Our cross-industry expert speaker faculty includes representatives from Ericsson, Capgemini, Expedia Group, Uber, Google, Lenovo, Intel, Novartis, Johnson and Johnson and many more
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Jeremiah Chan
Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Patents, Licensing and Open SourceMeta PlatformsElspeth Simpson White
Deputy General CounselGoogle DeepMindBrad Lawrence
Partner and Electrical Engineering ChairCantor ColburnBrad Lawrence focuses his practice on intellectual property counseling including the protection of clients' inventions through carefully planned patent procurement. His practice also includes analysis of the IP and product positions of others and the development of licensing strategies as well as performing product clearances in the form of non-infringement and/or invalidity opinions. He also has significant prior litigation experience that includes many aspects of patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation as well as licensing and other extrajudicial resolution of IP disputes.
Carol Fang
Global Head of IP PlatformsNovartisCatherine Tornabene
Deputy General CounselAurora Innovation, Inc.Catherine Tornabene is the Deputy General Counsel, Intellectual Property at Aurora, a leading autonomous vehicle company. Catherine has been with Aurora since June 2017 and in her role works on all aspects of intellectual property. She has been an intellectual property attorney since 2007 and prior to Aurora, worked at Google Inc. and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Prior to attending law school, she worked as a software engineer at a startup that was ultimately acquired by Netscape and then AOL. Catherine earned BAs in Computer Science and History at UC Santa Cruz, an MS in Computer Science from Stanford, and her JD at UC Hastings. She is also an inventor on two patents.
Changhae Park
SVP and Chief IP OfficerNXP SemiconductorsChen Li
Managing CounselMercedes Benz Research & DevelopmentChuck Sholtz
Vice President Intellectual PropertyNutcracker TherapeuticsCraig Opperman
Chief IP OfficerLam ResearchDaniel Block
DirectorSterne KesslerDanielle Coleman
Senior Director- Associate General CounselVMWareDavid Lisson
PartnerDavis PolkA partner in Davis Polk’s IP Litigation group, technology companies rely on David in their highest-stakes disputes. He has tried cases in courts nationwide and in the International Trade Commission, securing substantial jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of plaintiffs, and pre- and post-trial judgments on behalf of defendants. He also handles appellate proceedings and works closely with clients to resolve business-critical IP matters outside the courtroom.
David heads Davis Polk’s GenAI litigation initiative, focused on developers, enterprise technology companies, and organizations implementing GenAI.
David has been recognized by Chambers USA, IAM Patent 1000 and other publications. In Chambers, clients describe him as a “terrific lawyer,” “great counselor,” and “very, very good strategic thinker.” In IAM Patent 1000, peers noted that he is “simply amazing at plotting trial strategy from beginning to end. In the biggest litigations, his command of so many facts and issues is unrivalled.”
David serves on the board of Open Door Legal.
Gail Su
Senior CounselGoogleHarry Harden
Senior Vice PresidentKilburn & StrodeJay Choi
Senior Director of IPUberJohn Mulgrew
Chief Patent Counsel and Global Head of IPLenovo GroupKatie Nolan-Stevaux
Senior Director- Associate General Counsel- LitigationGenentechAmit Garg
VP, Partnerships & AcquisitionsIPValue ManagementKim Jessum
Chief IP CounselHeraeusKristin Lamb
Head of IPŌURAKristin Lamb is Associate General Counsel, Senior Director of Intellectual Property and Regulatory Compliance for ŌURA, a late-stage health and wellness wearable startup based in Finland and San Francisco that makes the Oura Ring. Kristin leads all aspects of IP development, protection, and enforcement for the company.
Prior to working at ŌURA, Kristin was in private practice with Hogan Lovells in Houston, Texas. She is a former biochemist and patented inventor, studied biochemistry at the University of Colorado, and received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. She is admitted to the California, Colorado, District of Columbia, and Texas bars, and is a registered patent attorney with the USPTO.
Matthew Hulse
Associate General CounselIntel CorporationMicah Block
PartnerDavis PolkA partner in Davis Polk’s IP Litigation group, leading companies hire Micah to represent them in must-win cases. He is a seasoned trial lawyer with a deep understanding of technology and a proven track record of success.
Micah litigates major patent, trade-secret, antitrust and other matters for clients including Cisco, Comcast, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Novo Nordisk, Plaid, Taiwan Semiconductor, the United States Golf Association and Verisk Analytics. Micah’s clients also call on his strategic advice, both in and out of litigation, especially on matters of intellectual-property strategy.
Among other industry recognition, Micah has been recognized by Chambers USA and was named to the Daily Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40” list in 2020. Clients describe him in Chambers as “a very deep and creative thinker who comes up with solutions you would never have thought of” and “really a superstar of the future.”
Mimi Diemmy Dao
Managing Director- IPApplied MaterialsMonica 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.
Patricia Rothenberg
General Counsel72andSunnyPaul Liu
Global Head of Intellectual PropertyTuSimplePaul is the Global Head of Intellectual Property at TuSimple, a self-driving truck company based out of San Diego, California. At TuSimple, Paul oversees the intellectual property function with a team of attorneys, patent agents, and paralegals to align the company’s intellectual property with the business to obtain proactive, high impact, and creative protections via patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. He is a subject matter expert for intellectual property assets associated with mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science technologies. He has been recognized by leading industry publications such as Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) as one of “The World’s Leading IP Strategists.
Rose James
Global Senior Director- IPExpedia GroupDiane Gabl Kratz
Director, IP Strategy & OperationsDiane 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.
Sanjesh Sharma
Assistant General Counsel- PatentsJohnson and JohnsonScott Miller
Chief IP CounselZoetisSteve Gong
Head of Data Science, Technology and Ops PatentsGoogleSubroto 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.
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.
Thomas Hamlin
PartnerRobins KaplanIP Law 360 Editorial Board Member—Artificial Intelligence
Tim Gorry
PartnerMichelman & RobinsonVictoria Friedman
Managing Partner & Director- USADennemeyer & AssociatesVictoria Friedman is an IP attorney specializing in client counseling, procurement and management of intellectual property. Her day-to-day practice involves patent and trademark preparation and prosecution, opinions of counsel, portfolio strategy and management, licensing, business transactions and much more. Her technical background is in Computer Information Systems and her patent practice primarily focuses on software, telecommunications, computer, search, email and social network arts.
In her trademark practice, she manages international portfolios for top global brands in various industries. Friedman is one of a handful of attorneys who have been successful in registering a color mark. She enjoys developing and implementing efficient, practical solutions to her clients' IP challenges.
Victoria Friedman speaks English and Russian and has been active in the field of IP since 2003.Milan Patel
IP Director- Patent Portfolio Management & Strategy - Patent LitigationVolvoKim Swanson
Head of CommercialDennemeyerHelen 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.
Rowena Young
Vice President- IP Rights ManagementAdeia