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  • Shukla, Darcy

    Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A | Principal

    Darcy is a registered patent attorney focusing on patent prosecution in the electronics, software, computer architecture, and wireless communication arts.
  • Siders, Benjamin J.

    Lewis Rice, LLC | Member

    Ben serves as Practice Group Leader for the Intellectual Property practice group at Lewis Rice in St. Louis, Missouri. Ben enjoys a diverse intellectual property practice that includes patent and trademark prosecution, technology licensing and compliance, and copyright licensing and enforcement. Ben is an avid gamer and former C software engineer, and he now enjoys a niche practice working with video game and board game companies, and he holds a patent on "parallel reality" games (No. 9,078,103). Within AIPLA, he is the current Chair of the Copyright Law Committee and the copyright liaison to the AI Task Force, and he was the lead author on AIPLA’s amicus brief in Warner Chappell v. Nealy. He also co-hosts a podcast called A Lawyer’s Guide to the Galaxy, which explores the intersection of geek culture and the law (but is mostly an excuse to talk about Star Wars).
  • Siegal, Kyle N.

    Skysong Innovations | Senior VP of Life Sciences and Chief Patent Counsel

    Kyle joined Skysong Innovations in January 2017 and serves as Senior VP and Chief Patent Counsel.
  • Silverman200 Silverman, Andrew

    Orrick | Partner

    Andrew Silverman is an appellate lawyer focusing on high-stakes, precedent-setting cases nationwide. A distinguishing feature of Andrew’s practice is that clients routinely call on him in the trial court to win the case long before the appeal.
  • Silverman, Eric E.

    BioMarin Pharmaceutical | Director, Chemistry Intellectual Property Counsel

    Eric E. Silverman, PhD has nearly twenty years of experience in intellectual property. His expertise spans a wide array of intellectual property matters, including patent preparation, prosecution and strategy, trade secret protection, counseling, licensing, and diligence. Eric has counseled clients in a wide array of technologies including pharmaceuticals, industrial chemistry, adhesives, oil and gas, biological testing, food science, and consumer products. Eric is currently a Director, Intellectual Property Counsel at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc in San Rafael CA.
  • joshua-simmons Simmons, Joshua L.

    Kirkland & Ellis, LLP | Partner

    Recognized as a “Next Generation Lawyer” (Legal 500), Joshua Simmons focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and counseling, as well as regulatory and legislative policy.
  • Simpson, Toby

    Hoffmann Eitle | British and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative

    Toby Simpson's patent practice lies principally in the fields of pharmaceuticals and chemistry. He specialises in drafting and prosecuting patent applications directed to pharmaceutical products (including new chemical entities, peptide and antibody therapeutics, pharmaceutical formulations, polymorphs, salts, new medical uses and dosage regimes), cosmetic products, personal care products, medical devices, polymers, energy storage devices and fuels. He also advises clients in relation to SPCs, orphan drug designations, clinical trial exemptions and regulatory data protection. A keen problem solver, Toby is frequently entrusted by clients with technically and legally challenging cases.
  • Singer, Neil

    ZeroWheel, LLC | CEO, CTO, and Founder

    Neil Singer, PhD is the CEO, CTO, and founder of ZeroWheel, LLC, based in Armonk, NY. ZeroWheel is a high-end, motorized, fitness product, focused on making core development efficient, and accessible for users of all levels. Dr. Singer is an optimization expert specializing in dynamic systems and motor control technology. He received his BS in 1983, SM in 1985 and PhD in 1989, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Mechanical Engineering department. Dr. Singer’s research focuses on machine design, dynamics, control and optimization of dynamic systems. He has published 39 technical papers, holds 19 patents, and his Input Shaping® technology for machine vibration reduction is taught in dozens of universities and used in millions of machines worldwide. He has also taught several courses at MIT.
  • Skulikaris, Yannis

    European Patent Office | Director Operations in the field of Information and Communications Technology

    Yannis Skulikaris works in the European Patent Office as Director Operations in the field of Information and Communications Technology.
  • Slifer, Russ

    Black Hills IP | CEO

    Russ Slifer is the CEO of Black Hills IP and is also a registered patent attorney and principal of Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner. He has focused exclusively on intellectual property law since 1994 helping a wide variety of clients build patent portfolios to protect their innovations, including individual inventors, universities, and Fortune 100 companies.
  • Sloane Photo Sloane, Wendi

    Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg, LLP | Partner

    Wendi concentrates her practice on intellectual property law and complex commercial litigation.
  • Smaby, Jonathan

    Texas Center for Legal Ethics | Executive Director

    Jonathan Smaby has served as the Executive Director of the Texas Center for Legal Ethics in Austin since 2009. The Center promotes the ethical practice of law by attorneys and educates the public regarding legal ethics and the justice system. The Center also administers the Justice James A. Baker Guide to Ethics and Professionalism in Texas CLE course, a four-hour program required of all newly-licensed attorneys by the Supreme Court of Texas.
  • Smalley, Laura W.

    Harris Beach PLLC | Partner

    Laura W. Smalley is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Harris Beach PLLC, one of the leading law firms in New York State as ranked by the National Law Journal. She was selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America and represents clients in patent licensing, litigation and prosecution. Laura focuses on protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights and clients’ development of their technology. She has litigated numerous patent infringement suits involving medical devices, electronic components and imaging technology, including acting as trial counsel in a patent infringement action over key components for pacemakers and implantable defibrillators that resulted in a $27 million judgment.
  • Smith Photo Smith, Bridget

    Relativity Space | Assistant General Counsel and Head of IP

    Bridget Smith is Assistant General Counsel and Head of Intellectual Property at Relativity Space, an American aerospace manufacturing company that develops manufacturing technologies, launch vehicles, and rocket engines for commercial orbital launch services.
  • Smith, James Donald

    Ecolab USA | Deputy General Counsel - Litigation & IP

    James Donald Smith serves as Deputy General Counsel of Ecolab USA. In his current position, Smith oversees the company’s general litigation function (mass torts, products liability, personal injury, etc.) and its global operations relating to patents, trademarks, and copyrights, and other matters related to protection of Ecolab innovation. Early in his career, Smith served as a judicial clerk to now retired Chief Judge Paul Michel at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also practiced with Arnold White & Durkee and, later, Dewey Ballantine, serving as the office managing partner of Dewey's Texas office. Mr. Smith, who is also a former Assistant Dean of the law school at Emory University in Atlanta, has experience both as a patent litigator and patent prosecutor, and he has led in-house IP teams for three multi-national corporations, serving as Lexmark’s Chief IP Counsel, Nokia’s Global Director of Licensing, and as Associate General Counsel and Chief IP Counsel of Baxter.
  • Smith, Tyson

    Pirkey Barber, PLLC

    Tyson focuses on trademark, copyright, and unfair competition law. His trademark practice includes policing, litigation, and assisting clients in the selection, clearance, and registration of trademarks.
  • Smith, William F.

    Baker & Hostetler | Of Counsel

    Bill Smith is a former administrative patent judge at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He focuses his practice on advising clients in complicated patent matters, including reexamination proceedings, appeals, interferences, post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and patent litigations.
  • Smith-Carra, Heather

    Banner Witcoff | Attorney

    As an advocate for brand protection, Heather works with clients around the world to manage, protect, and enforce their trademark, copyright, and trade dress rights. She focuses her practice on trademark and copyright prosecution and counseling matters, as well as cancellation and opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).
  • Smolczynski, Vince

    Seyfarth Shaw | Associate

    Vince's experience spans a wide range of technical areas, including pharmaceutical, chemical, biomedical devices, electronic devices, and business methods. He is registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office.
  • Smythe, Alexandra

    IDE Group | Director of Regulatory Affairs

    Alexandra Low Smythe is Director of Regulatory Affairs for IDE Group, a global medical device commercialization firm building meaningful medtech ventures. She has nearly a decade of experience deeply involved in all phases of the medical device product lifecycle, managing both global regulatory and the intellectual property strategy for multiple employers and clients, including a major innovator in the radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging industry. With a unique background combining engineering and law, Alexandra carefully balances maintaining regulatory compliance and respecting and protecting intellectual property rights with achieving strategic business objectives.