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  • 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.
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    Polsinelli | Counsel

    Tasha is an experienced litigator for a wide array of intellectual property (IP) matters, including patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright litigation. She also assists clients with technology transactions, commercialization strategies for their IP, and cybersecurity and data privacy issues. She has experience with patent matters across a wide range of technologies, including smart home technology, software, computer hardware, advanced systems for aircraft, medical devices, and oilfield technology.
  • Snow, Jeffrey

    Pryor Cashman LLP | Chair, Patent Group

    Jeffrey L. Snow is the Chair of Pryor Cashman’s Patent Group and serves as a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Litigation Groups. Jeffrey combines deep intellectual property prosecution and counseling knowledge with significant commercial litigation experience to provide end-to-end service for a wide range of clients. He is an experienced litigator who has served as lead counsel in numerous proceedings before federal courts and administrative tribunals.
  • Sobon, Wayne

    Juul Labs | Vice President, Intellectual Property

    Wayne Sobon is Vice President, Intellectual Property at JUUL Labs, Inc., based in San Francisco, California. JUUL’s mission is to transition the world’s billion adult smokers away from combustible cigarettes, eliminate their use, and combat underage usage of our products.
  • Soldatini, Andrea

    Societa Italiana Brevetti S.p.A. | Partner

    Andrea Soldatini is a Partner at Società Italiana Brevetti S.p.A.. and head of the patent/design department of the Florence Office. He has 25-years experience in patent filing and prosecution in Italy and abroad (in particular EP and PCT procedures), Design Registration procedures in Italy and abroad (in particular, Community Design Registrations and International Registrations under the Hague System).
  • Jesse Solomon Jesse Solomon

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Partner

    Mr. Solomon is a partner in Davis Polk’s Litigation Department, practicing in the Washington DC office.
  • Song-200 Song, Mandy

    Bayes PLLC | Founding and Managing Partner

    Mandy Song, Ph.D. brings more than a decade’s experience in patent practice, including patent prosecution, client counseling, patent portfolio management & transactions, patent litigation in U.S. federal district courts and Section 337 investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She has significant experience in a wide range of electrical, computer, and biomedical technologies.
  • Soni, Pankaj200 Soni, Pankaj

    Remfry & Sagar | Partner

    Pankaj Soni leads the Patent Litigation practice at the Firm with several successes before High Courts in India for Fortune 500 clients. He is recognised for his expertise in creating successful litigation strategy and handling technical aspects of claim construction and infringement/invalidity analysis.
  • Soroush, Ali

    United States Patent and Trademark Office | Primary Patent Examiner (TC1600)/ Assistant Outreach Detailee Silicon Valley Regional Office

    Mr. Soroush has served the USPTO for over 17 years as a patent examiner in the biotechnology area, with special focus on pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and herbicides. Also, Mr. Soroush contributed to several projects including the development of Global Dossier and the implementation of WIPO standard ST.26 (presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings using xml). Further, he was on detail with the Office of Solicitor and served as a trainer in the Patent Academy.
  • Southwick, Stephanie 200x200 Southwick, Stephanie

    Bentham IMF | Investment Manager, Legal Counsel

    Stephanie Southwick is an Investment Manager and Legal Counsel for Bentham IMF.
  • spangenberg200 Spangenberg, Erich

    IPwe | CEO

    Erich is the CEO and co-founder of IPwe, a company using blockchain and AI to create the patent asset class by making it easy and far less expensive to analyze, interact with and transact in patents. He is regularly recognized as one of the world’s top 50 IP strategists, credited with being one of the people that is changing the way people think about and use patents.
  • Spears_Photo_200 Spears, Steven

    Baker Hughes, a GE Company | Global IP Litigation Counsel

    Attorney specializing in patent, trade secret, and other technology-related controversies and litigation involving the biotechnology, chemical and petrochemical industries.
  • Spector, Elaine

    Harrity & Harrity LLP | Partner

    Elaine is a partner at Harrity & Harrity LLP and co-chair of Harrity’s Diversity Committee. She is the first female partner in the firm’s history. She is dedicated to improving diversity in the field of patent law through her numerous diversity leadership roles. She is vice chair of IPO’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, is an active member of ADAPT (Advancing Diversity Across Patent Teams), and recently became a Board member of U.S. IP Alliance. She is also an Advisory Board member of Patent Pathways, a non-profit formed by her firm to increase diversity in the patent field. Elaine hosts Driving Diversity, a weekly vlog sharing diversity-related tips and FAQ’s, as well as quarterly webinars in a series called Diversity Dialogue as part of Harrity’s Diversity Channel.
  • Spence, Nicole

    IBM Corporation | Counsel, Data, AI and Automation

    Nicole A. Spence is an IBM Brand Counsel for the Data, AI and Automation business unit. As a Brand Counsel, Nicole supports various IBM software and hardware products in the Data, AI and Automation portfolio, including IP, M&A, data privacy, marketing, AI and data governance, transactions and litigation. In addition, Nicole is one of IBM’s AI and IP Policy attorneys for North America.
  • Spraggins, Barrett

    Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP | Founding Partner

    Barrett Spraggins is a U.S. patent attorney and founding partner of the IP boutique Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP. As a seasoned attorney with over 15 years in the IP profession, Barrett provides a variety of IP services including patent portfolio creation, strategic counselling, IP portfolio evaluations, technology transactions, patent licensing and litigation support. As a trusted advisor for organizations of all sizes, Barrett has considerable experience in managing global IP portfolios for international companies, as well as creating new portfolios for startups. With a background in electrical engineering, Barrett practices in a wide range of industries and technologies, including software applications, electrical power and battery systems, autonomous vehicles, sensor design, distributed computing environments, medical devices, circuit design and fabrication, and all types of computer hardware.
  • Srinivasamani, Vindhya

    Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan | Joint Partner

    Vindhya is a Joint Partner in the Technology Law Division at the firm. She is a registered advocate with the Delhi Bar Council with over 9 years of experience. She is primarily involved in IP opposition & litigation matters and regularly appears before the Trademark Office, Patent Office, PVP Registry, High Courts and the Supreme Court. She is also involved in advising clients on various aspects of IP and allied matters. She is also actively involved in litigation pertaining to Environmental law matters and advising clients regarding the same.