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  • Strom, Ryan Strom, Ryan

    Target | Director Counsel, Intellectual Property

    Ryan Strom is Director Counsel, Intellectual Property at Target.  His primary responsibilities include managing the patent strategy for protecting innovations by the Data Sciences, Global Supply Chain & Logistics, Enterprise Architecture and Product Design & Development teams. 
  • Stuckwisch, Sue

    Alvarez & Marsal Disputes an Investigations, LLC | Managing Director

    Ms. Stuckwisch specializes in economics, finance, complex data, advanced quantitative methods, and statistics. Ms. Stuckwisch has testified in federal, state, and bankruptcy courts in matters involving patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, antitrust, the Lanham Act, false advertising, class actions, unfair competition, breach of contract, employment disputes, and fraud. Ms. Stuckwisch earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in operations research from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Science in Economics with concentrations in econometrics and statistics and a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University.
  • Suarez, Christopher

    Steptoe, LLP | Partner

    Christopher A. Suarez is an outside-the-box thinker with a passion for helping clients understand and manage risks in high-technology. As an intellectual property litigator, he focuses his practice on patent, copyright, and trade secret trials and appeals before every level of the US court system, including federal district courts, US courts of appeals, the US Supreme Court, the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and other administrative tribunals. Chris's experience spans all phases of litigation, including overseeing fact discovery; taking and defending fact and expert depositions; arguing dispositive motions, claim construction, and appeals; and examining witnesses at trial.
  • Sue L. Robinson (Ret.)

    Farnan LLP

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    Honigman | Partner

    Angela Sujek is an experienced intellectual property attorney focusing her practice on trademark and copyright clearance, prosecution, and enforcement; advertising and marketing; licensing; and corporate transactions involving intellectual property assets.
  • Sullivan, Kelu

    Kelly IP, LLP | Of Counsel

    Kelu Sullivan is a skilled trademark and copyright lawyer who focuses on providing practical and realistic advice to help clients make strategic decisions in sync with their business goals.
  • Sundby, S Sundby, Suzannah K.

    Managing Partner | Canady + Lortz LLP

    Suzannah practices all aspects of intellectual property law across diverse technologies including biochemistry, molecular biology, pharmaceuticals, microfluidics, diagnostics, medical devices, and nanotechnology. Her legal practice involves patent preparation and prosecution, licensing, opinion work, post-grant proceedings, strategic planning, and client counseling. Ms. Sundby has experience assisting start-up biotech companies with the preparation and prosecution of their foundation patents, nondisclosure agreements, and related IP issues.
  • Svoboda, C Svoboda, Craig

    Alvotech | Global Head Intellectual Property

    Craig Svoboda has extensive experience with patents and intellectual property in the pharmaceutical industry. He has served as in-house counsel for innovator small molecule and biologics and most recently with the biosimilar company Alvotech. Craig’s skills includes patent drafting, prosecution and portfolio management; client advising including patentability, freedom to operate, non-infringement and validity opinions; licensing including IP diligence, contract drafting and negotiations. Craig’s former and current roles include strategic counseling and creative applications of providing legal advice to efficiently and effectively influence fast moving product development.
  • Swedlow, Bea

    Honigman | Co-Managing Partner

    With wide-ranging litigation experience, Bea Swedlow has a particularly strong focus on litigating patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, copyright, and false advertising matters. She represents major clients from such industries as software, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, higher education, consumer goods, retail, and internet/social media. Bea also advises right holders in a broad range of industry sectors, including fashion, consumer products, food and beverage, and retail on strategies to strengthen IP protection and enforcement, assisting owners of iconic brands with their patent, trademark, and copyright needs.
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    Pirkey Barber, PLLC | Associate

    Kate is an associate at Pirkey Barber PLLC in Austin, where her practice focuses on trademark and copyright law.
  • Szweras, Melanie

    Bereskin & Parr LLP | Partner

    Melanie Szweras is a partner with Bereskin & Parr LLP and a member of the Life Sciences practice group. She is also co-leader of the Privacy/Regulatory, Advertising, Marketing practice group. Melanie’s practice focuses on drafting and prosecution of applications relating to biologics, diagnostics, biotechnology, food and pharmaceuticals. Melanie offers strategic advice and expertise to her clients, provides validity and freedom to operate opinions and is involved in related patent litigation and licensing.
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    Perkins Coie | Senior Counsel

    Janice Ta focuses her practice on patent, trade secret, trademark, and complex commercial litigation. She represents clients in a range of industries, including computer software and hardware, wireless broadband, telecommunications, semiconductors, light-emitting diodes (LEDS), and biotechnology, helping them protect and maximize the value of their intellectual property portfolios.
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    Honigman | Partner

    Leigh Taggart is a partner and an intellectual property litigation attorney with almost 30 years of experience. He litigates patent, trademark, copyright, antitrust, and trade secret matters throughout the U.S. in federal trial and appellate courts and before the International Trade Commission. He also has extensive experience in international intellectual property and contract cases.
  • Hayley-Talbert Talbert, Hayley J.

    Seed IP Law Group, LLP | Partner

    Hayley devotes her time to strategic intellectual property counseling in the electrical, software, and mechanical arts, focusing on efficient and effective patent prosecution. She received a B.S. (cum laude) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida (2004) and a J.D. from Willamette University College of Law (2008).
  • Talley, Monica Riva

    Sterne Kessler | Director

    For more than 25 years Monica Riva Talley has specialized in strategic trademark counseling and portfolio enhancement, developing anti-counterfeiting solutions and strategies, and resolving trademark disputes. She is particularly sought after for her expertise in enforcing brand rights against infringers and counterfeiters seeking to profit from her clients' well-known brands. In addition to managing her robust practice, Ms. Talley has worked as an adjunct professor teaching trademark law at The George Washington University Law School. She also frequently speaks and writes on trademark issues to a variety of public and private audiences and has been active for many years in leading IP organizations, including The International Trademark Association (INTA) and the Intellectual Property Owner's Association (IPO). She is the vice chair of IPO's Anti-Counterfeiting Committee and serves on INTA's Brands and Innovation Committee.
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    World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | Director General - Elect

    Mr Daren Tang, Chief Executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has been officially appointed as the next Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). WIPO is a specialised United Nations (UN) agency based in Geneva, Switzerland, with 193 member states and an annual revenue in excess of S$600 million. Mr Tang will take over the helm of WIPO on 1 October 2020 for a term of six years. This marks the first time a Singaporean will lead a UN agency, and WIPO’s first Director General from Asia.
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    Kramer Levin | Director of Legal Recruiting and Diversity

    In her role as director of legal recruiting and diversity, Lauren Tapper works with firm leadership to develop and implement Kramer Levin’s strategic recruiting and diversity initiatives.
  • Taylor, Clint

    Kelly IP, LLP | Partner

    Clint focuses his practice on trademark and copyright counseling, prosecution, enforcement, and litigation. He has spent his career helping clients of all sizes navigate the trademark registration process and successfully enforcing those rights. He provides practical advice to clients to assist them in selecting and enforcing their trademarks consistent with their goals.
  • Teboul, Elina

    The Lightup Lab | Founder

    Elina Teboul is an executive coach and the founder of The LightUp Lab, through which Elina seeks to inspire and empower people and organizations through positive psychology, mindfulness and coaching training.
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    Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton | Partner

    Tammy Terry is an IP litigator and registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Ms. Terry’s practice includes IP litigation and dispute resolution representing companies on the cutting edge of technology in a variety of industries and disciplines. Ms. Terry has trial experience in a variety of complex commercial litigation cases, including first and second chair trial experience in patent litigation, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and trade secret misappropriation cases.