Speakers

  • Rozen, Marci

    ZwillGen | Senior Legal Director

    Marci Rozen counsels companies on a wide variety of issues involving cybersecurity and privacy. She has extensive experience in cybersecurity preparedness counseling, including policy development, risk assessment, and compliance with laws, regulations, and standards. She also advises on security issues in vulnerability disclosure programs, contracting, vendor management, due diligence, and mergers and acquisitions.
  • Ruder, David

    Managing Director | VALE Insurance Partners

    David Ruder is Managing Director and Co-Lead Intellectual Property with VALE Insurance Partners. He is responsible for underwriting intellectual property risks in insurance policies. Prior to VALE he was a Principal with RKIP Management LLC which RKIP provided capital to companies where financing is tied to intellectual property and backed by insurance.
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    Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP | Associate

    Melissa Runsten is a corporate associate and a member of the Healthcare & Life Sciences Group.
  • Russ Rosenzweig

    Expert Capital Partners LLC

  • Saffer, Judith

    Former AIPLA President

    Judy has served as President of both AIPLA and AIPPI-US and has over 50 years of experience in IP law.
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    Ballard Spahr LLP | Of Counsel

    Paul J. Safier's practice focuses on representing news, entertainment, and other media clients in defamation, privacy, false advertising, copyright, and trademark lawsuits, as well as representing the press and public in seeking access to court and government records.
  • Saidman, Perry J.

    Saidman DesignLaw Group, LLC

    Perry J. Saidman is a recognized pioneer in design law. He has more than 40 years of experience providing strategic advice and design protection and enforcement strategies for large, mid-sized and startup companies, both nationally and internationally.
  • Sakakeeny, Matt

    Tulane University | Associate Professor of Music; Ethnomusicology

    Matt Sakakeeny is Associate Professor of Music at Tulane University. His book Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans follows brass band musicians as they march off the streets and into nightclubs, festival grounds, and recording studios. Matt has edited two other books, Keywords in Sound and Remaking New Orleans: Beyond Exceptionalism and Authenticity. Most recently, he received a grant from the Spencer Foundation for his next book about marching band education in the New Orleans school system. Matt also performs locally as a guitarist and is a board member of two local nonprofits, The Roots of Music afterschool program and the Dinerral Shavers Educational Fund.
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    Middleton Reutlinger | Director and Member of the Management Committee

    John Salazar currently serves as a member of Middleton Reutlinger’s management committee. He is a registered patent attorney and concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property, especially in patents, trademarks, copyrights and computer law.
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    Lenovo | Executive Director, General Counsel

    Jennifer Salinas is the senior executive and the General Counsel for the Lenovo Data Center Group. She is also the global head of litigation for all Lenovo business units. Lenovo is the largest PC company worldwide.
  • Salmon, Vicki

    Impact Intellectual Property | Patent Attorney & Solicitor

    Vicki Salmon is a solicitor and UK and European patent attorney and patent attorney litigator. She began her career with Mewburn Ellis, before moving through city law firms and back to patent attorney practices. She is now a co-founder of Impact Intellectual Property LLP, which started in September 2021. Her work includes advising clients on all forms of IP protection, from strategy and filing, through clearance, disputes and exploitation.
  • Salomon, Louisa

    Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures | Patent Counsel

    Louisa has been providing IP counsel to JHTV since 2012. Much of her practice includes preparation and prosecution of new technologies for inventors from the JHU School of Engineering. She is an accomplished patent attorney with over 15 years of in-house and law firm experience in building and protecting high-value patent portfolios. She is a graduate of Washington University’s School of Engineering with a degree in Biomedical Engineering and University of Miami School of Law.
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    Novartis | Vice President and Global Head of IP Affairs

    Corey Salsberg is Vice President and Global Head of IP Affairs for Novartis, a global healthcare company that is one of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical innovators. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of the Federal Circuit Bar Association, and California Lawyers for the Arts. A graduate of Stanford Law School and Yale University, Corey is an experienced practitioner with over 20 years of legal, policy and advocacy experience.
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    Squire Patton Boggs | Partner

    Mark Salzberg is a partner in the Washington DC office and a member of the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency practice group.
  • Samardzich, Andrija

    Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection and Advocacy Section, State of Arizona | Assistant Attorney General

  • Samuels-Jeffrey-200 Samuels, Jeffrey

    The University of Akron School of Law | Professor Emeritus

    Mr. Samuels is a Professor Emeritus at The University of Akron School of Law. Mr. Samuels currently serves as an expert witness and consultant in trademark matters and as a panelist under various domain name dispute procedures.
  • Samuels, Lucy

    Gill Jennings & Every LLP | Director, Patents

    Lucy works in the patents area, in drafting and portfolio management and in particular in European Patent Office oppositions. She acts for clients in defence of their own patents and in opposition to those of their competitors. Lucy’s experience in European Patent Office opposition and appeal proceedings is extensive. In over 28 years as a patent attorney, she has represented clients in over 300 opposition and appeal hearings.
  • Sanders, Josh

    GlaxoSmithKline | Assistant General Counsel

  • Sanks, Terry M

    Beusse Sanks, PLLC | Founding Member

    Terry M. Sanks, a registered patent attorney, is a founding member of Beusse Sanks, PLLC, a predominately diverse and minority owned law firm. Terry provides representation in all areas of intellectual property (“IP”) law, including patents, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, trade secrets, IP litigation, licensing and IP related transactions. Terry’s practice also includes managing patent and trademark portfolios for Fortune 500 companies, regional companies and universities.
  • Sarah Harris

    United States Patent and Trademark Office | General Counsel