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  • Margaret A. Esquenet

    Finnegan

  • Dr. Marinakis, Christina

    IMS | Jury Consulting & Strategy Advisor

    Dr. Marinakis has over 20 years of experience in jury research, study, and applied practice in law and psychology. Clients have lauded Christina as an insightful, trusted advisor who is the “best in the business” at jury selection and developing pithy trial themes. Notable successes include assisting the prosecution with jury selection and theme development in State of Minnesota v. Derek Chauvin, advising plaintiffs regarding jury selection and trial themes in Vanessa Bryant v. County of Los Angeles, and performing similar work for the defense in Lanham Act litigation for scrubs’ manufacturer, FIGS, Inc.
  • Fabio-Marino-100 Marino, Fabio E.

    Polsinelli | Office Managing Partner | Practice Chair

    Fabio Marino is an experienced intellectual property trial lawyer who serves as Vice Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property department, as well as practice chair for the Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation group.
  • Marr Photo Marr, David

    Qualcomm Inc. | Vice President, Legal Counsel

    Dave Marr is Vice President, Legal Counsel at Qualcomm Technologies, where he currently leads the open source practice and policy team. Dave’s background in the fields of technology transfer and community licensing practices and has been involved in open source in various capacities since 1998.
  • Marrone, Matthew

    Dennemeyer & Associates | Senior Patent and Trademark Attorney

    Matthew is Senior Patent and Trademark Attorney with international intellectual property firm Dennemeyer & Associates.
  • Marsh. John 200 Marsh, John

    Bailey Cavalieri LLC | Member

    As the Co-Chair of the Firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group, John’s commercial litigation practice concentrates on trade secrets and the enforcement of restrictive covenants throughout the United States. John has been consistently recognized by Best Lawyers of America for Intellectual Property Litigation, including Lawyer of the Year in Columbus in 2022 and 2024.
  • Martin Photo Martin Ph.D., Alice O.

    Barnes & Thornburg, LLP | Partner

    Dr. Alice Martin advises on domestic and international patent prosecution and litigation opinions.
  • Wallace-200 Martin Wallace, Valencia

    USPTO | Deputy Commissioner for Patents

    As Deputy Commissioner for Patents, Ms. Martin Wallace manages and leads the Patent Organization’s efforts related to international IP harmonization and oversees patent examining functions in Technology Centers that examine the technologies of communication, mechanical engineering, manufacturing and medical devices and processes and design.
  • Martin, Carolyn Wimbly

    Lutzker & Lutzker LLP | Senior Counsel

    Carolyn Martin is currently Senior Counsel at Lutzker & Lutzker, LLP in Washington, D.C. She has over 40 years’ experience as a lawyer, law school professor and executive focusing on intellectual property, communications and mergers and acquisitions law, as well as venture capital. She has proven results working with corporate and nonprofit clients to develop strategies, business ventures and market-driven product introductions.
  • Martin, Tommy

    Baker Botts | Special Counsel

    Tommy Martin's practice centers around complex patent and trade secret litigation before the International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S district courts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Martin represents clients in all phases of pre-trial, trial, post-trial and appeal, as well as before U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
  • Martinez, Richard M.

    Jones Day | Partner

    Rick Martinez's practice focuses on technology and its impact on society.
  • Martinez-Lemke Martinez-Lemke, Sheila

    Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP | Partner

    Sheila Martinez-Lemke is a patent attorney with more than 15 years of experience in all aspects of patent prosecution She specializing in client counseling for strategic development of international patent portfolios.
  • Mason, Andrew

    Klarquist Sparkman | Partner

    Andy Mason (Elec. Eng.) Partner: Andy co-chairs the firm’s post-grant group, has first chaired over 80 IPR trials, has taken/ defended dozens of depositions, and regularly argues before the Board. He also handles related appeals from the Board and has successfully argued before the Federal Circuit, both as appellant and appellee. Andy co-chairs the Federal Circuit Bar Association's PTO Committee and has spoken on PTAB panels at the Federal Circuit’s Bench & Bar conference.
  • Matheson, Julia Anne

    Potomac Law Group | Partner

    Julia Anne Matheson is a Partner in our Trademark Group whose practice covers all areas of trademark, trade dress, product configuration, and unfair competition law including worldwide clearance, portfolio management, and enforcement, due diligence, false advertising, licensing, social media, and internet disputes. She has been lead counsel in well over 100 inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and has significant experience litigating in federal district courts. Ms. Matheson represents clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies and multi-national organizations in numerous industries including communications/internet, consumer goods, personal care products, retail, food and beverage, fashion, entertainment, pharmaceutical, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and financial services as well as numerous associations and charities.
  • Maurer, Greg

    Klarquist Sparkman | Partner

    Greg Maurer has been a partner at Klarquist for thirty years and has a history of prepara-tion and prosecution of computer-related and bioinformatics patent applications, open-source software, and intellectual property counseling. His experience includes a wide range of software development, artificial intelligence, big data, user interface, bioinformat-ics, and telecommunications technologies, including complex algorithms and numerous programming languages, such as assembly, C++, LISP, Java and various visual and object-oriented languages. Greg’s professional technical experience includes work as a Senior Systems Analyst, with a particular emphasis on system integration and software develop-ment.
  • Eli Mazour web Mazour, Eli

    Harrity & Harrity, LLP | Partner

    Eli Mazour’s practice focuses on helping large technology companies build valuable, high-quality patent portfolios in an efficient manner.
  • Mazzelo, Mary200 Mazzello, Mary

    Kirkland & Ellis | Partner

    Mary Mazzello is an intellectual property litigation partner in Kirkland’s New York office. Her practice focuses on intellectual property matters, including trademark, copyright, false advertising, and trade secret issues.
  • Mazzola_photo_AIPLA2021AM Mazzola, Robert

    Waterstone Edge | Attorney & Founder

    RRobert Mazzola, a seasoned corporate and intellectual property lawyer, has steered countless companies to success, from startups to public entities. The focus of his expertise is corporate and intellectual transactions, including patent prosecution. Notably, at Haynes and Boone in Palo Alto, Robert honed his skills in patent prosecution, working with large tech companies. At Pied Parker, he scaled the patent portfolio from a single application to fifty and facilitated seed funding, acquisitions, and partnerships with publicly traded companies.
  • McBride, Scott

    McAndrews Held and Malloy, Ltd | Shareholder

    Scott McBride’s practice focuses primarily on the litigation and trial of patent and complex technology cases in federal courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and reexamination proceedings before the Patent Office. Scott has a proven ability to help clients procure or acquire valuable intellectual property to protect their business, reach advantageous arrangements for solving intellectual property disputes where appropriate, and aggressively litigate patents when necessary.
  • McBroom, John

    IBM | Open Technology Counsel

    John McBroom is IBM Open Technology Counsel and provides legal support for IBM's vari-ous open activities across its entire enterprise. John also helps lead IBM's Competition Law Team and serves as Board Secretary of Open Innovation Network (OIN), an institution focused on mitigating patent risk in Open Source Software (OSS). John earned his legal degree from the Duke University School of Law, and prior to joining IBM, served as law clerk for Federal District Court (MN) Judge Ann D. Montgomery and worked for the Faegre & Benson law firm (now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath) in Minneapolis.