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  • Mond, Rebecca

    The Toy Association | Vice President, Federal Government Affairs

  • Monica-Talley Monica Riva Talley

    Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox | Director

    Monica Riva Talley is a director at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox and heads the firm's Trademark & Brand Protection Practice.
  • Moore, Kimberly A.

    United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Chief Judge

    KIMBERLY A. MOORE was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and assumed the duties of Chief Circuit Judge on May 22, 2021. Prior to her appointment, Chief Judge Moore was a Professor of Law from 2004 to 2006 and Associate Professor of Law from 2000 to 2004 at the George Mason University School of Law. She was an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Maryland School of Law from 1999 to 2000. She served both as an Assistant Professor of Law from 1997 to 1999 and the Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program from 1998 to 1999 at the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
  • Moore, Michael Moore, Michael
    Michael Moore is assistant general counsel, senior director, trademarks and copyrights for Mattel Inc, where he is responsible for managing all trademark and copyright matters for Mattel around the world, from clearance and registration, through to disputes and litigation. Since joining Mattel in 2000, Mr Moore has represented Mattel in a number of high-profile and important IP cases, including managing the first EU design rights case ever litigated (Mattel v Simba (UK)), and a UK case involving the SCRABBLE brand against Zynga.
  • Moore, Valerie

    Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | Registered Patent Agent

    Valerie Moore is a registered patent agent who focuses her practice on domestic and foreign patent preparation and prosecution, as well as portfolio management, relating to chemistry, materials, and life sciences. Valerie’s technical and patent experience spans areas including nanotechnology, materials engineering, polymers and surfactants, surface science, corrosion chemistry, catalysis, upstream and downstream oil and gas chemistry, mining, sensors, bioimaging, biomedical implants, mathematical modeling of data, and integrating systems with mathematical modeling.
  • Moran Ricardo 200 Moran, Ricardo

    Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner | Principal

    Ricardo Moran is a registered patent attorney practicing intellectual property law with an emphasis on small-molecule pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals and their formulations; imaging agents; and materials science. Dr. Moran’s practice focuses on chemical and pharmaceutical intellectual property law, including pharmaceutical patent litigation; preparation and prosecution of patent applications; infringement, validity, patentability, and due diligence analyses and opinions; and counseling of clients in a wide range of aspects of intellectual property law.
  • Morantz, Matthew

    Paul Hastings | Litigation Associate

    Matthew Morantz is an associate in the Litigation practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. He maintains a litigation and arbitration practice focused on complex international commercial and patent disputes. Mr. Morantz, a dual common- and civil-law trained attorney, has served as counsel in litigation or arbitration across five continents. He has successfully represented clients in over 25 arbitration proceedings under the rules of the ICC, AAA/ICDR, LCIA, SIAC, ICSID, SCC, and UNCITRAL. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Morantz worked in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University, where he undertook organic synthesis and nanomaterials research.
  • Morgan, Betty Morgan, Elizabeth Ann

    The Morgan Law Firm | Founder

    Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Morgan is board certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in in intellectual property law through 2023 and was certified in business litigation from 1997 to 2007. Ms. Morgan is an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association (AAA) on the Complex Case, Commercial Employment and Consumer panels. With the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) she serves on the technology, entertainment, employment, trademark and Philadelphia area panels. She also arbitrates with FINRA and NAM.
  • Morita, Karen200 Morita, Karen

    Foley Hoag | Director of Human Resources

    Karen Morita leads Foley Hoag’s human resources function. She is committed to supporting the business strategy, objectives and values of the firm by providing services that address the firm’s business challenges and, promotes a work environment that is characterized by fair treatment of all people, open communications, personal accountability, trust and mutual respect.
  • Morozova, Yelena

    Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP | Partner

    Yelena Morozova is a partner in the London office of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP / Finnegan Europe LLP. With a professional career spanning across three countries and twenty years of legal experience across two continents, Yelena’s unique background enables her to understand cultural nuances and helps her to advise a broad range of clients across the world. Qualified as a patent attorney in the United States and Europe, Yelena focuses her practice on global patent procurement and portfolio development in all fields of engineering, and most particularly in information technology and software, AI, self-driving vehicles, electric battery systems, and eVTOL aircrafts.
  • Morrison, Brian

    Nike | Senior Counsel, Patents

    Brian is Senior Counsel, Patents at Nike. He received his Juris Doctor (cum laude) from William Mitchell College of Law, and is experienced in preparing, prosecuting, and enforcing patents in the chemical, mechanical, and process control fields. Brian is licensed to practice in Minnesota and Oregon, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  • morrow_j 200 Morrow, John

    Womble Bond Dickinson | Partner

    John currently chairs Womble Bond Dickinson’s US Intellectual Property Litigation Group. John’s practice focuses on complex disputes involving trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement, trademark and trade dress infringement, unfair competition, copyright infringement, false advertising, antitrust, and cybersecurity (data breaches). Specifically regarding trade secrets, in addition to many civil matters John has recently worked with the United States Government to protect clients’ interests on the criminal front, including one matter in which a defendant was sentenced to six months in prison. John is ranked by Chambers and the Best Lawyers in America in intellectual property litigation.
  • Mortinger Headshot200 Mortinger, Steve

    IBM | Associate General Counsel & Managing Attorney for IP Law

    Steve Mortinger is an Associate General Counsel and Managing Attorney for IP Law at IBM. Steve is responsible for providing IP support to all the brands as well as all geographies outside the US at IBM. Steve also supports the Chief Data Officer at IBM and has been instrumental in creating and implementing the data intake and management process for IBM. He was on the committee that created the Community Data License Agreement. Steve is an active participant in data policy work at IBM. Prior to his current role, Steve has served in a wide variety of role at IBM including being the lead lawyer for virtual worlds and social media.
  • Morton, Mindy 200x200 Morton, Mindy

    Procopio | Partner

    Mindy’s practice focuses on internet and intellectual property litigation. She litigates cutting-edge cases at the intersection of technology and free speech issues.
  • mossoff_adam_200 Mossof, Adam

    Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University | Law Professor

    Adam Mossoff is a law professor at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. He teaches a wide range of courses, including patent law, trade secrets, trademark law, property, and remedies, and he has published extensively on topics in property and intellectual property law, innovation policy, and tech policy.
  • Mossoff, Adam

    Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University | Professor

    Adam Mossoff is Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, and he is a board member and affiliated scholar at several academic centers, policy organizations, and think tanks. His research on patent law and policy has been relied on by the Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, Congress, and the USPTO, FTC, DOJ, and other federal agencies. He has been invited numerous times to testify before the Senate and the House of Representatives on patent policy, including in the two Senate hearings on § 101 reform held in 2019 and 2024.
  • Mueller, Craig

    FisherBroyles, LLP | Partner

    Craig’s practice primarily focuses on preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the mechanical, software, electrical, electro-mechanical, and civil areas of technology. His practice also includes advising clients on various intellectual property protection strategies; drafting and prosecuting design patent applications; protecting foreign intellectual property rights; drafting patentability, freedom to operate, and invalidity opinions; analyzing domestic and foreign patent rights; performing and supervising patent-related searches; preparing and prosecuting trademark and copyright applications; and drafting technology-related agreements.
  • Mueller, Lisa

    Casimir Jones | Casimir

    For over twenty-five years, Lisa has provided strategic counsel on complex patent issues to clients in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemistry sectors. She brings an in-depth knowledge and extensive experience to her work advising clients on the global patent protection, freedom to operate and validity of blockbuster drugs they aim to produce and distribute. With a background in chemistry and biology, Lisa provides advice on the full spectrum of global intellectual property portfolio management including patent prosecution, opposition and other post-grant proceedings, and diverse regulatory matters.
  • Mueting photo200 Mueting, Ann

    Mueting, Raasch Group | Founding Shareholder

    Ann M. Mueting, Ph.D., J.D., is a founding shareholder of the firm Mueting Raasch Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which began in 1995 and represents Fortune 500 companies, biomedical firms, universities, various mid-size and startup companies, as well as individual entrepreneurs. Ann is a patent attorney practicing in the areas of patent prosecution, due diligence, and related opinion work with emphasis in chemical and biotechnology patent law.
  • Mulcahy, John

    Finnegan | Partner

    john's practice includes litigation before federal district courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), client counseling and opinions, and patent prosecution and post-grant proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).