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  • 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.
  • Hollingsworth, Mark Headshotsquare200 Hollingsworth, Mark

    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.
  • Holloway, Chloe

    Hoffmann Eitle | British and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

    Chloe joined the Munich office of Hoffmann Eitle in 2016. Prior to joining Hoffmann Eitle, Chloe worked for a large Italian IP firm in Milan and for a boutique firm in Mexico City. Chloe works on drafting and prosecuting patent applications in a variety of different technical fields within chemistry, including organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceuticals and materials chemistry. She specialises in opposition and appeal proceedings before the EPO and has represented both patent proprietors and opponents in these proceedings.
  • Hopkins, Lavonne

    Johnson & Johnson | Senior Counsel, Global Technology Transactions

    Lavonne Hopkins represents clients across numerous industries on complex data privacy and cybersecurity matters.
  • Horstman, Raija

    Crowell & Moring | Counsel

    Raija Horstman is an experienced litigator focused in multiple areas of complex commercial litigation, including trade secrets, false advertising, unfair competition, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and consumer and employment class actions. Raija is a counsel in the Los Angeles office of Crowell & Moring.
  • Horstman, Raija

    Crowell Moring | Counsel

    Raija Horstman is an experienced litigator focused in multiple areas of complex commercial litigation, including trade secrets, false advertising, unfair competition, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and consumer and employment class actions.
  • Howell, Matthew

    Haseltine Lake Kempner | Partner

    Matthew Howell is a European and UK Patent Attorney, a patent attorney litigator and a UPC representative. He is a partner at Haseltine Lake Kempner and leads the UPC team there. He is actively involved in litigation before the UPC, as well as in drafting and prosecuting patents around the world, predominantly in the field of electronics and related technologies.
  • Hoyng, Willem

    Hoyng Rokh Monegier | Partner

    Willem’s practice primarily consists of litigating in the field of intellectual property law. Willem acts before all the national courts (the courts of first instance, the courts of appeal and the Supreme Court). He also regularly litigates before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Patent Office (EPO). Willem is also involved in advising on European patent strategies and coordinating and conducting European patent proceedings. He is the adviser of many innovative Dutch and foreign multinationals, including pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies.
  • Hricik, David

    Mercer University School of Law | Professor

    Professor David Hricik received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Arizona, and his law degree with Honors from Northwestern University School of Law. He practiced with Baker Botts and litigation boutiques from 1988 to 2002, litigating cases primarily involving patent infringement, legal malpractice, and general complex commercial matters. He is now a solo practitioner, representing practitioners and others before the Office of Enrollment and Discipline and in other disciplinary matters, consulting with firms about ethical issues, and serving as an expert witness. In 2021, he became a registered mediator.
  • Hrivnak, Bret

    Hahn Loeser | Partner

    As a patent and trademark attorney, Bret A. Hrivnak counsels clients on the protection of U.S. and international intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and domain names. Bret manages worldwide IP portfolios and develops global strategies for IP protection. Bret’s IP experience includes prosecuting and defending disputes arising under state, federal and international laws, including proceedings before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the World Intellectual Property Organization.
  • Hsieh, Timothy

    Oklahoma City University School of Law | Assistant Professor of Law

    Timothy T. Hsieh (pronounced “Shay”) joined the faculty of the Oklahoma City University School of Law in the Fall of 2021 as an Assistant Professor of Law, where he focuses his research, teaching and scholarship in the areas of Intellectual Property (“IP”) as well as Law & Technology, particularly in Patent Law, Antitrust Law, Trademark Law, Copyright Law, Trade Secret Law, hybrids between all of those IP forms, Computer, Internet & Social Media Law, Information Technology & Privacy Law, Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Law, Law & Literature/Film, Entertainment & Sports Law, and Asian American Legal Studies.
  • Huang, Christina

    Faegre Drinker | Deputy Lead, Patent Practice

    Christina Huang is the Deputy Lead for the Patent Practice and the Co-Chair for the AI Working Group in the Patent Practice at Faegre Drinker. Drawing on 20+ years of software and electronics industry experiences, an academic background in multiple fields, and experience as in-house IP counsel for a multinational corporation, Christina helps clients to define and develop business-minded strategies to protect and grow their IP assets and mitigate IP related risks. She provides comprehensive IP services, including patent drafting and prosecution, freedom-to-operate and invalidity opinions, IP agreement drafting and negotiations, inter partes review, and patent and copyright litigation.
  • Hudis, Jonathan

    USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board | Administrative Trademark Judge

    Jonathan Hudis is an Administrative Trademark Judge with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). Prior to joining the USPTO, Judge Hudis was in private practice as a partner with the national law firms Quarles & Brady LLP and Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt LLP, respectively. He also served on the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (“TPAC”) of the USPTO, on the Board of directors of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (“AIPLA”), and was member of the Council of the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section (“ABA-IPL”).
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    Honigman | Partner

    Mike Huget is one of Michigan’s leading litigators, focusing primarily on intellectual property, media and entertainment litigation. He has appeared as counsel in more than 250 cases in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, including numerous cases in which he has served as lead trial counsel. Mike is chair of the firm’s Litigation department.
  • Hughey-200 Hughey, Rachel

    Merchant & Gould P.C. | Partner and Shareholder

    Rachel C. Hughey is a Partner and Shareholder at Merchant & Gould P.C. in Minneapolis, MN, and a co-chair of her Firm’s appellate practice. She specializes in complex commercial litigation and appellate level disputes, and has tried cases around the country.
  • Humphrey, Scott

    Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP | Partner

    Scott Humphrey is the Chair of Benesch’s Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants and Unfair Competition Practice Group. He has extensive litigation, arbitration, and counseling experience involving a wide range of complex commercial contract disputes and business torts, including matters arising from trade secret appropriation, breach of restrictive covenants, contract disputes, manufacturing and distribution issues, fraud, and insurance disputes.
  • Eileen-Hunter-100 Hunter, Eileen

    3M Legal Affairs | Senior Intellectual Property Counsel

    Eileen is Senior Intellectual Property Counsel at 3M, where she manages 3M’s intellectual property, class action, and environmental litigation.
  • Huntington, R. Danny

    Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck PC | Partner

    R. Danny Huntington is a partner with Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, PC in Washington, D.C. He is involved in all phases of intellectual property law, including United States and foreign patent prosecution, litigation in the Federal and State Courts, licensing, and general client counseling. He has extensive patent interference experience, with particular expertise in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.
  • Hutchinson, George square Hutchinson, George

    Finnegan | Of Counsel

    Prior to joining Finnegan, George Hutchinson served for 47 years in the judicial branch of the federal government. He worked at the U.S. Supreme Court for 24 years in various positions, including assistant marshal. In that capacity, he opened and supervised each session of the Court for 10 years. George served as the first clerk of the Federal Circuit and continued in that capacity until his retirement.
  • Huusko, Elisa

    Berggren Oy | Partner

    Elisa Huusko is a licensed legal counsel in Finland and an EU trademark and design attorney. Elisa is a partner at a Finnish IP law firm Berggren Oy and provides legal assistance especially in relation to intellectual property and brand protection strategies, copyright, litigation, contracts, and trademark matters.