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  • Cundiff, V photo square 200x200 Cundiff, Victoria A

    Paul Hasting LLP | Partner

    Victoria A. Cundiff is a partner at Paul Hastings resident in New York, where she is a leader of the Firm’s nationally ranked global trade secrets litigation practice. She works with clients in industries including technology, software, media, financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and sales and distribution organizations. She has tried trade secrets and related commercial and intellectual property disputes throughout the United States and before a variety of arbitration and mediation tribunals.
  • Cunningham, Isabella

    University of Texas at Austin | Stan Richards Chair in Advertising and Public Relations

    Professor Isabella Cunningham holds the Stan Richards Chair in Advertising and Public Relations at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also the Academic Director of the Tower Fellows Program at the University. Dr. Cunningham serves on several academic committees and is a member of the School Budget Council. She also served as a member of the college Administrative Council, the University Curricular Task Force, the UT Presidential Enrollment Task Force and is a member of the Executive Council of the Latin American Studies School. Dr. Cunningham has served as a director on public and private companies’ boards and several non-profit boards and non-profit institutions including St. Edward’s Board of Trustees, the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
  • Philip Cupitt

    Marks & Clerk | Partner

    Philip is a UK and European Patent Attorney who specialises in protecting inventions in all fields of engineering. His technical experience includes software, telecommunications, medical devices, electronics, mechanical engineering and manufacturing.
  • Curcio, Tanya

    Kelly IP | Of Counsel

    Tanya Curcio counsels clients regarding a wide range of trademark and copyright issues. For over a decade she has managed global trademark portfolios and handled complex copyright registration, administration and enforcement issues. Tanya began her legal career at a boutique entertainment firm in New York City, where she negotiated and drafted recording, publishing, and other entertainment-related agreements for high-profile clients, including recording artists, music publishers, producers, songwriters, and music-based online platforms.
  • Curtis, Anthony

    Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner | Attorney

    Tony Curtis is a registered patent attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner. His practice includes patent procurement, portfolio management and strategic counseling in a wide range of electrical, software, and mechanical technologies. Tony previously worked as senior counsel in patent operations and portfolio management in the communications field at Verizon and Motorola Solutions. He has worked on diverse technology, including short and long-range telecommunication devices, semiconductor devices, materials, and processing, software (including AI), healthcare-related software and devices, big data analysis and usage, Internet-related software including advertising, and business methods.
  • 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.
  • deruyter 200 de Ruyter, Matthew

    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.
  • deangelis Square200 DeAngelis, Justin D.

    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.
  • Dearing, Lea 200x200 Dearing, Lea

    Berman Fink Van Horn PC | Shareholder

    A Shareholder at Berman Fink Van Horn, Lea counsels companies regarding disputes that arise in every day operations.
  • Deberardine, Robert200 DeBerardine, Robert

    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.