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  • Roberts, Jack

    Charles River Associates | Associate

    Jack Roberts is an Associate Principal at Charles River Associates based in Chicago, Jack has over 8 years of consulting experience analyzing damages and valuation issues in complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on matters involving intellectual property rights. His experience includes a broad range of disputes, including patent and trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, copyright infringement, unfair competition, false advertising, breach of contract and other types of disputes. Jack also has significant valuation experience outside of litigation for a variety of business purposes, including mergers and acquisitions, licensing transactions, and strategic decision making.
  • Robinson, Danae

    Pirkey Barber PLLC | Associate

    Danae Robinson focuses her practice on trademark and copyright law. Danae regularly advises clients on contested proceedings, global trademark clearance, licensing, and the management and protection of domestic and international trademark portfolios. She assists clients with various enforcement and domain issues, including the protection of their marks through UDRP proceedings.
  • Robinson, David

    Marks & Clerk | Partner

    David is recognised as a leading practitioner for digital technologies and as an “outstanding specialist for machine learning patents” (Juve Patent UK Rankings). David’s academic background allows him to quickly and effectively understand complex computer-implemented and mathematical inventions – David holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in computer science and maths and the interface between the two and David also completed a Ph.D in Automated Reasoning before joining Marks & Clerk.
  • Robinson, W. Keith

    Wake Forest University School of Law | Professor of Law

    W. Keith Robinson is a Professor of Law at the Wake Forest University School of Law. Professor Robinson is a nationally recognized patent scholar. He researches how legal institutions govern emerging technology. He has commented on issues of intellectual property law in media outlets and given more than seventy presentations around the world on patent law. Thomson Reuters has twice recognized Professor Robinson’s articles as the best that year in intellectual property law. His recent work has explored how artificial intelligence may impact obtaining U.S. patents.
  • Christopher Roby Christopher Roby

    The University of Tampa | Assistant Professor, Economics

    Roby's research focuses on an experimental approach to competition and coordination issues and their relation to the labor market.
  • Rodsky_Eve_200 Rodsky, Eve

    Author

    Eve Rodsky is working to change society one partnership at a time with a new 21st-century solution to an age-old problem: women shouldering the brunt of childrearing and domestic life responsibilities regardless of whether they work outside the home.
  • Rogers, Jennifer

    Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A | Principal

    Jennifer Rogers is a registered patent attorney and Principal at the law firm of Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. Her law practice focuses on patent preparation, patent prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and foreign offices, and client counseling, in the areas of software and electronics. Jennifer has drafted and prosecuted patent applications that cover a wide variety of computer- and software-related technologies, including data compression, computer networks, computer security, mobile devices, radio-frequency identification, and others.
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    University of Miami School of Law | Director, Mindfulness in Law Program

  • Rokito, Shelby

    Fross Zelnick | Associate

    Shelby Rokito’s litigation practice focuses on protecting and enforcing clients’ intellectual property rights. Shelby’s litigation experience enables her to identify issues and come up with creative solutions to help clients maintain the integrity of their brands and their content. With a robust litigation background in state and federal court, Shelby litigates copyright, trademark, and unfair competition claims on behalf of clients across a range of industries, including media and entertainment, sports, fashion, food and beverage, and consumer products.
  • Rosemarie R. Wilk-Orescan Rosemarie R. Wilk-Orescan

    Novo Nordisk, Inc. | Sr. Counsel – IP, Legal & Corporate Affairs

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    Qualcomm | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

    Donald J. Rosenberg is executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Qualcomm Incorporated. Mr. Rosenberg reports directly to CEO Steve Mollenkopf and is a member of the company's Executive Committee. In his role as chief legal officer, he is responsible for overseeing Qualcomm's worldwide legal affairs including litigation, intellectual property and corporate matters. Qualcomm's Government Affairs, Internal Audit and Compliance organizations also report to him.
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    Butler Snow, LLP | Attorney

    Paul Rosenblatt assists in leading the national expert team in the pelvic mesh litigation and has selected and developed experts, taken and defended expert witness depositions, and prepared experts for trials.
  • Rosenbloom, Brian

    Rothwell, Figg, Ernst, & Manbeck P.C. | Partner

    Brian S. Rosenbloom is an expert in Intellectual Property (IP) counseling, patent prosecution, and patent litigation proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He has over two decades of experience in the IP field and a strong technical background in the electrical and software arts. He counsels a broad range of clients, from Fortune 100 companies to independent inventors, entrepreneurs, and emerging enterprises.
  • Rosenthal Larrea photo 200 Rosenthal-Larrea, Sasha

    Cravath Swaine & Moore, LLP | Partner

    Sasha Rosenthal‑Larrea represents financial institutions and corporate clients in a wide variety of matters, including investment grade and high‑yield bond offerings and equity financings, syndicated loans and other leveraged acquisition finance transactions. Ms. Rosenthal‑Larrea regularly advises public company clients with respect to governance, public disclosure and other corporate matters.
  • Rothman, Elizabeth

    The Cantellus Group | Advisor

    Elizabeth is an attorney with a professional background in intellectual property, healthcare, data privacy, and the emerging technology space. Alongside her client work, she is involved in academic and research efforts, including the Artificial Inventor Project, a series of pro bono legal test cases seeking intellectual property rights for AI-generated output. Elizabeth is an advisor with The Cantellus Group and the XR Safety Initiative.
  • Rothman, J200 Rothman, Jennifer E.

    Loyola Law School | William G. Coskran Professor of Law

    Professor Jennifer Rothman is nationally recognized for her scholarship in the intellectual property and constitutional law fields, and is the leading expert on the right of publicity. Her book, The Right of Publicity: Privacy Reimagined for a Public World, was published in 2018 by Harvard University Press.
  • routman preferred200 Routman, Brent

    Merchant & Gould, P.C. | Partner

    Brent E. Routman is a partner and General Counsel of the intellectual property firm of Merchant & Gould, P.C. The firm has offices nationally, including in New York. Brent is a Past President of the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) and the Hennepin County Bar Association (HCBA); former chair of numerous committees and sections of the ABA/Intellectual Property Section including the Patent Division, the Ethics Committee, and a former member of the Ethics Committee of the Hennepin County Bar. Brent served in the ABA House of Delegates for seven years, and is a former Chair of the Commission on Law and Social Action for the American Jewish Congress Southeast Region.
  • Rovira, Gonzalo

    Bayer Group | Director of Intellectual Property & Licensing for Latin America

    Gonzalo Rovira, is currently Director of Intellectual Property & Licensing for Latin America at Bayer Group. He born in 1972. He is a patent lawyer. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) and a Master of Intellectual Property and Commerce degree from the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, USA. He is a registered Intellectual Property Agent.
  • Rowan, Steve

    European Patent Office

    Stephen joined the EPO in January 2019 as Vice-President for DG1 – Patent Grant Process. He is responsible for the entire Patent Grant Process, from the receiving of applications up to and including opposition and the grant of the patent. This area also includes Quality and Business and User Services. Located in The Hague, Steve Rowan is Site Manager for the branch of the EPO, which is the largest international organization in the Netherlands. Before joining the EPO, Stephen Rowan held a number of senior leadership roles in the Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom. These included the position of Director of Registered Rights, responsible for the end to end processing of patent, trademark and design applications and the associated tribunal functions. Stephen joined the UK IPO in March 1991 and, in addition to his operational roles, sat as a Principal Hearing Officer and worked on a range of policy issues covering industrial property and copyright. He was Head of the UK Delegation to the Beijing and Marrakesh Diplomatic Conferences and was seconded to the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit (2004) and HM Treasury (2006) - working on the Gowers Review of IP. He has an LLB (Hons) from the University of the West of England.
  • Rowe, Elizabeth

    University of Florida School of Law | Director, Intellectual Property Law Program

    Professor Elizabeth Rowe is an internationally recognized expert on Trade Secret Law. She is a prolific scholar who has co-authored or contributed to numerous books on intellectual property and has authored dozens of law review articles in leading journals. Much of her research addresses the intersection of trade secrets with employment law and/or technology, as well as the interplay between intellectual property, government policy, and innovation. She has co-authored several books on trade secrets, including the first and the leading casebook in the United States devoted exclusively to Trade Secret Law, as well as a Nutshell treatise on trade secrets.