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  • Vadera_Photo_200 Vadera, Sameer

    Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | Patent Attorney

    Sameer Vadera is a patent attorney who counsels industry-leading clients on building valuable IP portfolios for high-tech innovations. Mr. Vadera has managed domestic and global patent portfolios, driven IP protection strategies across major markets, and counseled enterprises on boosting IP assets by increasing enterprise-wide innovation capture. Mr. Vadera has prepared and prosecuted patent applications directed to a wide range of technologies, including artificial intelligence, Software-as-a-Service, and network security.
  • Vakil_Photo_200 Vakil, Bijal

    White & Case | Partner

    Bijal is a member of the Technology Industry Practice and the Global Intellectual Property Group at White and Case. He successfully represents technology companies in all aspects of their life cycle. He also has an impressive track record litigating complex patent cases in district courts, the International Trade Commission, and before the Federal Circuit.
  • Valeyko, Nichole

    Merck & Co., Inc. | Director - IP Legal Group

    Nichole M. Valeyko is a registered U.S. Patent Attorney and has acted as IP counsel for over 15 years. She is currently a Director in the IP Legal group at Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, New Jersey, where she is the Committee Chair for the Merck Legal Network Diversity Committee and head of the U.S. Patent Practice Committee. Nichole holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Virginia Tech, a law degree from Seton Hall School of Law, and a Master of Science in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins.
  • Vallone, Mark

    IBM | Senior IP Counsel

    Mark Vallone is Senior IP Counsel at IBM, where he manages IBM’s in-house team that primarily handles U.S. patent application preparation and prosecution matters and defensive patent analyses. Mark is also active in IBM patent strategy and policy matters. He formerly led the team responsible for IBM's U.S. Patent Procedures, which are followed by IBM's in-house and outside patent counsel. He also served as lead IP Counsel for IBM Cloud and IBM Commerce, for which he supported transactions and product clearances, led patent procurement operations, and provided counsel on a wide range of other IP matters.
  • van Denzen, Melody

    ConocoPhillips | Senior Legal Counsel

    Melody van Denzen, is Senior Legal Counsel at ConocoPhillips, in Houston. She is a recovering engineer with international experience and a passion for sustainability, particularly as it relates to decarbonization and the energy transition. Melody grew up relocating every few years to “follow the oil” and has continued the trend throughout her own career working with and for multinational oil and gas corporations. She enjoys working with innovators and dreamers to drive changes that improve our world. And one of her favorite things is discovering and implementing feasible solutions to difficult challenges using creative collaboration and advocacy skills.
  • Van Hoven, Joshua

    Van Hoven PC | Founder

    Josh Van Hoven founded Van Hoven PC to represent companies facing challenging competitive issues at the intersection of law and technology. Josh's primary practice areas are strategic patent portfolio development and technology litigation. Josh works with growing technology companies to develop patent portfolios that stand up to investor, litigation, and licensing scrutiny. Josh also represents companies in technology litigation involving patents, trade secrets, and antitrust.
  • Van Kirk, Jennifer square200 Van Kirk, Jennifer

    Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie | Partner

    Jennifer Van Kirk counsels clients on a wide variety of IP matters, including all aspects of ‎trademark and brand protection: trademark clearance, prosecution, licensing, portfolio ‎management, and litigation guidance. Her experience includes traditional marks as well as 3-‎dimensional marks, motion marks, service trade dress, and packaging trade dress. She also assist clients with identifying, protecting, and licensing copyrights and rights of publicity for use in products and advertising and protecting and licensing clients' copyrights and rights of publicity.
  • 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.
  • vaughn_-_website_200x200 Vaughn, Jim

    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.
  • Vines, Kim

    Stites & Harbison, PLLC | Member

    Kim Vines, Ph.D. is a patent attorney with a chemistry background and more than a decade of experience in U.S. and international patent prosecution, portfolio strategy, and patent opinions. She works with clients ranging from start ups to multinational chemical and pharmaceutical companies. Kim also serves as an editor and contributing author for AIPLA’s Chemical Practice Chronicles and has published in Law360 and The Patent Lawyer Newsletter.
  • 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.
  • Wade, Matt Picture200 Wade, Matt

    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.