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  • Luo Photo Luo, Juhua

    CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office

    Mr. Luo's practice focuses mainly on prosecution of patent.
  • Lynch, Cynthia C.

    Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO | Administrative Trademark Judge

    Cynthia C. Lynch currently serves as an Administrative Trademark Judge on the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO. She also holds the position of Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School, where she teaches Trademark and Unfair Competition Law. From 2006 to 2015, she was the USPTO’s Administrator for Trademark Policy and Procedure, responsible for the development and dissemination of trademark regulations and trademark examination policy, and oversight of the Trademark Legal Policy Office and Petitions Office. She previously served as an Associate Solicitor at the USPTO for five years, where she litigated trial and appellate trademark and patent matters in the federal courts, and regularly assisted the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office on I.P. cases at the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Lynn, Barbara M.G.

    United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | District Judge

    The Honorable Barbara M. G. Lynn is a Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, with chambers in Dallas, Texas. Lynn was in private practice from 1976 to 1999 at the law firm Carrington Coleman in Dallas. Lynn was the firm’s first female associate (1976 – 1982) and then became the firm’s first female partner (1983 – 1999) prior to joining the bench. On March 25, 1999, Lynn was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated by Harry Barefoot Sanders, Jr. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 17, 1999 and received her commission on November 22, 1999. On May 1, 2016, she became the Chief Judge of the Northern District of Texas, the first woman to hold the position.
  • Lyon Photo Lyon, John

    Thomas Horstemeyer, LLP | Partner

    John’s practice areas at Thomas | Horstemeyer include electrical/computer patent prosecution, litigation, and open source software licensing.
  • Rob Lytle Photo Lytle, Rob

    Microsoft Corporation | Assistant General Counsel

    Robert B. Lytle is an Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft Corporation. His practice focuses on patent litigation. Mr. Lytle currently serves as the Finance Officer of the ABA IPL Section.
  • Ma, Jameson square200 Ma, Jameson

    Bookoff McAndrews PLLC | Partner

    Jameson helps startups and Fortune 100 companies alike develop intellectual property to protect their market share. Jameson also help his clients mitigate risk by analyzing competitor IP, and challenging competitor patents via post-grant proceedings at the USPTO.
  • Macedo, Charles

    Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP | Partner

    Charles R. Macedo, a physicist by training, litigates in all areas of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark and copyright law, with a special emphasis in complex litigation and appellate work. Companies and individuals from a wide range of industries turn to him to develop offensive and defensive strategies for the development and enforcement of their patent and trademark portfolios.
  • MacKendrick, Scott

    Bereskin & Parr | Partner

    Scott MacKendrick is a partner with Bereskin & Parr LLP, a past member of the firm’s Executive Committee, and the past chair of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
  • Mackenzie, Stephen200 MacKenzie, Stephen
    Stephen MacKenzie is Senior Counsel IP and IP Litigation at Koch Companies Public Sector, which is the Legal, Government, and Public Affairs division for Koch Industries, Inc. based in Wichita, Kansas.  Steve focuses his practice on prosecution strategy, IP management and counseling, M&A, and licensing.  Prior to joining Koch, Steve worked in private practice as a patent litigation attorney in Wilmington, Delaware.
  • Madison, Tanya

    Transamerica | Chief Privacy Officer

    Tanya Madison serves as Chief Privacy Officer at Transamerica. With over 20 years of in-house counsel experience, Tanya's career has focused on the lawful collection, use and sharing of personal data with special focus on financial services and FINTECH companies. Tanya and her colleagues focus on developing a principled and holistic approach to privacy legal analysis and engagement worldwide.
  • Maisami, Ceyda

    HP | Head of Patents, IP

    Ceyda Maisami is Associate General Counsel, Head of Patents at HP. She leads a team of attorneys, paralegals and analysts in building and managing patent portfolios as well as supporting pre-litigation, M&A, and transactional matters. In her previous roles at Finnegan and Chadbourne & Parke, Ceyda worked on high profile patent prosecution and litigation matters, in addition to a host of opinion work related to computer hardware, software, wireless communication devices, and financial services. Before her career in intellectual property law, she was an electrical engineer for Osram Sylvania (Siemens Holding).
  • Maisel, Jennifer

    Rothwell Figg | Partner

    Jennifer Maisel (“Jen”), a partner at Rothwell Figg, is a highly skilled strategist and thought leader in intellectual property (IP) law and litigation. She advises both large corporations and emerging companies on protecting and leveraging their groundbreaking innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality, big data, the Internet of Things, privacy, cybersecurity, quantum computing, and blockchain. With technical experience developing language models for natural language processing applications, Jen is uniquely equipped to guide clients through complex IP, data protection, and privacy challenges in the AI space. She is currently counsel to The New York Times in the landmark litigation against Microsoft and Open AI alleging copyright infringement through the training of their generative AI tools.
  • mak, toby200 Mak, Toby

    Tee & Howe | Senior Counsel / Patent Attorney

    Dr. Toby Mak is a registered Chinese Patent Attorney and has a Ph.D. in Chemistry. Dr. Toby Mak was born in Hong Kong and graduated from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He worked at one of the largest law firms in Hong Kong for 8 years before joining Tee & Howe.
  • Makover, Matthew

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | Partner

    Matthew S. Makover is a partner in the Intellectual Property Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York. Matthew's focus includes intellectual property transactions and counseling. Matthew has advised on intellectual property matters involving the sale and licensing of software, patents, trademarks and copyrights (including media content) and has experience with both private and public mergers and acquisitions, financings and capital market transactions. Matthew also has experience structuring and negotiating project and commercial agreements. Matthew has worked with a number of clients in the software, entertainment, cryptocurrency, gaming, fintech, media, retail, insurance, healthcare, consumer products, manufacturing, telecommunications, gaming and fashion industries.
  • Mark-Malek200 Malek, Mark

    Widerman Malek | Managing Partner

    Mark Malek focuses his practice on representing clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and counseling inventors and businesses on various intellectual property strategies. Mark enjoys working with his clients to understand their long term goals and tailoring their intellectual property strategies to help achieve those goals.
  • Malek-200 Malek, Shabnam

    Brand & Branch LLP | Partner

    Shabnam Malek is a partner at Brand & Branch LLP and co-founder and founding President of the International Cannabis Bar Association. Shabnam’s legal background is in trademark law and she cut her teeth on all things intellectual property as a “big law” associate early in her legal career.
  • Malsbury, A200 Malsbury, Alison

    Harris Bricken | Attorney

    Alison Malsbury has assisted clients with contracts, company formation, intellectual property protection, and regulatory compliance, and enjoys working with creative entrepreneurs at all stages of business development. She has a strong and growing practice representing celebrities on their cannabis endorsement deals and helping cosmetic and skin care companies navigate the complicated laws involving CBD.
  • Mandel, Richard S.

    Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman P.C> | Shareholder

    Richard S. Mandel is a shareholder with Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C. in New York City. His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, including copyright, trademark, unfair competition and Internet issues. Mr. Mandel earned his J.D. in 1985 from New York University School of Law, where he served as an editor on the Law Review, and his BA, summa cum laude, in 1982 from NYU College of Arts and Science, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association commercial panel of arbitrators and the Southern District of New York panel of court appointed mediators.
  • mann_andrew_200 Mann, Andrew

    K&L Gates | Counsel

    Andrew Mann is counsel at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation practice group.
  • Manoukian, Minelli

    Center for Art Law | Executive Director

    Minelli Manoukian, Esq. is the Executive Director of the Center for Art Law. There, she manages the daily operations including editing and reviewing articles and the Center’s monthly newsletter, planning and coordinating events, along with training and supervising interns and fellows. Ms. Manoukian has been an attorney since September 2020 and, outside of her legal career, she enjoys moonlighting as a visual artist and performer in her spare time.