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  • Iancu square200 Iancu, Andrei

    United States Patent and Trademark Office | Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

    In his role as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Andrei Iancu provides leadership and oversight to one of the largest intellectual property offices in the world, with more than 12,000 employees and an annual budget of over $3 billion. He also serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Commerce on domestic and international intellectual property policy matters.
  • Irving, Tom 200 Irving, Thomas L.

    The Marbury Law Group, PLLC | Partner

    Tom Irving has more than 46 years of experience in the field of intellectual property law. His practice includes America Invents Act (AIA) post-grant proceedings, due diligence, counseling, patent prosecution, and reissue and reexamination. He counsels clients on a wide range of mainly pharmaceutical matters, including pre-litigation, Orange Book listings of patents covering FDA-approved drugs, infringement issues, enforceability and validity analysis.
  • Isaac, Elizabeth

    Dunlap Codding | Director & Shareholder

    Elizabeth Isaac is a Director, Shareholder, and Registered Patent Attorney at Dunlap Codding where she leads the firm’s Design Group. She helps innovators, entrepreneurs, artists, and businesses protect their inventions, brands, designs, and other creative works to leverage their intellectual property portfolios and enhance their business options. She counsels clients regarding a breadth of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other proprietary rights—with an emphasis on creatively and strategically identifying holistic and dynamic ways enforce, defend, and improve the value of various technological and creative assets worldwide.
  • israel_s 200 Israel, Sharon

    Shook Hardy and Bacon | Partner

    Sharon Israel is a partner in the Houston office of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., specializing in intellectual property law with an emphasis in patent litigation. Sharon has acted as counsel in cases before district and appellate courts, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the International Trade Commission. Sharon is a frequent speaker on patent-related topics, and has served in leadership roles in numerous organizations, including serving as President of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
  • Issac, Roy 200 Issac, Roy

    Bristol Myers Squibb | Senior Intellectual Property Counsel

    Roy Issac Ph.D., J.D. is a patent attorney at Bristol Myers Squibb. Roy has extensive experience in pharmaceutical patent law. Prior to Bristol Myers Squibb, Roy has served as in-house counsel for Allergan and Gilead Sciences. Roy received his Ph. D. in Bioorganic Chemistry from Purdue University and J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
  • Jacob Chacko Jacob Chacko

    Brown Brothers Harriman | Senior Vice President

  • Jacobs, Blair M.

    McKool Smith | Shareholder

    Blair M. Jacobs is a Shareholder at McKool Smith in Washington, DC. Mr. Jacbos represents high technology innovators large and small, Mr. Jacobs serves as lead trial counsel and strategist in intellectual property and trade secret matters in district courts nationwide and is a leading practitioner at the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, where he has presented numerous oral arguments. He has served as lead appellate counsel on several well-known, precedential opinions shaping patent law.
  • Seth-Jaffe-100 Jaffe, Seth

    LEO Cyber Security | General Counsel

  • Jakobsen Osenga, Kristen

    University of Richmond School of Law | Associate Dean, Research Scholar, & Professor of Law

    Dean Kristen Jakobsen Osenga teaches and writes in the areas of intellectual property, patent law, law and language, and legislation and regulation. Some of her recent scholarship focuses on patent eligible subject matter, patent licensing firms, standard development organizations, patent law reform, and claim construction. She has written numerous law review articles on these and other topics, as well as book chapters and op eds on various aspects of patent law. Additionally, she has spoken on patent-related issues at many academic conferences and bar events. Dean Osenga is an active member of the Federal Circuit Bar Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
  • Jalali Photo Jalali, Laleh

    Alliance IP, LLC | Patent Attorney

    Laleh Jalali has over 25 years of experience as a U.S. patent attorney, including patent prosecution, patent portfolio management, patent analysis in the context of offensive and defensive patent assertions, patent pageants and patent licensing negotiations.
  • Pooley, James 200x200 Pooley, James

    James Pooley PLC | Founder

    James Pooley is one of the world’s foremost experts in trade secret law and management. His legal treatise, “Trade Secrets,” updated semi-annually, is the leading lawyer’s desk reference on the subject. His latest business book is “Secrets: Managing Information Assets in the Age of Cyberespionage” (Verus Press, 2015).
  • Jardine, Jason

    Knobbe Martens | Partner

    JASON J. JARDINE is a Partner of the San Diego office of Knobbe Martens, one of the top intellectual property firms in the nation and worldwide. Mr. Jardine represents a diverse clientele in all aspects of intellectual property acquisition, protection and enforcement across the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Jardine’s experience spans the full range of life science disciplines, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, neutraceuticals and medical devices, and also chemistry, clean technology and hydrogen fuel cells, semiconductors, metal works/mining, action sports and fashion. He is skilled in the area of computer science inventions related to hospital and emergency data management and the gamification of data.
  • Deborah-Jay-100 Jay, Deborah

    Jay Survey Strategic | Principal and Founder

    Dr. Deborah Jay, a survey expert retained by both sides in legal disputes for her renowned expertise, has 40+ years’ experience conducting large-scale public opinion, consumer, and employee surveys.
  • Jean, Patrice square200 Jean, Patrice

    Hughes Hubbard & Reed | Partner

    Patrice P. Jean is the Chair of the Life Sciences Practice at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, an international law firm based in New York City. Patrice graduated summa cum laude from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1993 with a degree in Biochemistry and then earned both her M.A. and Ph.D. in molecular biology from Princeton University. Following graduate school, Patrice graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 2002, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Science & Technology Law Review. Patrice is a frequent speaker on issues related to the practice of IP Law and the life sciences. She currently serves as Vice-President of the New York Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation and is a Board member of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association.
  • Jennings_SL_AIPLA AM 2021 PIC Mike Jennings 200jpg Jennings, Mike

    AA Thornton | Lead Partner

    Mike Jennings is lead partner for computer-related inventions and electrical technologies at AA Thornton. He is a Vice Chairperson of CIPA’s Computer Technology Committee and a member of the quality working group of the Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO (SACEPO). Mike spent half his career as an in-house patent attorney for IBM and half in private practice. At AA Thornton, he handles a substantial computer-implemented inventions workload at the EPO and UKIPO including computer simulation and modelling, quantum computing and artificial intelligence, as well as invention protection and oppositions for various applications of physics and electrical engineering including sensor and measurement technologies and 3D printing.
  • Jeremy-Blackowicz Jeremy Blackowicz

    Day Pitney LLP | Senior Counsel

    Jeremy Blackowicz is a member of the Intellectual Property department, practicing in all areas of trademark and copyright law.
  • Jesse, Jim

    Rock n Roll Law

    Jim Jesse has been an attorney since 1992, and has been a full-time Music Law presenter since 2013. He is the former General Counsel for Cool Music Network (THE COOL TV), which is a 24-hour-a-day music video television network. Previously, he was in private practice. He has founded Rock N Roll Law, and his passion is spreading music law through his seminars. Thousands of attorneys have taken his courses, and he has conducted his music law course now in many states (see below). He is also a member of the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA).
  • Patrik Jhanb 200x200 Jhanb, Pratik

    Aristocrat Technologies

  • Jiménez, Clara

    Johnson & Johnson | Senior Counsel

    Clara N. Jiménez is Senior Counsel in Johnson & Johnson’s Litigation Group, where she supports the J&J businesses in all aspects of IP litigation across the globe. Prior to joining J&J, Clara was an attorney with Finnegan, where she counseled clients in the Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries in all various aspects of IP protection and enforcement, including prosecution, licensing, PTAB proceedings and litigation. Before attending law school, Clara worked as a chemical process engineer.
  • John P. Davis John P. Davis

    Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC | Executive Director, Employment Counsel

    John is an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley’s Employment Law group.