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  • Curtis, Emily

    Carlex Glass America | Intellectual Property Counsel

    Emily Curtis is Intellectual Property Counsel at Carlex Glass America, LLC, an automotive glass supplier. Emily manages the global intellectual property needs of Carlex, including protection of intellectual property assets, management of trademark and patent portfolios, and defensive patent analysis.
  • Dahan, Tal

    CyberArk Software | Intellectual Property Manager

    Tal Dahan serves as the IP Manager at CyberArk Software, the global leader in Identity Security. As a seasoned patent attorney with more than 16 years of experience in IP litigation and prosecution, Tal Joined CyberArk Software in 2020 to provide comprehensive counsel on a range of IP matters. Positioned within the Product & Technology group, Tal plays a pivotal role in steering CyberArk’s global innovation and IP strategy, encompassing AI-related initiatives.
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    Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian | Of Counsel

    Mr. Daniels heads the firm’s litigation group, where he handles litigation matters in district courts and at the International Trade Commission. Mr. Daniels also counsels clients by providing infringement and validity opinions, as well as guiding clients’ strategies using post-grant tools such as inter partes review and reexamination.
  • Darville, Brian

    Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. | Senior Counsel

    Brian Darville chairs the Trademark and Copyright Practice Group at Oblon. He has over two decades of litigation experience in federal courts throughout the U.S. focused primarily on trademark and copyright litigation.
  • Daspit, Jacqueline

    Becton, Dickinson and Company | Associate General Counsel

  • Davis, Laura

    DeWitt Law Firm | Partner

    Laura is a partner and experienced litigator at DeWitt LLP. She has experience litigating patent (utility and design), trademark, copyright, and trade secret disputes, as well as other commercial disputes. In addition, Laura regularly handles cancellation and opposition proceedings before the TTAB and IPR proceedings before the PTAB. She has obtained successful outcomes at all stages of litigation from preliminary injunctions and summary judgment to trial and appeal. Most recently, she has successfully defeated patent infringement and other related claims on summary judgment while going on to obtain a favorable verdict pursuing trade secret violations in the same case.
  • Davis, Theodore

    Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP | Partner

    Ted Davis is a partner in the Atlanta office of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, where he has practiced trademark, copyright, false advertising, and unfair competition law since 1990. He is a past member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Board of Directors and currently serves as an editor of the A.I.P.L.A. Quarterly Law Journal. He also is a current member of the American Bar Association’s Board of Governors and a former member of the International Trademark Association’s Executive Committee. He frequently serves as an expert witness in trademark-related matters and is an adjunct professor at the Emory University School of Law.
  • Dayton, Katherine Lyon

    Fross Zelnick | Associate

    Katherine Lyon Dayton excels at developing effective strategies to secure and enforce clients’ intellectual property rights in difficult and multijurisdictional situations. She advises on international trademark clearance, registration, opposition, and cancellation actions, as well as other enforcement matters.
  • de Mattos Siqueira, Joana

    Montaura Pimenta Machado & Vierira de Mello | Partner

    Joana de Mattos Siqueira is partner and part of the firm’s trademarks team. With more than 20 years of experience acting an attorney in Intellectual Property, her practice involves all procedures for registration of trademarks before the INPI, including opposition and other administrative petitions, as well as strategic analysis for complex trademark issues, with the aim of avoiding litigation, where possible.
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    SABIC | Sr. Counsel, Intellectual Property

    Matt is Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property at SABIC, handling all types of intellectual property matters for SABIC’s Specialties business.
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    Quarles & Brady | Associate

    Justin DeAngelis is a patent attorney in the Chicago office of Quarles & Brady LLP where his practice focuses on domestic and international patent prosecution, freedom to operate analyses, and infringement analyses for design and utility patents. He is currently the Chair of the International Policy & Practice Subcommittee of the AIPLA Industrial Designs Committee, Co-Chair of the Young Members' Committee of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC), and on the Board of Directors of the Kettle Moraine Land Trust in Southeastern Wisconsin. Justin received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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    Berman Fink Van Horn PC | Shareholder

    A Shareholder at Berman Fink Van Horn, Lea counsels companies regarding disputes that arise in every day operations.
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    Johnson & Johnson | Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

    Robert DeBerardine is Worldwide Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel of Johnson & Johnson where he manages a group of about 270 IP professionals, of whom about 110 are patent and trademark attorneys. Before joining Johnson & Johnson, Robert was Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for Sanofi. Prior to Sanofi, Robert served as Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for Abbott Laboratories.
  • DeFranco, Denise

    Johnson & Johnson | Global Head of IP Litigation

    Denise DeFranco is the Global Head of IP Litigation at Johnson & Johnson. In that capacity, she manages the team of lawyers who are responsible for Johnson & Johnson’s patent litigation around the globe. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Denise was a Partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP. She clerked for The Honorable Paul R. Michel at the U.S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and served as a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Denise received her J.D. from The George Washington University National Law Center in Washington, D.C. and her B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.
  • Degnan-Lauren-square200 Degnan, Lauren

    Fish & Richardson P.C.

    Lauren A. Degnan is a seasoned trial and appellate lawyer who handles high-stakes IP disputes that can weave their way through a complex maze of multi-jurisdiction litigation, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, federal district courts, the International Trade Commission, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Her experience across all forums makes her adept at developing coordinated, sophisticated strategies that often result in securing fast, favorable outcomes for clients. While Lauren has served as lead counsel for numerous complex patent infringement cases, her strategic writing abilities are an equally noteworthy talent.
  • Deka, Monisha Deka, Monisha

    US International Trade Commission | Investigative Attorney

    Monisha Deka (Mo) has been an Investigative Attorney at the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington DC for almost 8 years. Investigative attorneys advocate on behalf of the public interest in intellectual property investigations initiated under 19 U.S.C. 1337, commonly referred to as Section 337 litigations.
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    NOVUM Consulting Group | Founder and President

    Stephen Dell is the Founder and President of NOVUM Consulting Group. With more than eighteen years of professional experience in financial consulting and valuation services, he focuses on assisting clients with complex intellectual property damage analysis, commercial disputes, and valuations.
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    The United States Patent and Trademark Office | Commissioner of Trademarks

    Mary Boney Denison is the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Commissioner for Trademarks.
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    Elbit Systems of America | General Counsel

  • Paul Derry

    Venner Shipley | Partner and Patent Attorney

    Paul Derry is a partner at Venner Shipley, and a European Patent Attorney and a Chartered (UK) Patent Attorney. He specialises in the fields of software, electronics, telecommunications and medical devices, representing a number of companies in these sectors.