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  • Van Voorhis, Kim

    Nike | Assistant General Counsel, Global IP LItigation

    Kim is Assistant General Counsel, Global IP Litigation & Director of IP Europe at Nike, Inc. She is a committed IP professional, bringing nearly 20 years of experience litigating, managing portfolios, and providing strategic counseling on all aspects of global intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, design, copyright and trade secrets, in both elite law firm and Fortune 100 corporate settings.
  • VanDyke, Heather

    Javelina Legal | Principal Attorney

    Heather is the founder and principal attorney at Javelina Legal focusing on copyright, trademark, live / digital / experiential events, entertainment-related transactions, content licensing, outside GC services and more. Heather opened the firm after nearly 7 years as General Counsel of South by Southwest (SXSW) where she was responsible for all legal matters, including intellectual property protection and enforcement, licensing, contracts, insurance, managing litigation, and privacy. Heather is also an Adjunct Professor at UT Law, where she teaches a seminar entitled, The Law of Music Festivals and Live Events, which covers 7 core areas of law, from copyright and trademark to tort litigation using live events as the backdrop.
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    iDiscovery Solutions | Managing Director

    James D. Vaughn, a Managing Director of iDiscovery Solutions (iDS), is a court-recognized expert who has given testimony in nearly 70 cases involving topics such as evidence preservation, documentation of events, and computer forensic methodologies and procedures. In addition to being an EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE), Mr. Vaughn is certified by the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS) as a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE).
  • Verma, Divyendu

    Duxlegis Attorneys | Managing Partner

    Mr. Verma is an Advocate and registered Patent, Design & Trademark Attorney in INDIA, UAE & USA. In over 20+ years of experience, Mr. Verma has amassed vast experience in IP strategic advisory, patent drafting, prosecution and litigation. Mr. Verma has handled and managed large IP projects for multiple national and international clients involving framing IP strategy and IP implementation framework, assisting clients to build their IP portfolio. Specifically, in High Tech industry, he has handled a variety of issues including protection of software patents in India. He has advised on issues related to SEPs, technology standards and indemnification for Patent/IP-Infringement.
  • Vidal, Kathi

    United States Patent and Trademark Office | Director

    Kathi Vidal serves as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – America’s Innovation Agency. As the chief executive of the USPTO, she leads one of the largest intellectual property (IP) offices in the world, with more than 13,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $4 billion. She is the principal IP advisor to the President and the Administration, through the Secretary of Commerce, and is focused on incentivizing and protecting U.S. innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity. She leads an agency whose mission is to help American workers and businesses compete and collaborate, especially in ground-breaking technologies and across all demographics. As Director of the USPTO, Vidal is working to expand American innovation for and from all, and to bring more ideas to impact, including serving as the Vice Chair of the Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2), alongside Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and the Council members.
  • Vishnubhakat Photo Vishnubhakat, Saurabh

    Texas A&M University School of Law | Professor of Law

    Saurabh Vishnubhakat writes and teaches on intellectual property law, civil procedure, and administrative law, particularly from an empirical perspective.
  • Vo, Nikki

    Meta Platforms, Inc. | Director and Associate General Counsel

    Nikki is a Director and Associate General Counsel at Meta Platforms, Inc. where she helps to manage the company’s litigation docket, with a focus on IP litigation. In addition, her team is responsible for counseling the company on a wide range of legal issues, ranging from artificial intelligence and machine learning to the metaverse and CDA 230. Currently, her work focuses on managing the global litigation docket involving artificial intelligence and regulations of news content on Meta’s platforms.
  • Voegtli, Naomi

    Honeywell Aerospace | Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

  • von Muhlendahl, Alexander

    Bardehle Pagenberg | Professor

    The practice of Professor Alexander von Mühlendahl, Dr. iur., J.D., LL.M. (Northwestern) includes providing advice and conducting litigation in the areas of German, European and international trademark, design and unfair competition law.
  • Voyles, James

    Lewis Roca | Of Counsel

    James Voyles is of counsel in the firm's Regulatory and Government Practice Group. James is an experienced lawyer and advisor with significant regulatory, litigation, compliance, legislative, and transactional experience. He provides advice to organizations across numerous sectors that include infrastructure, energy, natural resources, utilities, sportsmen and outdoor recreation, financial institutions, conservation, and real estate. James has successfully handled matters that include permitting energy and infrastructure projects, utility commission proceedings, environmental due diligence, land and species conservation, land use and access, legislative analysis, and notice and comment rulemaking.
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    HP, Inc. | Senior Litigation Counsel

    Matt Wade is a senior litigation counsel with HP inc. In his current role at HP, he coordinates and oversees various intellectual property litigation and provides advice on a wide range of other intellectual property matters.
  • Eric F. Wagner Eric F. Wagner

    Duke University | Associate Director / Legal

    Eric F. Wagner, PhD, JD joined the Duke University Office of Licensing and Ventures (OLV) in May 2009.
  • Wagner, Matthew

    PDC Brands | General Counsel

    Matt Wagner is General Counsel of PDC Brands, a global leader in wellness and personal care headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. PDC’s portfolio includes category-leading brands such as Cantu®, Dr Teal’s®, Eylure®, and Body Fantasies®, sold at major retailers throughout the U.S., U.K., and in more than 80 markets worldwide.
  • Walker, C200 Walker, Christopher

    The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law | Professor of Law

    Christopher Walker is the John W. Bricker Professor of Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Prior to joining the law faculty, Professor Walker clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court and worked on the Civil Appellate Staff at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he represented federal agencies in a variety of regulatory contexts. His publications have appeared in the California Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Georgetown Law Journal, Michigan Law Review, Stanford Law Review, and University of Pennsylvania Law Review, among others. Outside the law school, he serves as one of forty Public Members of the Administrative Conference of the United States and as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. He blogs regularly at the Yale Journal on Regulation.
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    Johnson & Johnson | Group Leader, Health Technology Team

    David Wallace is a member of the Johnson & Johnson Law Department, and Group Leader of the Health Technology Team. In his role as Group Leader, David’s primarily responsible for day-to-day activities regarding the patent aspects of the health technology initiatives across the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.
  • Waller, Beth Burgin

    Woods Rogers | Principal

    Elizabeth Burgin Waller is a Principal at Woods Rogers. As chair of the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice at Woods Rogers, Beth’s practice is fully devoted to cybersecurity, data privacy, and artificial intelligence (AI). She is a certified Privacy Law Specialist by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), which is accredited by the American Bar Association. In addition, she is a Certified Information Privacy Professional with expertise in both U.S. and European law (CIPP/US & CIPP/E) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), also from the IAPP.
  • Wang, Xinghao

    Alibaba Group | Director of Global IP Enforcement

  • Jenifer Ward

    General Electric | Executive IP Counsel - GE Store, Critical Technologies at General Electric Company

  • Ward, Trenton A.

    Greenberg Traurig | Shareholder

    Trenton A. Ward has over 20 years of experience in patent law, including serving for five years at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) as a Lead Administrative Patent Judge, among other roles. While serving as a Patent Judge, Trenton adjudicated more than 250 America Invents Act (AIA) trial proceedings, encompassing inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings. Trenton leverages his experience from the bench to provide the highest level of advocacy to clients on intellectual property matters.
  • ware_donald_square200 Ware, Donald

    Foley Hoag LLP | Partner & Co-Chair of IP Litigation Group

    Donald Ware is a partner and co-chair of the IP Litigation Group in the Boston office of Foley Hoag LLP. His practice focuses on patent litigation, licensing, and counseling. Don has decades of experience in life sciences patent and inventorship disputes, in which he represents global biopharmaceutical companies, universities, and research institutions. He also represents universities and their licensees in Bayh-Dole matters, including Bayh-Dole march-in proceedings.