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• Larsen, Per

  Holland & Hart | Partner

  Per Larsen is a Partner at Holland & Hart. Per’s practice focuses on patent counseling and domestic and foreign patent prosecution for the electronic and computer arts. He works with sophisticated technology companies to develop and manage their patent portfolios, and plays a key role in supervising and mentoring junior attorneys on patent-related matters.
• Bezak, Christopher

  Continental Automotive Systems | Corporate Counsel

  Christopher Bezak is in-house corporate counsel for Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. in Auburn Hills, Michigan. His work at Continental encompasses all aspects of contracts and patents, including preparation and prosecution, litigation, licensing, and due diligence, with specialization in the areas of software, communications, and artificial intelligence. He is an active, long-standing member of the AIPLA IP Practice in Japan Committee, and is a former partner at the law firm of Sughrue Mion in Washington D.C.
• Koch, Peter

  PENFORCE | Partner

  Peter is a patent litigator by heart. He assists German and international clients when aggressively enforcing their IP rights or vigorously defending alleged claims of infringement. His main focus is the representation in patent infringement, patent invalidity as well as patent entitlement proceedings. Peter is also handling cases relating to utility models, trade secrets and patent-related anti-trust law and he has substantial experience in license negotiations and IP monetization. His further areas of interest include advising start-up and VC-investments in IP-focused business.
• Garrison, Sean

  Bacal & Garrison Law Group | Partner

  Sean Garrison is a named partner with Bacal & Garrison Law Group, a Scottsdale, Arizona law firm that focuses in the areas of trademark and copyright law.
• Ramsey, Lisa

  University of San Diego School of Law | Professor

  Professor Lisa Ramsey teaches intellectual property classes at the University of San Diego School of Law and is an expert on trademark law. Before joining the USD law faculty, she was an intellectual property litigator at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich in San Diego.
• Farley, Christine Haight

  American University Washington College of Law | Professor of Law

  Christine Haight Farley is a Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law where she teaches Intellectual Property, Trademark Law, Contracts, Art Law, and Advertising Law. She serves as Co-Faculty Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and previously served as Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs. At American, Professor Farley has received the Excellence in Teaching Award and the Edwin A. Mooers Scholarship Award. She has been a visiting professor at Boston University, the University of Paris West, the University of Puerto Rico, the University of Havana, Monash University, and the National Law University in Lucknow, India, and has given lectures on intellectual property in more than twenty-five countries.