and electrical engineering and computer implemented inventions. Furthermore, he has vast experience in the field of German inventors’ law. He advises mainly medium sized business as well as major industrial enterprises based in Europe and overseas.
  • Heller, Ben

    Kilburn & Strode | Counsel

    Ben is Counsel at Kilburn & Strode and handles a wide variety of patent applications spanning a broad range of technologies within the chemical field, specialising in particular in the areas of small molecule pharmaceutical chemistry, drug delivery formulations, polymers, composite materials, organic electronic materials and electrochemistry. He has a key role in the firm’s pharmaceutical chemistry practice, representing clients at all stages of the development process for clinical trial drug candidates and marketed drug products. He has particular expertise in obtaining supplementary protection certificate (SPC) protection across Europe for approved drug products.
  • Helm, Jeremiah

    Knobbe Martens | Partner

    Jeremiah S. Helm has represented clients in a variety of technological fields, with an emphasis on patent litigation and appellate practice. Jeremiah has appeared before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on a number of occasions, and has argued over a dozen cases before the Court. Before joining the firm in 2017, Jeremiah worked as an Associate Solicitor at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In that role, Jeremiah represented the Director in both district and appellate courts, and provided legal advice about intellectual property law policy and regulation.
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    Reem Manufacturing | Senior IP Counsel

  • Herbert, Ben

    Miller Barondess, LLP | Partner

    Ben Herbert is a partner with Miller Barondess, LLP and an accomplished trial lawyer specializing in patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation litigation. He is co-leader of the firm’s intellectual property practice and is adept at helping his clients solve issues related to intellectual property through counseling and litigation.
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    Legarreta y Asociados, SC | Partner

    Rafael Heres is a qualified lawyer in Mexico, specialized in intellectual property and corporate law.
  • Herman Photo Herman, Michele

    JusTech Law, PLLC | Founder

    Michele’s practice at JusTech Law focuses exclusively on legal and business issues affecting technology development and commercialization such as technology standards, open source software, and intellectual property transactions.
  • Hernandez, Michael

    Pierce Atwood LLP | Attorney

    Michael Hernandez is an attorney in the IP & Technology Practice Group at Pierce Atwood LLP. Leveraging nearly 20 years of global experience in software product management and technical sales at a large, international software company, Mike now assists clients with a wide range of business and intellectual property transactions, including drafting and negotiating complex software, SaaS, and professional services agreements in the financial, insurance, and healthcare industries.
  • Herrera, Jessie

    Patterson & Sheridan LLP | Partner

    Jessie Herrera is a partner with the law firm of Patterson & Sheridan LLP and has established himself as a go-to resource for companies seeking to build global intellectual property portfolios. Prior to practicing law, Jessie worked as a mechanical engineer designing industrial equipment for a large oilfield services corporation. In addition to utility patents, Jessie has prepared and prosecuted numerous design patents, protecting the ornamental appearance of a wide variety of devices and consumer products, including hand tools, apparel, and graphical user interfaces.
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    Gowling WLG | Head of Artificial Intellegence

    Matt Hervey is Head of Artificial Intelligence in the UK and a partner in Gowling WLG's Intellectual Property team in London. Matt is immersed in the impacts of AI across the key practice areas, market trends and regulatory and legal developments. He is joint General Editor of The Law of Artificial Intelligence (Sweet & Maxwell), the leading practitioner's textbook covering AI technology, ethics, regulation and law. He participates in AI-related committees and working groups for the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA), the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the UK IP Federation.
  • Heyman, Paula

    Maschoff Brennan | Attorney

    Paula Heyman has almost 25 years of experience in patent litigation, patent prosecution and licensing. She litigates patent and technology disputes in federal courts across the US and the International Trade Commission (ITC) and in post-grant and patent interference proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Paula also helps clients identify and protect their intellectual property assets in the US and internationally. She handles matters involving a wide range of technologies, including computer chips and computer systems, integrated circuit design and software for the layout of integrated circuits, semiconductor manufacturing technology, telecommunications systems, database management software, website functionality, medical devices, neural network technology, oilfield equipment and associated software, and natural gas processing.
  • Hicks, Jack

    Womble Bond Dickinson LLP | Partner

    Jack Hicks practices patent and trademark law with the international law firm of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP. He has worked with clients in a broad range of industries and technologies, helping manage IP matters, from Federal and State litigation to international patent and trademark filing strategies. Prior to becoming an attorney, Jack was a design engineer on airborne radar and optics applications for a major aerospace company. Jack also regularly represents clients based outside the US, including Europe and Asia, as well as US companies doing business overseas.
  • Hightower, Susan

    US District Court for the Western District of Texas | United States Magistrate Judge

    Susan Hightower has served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, since 2019. Previously, she served for nearly seven years as a judge on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; was a member of Pirkey Barber PLLC, where her practice focused primarily on trademark litigation; and was a senior associate with Fulbright & Jaworski LLP. Judge Hightower, an Austin native, received a BA (with College Honors) from Austin College, an MA in journalism from The University of Texas at Austin, and a JD (Conferred with Distinction) from Stanford Law School. She also served as a clerk for Judge Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before law school, Judge Hightower was a professional journalist, most notably working as a reporter and editor for The Associated Press for six years.
  • Hildy Bowbeer

    US District Court, District of Minnesota

  • drew_hirshfeld_square200 Hirshfeld, Drew

    Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner | Principal

    Mr. Hirshfeld was a long-tenured employee of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and was named one of Managing IP’s Top 50 Most Influential People in IP in 2021 (Managing IP is part of the Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC group). Mr. Hirshfeld began his career at the USPTO as a Patent Examiner in 1994, and has held a variety of senior management positions. He was named Commissioner for Patents in 2015, and performed the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO from January 2021 to April 2022. Most recently, Mr. Hirshfeld served as Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Deputy Director.
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    Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, PA | Principal

    Lucas Hjelle has been a patent attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner for the last twelve years. Lucas received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, with a focus on digital signal processing and location-based technologies. He then worked full-time in Electrical Engineering and Aerospace for over ten years, including hardware engineering at LinksPoint (Norwalk, CT), GPS and INS engineering at Draper Laboratory (Cambridge, MA), and Senior Navigation Engineer at Honeywell (Minneapolis, MN). Lucas received his J.D. degree from William Mitchell College of Law, with a focus on Intellectual Property and legal research.
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    Dell Technologies | Sr. Litigation Counsel for IP Matters

    Lauren Hoffer is Sr. Litigation Counsel for IP Matters at Dell Technologies. In this role, she handles day to day strategy and logistics with outside counsel on Dell’s patent litigation in federal district court and the International Trade Commission.
  • Holcomb, John

    US District Court, Central District of California | United States District Court Judge

    John W. Holcomb is a U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, Southern Division, in Santa Ana, California. Judge Holcomb was nominated for that position by President Donald J. Trump in November 2019 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in September 2020.
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    Mueting Raasch Group | Shareholder

    Mark is a registered patent attorney and shareholder at Mueting Raasch Group in Minneapolis. Mark practices in the areas of domestic and international patent procurement and related opinion work in the electrical, electronics, and electromechanical arts. Mark was a Research Engineer at ARCO Solar and a Senior Electrical Engineer at Litton Aero Products Division in Southern California. Mark co-founded the Intellectual Property law firm of Hollingsworth Davis, LLC (2005-2019), and was listed in IAM 1000 World's Leading Patent Professionals 2012-2018 and 2020.