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  • JENNIFER KOVALCIK Kovalcik, Jennifer

    Community Health Systems | Vice President, Technology and Intellectual Property Counsel

    Jennifer is Vice President, Technology & Intellectual Property Counsel for Community Health Systems.
  • Krall, Noreen

    Apple, Inc. | Former Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel

    Noreen is the former Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel for Apple Inc. She was responsible for all aspects of Apple’s global commercial and intellectual property litigation. She lead a team that handled one of the largest litigation dockets in the industry, including competitor and NPE patent litigation in venues across the globe, class actions, competition law cases, commercial disputes, mass tort, small claims and subpoenas.
  • Kramer, David B.

    Gemini Risk Partners, LLC | Principal

    David provides insurance brokerage and risk management to law firms nationwide. He oversees the procurement of professional liability insurance and delivery of risk management services to law firms ranging from one attorney to over 200 attorneys for approximately 200 law firms in 26 U.S. states. He also speaks nationally to various legal associations on insurance and risk.
  • Kraus, Jason

    Partner | Nelson Mullins

    Jason designs and implements international patent strategies that create maximum value for clients. He partners with clients to ensure products avoid infringing competitors' patents and to build international patent portfolios that provide a competitive business advantage. He also works with clients to enforce patents against competitors in patent infringement litigation. Jason has worked with clients in the fields of Medical Devices, Food & Agriculture, and 3D Printing.
  • Kresh Mugshot (002) Kresh, Joshua

    The IP Policy Institute, University of Akron School of Law | Research Professor and Executive Director

    The IP Policy Institute is an Institute at the University of Akron School of Law that focuses on Intellectual Property Law and Policy.
  • Krish Gupta

    Dell Technologies | Senior Vice President, Litigation and Intellectual Property

  • Kristin Neuman

    MPEG-LA

  • Kronengold Photo Kronengold, Steve

    SRK Law Offices | Team Leader

    With over 25 years of experience, Steve Kronengold, our team leader, advises clients regarding a broad range of business law issues.
  • Kujak, Angela

    The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard | Senior Director, OSAP Legal Practice

    Angela Kujak is the Senior Director and Head of the OSAP Legal Practice at the Broad Institute and a registered patent attorney. She oversees Broad's intellectual property portfolio, guiding the strategic management of its patents and IP assets. Angela leads a team of over 15 legal professionals, structuring, drafting, and negotiating agreements related to Broad’s strategic transactions, partnerships, and new company formations. Before joining Broad, she held senior roles at UCLA’s Technology Development Group and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).
  • Margorzata-Kulczycka-100 Kulczycka Ph.D., Malgorzata (Gosia) A.

    Hickman Palermo Becker Bingham, LLP | Partner

    Dr. Kulczycka is a Partner at Hickman Palermo Becker and Bingham LLP. Her practice emphasizes client counseling, and strategic patent prosecution with special expertise in computer networks, Internet-related technologies, computer software, telecommunications, computer graphics, and electronics.
  • Stephen-Kunin-100 Kunin-Stephen

    Maier & Maier | Partner

    Mr. Kunin is a Partner at Maier & Maier PLLC, where he specializes in all areas of patent practice. His expertise includes post-issuance proceedings at the United States Patent Office, opinions of counsel, advising attorneys and our clients on complex patent prosecution matters, patent litigation strategy, and United States Patent Office patent policy, practice and procedure, for which he is highly sought after for expert testimony.
  • Kevin-Kunzendorf-100 Kunzendorf, Kevin C.

    Sughrue Mion, PLLC | Partner

    Mr. Kunzendorf is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Electrical/Mechanical Patent groups. His litigation practice focuses on intellectual property litigation in a broad range of technology areas in the electronic, mechanical and computer arts, and he has broad experience in discovery matters.
  • Kupferschmid, Keith

    Copyright Alliance | President and CEO

    Keith Kupferschmid is President and CEO of the Copyright Alliance, a position he has held since 2015. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Copyright Alliance’s operations—including strategy, government affairs, communications, membership, and liaising with boards and committees.
  • Kurt P. Goudy

    IBM Corporation | Intellectual Property Counsel

  • Nate Kurtis

    Broad Institute | Director, Strategic Transactions

  • Kwok-200 Kwok, Annette

    Cronos Group | Senior Corporate Counsel

    Annette is Senior Corporate Counsel at Cronos Group, an innovative global cannabinoid company that aims to improve people’s lives by unlocking the full potential of cannabis.
  • Kwon, Bowon

    Hongseong Branch of Daejeon District/Family Court | Judge

  • Kwong,Stephanie Kwong, Stephanie

    Abbott Laboratories | Senior IP Counsel

    Stephanie Kwong has been working in the patent prosecution field for over 17 years. She is currently Senior Intellectual Property Counsel at Abbott Laboratories in Plymouth, Minnesota within their structural heart division. Prior to her in-house position, she worked at Twin Cities law firms and enjoyed a diverse practice encompassing patent prosecution, trademark prosecution, patentability analysis, FTO, due diligence and competitive monitoring. She currently serves as the President of the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association.
  • Kyriacou Jr., Stephen

    Aon Litigation Risk Group | Managing Director and Senior Lawyer

    Stephen Kyriacou, Jr. is a Managing Director and Senior Lawyer in Aon's Litigation Risk Group, where he evaluates litigation-related risks and structures and places litigation risk insurance solutions. Prior to moving to Aon, Stephen was a complex commercial litigator in the New York City office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner from 2011 to 2019. While at BSF, Stephen amassed significant trial, appellate, and arbitration experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in the U.S. and abroad across a wide array of practice areas, including securities, antitrust, constitutional, insurance, first amendment, employment, government contracting, and criminal law, as well as in multidistrict and class action litigation.
  • Laakkonen_web200 Laakkonen, Ari

    Powell Gilbert LLP | Partner

    Ari Laakkonen is a partner of Powell Gilbert LLP (www.powellgilbert.com), a London-based specialist intellectual property law firm. Ari has a Computer Science degree and PhD from Kings College, he has a huge breadth of experience in the electronics, IT and telecoms sectors derived from his in-depth technical knowledge from experience as both in-house and external legal counsel.