Kolakowski, John

John Kolakowski is Head of IP Policy and Advocacy, Americas for Nokia Technology Standards.  He is an intellectual property counsel and business advisor with over 15 years of in-house worldwide telecommunications patent policy, licensing and litigation experience at Nokia and 10 years of prior private practice district court and ITC patent litigation experience at Morrison & Foerster LLP.  Mr. Kolakowski advocates for Nokia before government regulatory authorities and lawmakers, standard development organizations, trade associations and other groups addressing IPR and patent policies.  John has successfully negotiated inbound/outbound patent and technology licenses at Nokia, the monetization of patent portfolios with tens of thousands of individual assets, and patent divestments netting significant returns.   He is USPTO-barred and a former federal judicial clerk, with a J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and now resides in the Washington, DC area.