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Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | Chief Compliance Officer, Vp, Ethics & Compliance

As Chief Compliance Officer, I am responsible for ensuring that Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. maintain a robust and effective ethics and compliance program.

McGowan, Bill

Johnson & Johnson | Patent Attorney

Bill has been a patent attorney at Johnson & Johnson for over twenty-three years, and he is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Currently, he is a group leader within the J&J law department whose patent team supports the infectious disease, global public health, and pharmaceutical delivery device areas within J&J’s pharmaceutical sector. Prior to his current role, Bill was a group leader of the patent team supporting the over-the-counter pharmaceutical, oral care, and wound care franchises within J&J’s consumer sector.

McKeon Ph.D., Tina W.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | Partner

Tina Williams McKeon is a registered patent attorney who focuses her practice on patent prosecution, post-grant proceedings, IP strategy and IP portfolio management for leading universities, research institutions, and corporations in the life sciences, pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields.

McKeown, Scott A.

Ropes & Gray LLP | Partner

Scott McKeown is a partner in Ropes & Gray’s intellectual property litigation practice and chair of the firm’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) group.

McKown, Jeremy K.

Johnson & Johnson | Global Patent Head

Jeremy is the Global Patent Head of Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical business, where he manages a global team of attorneys and professionals focused on creating robust patent portfolios and providing strategic counsel to its’ Innovative Medicine companies. In addition, he advises on material R&D transactions and IP litigations, and actively works with external trade associations to ensure we have meaningful IP policies. Previously, he led the R&D Legal team responsible for drafting and negotiating complex agreements for J&J’s Innovative Medicine companies.

McQuade, Jim

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | Partner

Jim represents clients in high-stakes employment, trade secrets and restrictive covenant litigation throughout the United States.

Meddings, Lori S.

Quarles & Brady | Partner

Lori Meddings helps clients protect and enforce their intellectual property throughout the world, with a focus on maximizing the value of the company's trademarks and copyrights and defending against unfair competition in advertising. She is Chair of the firm's Trademark subgroup within the Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Medina, Marilú

The Procter & Gamble Company | Director & Assistant General Counsel

Marilú Medina is Director & Assistant General Counsel at The Procter & Gamble Company, supporting its Global Privacy, Cybersecurity and Information Technology Law team. Her current work is focused on global employee data privacy compliance, including COVID-19 related privacy issues.

Meigs, J. Timothy

AgBiome, Inc. | Chief IP Counsel

Tim Meigs has practiced intellectual property law since 1993 and is currently Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at AgBiome, Inc. in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Tim began his practice at patent law firms in Greensboro and Raleigh, NC. He then spent 8 years specializing in biotechnology patent law as an in-house attorney with various incarnations of CIBA-Geigy, Novartis, and Syngenta. Tim then joined the Washington, DC, intellectual property law firm, Sughrue Mion, where he was primarily engaged in biotechnology patent interference practice. In 2005, Tim moved back to NC and spent nearly 17 years with BD (Becton, Dickinson, and Company), where he was responsible for IP matters at BD’s corporate research unit as well as several BD businesses over the years, including BD Surgery and parts of BD Life Sciences.

Vincenzo Melilli

Bugnion S.p.A | Head of Design Law Department

Vincenzo is the Head of Design Law Department at Bugnion S.p.A.

Melissa Beare

Nuvectra Corp. | EVP & General Counsel

Melnick, Sue

Bay Equity | Chief Compliance& Operating Officer

Sue has worked at Bay Equity LLC since 2008 initially as outside counsel and then in 2012 and since in various roles with increasing responsibility. She is responsible for all mortgage operations for the company which operates in 42 states as an independent mortgage bank, as well as managing the legal department in her role as CCO and COO.

Melwani, Dinesh

Bookoff McAndrews PLLC | Partner

Dinesh N. Melwani is a partner at Bookoff McAndrews (BoMc). He works closely with clients to develop patent strategies that protect their innovative technologies and maximize the potential for commercial success. In addition to preparing and prosecuting U.S. and international patent applications, Dinesh is often called upon for his ability to translate IP risks into business risks, and provide strategic guidance and oversight. In this regard, Dinesh studies competitor patent portfolios to counsel clients on contemplated products and potential design-arounds.

Mertzel, Nancy J.

Mertzel Law PLLC | Principal and Founder

Nancy J. Mertzel is the Founder of Mertzel Law PLLC, a boutique intellectual property firm with offices in New York and New Jersey. Nancy handles copyright, trademark, technology, and entertainment disputes and counseling. Her litigation practice concentrates on copyright and trademark infringement. On the transactional side, she handles trademark clearance, prosecution and portfolio management and drafts and negotiates IP agreements. She also advises clients on copyright issues including fair use and artificial intelligence.

Meyer, Abby

Sheppard Mullin | Partner

Abby Meyer is a partner in the Business Trial Practice Group at Sheppard Mullin and the co-lead for the firm's Food and Beverage team. A seasoned litigator, she specializes in defending against consumer class actions targeting the food industry and in litigating complex civil business disputes. Ms. Meyer specializes in defending companies against consumer class actions targeting product information found on the labels of packaged goods or associated advertising materials. For instance, she has defended claims such as "natural," "vanilla," "Made in USA," "flushable," and sustainability claims. She has also defended against alleged slack fill, underfill, Proposition 65, and health halo class actions.

Meyer, David

Illumina | Senior Patent Attorney

Meyer, Mercedes K.

Banner Witcoff | Attorney

Mercedes Meyer, Ph.D., represents leading life science and technology companies maintaining an extensive biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent management, prosecution, opinion and due diligence practice. With a doctorate in virology and degree in chemistry, Mercedes has a deep understanding of complex biotechnology and scientific research, which is key for advising life science clients on commercializing and protecting product innovations as well as performing diligence for investing in new technologies, particularly in corporate joint development projects. Mercedes advises on developing patent strategies, managing the intellectual property rights, and making associated investments and acquisitions. Mercedes also handles patent reexaminations and inter partes matters.

Meyer, Michelle

NIL Network | Founder

Michelle Meyer has worked in and around college sports for the past 15+ years. She is a former collegiate and professional athlete, coached volleyball at multiple D1 universities, and managed the Olympic pipeline program for USA Beach Volleyball, including the development of the Collegiate Beach National Team. Michelle is deeply passionate about empowering young people to embrace their entrepreneurial side and believes that NIL reform now allows college athletes to explore the same creative opportunities as their peers. She founded NIL Network in November of 2020 as a resource to support athletes, coaches and administrators in navigating the NIL changes coming to college sports. Today, it is recognized as the premier hub of name, image, and likeness industry data and resources.

Michael Elkon

Fisher & Philips LLP | Partner

Michael Elkon is a partner in the Atlanta office. He helps companies recruit talent from competitors in a legal fashion and ensures that former employees do not exploit companies' key information and relationships.

Michel, Paul R.

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (retired) | Chief Judge

Paul Michel served on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for 22 years before retiring as chief judge in 2010 to advocate for reviving the US Patent System. Along with Judge Kathleen O’Malley (Ret), he serves on the Board of Directors of C4IP and on the boards of the Chamber of Commerce’s BASIC Coalition opposing misuse of Bayh-Dole march in powers and the Inventors Defense Alliance defending access to third party litigation financing and thus patent justice for smaller companies and individual inventors.

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