Speakers

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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

  • Gonzalez-Vargas, Mariana

    Basham | Partner

    Mariana Gonzalez, partner at Basham, Ringe y Correa, has over 17 years of experience in patent prosecution, IP transactions, and litigation, particularly in the life sciences sector. With degrees in chemistry and law, a master’s in top management, and the Certified Licensing Professional® credential, Mariana offers integrated scientific and legal expertise. A recognized specialist on Mexico’s linkage system and data exclusivity, Mariana also has research experience, including a stay at Ohio State University focusing on DNA base characterization through ultrafast laser spectroscopy. Mariana has acted as an expert witness in significant pharmaceutical litigations, contributing expert opinions in complex cases. Author and co-author of several articles and publications, Mariana has been a frequent speaker in Mexico and abroad at events organized by leading professional associations.
  • good, Ed 200 Good, Ed

    Trainer, Author, Editor

    Ed Good provides on-site training programs in effective writing to corporations, law firms, and governmental agencies. More than 10,000 professionals have attended Ed's programs in the U.S., Europe, China, and Taiwan. He served as Counsel and Writer-in-Residence at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, in Washington, D.C. At Finnegan, he wrote proposals that resulted in significant legal work at Fortune 50 corporations.
  • Goodman, Jordana

    Chicago-Kent School of Law | Assistant Professor

    Jordana R. Goodman joined Chicago-Kent College of Law as an assistant professor in August 2023. Goodman is an expert on gender and race equity issues in STEM fields. Her research explores the intersection of diversity, equity, and inclusion and intellectual property law.
  • Goodrum200 Goodrum, Garfield
    Garfield Goodrum has over 20 years’ experience in IP, working with internationally known brands and designs. Garfield has cleared and prosecuted registrations for hundreds of trademarks and copyright-protected works, and litigated numerous design, copyright and trademark infringement and inter partes matters. In 2009, Garfield won a $774,000 jury verdict for willful design copyright infringement in U.S. federal court. Garfield is chair of the Industrial Design Committee of AIPLA – the American Intellectual Property Law Association, a member of INTA – the International Trademark Association and the Copyright Society of the U.S.
  • Gosse, David

    Nokia | Senior Licensing Attorney

    David Gosse manages and resolves complex patent disputes for Nokia, leveraging his expertise in patent law and litigation. He negotiates agreements including pre-litigation resolutions and litigation settlements, regularly representing Nokia in mediation proceedings.
  • Goulart, Joaquim

    Dannemann Siemsen | Partner

    With over 25 years of experience, Joaquim is a partner at Dannemann Siemsen and is currently responsible for the litigation group. He specializes in patent and trademark litigation, with substantial success in a number of litigations in Brazil. He received his law degree at Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, specialized in Economic and Corporate Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas and received his LLM in Intellectual Property Law from John Marshall Law School.
  • Gourvitz Pic square200 Gourvitz, Evan

    Ropes & Gray | Counsel

    Evan Gourvitz has successfully litigated intellectual property disputes and counseled clients on intellectual property protection, as both outside and in-house counsel, for more than 20 years.
  • Grady, Douglass

    Baker & Hostetler | Partner

    Douglas (“Doug”) Grady is a 19th year patent litigator at Baker & Hostetler; he has appeared in more than 100 civil actions in courts and tribunals across the United States and internationally. His clients include Fortune 50 companies, technology giants, emerging and fast-growth companies, sole entrepreneurs, and State governments. He has in-depth experience across an eclectic range of technologies including system and application software, electrical digital data, machining elements, subterranean mining, petroleum refining, thin film coating, cellular communications and handsets, integrated circuits, and others. Prior to law, Doug was a Seattle-based high-altitude mountain guide for Mountain Madness, working in the great mountain ranges of North America, the Andes, and the high Himalaya.
  • Emma Graham square web Graham, Emma

    Mewburn Ellis | Partner

    Emma works across all stages of the IP lifecycle from drafting and prosecuting patents to managing offensive and defensive opposition proceedings at the EPO.
  • Graif, Michael

    Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. | Partner

    Mr. Graif is an intellectual property attorney whose practice encompasses trademark and copyright enforcement, technology transactions and licensing, and online protection and enforcement. He advises clients on fair use, generative AI, and branding in the metaverse, and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/US. Mr. Graif’s clients range from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies in a broad range of industries, including software, sports, toys, manufacturing, entertainment, and digital & social media.
  • Gratz, Joseph C.

    Morrison & Foerster LLP | Partner

    Joseph C. Gratz is a partner with the law firm of Morrison & Forester LLP in San Francisco. His practice focuses on litigating cases about copyright and new technologies, and he currently represents OpenAI and Stability AI in all of their pending U.S. copyright litigation. He regularly represents Amazon and Meta in intermediary liability copyright and trademark cases, and represented Google in the Google Books case.
  • Graves, Franklin

    HCA Healthcare | Technology Counsel

    Franklin Graves is an in-house technology, IP, and media law attorney in Nashville, TN and Tech Counsel for HCA Healthcare. He is a graduate of Belmont University College of Law (J.D.), and Samford University (B.A.). He is a former Young Lawyer Fellow and Young Lawyer Council member with the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL). Franklin currently serves as co-chair of the ABA-IPL’s Copyright and Emerging Technology Committee.
  • Gray, Brian

    Brian Gray Law

    Brian Gray has had extensive experience in all phases of Intellectual Property and Technology: counseling, prosecution, licensing and litigation, and including work in computer subject matter, media, advertising, technology, biotechnology, chemistry and information technology. I have been involved in all phases of product development and distribution.
  • Gray, Kim

    IQVIA | Chief Privacy Officer--Global

  • Gray Photo copy Gray, Naomi Jane

    Shades of Gray Law Group, PC | Principal

    Naomi Jane Gray is a principal in the law firm Shades of Gray Law Group, PC.
  • grayson200 Grayson, Angela

    Precipice IP | Founder and Principal Member

    Angela J. Grayson, CIPP/US, CLP is an accomplished nationally recognized lawyer, speaker, and author. She is Principal Member and Founder of Precipice IP PLLC. PRECIPICE is an award-winning consultancy and technology law boutique specializing in patent, trademark, copyright, and data law. PRECIPICE helps entrepreneurs and technology-focused businesses protect their products, brands, designs and data.
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    Wilson Sonsini | Partner

    Lora Green is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the post-grant review practice. From 2001 to 2018, Lora was an administrative patent judge at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which included serving as a lead administrative patent judge from 2011 to 2017. While at the USPTO, she managed post-grant review proceedings, such as inter partes and covered business method reviews.