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Titans of the IP Bar

Moderator: Vincent E. Garlock, AIPLA Executive Director, Arlington, VA

Speakers:
Honorable Paul R. Michel, former Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (retired), Washington, DC
Philip G. Hampton, Polsinelli, Washington, DC
Judith Saffer, former IP Counsel, BMI (retired), New York, NY

Sponsored in part by Barley Snyder and Finnegan

Speakers

• Garlock, Vincent

  AIPLA | Executive Director

  Vince Garlock is the Executive Director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), a national bar association dedicated to improving the domestic and international IP laws and providing the highest quality of services and programs to its members. Vince is involved in various aspects AIPLA management, and is particularly involved in the shaping, development and communication of policy initiatives.
• 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.
• Hampton, II, Philip G.

  Polsinelli | Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer and Senior Partner

  Mr. Hampton, a multi-faceted IP law practitioner for more than 40 years, focuses on patent and trademark litigation, patent and trademark counseling, trademark prosecution, and licensing and merchandising agreements based on patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights as well as transactions related to the transfer of intellectual property pursuant to corporate acquisitions.
• Saffer, Judith

  Former AIPLA President

  Judy has served as President of both AIPLA and AIPPI-US and has over 50 years of experience in IP law.