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Nikki Page
Head of AI & Legal EthicsNvidia -
Alonzo Barber
Head of IP Strategy, Licencing and AcquisitionMicrosoft -
Amber Leavitt
Senior Director- Head of IPeBay -
Ceyda Azakli Maisami
Director, IPHP -
Changhae Park
SVP and Chief IP OfficerNXP Semiconductors -
Chen Li
Managing CounselMercedes Benz Research & Development -
Daniel Block
DirectorSterne Kessler -
Diane Gabl Kratz
Director, IP Strategy & OperationsDolbyDiane is a four-time IAM Strategy 300 World's Leading IP Strategist and USPTO-registered patent attorney. At Dolby, she leads an 18-person global team, developing and executing U.S. and international patent filing strategies and heading Dolby’s worldwide trademark portfolio. A four-time Super Lawyers Rising Star, she began in IP litigation at international law firms Morrison & Foerster and Sidley Austin.
Diane frequently presents at conferences throughout the U.S. and has guest lectured at Stanford, University of California-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and serves as regular faculty at PLI. She has been quoted or profiled in numerous legal publications including Law360, American Lawyer/Law.com, IAM, and Managing IP. She is a Founding Board Member of the California IP Alliance. Diane received her J.D. from the University of Chicago and a Physics degree from Cornell University.
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Helen Li
Associate Director of PatentsIntel CorporationHelen Liis an associate director of patents and patent portfolio manager of AI innovations at the Intel Corporation. She also serves as the Patent Group Counsel to Office of the Intel CTO & Software and Advanced Technology Group. Prior to joining the Intel, she was a patent attorney at Fenwick & West LLP, where she advised clients on IP strategy and prosecuted patents in computer engineering technologies such as AI. She has a PhD in computer engineering and JD both from Santa Clara University.
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Jeremiah Chan
Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Patents, Licensing and Open SourceMeta Platforms -
John Mulgrew
Chief Patent Counsel and Global Head of IPLenovo Group -
Karen Robinson
Senior Vice President and Deputy General CounselAdobe -
Krishna Pathiyal
Head of Patent Development & StrategyCisco -
Milan Patel
IP Director- Patent Portfolio Management & Strategy - Patent LitigationVolvo -
Monica Baig-Silva
Vice President Intellectual PropertyThermo FisherMonica Baig-Silva (Vice President, Intellectual Property at Thermo Fisher Scientific) provides strategic counseling and intellectual property support for Thermo Fisher’s biotechnology, pharmaceutical and clinical trials businesses. With over 15 years of experience, Monica routinely handles all matters of intellectual property protection. In addition, Monica has extensive experience advising on matters related to IP infringement, employment agreements, contract negotiations, and cyber security. A champion of trade secret protections, Monica founded Thermo Fisher’s trade secret and risk assessment committee for internally monitoring company trade secret practices. Monica is currently a member of the Intellectual Property Organization’s trade secret committee.
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Peter Jovanovic
Legal Director- IPDell -
Rose James
Global Senior Director- IPExpedia Group -
Sanjesh Sharma
Assistant General Counsel- PatentsJohnson and Johnson -
Steve Gong
Head of Data Science, Technology and Ops PatentsGoogle -
Subroto Bose
Head of IPAstera LabsSubroto Bose is Head of IP at Astera Labs, where he manages Astera’s patent and trademark portfolio, domain names, customs enforcement, invention harvesting, and patent strategy. Prior to joining Astera Labs, he was Assistant General Counsel, IP Strategy and Development at Marvell Semiconductor, and Senior Director, Global Patent Strategy and IP Operations at Dolby Laboratories.
Subroto’s in-house experience includes global patent and trademark portfolio strategy, European patent prosecution, patent acquisitions, and global IP operations. He also advises on patent issues in licensing transactions, open source issues, and issues related to standard setting organizations and standard essential patents. His prior experience also includes working at several law firms, where he represented both plaintiffs and defendants before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and federal district courts.
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Thomas Choi
Director-LicencingEricssonThomas Choi is a Licensing Director at Ericsson, responsible for managing global IP transactions for Ericsson including SEP licensing. Prior to joining Ericsson, he had extensive IP licensing and technical experience from his time at Nortel, Wi-LAN and Intellectual Ventures. Thomas earned his J.D. from Santa Clara University and holds an MA in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University and BA in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He is a member of the California Bar and U.S. Patent Bar.
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Tim Gorry
PartnerMichelman & Robinson -
Wayne DeMello
Director- Senior Corporate Counsel-IPTandem Diabetes Care -
Katie Nolan Stevaux
Assistant General CounselGenentech -
Noel Egantios
CEODivX