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  • Gerratana, Frank

    Calyx Law LLP | Partner

    Frank Gerratana is a high-tech and intellectual property attorney at the intersection of law, business, and emerging technology. With degrees in computer science & electrical engineering, he brings deep technical acumen to his clients’ most complex legal challenges. Frank works with a wide range of organizations—from venture-backed startups to Fortune 500 corporations—helping them develop robust patent strategies, navigate legal hurdles, and mitigate IP-related risks. His forward-looking guidance enables companies to protect and commercialize their innovations, whether they involve artificial intelligence, blockchain, robotics, medical devices, microprocessor architecture, or financial technology.
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    Holland & Hart | Partner

    Tim has served as lead trial counsel in high stakes patent, trademark, and copyright litigation matters throughout the United States.
  • Gibb - Square 200 Gibb, III, Frederick W.

    Gibb & Riley | Principal and Founder

    Frederick W. Gibb, III is a principal and founding member of the firm, Gibb & Riley, and is a registered patent attorney principally drafting and prosecuting patent applications.
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    Powell Gilbert | Partner

    Penny’s strong scientific background has led to her specialisation in advising clients in the life sciences sector. She represents clients before the UK patent courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and has represented clients in referrals to the CJEU and EFTA Court.
  • Gill Photo Gill, Adam

    GLS Capital | Managing Director

    Adam Gill is a founder and Managing Director at GLS Capital and leads patent-related investments.
  • GILL_PHOTO_AIPLA2021AM Gill, Leigh

    Immix Law Group | Managing Attorney

    Leigh Gill is Managing Attorney at Immix Law Group, an entrepreneurial law firm with offices in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. Leigh’s practice focuses on technology and creativity, informed by Leigh’s decade in software before joining the bar, and he enjoys working with companies on the front lines of innovation. Leigh’s practice also includes work in the creative, entertainment, and arts businesses—places where intellectual property drives value.
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    Foley & Lardner | Partner

    Jeanne M. Gills is a partner and intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. She also serves as vice chair of the firm’s national Intellectual Property Department focusing on Strategic Marketing & Business Development, and she previously served as vice chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.
  • Gilmore, Richard C.

    Maschoff Brennan | Shareholder

    Rick is a partner in the Salt Lake office of Maschoff Brennan Gilmore Israelsen & Mauriel. He is involved in all aspects of intellectual property law, with a focus on patent and trademark application preparation and prosecution domestically and internationally. He represents large and small clients from a diverse range of industries and often works directly with in-house counsel to develop and maintain their worldwide patent and trademark portfolios. Rick is a frequent speaker on patent and trademark matters and has taught many law school classes on patent and trademark issues.
  • Gilmore, vanessa square200 Gilmore, Vanessa D.

    US District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Judge

    In 1994 when Judge Vanessa Diane Gilmore was sworn in, she was then the youngest sitting federal judge in the nation. The native of Silver Spring, Maryland was also the youngest member of her freshman class at her alma mater, Hampton University in Virginia. Gilmore decided to undertake a career in law after she represented herself and won a minor civil lawsuit. She graduated from the University of Houston Law Center in 1981. In 1982, Gilmore began a 13-year tenure at a Houston law firm known as Vickery, Kilbride, Gilmore and Vickery where she specialized in civil litigation. Gilmore also became an active member of the Houston civic community, serving on the boards of a number of civic and charitable organizations including a term as president of the YWCA of Houston. She also became involved in the Texas political arena while serving as counsel and teacher in the area of election law.
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    Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton | European & Italian Patent Attorney

    Francesca Giovannini is European and Italian patent attorney with a chemical engineering background. She is registered on the French list of persons qualified in industrial property, patent section. She has been working in IP for more than 20 years in Italy, Germany and France, both in private practice and in-house.
  • Glenn Gundersen

    Dechert LLP

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    Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel | Partner

    Jeffrey Gluck is presently a partner with Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science, a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering, and a doctorate in electrical engineering, as well as a law degree. His career in intellectual property was preceded by an eleven year career as an engineering professor and as an engineer. He has been practicing intellectual property law since 1994, initially as a patent examiner, and then, since 1999, as a patent agent and as an attorney.
  • Go, Adrienne

    eBay, Inc.

    Adrienne Go leads a team of smart customer-obsessed product lawyers at eBay. Her team advises on core user experiences offered to eBay users around the world, including buying, selling, shipping, AI, focused categories, mobile, and trust. Adrienne and team analyze and advise on a wide range of disciplines, including regulatory, consumer protection, intellectual property, privacy, and contract.
  • James Goepel Goepel, James

    Fathom Cyber LLC | CEO

    Fathom CyberTM makes cybersecurity and data privacy make senseTM for officers, directors, and employees. James ("Jim") Goepel is CEO and General Counsel for Fathom Cyber.
  • Goldberg, Joshua

    Nath, Goldberg & Meyer | Co-Managing Partner

    Joshua Goldberg is Co-Managing Partner and the Partner-in-Charge of the Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Department of Nath, Goldberg & Meyer. Mr. Goldberg’s practice involves preparing and acquiring U.S. and foreign patents for his clients across a wide range of technology areas. His current practice places a particular emphasis on pharmaceutical, agriculture, and alternative energy technologies. He also advises corporate, university, and independent clients not only in how to obtain patents, but also how to bring new products to market without infringing someone else’s patents.
  • Mitchell-Goldberg-100 Goldberg, Mitchell S.

    US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Judge

    Judge Goldberg was appointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on October 31, 2008. Judge Goldberg’s career as a practicing attorney started at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office where he worked in both the trial and appellate divisions. He later joined the law firm of Cozen O’Connor, where his practice focused on commercial litigation.
  • Golden, John

    The University of Texas School of Law | Edward S. Knight Chair in Law

    John Golden is the Edward S. Knight Chair in Law, Entrepreneurialism and Innovation at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, where he has taught administrative law, contracts, patent law, seminars relating to innovation and intellectual property, and a seminar on disaster and emergency law. From 2011 to 2022, he served as faculty director of the Andrew Ben White Center in Law, Science and Social Policy. John has a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University, and an A.B. in Physics and History from Harvard College. After law school, John clerked for the Honorable Michael Boudin of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and for Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the United States Supreme Court. John also worked as an associate in the intellectual property department of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.
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    Goldstein & Russell, P.C. | Partner

    Tom Goldstein is an appellate advocate, best known as one of the nation’s most experienced Supreme Court practitioners. He has served as counsel to a party in roughly 150 merits cases at the Court. He recently argued his 45th. Only 3 lawyers in the Court's modern history have argued more cases in private practice. He has been counsel on more successful petitions for certiorari over the past decade than any other lawyer in private practice. Over the past fifteen years, the firm's petitions for certiorari have been granted at a higher rate than any private law firm or legal clinic.
  • Gonell, Fabian photo Gonell, Fabian

    Qualcomm | Senior Vice President, Licensing Strategy

    Fabian Gonell is Senior Vice President, Licensing Strategy and Legal Counsel of Qualcomm's Technology Licensing division, where his responsibilities include developing the Company’s licensing strategy, negotiating license agreements, and overseeing the company's compliance with the rules of standards organizations. He has played a major role in structuring and negotiating license agreements with many of Qualcomm’s licensees, including Apple, Samsung, LGE, Ericsson, and Nokia/Microsoft, as well as in Qualcomm’s response to regulatory investigations of Qualcomm’s licensing practices.
  • Gongola, Janet

    Patent Trial and Appeal Board | Vice Chief Judge for Engagement