IPWatchdog LIVE 2025 Arlington, VA

March 2, 2025 - March 4, 2025

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Speakers

Subject to change.

Keynote Speakers

Hon. John W. Holcomb

Judge

U.S. Federal District Court, Central District of California

Lisa Jorgenson

Deputy Director General, Patents & Technology

World Intellectual Property Organization

Coke Morgan Stewart

Coke Morgan Stewart

Deputy Director

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Award Recipients

Steven Caltrider

Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Officer

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Bob Taylor

Robert Taylor

Founder & Owner

RPT Legal Strategies

All Confirmed Speakers

Ola Adekunle

Senior Patent Counsel

Google

Ratib Ali

Economist

Competition Dynamics

Jonathan Barnett

Professor

Gould School of Law, University of Southern California

Matthew Bathon

Principal Legal Counsel

Samsung Electronics

Brent R. Bellows, Ph.D.

Partner

Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies

Russell Binns

CEO & General Counsel

Allied Security Trust

Evelyn Body

GM Intellectual Property

Xero

Kady Bruce, Ph.D.

Head of Intellectual Property

Crescent Biopharma

Thomas Burns

Counsel

Bartkowski LLLC

Steven Caltrider

Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Officer

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Randy Canis

Randy Canis

Associate General Counsel, Technology, Privacy, and IP

Smarter Technologies

Louis Carbonneau

Louis Carbonneau

Founder & CEO

Tangible IP

Eric Carlson

Managing Director

Burford Capital

Megan Carpenter

Dean and Professor of Law

UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law

Nuno Carvalho

Partner

Licks Attorneys

John Cheek

VP, Intellectual Property & Legal Operations, and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

Tenneco, Inc.

Kimberly Philipp

Chief of Strategic Initiatives

Access Advance

Tim Clise

Chief Patent Counsel

The Cigna Group

Carlo Cotrone

Founder & Principal Consultant

Quartal IP

Matthew Cutler

Principal

Harness IP

Shana Cyr

Executive Director & Head of Patent Litigation

Bristol Myers Squibb

Robin Davis

Director, Intellectual Property Finance Group

Fortress Investment Group

Jayne Durden

Global Brand Engagement, Customer Trust External Relations

Amazon

Tim Fink

Former Vice Chief Judge (PTAB)

O’Melveny & Myers

Glenn Forbis

Principal

Harness IP

Cyrus Frelinghuysen

Shareholder

GreenbergTraurig

Dean Geibel

Chief Patent Counsel

Samtec, Inc.

Pinar Gencer

Senior Associate

Competition Dynamics

Henry Hadad

Henry Hadad

Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Jason Harrier

AI Patent Counsel

Salesforce

Terry Hart

Terry Hart

General Counsel

Association of American Publishers

Joshua Hartman

Partner

Merchant & Gould

Volkmar Henke

Partner

Bardehle Pagenberg

Hon. John W. Holcomb

Judge

U.S. Federal District Court, Central District of California

Andrei Iancu

Hon. Andrei Iancu

Former Under Secretary of Commerce for IP & Director of the USPTO

Sullivan & Cromwell

Lisa Jorgenson

Deputy Director General, Patents & Technology

World Intellectual Property Organization

Sivon Kalminov

Director, Intellectual Property Division

Canon U.S.A., Inc.

F. Scott Kieff

Hon. F. Scott Kieff

Former ITC Commissioner, Professor of Law

George Washington University Law School

Patrick Kilbride

Policy Advisor, Public Speaker & Corporate Trainer

Kilbride Public Affairs

Sherry Knowles

Principal

Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies

Hon. Bowon Kwon

Judge, Intellectual Property

High Court of Korea

Evan Langdon

Partner

Fabricant Rubino & Lambrianakos LLP

J. John Lee

Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary

Mark Liang

Mark Liang

Partner

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Van Lindberg

Van Lindberg

Partner

Taylor English Duma LLP

Alex Long

Chief Intellectual Property Counsel & General Counsel

GE Aerospace

Marie MacNichol

Mediator and Intellectual Property Attorney

Marie MacNichol LLC

Anne McAleer

Head of IP

Paragraf Ltd

Christine McDaniel

Senior Trade Economist

The World Bank Group

Brian McElligott

Partner

Mason Hayes & Curran

Scott McKeown

Shareholder, Post-Grant Proceedings Practice

Wolf Greenfield

Kevin McNish

Kevin McNish

Managing Member

McNish PLLC

Chief Judge Paul Michel

Hon. Paul R. Michel

Chief Judge (ret.)

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Nikos Minas, Ph.D.

Global IP Counsel

Wesco International

Lissi Mojica

Managing Director and Head of IP Strategy

Answers IP, LLC and Garden

Tamra Tyree Moore

Acting General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

VantageScore®

Anup Misra

Founder

Misra IP Litigation PLLC

Mark Nelson

Partner

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Judge Pauline Newman

Hon. Pauline Newman

Circuit Judge

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Jennifer O'Connell

Jennifer O’Connell

Assistant General Counsel, Director of Intellectual Property

Albany International Corp.

Katie O’Sullivan

Senior Corporate Counsel, US Litigation

Renesas Electronics

Carlos Olarte

Partner

OlarteMoure

Peter-Anthony Pappas

Director of Intellectual Property Policy

U.S. Senate, Committee on Judiciary

Daniel Papst

Daniel Papst

Managing Director

Papst Licensing GmbH & Co.

Robert Plotkin

Founding Partner

Blueshift IP

Brian Pomper

Brian Pomper

Partner

Akin Gump

Gautam Prakash

Associate Vice President for Intellectual Property Policy and Advocacy

Eli Lilly and Company

Anthony Prosser, Ph.D.

Anthony R. Prosser, Ph.D.

Partner

Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies

Gene Quinn

Founder & CEO

IPWatchdog, Inc.

Renée C. Quinn

President

IPWatchdog, Inc.

Hon. Randall R. Rader

Former Chief Judge (ret.)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Torie Reinhart

Global IP Counsel

Viridien

Jessica Richard

Vice President, Federal Public Policy

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

Matthew Rizzolo

Matthew Rizzolo

Partner

Ropes & Gray

John Rogitz

Managing Attorney

Rogitz & Associates

Thara Russell

Director, Assistant General Counsel for IP

Capital One

Corey Salsberg

Vice President and Global Head of IP Affairs

Novartis

Jon Scahill

Chief Executive Officer

Quest Patent Research Corporation

Stephen T. Schreiner

Partner

Carmichael IP, PLLC

Adi Sidapara

Founder and CEO

Garden

Melissa Silverstein

Melissa Silverstein

Senior IP Counsel and Executive Recovery Coach

The Healed Professional

David Soucy

Sr. IP Counsel and Global Lead Patent Counsel

SimpliSafe

Robert Stoll

Former Commissioner for Patents, USPTO

Stoll Patent Consulting and Expert Testimony LLC

Chris Storm

IP Legal Director

Uber

LeKeisha Suggs

Vice President of Intellectual Property

UnitedLex

David Suter

Principal

Harness IP

Bob Taylor

Robert Taylor

Founder & Owner

RPT Legal Strategies

Mark Vallone

Chief Patent Counsel, Americas

IBM

Alaina van Horn

Chief of the IP Enforcement (IPE) Branch

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Matthew Veale

VP, Patent Analytics & Strategy

LOT Network

Joe Walsh

Principal

Harness IP

Todd Walters

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

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Leo White

Leo White

Chief IP & Associate General Counsel

The Duracell Company

Shawnna Yashar

IP & Technology Litigation Attorney/Partner

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Wen Xie

Owner

Lux Lumen Intellectual Property PC

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