The IP Leadership Executive 2025
The IP Leadership Executive event is quickly becoming the leading event on the West Coast, with corporate leaders, law firms and IP service providers taking part in a collaborative discussion on business strategies, dealmaking and IP. Here is what attendees gained at our 2024 summit:
Were in the presence of the “Who’s Who” of IP with decision makers from: Meta, Google, Intel, Genentech, Novartis, Uber and forge important business connections.
Engaged in conversation with key decision makers for IP licensing deals and build your commercial IP practice.
Networked with an audience of 150+ corporate IP leaders, IP law firms and IP service providers and enhance your position as a leader within IP dealmaking.
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2024 Highlights
Strategic Insights:
Companies like Capgemini, 72andSunny, Johnson & Johnson, Marvell Technology, and Kilburn & Strode share strategic insights on IP's role in decision-making, budget management, and navigating financial constraints.
Future Focus:
Uber, Google, OURA, NXP SemiConductors, Expedia Group, and Mercedes Benz Research & Development explore future-focused topics, including AI's impact on IP, cultivating IP culture, and effective trade secret protection.
Specialized Sessions:
Industry leaders from companies like Ericsson, Google, VMWare, Applied Materials, Genentech, Lam Research, and others delve into high-value licensing deals, DEI in IP industries, litigation essentials, global IP business strategies, and building world-class IP teams.
Roundtable Engagement:
Engage in roundtable discussions covering regulatory changes, patent trolls, USA IP case law, life science IP, and tech life science IP, providing a comprehensive and interactive experience for attendees.
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AUDIENCE BREAKDOWN
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Industry In-House50%
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Law Firms30%
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Non-Practicing Entities (NPE'S)10%
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IP Service Providers20%
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2024 Speakers
Paul Liu
Paul 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.
Kim Jessum
Sanjesh Sharma
Jay Choi
Gail Su
Subroto Bose
Subroto 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.
Steve Gong
Monica Baig-Silva
Monica 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.
John Mulgrew
Mathew Hulse
Matt is currently Associate General Counsel at Intel Corporation and leads the legal team advising Intel's Cloud & Enterprise and Programmable Solutions businesses, 2,000+ person datacenter engineering team, and Intel Automotive. In this role, he serves as the primary legal advisor for Intel's multibillion-dollar Cloud & Enterprise business that offers a broad portfolio of silicon and software datacenter products. His experience includes advising on issues related to technology licensing, strategic collaborations, intellectual property, competition, product security, sales and marketing, and commercial law matters. Previously, he held other senior IP, litigation, and business legal roles at Intel.
Prior to joining Intel in 2011, Matt was an intellectual property trial lawyer at Am Law 200 firms in Silicon Valley. He is also a registered patent attorney and received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Chuck Sholtz
Craig Opperman
Kristin Lamb
Kristin 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.
Changhae Park
Katie Nolan-Stevaux
Thomas Choi
Thomas 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.
Andre Carlos Freiden
Tim Gorry
Danielle Coleman
Keith Wilson
Keith Wilson is executive vice president, partnerships and acquisitions, at IPValue Management Inc. IPValue’s mission is to generate value for leading innovative enterprises by licensing their patented inventions. IPValue has returned well over $1bn to high-tech enterprises from its licensing activities and, over the past four years, has acquired rights to over 10,000 patents. Mr Wilson has over 25 years of experience in intellectual property law, licensing, and management. Before joining IPValue, Mr Wilson was vice president, general and IP Counsel at Solus Microtechnologies, a venture capital-funded technology company. Mr Wilson worked for over a decade for Litton Industries, a $5bn technology company, in a number of technical, legal, and executive positions, including chief IP counsel. Mr Wilson has a BS in electrical engineering from UC Berkeley and a law degree from UC Hastings College of the Law.
Patricia Rothenberg
Catherine Tornabene
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.
Mimi Diemmy Dao
Rose James
Harry Harden
Harry heads Kilburn & Strode’s, San Francisco liaison office. With a background in physics, he primarily works on software, automotive and autonomous driving technologies.
His practice involves advising on filing strategies across the globe, particularly for Silicon Valley companies, with a focus on balancing efficiency with strength of IP protection.
Harry has particular expertise in risk assessment (freedom to operate) and patent portfolio strength analysis as companies approach IPO. Recent work has involved detailed
patent due diligence investigations to advise on commercial implications of patent portfolios.
Victoria Friedman
Victoria 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.
Chen Li
Daniel Block
2024 PARTNERS
2024 Platinum Partners
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Website: davispolk.com
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (including its associated entities) is an elite global law firm with world-class practices across the board. Industry-leading companies and global financial institutions know they can rely on us for their most challenging legal and business matters. The firm’s top-flight capabilities are grounded in a distinguished history of 170 years, and our global, forward-looking focus is supported by offices strategically located in the world’s key financial centers and political capitals. More than 1,000 lawyers collaborate seamlessly across practice groups and geographies to provide clients with exceptional service, sophisticated advice and creative, practical solutions.
Robins Kaplan
Website: https://www.robinskaplan.com/
Robins Kaplan LLP is among the nation’s premier trial law firms, with more than 225 attorneys in seven major cities. Our attorneys litigate, mediate, and arbitrate client disputes, always at-the-ready for an ultimate courtroom battle. When huge forces are at play, major money is at stake, or rights are being trampled, we help clients cut through complexity, get to the heart of the problem, and win what matters most.
2024 Gold Partners
Cantor Colburn
Website: https://www.cantorcolburn.com/
Please visit our website for more information.Finnegan
Website: http://www.finnegan.com/
As one of the largest IP practices in the world, Finnegan was founded nearly 60 years ago with a focus on offering the highest quality IP legal services. Since we focus primarily on IP, every resource of our firm is dedicated to hiring the top talent in the IP world, and providing them with the IP resources needed to excel. We have a decades-long track record of successfully prosecuting and litigating some of the world’s most significant patent, trademark, copyright, and licensing matters. We also represent clients on IP issues related to advertising, trade secrets, European patents and trade marks, international trade, portfolio management, the Internet, e-commerce, government contracts, antitrust, privacy, and unfair competition. We offer full-service IP legal and technical experience in virtually every industry and technology—from electrical and computer technology, industrial manufacturing, consumer products, medical devices, and biotechnology to pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and alternative energy.
Our commitment to quality is continually recognized worldwide by our clients, colleagues, and respected publications such as:
- #1 Tier National Ranking for Intellectual Property Law, 2010-2024 (U.S. News—Best Lawyers Best Law Firms)
- Practice Group of the Year, 2017, 2019, 2022 (Law360)
- #1 Tier National Ranking for Intellectual Property Litigation, 2024 (Benchmark Litigation)
Kilburn and Strode
Website: https://www.kilburnstrode.com/
Please visit our website for more information.Michelman and Robinson
Website: https://www.mrllp.com/
Michelman & Robinson is a full-service law firm that specializes in Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets matters helping clients obtain patents, trademarks and copyrights here in the U.S. and through affiliates overseas. Our IP attorneys also develop IP plans to protect, maintain, maximize and monetize clients’ IP interests, including IP portfolio evaluations, opinion work and cross-licensing efforts.
As a testament to our breadth of experience in the field, our lawyers are pioneers in the treatment of data as an emerging asset class and species of IP. We’re also relied upon to handle brand identity and rights protection matters, litigate IP infringement cases in federal courts and in front of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and prosecute trade secrets and trademarks before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Visit us at mrllp.com
Sterne Kessler
Website: https://www.sternekessler.com/
Please visit our website for more information.Adeia
Website: https://adeia.com/
Our fundamental innovations shape the way millions of people explore and experience entertainment and enhance billions of devices in an increasingly connected world. From TVs to smartphones, in almost any place you can think of, from home to work to on the go, and in all types of entertainment experiences, from Pay-TV to OTT, managing content and connections in a way that is smart, immersive and personal is precisely what our innovations do.
Our patented innovations broadly cover all aspects of the entertainment experience, including guidance, discovery, search, recommendations, DVR, VOD, OTT, multi-screen, personalization, data analytics, advertising, imaging, content storage and high-performance computing.
Adeia licenses its patented media innovations for use with traditional linear television both in North America and internationally, and increasingly in connection with OTT, direct-to-consumer, and social media services that provide access to entertainment inside and outside the home on a broad array of devices. We believe the continued growth of video consumption, the evolution of how consumers explore and experience video, and the need for content storage and high performance computing present new opportunities for us to continue to develop patentable innovations, expand the industries we serve, and to license additional patent rights.
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CTC Legal Media (Patent Lawyer Magazine)
Website: https://ctclegalmedia.com/
CTC Legal Media are globally renowned publishers of The Trademark Lawyer and The Patent Lawyer Magazines, reporting on core IP matters. Each and every edition is full of exclusive special features including guest interviews with in-house counsel, case comment, and the latest developments in the IP Industry, delivered to a combined hardcopy and digital global readership of over 93,000+ IP professionals.
The Global IP Matrix
Website: https://www.gipmatrix.com/
The Global IP Matrix is the only print and digital IP industry-specific publication authored by legal professionals in the intellectual property sector. Our content is 100% contributed by IP industry legal professionals for professionals in the IP field.
Industry thought leaders provide comprehensive, detailed analysis reports on innovation, IP trends, new legislation, and IP strategy, amongst other topics in the IP spectrum internationally.
We have an unbiased approach, and we welcome thought leaders at all levels to share their knowledge and experience through sharing thought-provoking content.
For more info contact us at - [email protected] or call +44 (0)203 813 045
Global Legal Group
Website: https://iclg.com/
Global Legal Group is an independent digital media company based in central London. Our clients are private practice and in-house lawyers, multinational corporations, and professional services firms in over 190 countries around the world. Founded in 2002, Global Legal Group’s first product was the International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG) series, which has grown into a world-renowned legal resource that covers the law in more than 192 jurisdictions and across 58 practice areas. Since 2009, GLG has also produced Commercial Dispute Resolution, an online news and print magazine for litigation and arbitration specialists. In 2011, GLG introduced Global Legal Insights, an essential analytical resource detailing current legal issues spanning 16 practice areas, and, in 2014, African Law & Business was unveiled. Since 2012, GLG has also hosted a successful series of conferences and events, including the annual Global Class Actions Symposium, the premier event for international class actions specialists. Our mission is to provide outstanding performance for our clients and partners. We provide the digital technologies and expertise that they need to boost their brand exposure and market reach, as well as access to the world’s leading online network of legal experts. By only partnering with the leading legal and business authorities, we also ensure that the information we provide is topical, enlightening and authoritative, making our products the go-to resource.
IP CloseUp
Website: http://www.ipcloseup.com/
IP CloseUp is a leading source of insight for people who need to keep up with intellectual property trends. Since 2012 readers have turned to IP CloseUp for free weekly updates on news and perspective about issues affecting patents, trademarks and copyrights. Coverage includes news, data, events, investment and the people that drive them. Readers are executives, entrepreneurs, lawyers, creators, investors, journalists and educators. Regular features cover transactions, disputes and data. IP CloseUp, a Feedspot “top-50” blog, is read in more than 60 countries and has generated over 370,000 visits.
JUVE
Website: https://www.juve-patent.com
JUVE has been reporting on the UPC, the European Patent Office and developments at law firms and in-house departments for twenty years – and in English since 2018.
JUVE Patent provides daily news coverage, in-depth reports and annual rankings on the four most important European patent markets.
Women's IP World
Website: https://www.womensipworld.com/
The Women's IP World Annual was launched in 2019 to highlight and celebrate the work and achievements of women working in IP, IP Law & innovation globally. Women play significant roles in IP & Innovation that should be recognised and discussed at the highest level.
We endeavour to give women from all over the world (that work in IP Law and innovation) a voice and a platform to showcase their expertise and experiences of working in the industry and receive recognition for their outstanding work and achievements with other like-minded professionals working in these fields.
Our publication has received much attention from international IP organisations like INTA and AIPPI, who have contributed the opening letters to our last two annual editions. Our yearly publication has attracted a cocktail of awe-inspiring women from all over the world who are happy to share their profiles and experience working in the industry with our global audience.
The Women's IP World annual publication is produced only once per year. It is distributed monthly for one year at IP and innovation conferences and exhibitions all over the world. Our magazine is published in a few different formats, including print, digital and now in audio format via iTunes, PodOmatic, Spotify, Audible and Amazon Music for a more unintrusive listening experience.
Women's IP World 2022 presentation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SgpYU2uWto
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