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  • Whitehead, Andrew headshot200 Whitehead, Andrew

    Genentech | Assistant General Counsel, Informatics & Personalized Health Care IP

    Andrew Whitehead manages a small team of IP attorneys at Genentech supporting informatics and personalized healthcare initiatives. This includes spearheading patent portfolio development, supporting external partnering, and developing internal open source and data protection best practices.
  • Williams, Adi

    Fish & Richardson P.C. | Associate

    Adi Williams is an associate in the litigation group in the Washington, D.C., office of Fish & Richardson P.C. His practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property litigation and advising, both at the trial and appellate level. He possesses technical expertise in the mechanical and aerospace engineering fields, including in the area of computational fluid dynamics. In addition, he is experienced in patent prosecution, having conducted prior art searches, drafted patent applications, and responded to office actions.
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    Bird & Bird | Partner

    Robert is one of the team's prominent practitioners, with particular experience of complex IP strategy & disputes and advising clients from a range of IP rich industries.
  • Angela Wilson

    GlaxoSmithKline | Senior Counsel, Trademarks and Brand Protection at GSK

    Angela Wilson is Trademark Counsel at GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”), a science-led global healthcare company, based out of GSK’s U.S. pharmaceutical headquarters in Research Triangle Park (“RTP”), NC.
  • Witz_James_200x200 Witz, James

    Littler Mendelson | Shareholder | Co-Chair, Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets Practice Group

    James M. Witz is a trial lawyer who has experience with a wide range of employment issues.
  • Wollschlaeger, Jeremias

    Hoffmann Eitle Dusseldorf | Patent Attorney

    Jeremias studied physics at the Technical University (RWTH) in Aachen. In 2013 he completed his final thesis at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) on laser processing (laser fusion cutting). Thereafter, he was a scientific staff member at the Welding and Joining Institute of the RWTH. Jeremias joined Hoffmann Eitle, a pan-European IP boutique headquartered in Munich, in 2015. He qualified as a European patent attorney in 2018 and as a German patent attorney in 2019.
  • Woodard, Tayah

    Seed IP | Associate

    Tayah is an Associate with Seed IP. She focuses her practice on IP defense, enforcement, and litigation matters, with a focus on trademark and copyright matters. She has experience with drafting pleadings, discovery, and motions in intellectual property, unfair trade practices, and business disputes. She also has experiences prosecuting and managing trademark and copyright portfolios. Tayah has also conducted legal research, drafted litigation documents, and provided litigation strategy to clients.
  • Worth, James A.

    Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO | Acting Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge

    James A. Worth was appointed as an Administrative Patent Judge on May 19, 2014, and he is currently serving as an Acting Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge. Judge Worth earned his law degree from the New York University School of Law. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the Yale College. Judge Worth served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He continued his public service as a Special Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Attorney’s Office at the Eastern District of Virginia. Prior to joining the Board, Judge Worth served as a General Attorney at the United States International Trade Commission.
  • Wray, Jaisha

    National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Associate Administrator for International Affairs

    Jaisha Wray is the Associate Administrator for International Affairs at the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In this role, she formulates telecommunications and information policies and promotes these policies in international fora. Previously, she was the Director for International Cyber Policy in the Cybersecurity Directorate of the National Security Council where she was responsible for drafting and implementing the U.S. strategy on 5G technology as well as enhancing international cybersecurity cooperation with a wide range of partners and allies. She was also the Acting Deputy Director of the State Department's Office of Emerging Security Challenges where she contributed to the formulation of outer space and cyber stability policies and diplomatic strategies.
  • Wu, Chenyan

    Beijing Elite IP Law Office | Partner

    Chenyan WU is a partner at Beijing Elite IP Law Office. She is licensed to practice intellectual property law in China and has also passed the US Patent Bar Exam. With 20 years of experience in the field of intellectual property, including working at a US patent firm and a multinational corporation based in the US, she brings a wealth of expertise to her role. Chenyan is based in Denver, Colorado, providing geographical convenience for their US and European clients while also assisting Chinese clients with their intellectual property protection in foreign countries.
  • Wu, Michael

    Chang Tsi & Partners | Partner

    Mr. Michael Wu specializes in matters related to patent infringement, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition litigation, enforcement of intellectual property rights through administrative procedures and patent invalidation proceedings. Mr. Wu has earned licenses to practice as an attorney at law and as a patent attorney. Wu has a unique understanding of mobile telecommunications patent litigation, software patent litigation, and copyright litigation related to the internet.
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    Silicon Valley Law Group | Shareholder

    Stephen Wu is a shareholder with Silicon Valley Law Group. He advises clients concerning cutting edge information technologies, such as artificial intelligence, automated vehicles, robotics, mobile computing, cloud computing, Big Data, human-computer interfaces, and the Internet of Things. He helps clients with transactions, compliance, liability, investigations, and information governance regarding these technologies. His work includes establishing data security, privacy, and records management policies and programs. Steve counsels clients on compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). He assists with litigation in technology, trade secret, and copyright cases.
  • Wu, Wendy 200x200 Wu, Wendy T.

    Pacific Intelligence & Cyber | Principal

    Wendy Wu is a recognized national expert in cybercrime and data breach response, information security, digital forensics, and intellectual property protection.
  • Wuamett Headshot Photo Wuamett, Jennifer B.

    NXP Semiconductors | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

    A senior executive with over twenty years of international business and leadership experience, Ms. Wuamett has been a member of executive management teams and an advisor to CEOs and boards of directors of global, publicly traded, high technology companies.
  • Wylie PicSquare200 Wylie, Courtney

    Faegre Drinker | Attorney Development Manager

    Courtney Wylie is a member of the Learning and Development team at Faegre Drinker. In this position, she oversees all attorney development and training and CLE, focusing on leadership and professionalism topics. She also works with the HR Department in designing and running the firmwide well-being program. Recently, Courtney was elected as an American Bar Foundation Fellow in recognition of her dedication and work to improve the legal profession.
  • Yang, Stephen

    IP March | Managing Partner

    Stephen Yang is a Chinese patent attorney and managing partner of IP March. His practice covers patent drafting, prosecution, invalidation, opinion and litigation in mechanics, electronics, energy and high-tech areas. His IP career began in 1997. In addition to practicing in IP firms in China, he once worked in-house in Canada. Stephen’s technical background is mechanical and industrial engineering. He received double Bachelor’s degrees from Tsinghua University in China and a Master’s degree from University of Toronto in Canada.
  • Yaquinto, Giulio

    Pirkey Barber | Attorney

    Giulio Yaquinto practices trademark, copyright, and unfair competition law. He represents clients in federal courts across the country and at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also devotes a significant portion of his practice to policing infringements and developing enforcement strategies. Giulio has experience in all stages of litigation, from the filing of pleadings through trial and appeal. He regularly authors winning briefs in federal district courts, and recently obtained a reversal for a client in a published decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He has also obtained favorable judgements for clients in proceedings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and domain-name disputes at the National Arbitration Forum. In addition to litigation, Giulio advises clients on strategies to enforce their rights without resorting to a lawsuit, particularly in the online context.
  • Jonathan W. Yarbrough Jonathan W. Yarbrough

    Constangy | Partner

    Jon’s practice includes providing advice and counsel to employers on compliance with federal and state employment laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and wage and hour laws.
  • Yee, Judy

    Microsoft | Assistant General Counsel

    Judy Yee is Assistant General Counsel, IP at Microsoft. Judy has been at Microsoft for 12 years and leads the patent team that supports Microsoft’s Office Apps and Cloud business, including patent portfolio development, risk mitigation, open source usage, M&A transactions, IP licensing, strategic partnerships and industry standards activities. Outside of work, Judy enjoys spending time with her family or in the gym as a founding member of Seattle’s first competitive adult gymnastics team.
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    Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner | IP Attorney

    Laurie Young is an intellectual property attorney with Schwegman, Lundberg and Woessner. Before joining SLW, she was Senior Intellectual Property Counsel Katun Corporation. While at Katun she managed all intellectual property matters, both domestic and foreign. This included managing patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret matters and any business matters which may relate to intellectual property. Laurie was also Data Privacy Officer for Katun Corporation. When Laurie is not handing intellectual property matters, she loves to bake cookies (even placing at the Minnesota State Fair three times for her cookie entries).