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  • Kole_Pat_200 Kole, Patrick

    Idaho Potato Commission | Vice President Legal & Government Affairs

    Patrick Kole is the Vice President, Legal & Government Affairs for the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC). Mr. Kole has practiced law for the past fourty-two (42) years. He has specialized for the last thirty-one (31) years with the IPC, where he focuses on legal and policy issues impacting agriculture; market access issues, including developing new markets for Idaho® potatoes; and research and technology issues. Mr. Kole has litigated certification mark cases, registered certification marks in jurisdictions around the world and developed legislation that amended the U.S. Lanham act. He has testified before the U.S. Congress several times. Mr. Kole also manages IPC’s government affairs at the Federal, State and local levels and directs the IPC’s Trademark licensing program.
  • Kong, T.O.

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | Partner

    T.O. focuses on patent infringement actions, with a particular emphasis on the representation of prominent generic pharmaceutical companies in Hatch-Waxman Act litigation.
  • Konishi, Kay

    Konishi & Nagaoka IP Firm

  • Konkoly-Thege, Kaniah

    Quantinuum | Senior VP Government Relations

    Kaniah Konkoly-Thege serves as the Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President of Government Relations for Quantinuum. Kaniah brings over 20 years of legal expertise spanning several industries including cybersecurity, nuclear security, and quantum computing technologies. Kaniah oversees Quantinuum’s legal and government affairs, where she leads a global team responsible for intellectual property, data privacy/security, commercial, corporate, employment, export control, litigation and compliance. In her government relations role, she regularly meets with key government and congressional leaders on trade concerns with emerging technologies, post-quantum cybersecurity preparedness, and supply chain matters.
  • Korn, David

    Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) | Vice President, IP and Law

    David Korn is Vice President, Intellectual Property and Law for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). He focuses on IP and related issues in Congress, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other agencies, as well as amicus briefs in cases of interest to PhRMA. He has degrees in biomedical engineering from Duke and Northwestern and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
  • 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