PTAB Masters™ 2023 Ashburn, VA
January 31 - February 1, 2023
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Speakers listed in alphabetical order. Speakers subject to change.

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Meredith Addy

Co-Founder & Intellectual Property Litigator

AddyHart P.C.

Cook Alciati

Principal

Gardella Grace P.A.

Hon. Scott R. Boalick

Chief Judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

USPTO

Hon. Jacqueline Wright Bonilla

Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge and Senior Legal Advisor

USPTO

Jim Carmichael

James Carmichael

Founder and Managing Partner

Carmichael IP, PLLC

Hon. Kevin Cherry

Administrative Patent Judge

Patent Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO

Brad Close

Executive Vice President of Licensing and Transactions

Transpacific IP Group Limited

Hon. Murriel E. Crawford

Administrative Patent Judge

Patent Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO

Erin Dunston

Erin Dunston

Partner

Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

Rachel Elsby, Ph.D.

Partner

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

Tim Fink

Partner

O’Melveny & Myers

Christopher Freeman

Senior Vice President

Burford Capital

Lori Gordon

Partner

Perkins Coie

Kevin Greenleaf

Counsel, Leader of PostGrant Group, IP & Technology Practice

Dentons

Philip S. Johnson

Chair, Steering Committee

Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform

David J. Kappos

David Kappos

Partner, Co-Chair IP Practice

Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Salvador Karottki

Sal Karottki

General Counsel

Gracenote, a Nielsen company

Kevin Laurence

Founding Member

Laurence & Phillips IP Law

David McCombs

Partner

Haynes and Boone, LLP

Scott McKeown

Scott McKeown

Partner, Chair, PTAB Group

Ropes & Gray

Joel Merkin

Principal

GLS Capital, LLC

Chief Judge Paul Michel

Hon. Paul R. Michel

Chief Judge (ret.)

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Kayvan Noroozi

Founding Partner

Noroozi PC

Grace Karaffa Obermann

Hon. Grace Karaffa Obermann

Administrative Patent Judge

Patent Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO

Gene Quinn, IPWatchdog

Gene Quinn

President & CEO

IPWatchdog, Inc.

Jonathan Rogers

Jonathan Rogers

Chief Operating Officer

Centripetal

Stephanie Schonewald

Stephanie Schonewald

Partner

Choate, Hall & Stewart

Michael Shinall

Principal

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Drew Sommer

Andrew (Drew) Sommer

Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig

Sarah Spires

Litigation Partner

Skiermont Derby LLP

Richard Torczon

Senior Counsel

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Sarah Tsou

Portfolio Manager of Global Intellectual Property and Senior Investment Manager

Omni Bridgeway

Todd Walters

Shareholder, Chair, Patent Office Litigation Practice and Co-Chair, IP Section

Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney

Phil Warrick

Philip Warrick

Counsel

Irell & Manella LLP

Brad-Watts

Brad Watts

Vice President, Innovation Policy

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Candice Wright

Candice Wright

Director, Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics

U.S. Government Accountability Office

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