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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Runsten Photo Runsten, Melissa B.

    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.
  • safier, Paul200 Safier, Paul J.

    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.
  • Salazar200 Salazar, John

    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.
  • Salinas square200 Salinas, Jennifer

    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.
  • Salsberg, Corey200 Salsberg, Corey

    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.
  • Mark A. Salzberg Mark A. Salzberg

    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