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  • Marc Marc Lieberstein

    Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | Partner

    Marc is the co-chair of the Retail & Consumer Goods industry team. His practice focuses on intellectual property licensing and franchising in the retail/consumer goods and services areas, fashion/apparel and accessories, food and beverage, and commercial/industrial design, including the drafting, negotiation and enforcement of license and franchise documents and agreements, as well as implementation of branding and commercialization objectives for clients via licensing and franchising. In conjunction with the services above, he counsels clients on creating effective strategies for procuring, protecting and enforcing their global intellectual property assets.
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    University of Illinois Chicago School of Law | Professor of Law and Director of the Center for IP, Information & Privacy Law

    Daryl Lim is Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for Intellectual Property (IP), Information & Privacy Law at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. The IP Center is a founding IP institution in the United States and is consistently ranked as offering one of the premier IP programs in the country.
  • Lin, Mai

    SIPS | IP Director

    Mai has over 15 years’ experience in advising multinationals on a broad range of intellectual property issues in China, including trademark portfolio management, IP enforcement and commercial IP matters. Mai’s clients operate in a wide range of industries, including cosmetics, software, toys, wine & spirits, automotive, entertainment, fitness, skincare and fashion. She has assisted scores of clients in reclaiming their trademarks in China from registry pirates and provides practical solutions for navigating the IP landscape in China. Over the course of her career, Mai has worked with major international law firms out of Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
  • Lin, Wade

    Berkeley Lights, Inc. | Senior Patent Agent

    Wade Lin is a patent agent registered in Taiwan and the United States and also qualified in China. His scientific background is molecular biology. He had over ten years experience working at one of the biggest law firms in Taiwan specializing in global patent prosecution, patent analyses and representing clients in patent infringement litigations. He currently works at Berkeley Lights, Inc as a senior patent agent.
  • Linck, Nancy J.

    NJ Linck Consulting | Founder

    I serve as a patent practice consultant and expert witness, with an emphasis on pharmaceuticals and Hatch-Waxman litigation and, more recently, antitrust litigation brought against pharmaceutical companies.
  • Ling, Lu

    Norton Rose Fulbright, LLP | Associate

    Lu Ling is an associate in Norton Rose Fulbright's Houston office. As a member of the firm's IP Disputes practice group, his practice primarily focuses on patent litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Lu served as a judicial clerk at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Lu received a B.S. in Bioengineering from UC San Diego and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, granting him a broad technical background.
  • Lisa-Willis Lisa Willis

    Assistant Attorney General | Apparel Company in NYC

    Lisa Willis is an experienced trademark attorney based in New York City. Her practice focuses on domestic and international trademark matters. She is currently the Assistant Attorney General at an apparel company in New York.
  • Lissi Mojica

    Answers IP | Managing Director

  • Lloyd, Anna

    Nokia | Senior Patent Counsel

    Anna Lloyd has worked in patent law for 19 years. She is currently Senior Patent Counsel in the ra-dio protocol patenting group at Nokia. Prior to her current position, Anna worked at DC-area law firms focusing on patent prosecution, standards-based portfolio management, and due diligence. She also has experience working as a Patent Examiner at the USPTO, examining applications di-rected to wireless communications.
  • Louis Lobel Louis Lobel

    Goodwin Procter | Associate

    Louis L. Lobel is a Senior Associate in Goodwin’s IP Litigation practice, representing life sciences and technology companies in intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret matters. He also has experience in complex antitrust and business litigation and arbitration, with a particular focus on the life sciences industry.
  • Loeffelholz, Katja

    Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty PC | Of Counsel

    Katja Loeffelholz is a Registered Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Katja’s practice focuses on counseling and representing clients on all aspects of trademark, trade dress, copyright and related issues. Katja’s experience covers all aspects of these areas of law, including practice before the USPTO, counseling on protection, licensing and acquisition of intellectual property, and enforcement matters. She also advises clients on the adoption and availability of trademarks and service marks both domestically and internationally. Katja is also licensed to practice as a patent attorney before the USPTO.
  • Alexander Long

    GE Aviation | Chief Intellectual Property Counsel & General Counsel

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    Essential Patent LLC | Patent Attorney

    David has over twenty years of experience litigating complex patent issues in the telecommunications industry ranging from simple matters to high-stakes litigation. He was a judicial law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and has substantial experience leading litigation in federal courts and in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (“PTO”). His experience includes balancing parallel proceedings in multiple courts and the PTO. He counsels domestic and international clients on patent licensing, product redesigns, trade secrets and other legal issues in telecommunications, electronic circuits, microchips, computer and other high-tech industries.
  • Long, Phil

    Longevity Wines | Founder

    Winemaker Phil Long is the president of the Association of African American Vintners (AAAV) and the founder of Longevity Wines. Like many people of color in the wine industry today, Phil had no idea wine could be a career when he was younger. He was born in Washington, DC, grew up in Southern California and graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in architecture. Phil used his artistic skill to build a successful career in packaging and store display design before becoming a winemaker. He was named president of AAAV in January 2020 and is devoted to elevating awareness of African Americans in the wine industry and paving paths to wine careers for all minorities.
  • Lord, Miriam

    US Copyright Office | Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Public Information and Education

    Miriam Lord is the Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Public Information and Education for the United States Copyright Office. Lord oversees the Office of Public Information and Education (PIE), which provides authoritative information about copyright law to the public, implements the Office’s communications plan, publishes comprehensive written and audiovisual materials, develops education and outreach programs and strategic collaborations, and responds to public inquiries about Office policies and practices. She is an expert copyright attorney and one of four legal advisors to the Register of Copyrights.
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    US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Circuit Judge

    Circuit Judge Alan D. Lourie was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on April 6, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush. He was formerly Vice President, Corporate Patents and Trademarks, and Associate General Counsel of SmithKline Beecham Corporation.
  • Love, Nathaniel

    Sidley Austin LLP | Partner

    Nat Love is a trial lawyer who helps companies across the life sciences and information technology fields resolve challenging problems presented by patent, trade secret, and other commercial litigation. Nat tackles complex economic issues, including those presented in preliminary injunction proceedings and by patent and trade secret damages claims. He also has extensive experience in patent and breach of contract cases involving patents declared essential to technology standards, and has litigated multiple injunctions in such cases on appeal. Nat leads the drafting of appellate briefs in his matters arising in the district courts and the USPTO and has argued multiple cases in the courts of appeal, including the Second, Seventh, Ninth, and Federal Circuits.
  • Loza, Christina

    Managing Partner | Loza &Loza

    Christina “Tina” Loza founded Loza & Loza, LLP in 2005 and currently acts as managing partner of the firm, a distributed and mostly virtual intellectual property boutique. Tina is a registered patent attorney but enjoys practicing mostly trademark prosecution and litigation. Tina is a former President of NAWBO-CA and NAWBO-IE and currently sits on the boards of the 100 Mile Club and FAR For A Reason. She is also an adjunct professor at University of La Verne – School of Law, where she teaches Intellectual Property Law and Trademark Law.
  • Lui, Cathy

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe | Litigation Partner

    Cathy Lui is a litigation partner at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and she is based in the San Francisco office. Cathy primarily specializes in trade secrets litigation and her practice crosses all industries and sectors including tech, life sciences, retail, and financial services, among others. Cathy also engages in complex commercial litigation including employee mobility, false advertising, and other commercial disputes. Her matters are often high-profile and industry changing. For her achievements, Legal500 has repeatedly recognized her as a “Next Gen Lawyer” in Trade Secrets and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association honored Cathy as a 2019 Best Lawyer Under 40. Cathy is also very involved in her community and with DEI initiatives. She previously served as Orrick’s hiring partner for San Francisco, was a Fellow with the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, and a former co-chair of the Judiciary Committee for the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area.
  • Lujin, Pat

    Shook, Hardy & Bacon | Partner

    Pat is a partner in the Kansas City office of Shook, Hardy & Bacon. His practice focuses on patent and trademark litigation involving computer hardware and software, automotive, and video game technology. Pat represents clients in federal courts across the country and in inter partes review proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He frequently speaks and writes on current patent issues, and he has co-authored two amicus briefs filed in the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of the Intellectual Property Owners Association: WesternGeco v. ION Geophysical (2018) and Alice Corp v. CLS Bank (2014). Prior to rejoining Shook in 2002, Pat served as in-house patent counsel for Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington. Pat worked as an electrical engineer before law school.