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  • Kale, Rohan

    Elasticsearch | Senior Product and IP Counsel

    Rohan Kale is Senior Product & Intellectual Property Counsel at Elasticsearch, where he provides legal strategy and support for product, engineering, marketing, and business teams on all issues relating to new product development and commercialization. Rohan provides regular guidance on issues relating to enterprise software licensing and open-source software, Generative AI product integrations and guidelines for internal use, intellectual property protection and risk management, integrations with third party technologies, and SaaS deployment. As a registered patent attorney with experience in both patent prosecution and complex multinational IP litigation in private practice, Rohan leads Elastic's global innovation and intellectual property strategy.
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    Ericsson, Inc. | Head of Antitrust

    A global antitrust lawyer, with unique international antitrust experience, including agency experience from both the U.S. (FTC) and E.U (DG COMP) and extensive work on Asia-Pacific competition issues.
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    Covington | Of Counsel

    Scott Kamholz has scored major wins for clients in PTAB cases involving blockbuster life science technologies. He combines his experience as an Administrative Patent Judge and background in medicine, biophysics, and engineering to advise clients in the life sciences sector on a variety of complex patent litigation matters and PTAB proceedings.
  • Kanz, Christine

    Hoyng Rokh Monegier | Partner

    Dr. Christine Kanz has worked as an attorney since 1998. Although she has primarily focused on international patent litigation in the areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and chemistry, she has also handled numerous cases in the areas of medical devices, mechanics and consumer products. Much of her work involves cross-border litigation with the result that she is highly experienced in planning and coordinating such cases. Christine regularly publishes on patent law matters and speaks at conferences on patent law issues She acts for her clients before the Unified Patent Court, the European Patent Office and the national German courts, including Regional and Higher Regional Courts, the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice
  • Kappelman, Ben

    Dorsey & Whitney | Partner

    Ben D. Kappelman is a partner in Dorsey & Whitney LLP’s national litigation practice. Ben routinely serves clients in the health care, manufacturing, construction, and energy industries, as well as Native American tribes. His expertise includes environmental law disputes, patent, trade secret, and trademark infringement litigation, contract interpretation matters, employment disputes, and health litigation. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in trade secrets litigation and advises businesses on protecting their intellectual property, including through non-disclosure agreements.
  • Kappos, David J.

    Cravath Swaine & Moore, LLP | Partner

    David J. Kappos is Co-Chair of Cravath's Intellectual Property Practice. He is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost leaders in the field of intellectual property, including intellectual property management and strategy, the development of global intellectual property norms, laws and practices as well as commercialization and enforcement of innovation-based assets.
  • Karlin, Elliot

    Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | IP Manager

    Elliot Karlin has worked as a patent attorney for 10 years, providing counsel to companies ranging in size from start-ups to leaders in the tech industry. Elliot currently works for Samsung Semiconductor, where he manages the company’s patent portfolio and works closely with inventors to identify subject matter for patenting.
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    Sagacity Legal, PLLC | Founder

    Randi Karpinia, founder of Sagacity Legal PLLC, helps small business and entrepreneurs minimize their legal risks. With over twenty years of experience, Ms. Karpinia is a recognized expert in all aspects of business legal management with a focus on intellectual property, legal operations, and online legal protection. Ms. Karpinia’s credentials include a B.E.E, with honors, from Georgia Institute of Technology; a M.E.E. from Florida Atlantic University; and a J.D. Magna Cum Laude from Nova Southeastern University. Ms. Karpinia is admitted to practice law in Florida and before the USPTO and is a Florida Bar Board Certified Intellectual Property Lawyer.
  • Karren, J. Scott

    Holland & Hart | Partner

    Scott provides strategic IP counsel to large technology companies, with a focus on developing and managing strategic patent portfolios, and preparing and prosecuting applications.
  • Kasdan, Michael

    Wiggin and Dana LLP | Partner

    Mike Kasdan is a Partner in the intellectual property group of Wiggin and Dana LLP. He is also the founder and Co-Chair of Wiggin’s Blockchain and Digital Assets Group and Chair of Wiggin’s Trade Secret group. His practice spans litigating IP disputes – including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secrets - to IP licensing and counseling companies on strategy, transactional agreements, and procurement of IP. In the web3 space, Mike has focused his work on IP strategy, NFT licensing and commercialization. His clients range from Fortune 500 companies to emerging companies and span diverse industries ranging from consumer electronics to fashion to music and entertainment.
  • Katz, Robert

    Banner Witcoff | Shareholder

    Rob Katz is a shareholder at Banner Witcoff. Both nationally and internationally, Rob is considered one of the premier practitioners in the field of industrial designs, leading the way in the procurement and enforcement of design patents. On behalf of the firm’s clients, he has helped procure more than 9,000 design patents in the U.S. and more than 25,000 design patents/registrations outside the U.S., and has helped to successfully enforce over 100 design patents. Leaders from foreign design patent offices have consulted with him regarding industrial design policies, and he has served as an expert in design patent litigations. Rob holds leadership positions in several professional organizations including ABA, FICPI and INTA and proudly served as chair of the AIPLA Industrial Designs Section
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    Rimon | Partner

    Marc Kaufman concentrates his practice in the area of patent strategy, in particular, advising clients in protecting, managing and leveraging their intellectual property assets. He has also represented clients in defending against patent assertions in district courts and through post-grant administrative proceedings in the U.S. Patent Office. Mr. Kaufman has created structured procedures to secure and enforce intellectual property rights in a market-focused manner. Marc’s practice focuses on computer software including the areas of Fintech, database technology, content distribution, and computer security.
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    Knobbe Martens | Partner

    Lauren Katzenellenbogen litigates all types of intellectual property disputes, including claims pertaining to patents, trademarks, unfair competition, trade secrets and copyrights. For nearly two decades, she has represented clients in litigation involving an array of industries, including computer software, medical and mechanical devices, consumer products, fashion, energy drinks and entertainment.
  • Keller, Lauren Rose

    Jacobacci & Associati | Of Counsel

    Lauren Rose Keller is of counsel at the Turin office, focusing on IP litigation and international contractual agreements, particularly with reference to IP-sharing, franchising, licensing and distribution agreements regarding IP rights between parties in Italy and abroad. She graduated from the UC Hastings college of the Law (San Francisco, CA) in 2009. Lauren was admitted to both the California and Nevada Bar Associations in 2010, became a Solicitor of England and Wales in 2015, and has been qualified to practice as an Italian attorney before the Turin Bar since 2017.
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    Nielsen IP Law, LLC | Senior Counsel

    Jim Kelley joined Nielsen IP Law LLC after 22 years with Eli Lilly and Company, last serving as Senior Director, Assistant General Patent Counsel. His years of experience negotiating licenses and determining risks associated with launching complex technologies bring a depth of knowledge and unique insight to counsel firm clients.
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    Proctor & Gamble Company | Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Global Fabric & Home Care

    Dara Kendall leads the legal team supporting P&G’s global Fabric & Home Care businesses. Her work spans advertising, safety, trademarks, and patents. She spent six years in Asia, where she led the patent teams in China, Japan, and Singapore that handled P&G’s businesses in Greater China and APAC. Over the span of her P&G career, Dara has worked in the majority of P&G’s businesses.
  • Kendall, Elizabeth

    Caterpillar inc. | Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property

    Elizabeth R. Kendall is a patent attorney at Caterpillar Inc. Her practice focuses on a variety of aspects of intellectual property law, including drafting and prosecuting design, plant, and utility patent applications for U.S. and foreign patent offices, as well as performing state-of-the-art, patentability, freedom-to-operate, and validity analyses in the electrical, mechanical, biomedical, chemical, and nuclear arts.
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    Venner Shipley, LLP | Partner

    Richard Kennedy is a European and UK patent attorney, and a partner at Venner Shipley LLP, a full-service IP law firm based in the UK.
  • Kepler, Tracy L

    CNA | Rick Control Consulting Director, Lawyers' Professional Liability Program

    Tracy L. Kepler is the Risk Control Consulting Director for CNA’s Lawyers Insurance Program. In this role, she designs and develops content and distribution of risk control initiatives relevant to the practice of law. She collaborates with the underwriting and claims teams to develop and execute strategies for the profitable growth of the program. Tracy lectures frequently at CNA-sponsored events and at state and local bar associations and national seminars hosted by industry-leading organizations. She also writes articles focusing on law firm risk control and professional responsibility issues.
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    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Chief Patent Counselor

    Esther Kepplinger is Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's chief patent counselor. Her responsibilities include serving as the firm's liaison to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), ensuring that all of its patent filings are conducted in the most efficient and defensible manner, and enhancing the firm's inter partes PTO practice.