Ms. Aastha Sharma is a patent attorney in L.S. Davar & Co. and a registered patent agent with the Indian Patent Office with a background in the pharmaceutical and chemical domain. She represents Indian and multinational companies before the Indian Patent Office. Her work includes patent drafting and prosecution in India and other jurisdictions in the areas of pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology, material chemistry, pharmaceutical composition, medical devices, inkjet printing, laminates, metallurgical processes and compositions. She has also worked on pre-grant and post-grant opposition proceedings, appeal, and revocation proceedings.

Agnieszka Deeg-Tyburska, works as the Legal Director of the Polpharma Group. Currently she manages the team of lawyers in Poland (3 locations), Russia, Kazakhstan, Barcelona and IP teams, on direct reporting or doted line basis. Before that she was a General Counsel, director of the Legal Department of nc+, a Polish premium pay television, where she managed the team of 14 lawyers, half coming from Canal + Cyfrowy S.A. and half from ITI Neovision S.A. In her so far career she also handled a number of large and sophisticated transactions, with a particular emphasis on the acquisitions of public companies, investment transactions of venture capital funds, representation of international financial institutions on the acquisitions of Polish bans and leasing companies, as well as in MBO and LBO structures. She represented a number of financial institutions and borrowers in the lending, debt securities issuance programs, and finance lease transactions.

As a researcher, engineer, scientist, strategist, academic, venture capitalist, and entrepreneur, Al’s career has been spent working within the fuzzy front-end of innovation to bring ideas from the mind to the market.

Al Founded Atlanta Patent Services (APS) to provide expert research to lawyers, companies, and entrepreneurs -  tightly integrating search and legal to optimize the critical initial stages of patent prosecution and lay the groundwork for successful execution.

Al’s intellectual curiosity and deep experience in a diversity of roles within start-ups and small entities, as well as large entities enable him to bring substantive strategic and technical expertise to bear on a diversity of fields at all points in the patent and technology lifecycle. 

Alec Schibanoff joined General Patent Corporation in 2008 and serves as the company’s Vice President of Marketing responsible for all marketing activities for the GPC Group of companies. Mr. Schibanoff is a prolific writer, having contributed dozens of IP-related articles to trade and business magazines over the last decade. In 2016, Mr. Schibanoff’s responsibilities were expanded at IPOfferings from marketing to general management of the business.

Alejandra M. Garza-Domínguez, partner and IP director at De Hoyos Koloffon & Associates - Intellectual Property Law firm, is an attorney with a LL.M (Master of Laws) from Mexico’s Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey – ITESM. 

Alejandra is a senior IP lawyer with over 20 years of expertise in the areas of IP strategy, protection, litigation and compliance. In addition to her professional law practice, in the academic field she has been a law professor, lecturing in Corporate and IP Law. 

She has been a councilwoman of the San Pedro Garza García’s City Council and has actively participated in numerous non-profit and political associations.

André Frieden manages the “Big Deals” legal team at Capgemini, a publicly traded multinational IT services company with over $18 billion in annual revenue. He negotiates the company’s large-scale outsourcing/managed services offerings and other IT services focused on automation and digital transformation, as well as solutions using artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. He also manages the company’s regulatory compliance in North America, including export controls. Previously, André served as lead Chief IP Counsel and Chief Compliance Counsel at large privately-held and publicly-traded technology companies. Prior to that, he worked at two major law firms, where he represented Fortune 100 companies, research institutions, startups and governmental organizations on a wide range of IP, IT and e-commerce matters. He has published extensively on topics relating to IP protection, software licensing, cross-border technology partnerships, and cybersecurity/data privacy. His legal education includes an LLM in IP Law, a Juris Doctor, and a certificate in international legal studies. He speaks English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Andrea Mondini is recognized as a leading Swiss intellectual property expert. The focus of his practice is on litigation and arbitration of intellectual property disputes and on IP-related contractual matters. He has a niche expertise as arbitrator and as counsel in the field of arbitration of IP-related disputes.  Andrea Mondini is one of the attorneys-at-law appearing most frequently before the Swiss Federal Patent Court, where he regularly represents major companies in patent infringement and revocation proceedings, often in the pharmaceutical field. He is a panelist with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center for Internet Domain Names and is a member of INTA, LES, AIPPI and EPLAW.

Italian national, A.M. Villa, QPIP, holds a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry and an MA degree in adult education.

Before joining the EPO, she cooperated with pharma industries in the Milan area and headed a Molecular Modelling Research Unit at Milan University (Faculty of Pharmacy) for six years. 

She started work at the EPO in 1997 as a patent examiner in the areas of second medical use, galenics and cosmetics. In addition to search, examination and opposition work, she has been active in international co-operation and exchange programmes and in distance learning programmes implemented by the European Patent Academy. 

After two years as a Senior Consultant and Director Business Development Pharma and Life Sciences at PatentSight GmbH she started at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property as a Patent Expert and Coordinator of the Patent Analytics team.

Anthony (Tony) Trippe is Managing Director of Patinformatics, LLC. Patinformatics is an advisory firm specializing in patent analytics and landscaping to support decision making for technology based businesses. In addition to operating Patinformatics, Mr. Trippe is also an Adjunct Professor of IP Management and Markets at Illinois Institute of Technology teaching a course on patent analysis, and landscapes for strategic decision making. Tony is an influential thought leader in the patent analysis space, recently wrote the Guidelines for the Preparation of Patent Landscape Reports for the World Intellectual Property Organization, has been named one of the Top 300 IP Strategists by IAM Magazine, and is the author of the popular Patinformatics blog.

Tony has worked for a variety of organizations, in a number of different capacities, including: P&G where he was responsible for evangelizing the use of patent analytics for business decision, Aurigin Systems where he traveled the world working with companies of all sizes use patent analytics for competitive advantage, Chemical Abstracts Service where he was the principle architect behind the development of Analyze Plus, STN AnaVist and SubScape for SciFinder, and at 3LP Advisors where he developed methods for analyzing, and valuing patent documents, and portfolios by measuring indicators associated with their examination.

Mr. Trippe has written or contributed to IP related articles that have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Washington Post and more than a dozen additional sources.

Antonio Curvello has extensive experience working with intellectual property.

In charge for the Licensing and Commercial Transactions Department, his experience includes the monetization and commercialization of all intellectual property assets, as well as the negotiation of all types of commercial agreements, including IT contracts (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS).

With an emphasis on technology transfer and IP licensing, franchising, agency and distribution, he has also worked in several R&D projects between private companies and in public-private partnerships.

Antonio has extensive experience in software development, registration and licensing, and also handles copyright protection and registration.

Arnaud Folliard-Monguiral joined the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in 2000 and is now a Senior Official. He works with the Litigation Service within the Boards of Appeal. As such, he represents EUIPO in proceedings before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Arnaud writes a monthly review of European Union Trade Mark related case law for the French IP review « Propriété Industrielle ». He is also the author of articles, the latest of which are dedicated to the European Courts Case-Law relating both to trade marks (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2010-2020) and designs (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2013, Vol. 8, No. 12).

Arno is the co-founder and CEO of the University Industry Innovation Network. In his role, he oversees UIIN's events, publications and research and consulting activities. His research focusses on university-industry interaction and university engagement. Arno was a project manager and researcher on several European and national large-scale research projects on innovation, entrepreneurship and university-industry interaction. Since January 2016, Arno is the project manager of the European Commission project on the State of University-Business Cooperation in Europe, the largest study yet undertaken in this field. Arno is also the Director for Business Development at the Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre, a research centre at the Münster University of Applied Sciences.

Mr. Nutter is the inventor, founder, and chairman of PatentBooks, Inc. He is a strategic perseverant visionary that likes to create and lead. Mr. Nutter is listed by The IP Media Group as one of Intellectual Asset Management’s “World’s Leading IP Strategists” since the publication began in 2009.

Mr. Nutter founded TAEUS in 1992 as the world’s first engineering company dedicated exclusively to managing and monetizing intellectual property. TAEUS was bootstrapped from its humble beginnings in Colorado Springs, Colorado to a global enterprise now incorporated in the US, UK, Japan, and Malaysia. TAEUS determines which of the patents in its client’s portfolios are the most valuable and proves their value via proprietary forensic engineering and accounting processes. Some of these processes have been released to the public to further enable more efficient patent licensing around the world. TAEUSworks™, the process long considered the “Gold Standard of patent evaluation,” and referred to as “the Moody’s of intellectual property” by the Wall Street Journal, was created by Mr. Nutter. The Global Patent Syndicate™ and PatentBooks both significantly improve global patent licensing efficiencies.

Mr. Nutter has been a member of the Licensing Executives Society USA & Canada since 1994, was head of the LES High Tech Industry Sector for 7 years, was Trustee of the LES USA & Canada for 7 years, was a Delegate from the US to the Licensing Executives Society International for 15 years, and was head of the LESI Communications committee for 3 years. Mr. Nutter challenges the patent licensing industry from the podium regularly at global events and is widely published. Mr. Nutter holds a BSME from the University of Akron (Ohio), an MBA from the University of Phoenix, and is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP). He is Catholic, an instrument-rated pilot, rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle, is a certified SCUBA diver, directs music, sings in choirs and bands, and is married to Katheleen, with whom is blessed with eight children and seven grandchildren (to date).

Arundeep S. Pradhan, MS Pharm Ad., RTTP has been engaged in technology transfer for over 30 years; was at the forefront of creating the biotech burst in Salt Lake City; helped develop the first biotech roadmap for Colorado; and, helped create the first biotech incubator and the first translational research development center in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Pradhan served on the AUTM Board, was the AUTM President in 2009, and AUTM Foundation President and Board Chair in 2011. He was the interim CEO of a research tools startup and currently serves as the president of Apio Innovation Transfer (APIOiX) and as the CEO and the vice-president for business development of Practical Biotechnology, an oncology therapeutics startup. Mr. Pradhan managed technology transfer offices at the University of Utah, Colorado State University Research Foundation, and Oregon Health and Science University. He continues to work with clients across the globe.

Audrey Yap is the Managing Partner of regional law firm Yusarn Audrey and also a Registered Patent Agent in Singapore.  Yusarn Audrey is a boutique intellectual property and commercial law practice offering legal and intellectual capital management as part of an integrated suite of IP solutions. Audrey has facilitated the development of robust patent and IP portfolios for growth and monetisation.

Audrey has served as Member of the Board of Directors of the IP Office of Singapore since 2015 and as an Adjunct Fellow of the IP Academy of Singapore since 2004.

Audrey has served as a Board member of Enterprise Singapore, an agency under the Ministry of Trade & Industry from 2018 - 2020. Audrey continues to serve as IP Expert for several international and regional WIPO projects.

Audrey has been listed as one of the World’s Leading IP Strategists since 2009 to date for 12 years running consecutively by the London based IAM publication. Audrey has won several accolades over the years including being named as one of Singapore’s leading lawyers in Who’s Who Legal by Euromoney as one of the top Women Business lawyers in Singapore.

She is President of LES International, chairman of the Singapore Business Federation SMEC Innovation Sub-committee, a Notary Public and a Board Director of a Singapore listed company.

Bart van Wezenbeek started his career in the patent field after he had worked in pharmaceutical research for more than 12 years. H had spent almost three years as a patent information specialist before he switched in 1990 to the patent attorney profession.

From his biology education and pharmaceutical experience, Bart is well suited to deal with inventions in all biological and life science areas, from food and feed applications to deep sequencing and from microbiological diagnostics to gene therapy. Bart has further specific experience in plant related inventions and molecular biological diagnostics.

Bettina de Jong is a freelancer in the patent information area providing consultancy, searching and training services. 

Secretary General of the PDG (European industry association focusing on patent information) 

Chair of the ISBQPIP (international organisation for examination and certification of patent information professionals). 

Formerly, 30 years at Shell of which 11 years as manager of the global team of patent analysts.

Brian Darville, senior counsel in the firm's Trademark & Designs practice group, has several decades of litigation experience in federal courts throughout the U.S. and decades of experience handling intellectual property protection for trademarks and copyrights both in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Darville provides comprehensive trademark, unfair competition, copyright, business, and e-commerce legal services to his clients throughout the United States and abroad. His extensive intellectual property, e-commerce and litigation experience enables him to protect and enforce his clients’ rights efficiently achieving their desired results on a cost-effective basis.

Mr. Darville has extensive experience in the areas of trademark, unfair competition and copyright, appearing before administrative tribunals and federal courts throughout the country. His trademark and copyright litigation experience includes the consumer products, automotive products, fashion, publishing, financial, and construction materials industries. He has litigated several domain name disputes under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and has handled numerous opposition, cancellation and concurrent use proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”). Mr. Darville has prosecuted and defended numerous copyright infringement disputes in courts throughout the U.S. He counsels companies regarding the use of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to remove infringing content from web sites or to disable web sites posting or streaming infringing content online.

Mr. Darville also manages the global trademark portfolio for several clients. He is experienced in all aspects of trademark protection, including clearance opinions, prosecution and maintenance of trademarks in the U.S. and abroad. He counsels clients in all aspects of trademark and copyright law, ecommerce, licensing and litigation.

Brian Cummings is currently a Partner in Alta Global Ventures and Founder of Technium – a deep technology company builder that uses proprietary analytics to rank and curate the best inventions to solve big problems. Technium now has a large portfolio of Medtech, Biotech and High Tech companies and is expanding it’s offering to key Universities as a free service. Brian is passionate about changing the way in which breakthrough technologies get to the marketplace. And as part of that is working on a new $100 Million University IP fund. Brian was previously Vice President of Technology Commercialization at Ohio State University and President of the Ohio State Innovation Foundation.  Prior to that he was Associate Vice President of the Technology Commercialization Office at the University of Utah and Director of Commercialization at the University of Texas. Brian started KickStart Seed Fund with his partner, Paul Ahlstrom, now the most active fund in the Mountain West.

Brigitte Baldi is a member of the Dennemeyer Consulting team located in Munich. She supports clients in achieving IP excellence, mainly by means of strategic, organization, operations and change management approaches. Brigitte holds a Master degree in computer science with a minor in business administration from the University Fridericiana Karlsruhe (KIT) and a postgraduate degree as patent engineer.

As a senior manager she has over 20 years experience as management consultant, supporting clients in various industries: energy/utilities, manufacturing, consumer goods, chemical industry, life science, healthcare, telecom, logistics, financial and other service industries plus several years of industry experience in the telecommunications industry.

Bruce Longbottom is Assistant General Counsel for Trademarks at Eli Lilly and Company, currently serving as Head of Lilly’s Trademark Department with responsibilities including: (1) managing trademark matters on a global basis, (2) providing legal counsel in support of Lilly’s global anti-counterfeiting strategy, and (3) advising Lilly on copyright compliance and Internet matters.  

Bruce has been active in the International Trademark Association (INTA), including serving as Chair of INTA’s Anticounterfeiting Committee as well as on the INTA Board of Directors. Bruce also serves on governing committee of the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG).  

Bruce is a 1988 graduate of Indiana University School of Law, and prior to joining Lilly in 2001 he was in private practice at two local Indianapolis law firms.

Since 1982, Mr. Tsai has indulged in experiencing all phases of intellectual property laws from preparation to prosecution and then to litigation of patent, trademark, copyright, circuit layout, trade secret, unfair competition, license and litigation before courts in this country and other countries.

Brain waves, perseverance and stamina are considered to be most important factors of a successful character.  Rich in brain waves, stiff in perseverance and exhaustless in stamina, Mr. Tsai strives for himself to keep pace with all relevant knowledge and practices relating to intellectual property laws.  Although he is self-confident enough, he always advises people that there oftentimes are kinds of traps and chances any mankind including himself might make a mistake in performing any kind of task.

Mr. Tsai is the first patent practitioner in this country who both has technological and law backgrounds and is qualified as a local attorney-at-law, and appears to be the sole one who both passed bars in technology and law.  Mr. Tsai had his marine engineering background majored in National Chiao Tung University.  He has extensively got involved in works related to mechanical, electric, electronic, civil engineering, chemical, semiconductor and medical fields.  In the course of his practice, he finished his law degree from National Taiwan University and then his master degree in comparative laws from Soo Chow University.  He leads Deep & Far to win services from more than one fifth of the top 100 national incorporations in addition to a quarter of Hi-Tech companies in the science-based industrial park located at Hsin Chu.

Mr. Tsai is admitted to practice before various courts including the ROC Supreme Court and IP Court, and before the ROC Intellectual Property Office.  He is a member of INTA, AIPLA, AIPPI and APAA.

Cameron Pick, Partner at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, prosecutes domestic and foreign patent applications for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, autonomous vehicles, and lidar sensors. He develops sophisticated, forward-thinking patent strategies for diverse clientele ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies in the industries of electrical and software engineering. Cameron provides day-to-day intellectual property counseling and regularly prepares patentability, infringement, and freedom-to-operate opinions. Cameron received his J.D. from Duke University School of Law and received his B.S., with honors, in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Cameron is an active member of Blockchain Lawyers of Chicago. He has been with Marshall Gerstein for eight years. 

Carol Van Cleef is an internationally recognized authority and pioneer in legal issues involving cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Carol leads the firm’s virtual currencies and blockchain work to help clients navigate the complex, dynamic and rapidly evolving issues in these areas.

With a focus on regulatory, compliance, and enforcement matters, Carol has built a global reputation as a leading attorney, counselor and problem solver working with fintech companies, blockchain developers, virtual currency exchanges and wallets, payment processors, prepaid access programs, virtual gaming companies and other business ventures. Her clients also include banks, securities firms, insurance companies, and money services businesses.

Carol is also a certified anti-money laundering (AML) specialist

Carola Fassnacht is a physicist, patent examiner, and senior expert at the EPO.

After studies of physics in Köln and Göttingen and post-graduate research in biophysics, she worked as scientific researcher with the Philips company in France and Germany in the field of digital image processing, in application to  television image coding and medical image analysis. She obtained her Ph.D. in computer science at Utrecht University in cooperation with the ENST Bretagne and the Université de Rennes 1. In 1997, she joined the EPO as patent examiner in the technical fields of video coding and transmission.

Aside her involvement in search, examination, and opposition, she has held many in-house and external trainings, has led projects for improving the documentation and the software that underlie the EPO patent search and examination procedures, was involved in the IP5 cooperation that led to establishing the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) scheme, and has participated in exchanges with patent offices in Japan and in The Philippines.

Mr. Levitt’s 30 years of legal experience centers in the corporate sector where he has been at the forefront of intellectual property changes. As Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Dow Corning Corporation, Mr. Levitt led a global team of more than 25 employees to advance and protect Dow Corning’s diverse technologies and markets. 

Previously, Mr. Levitt served as corporate counsel at DuPont and General Counsel of Solae, LLC, a joint venture by DuPont and Bunge.

Senior legal Advisor and Coordinator at the Swedish Intellectual Property Office, PRV, with focus on copyright awareness and knowledge as well as sustainable contributions in accordance with the UN Agenda 2030.

Cecilia Trevisi. Lawyer. Born in 1976. Gradueted in law from Milan University.

Member of Milan Bar Association, specialized in copyright and related rights, trademarks, Artificial Intelligence, commercial and corporate matters. She supports clients both in and out of court in all cases of infringement of industrial property rights, know-how, unfair competition as well as in the advertising sector. Over the years she has acquired specific expertise in relation to the regulation of electronic payment instruments.

She is a speaker at conferences and author of articles on copyright and industrial property law.

Member of AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property).

She is a partner of Studio Comma10 in Milan and is also present in Bologna as of Counsel at Studio Tebano Corvucci

Chanakya Jayadeva is an experienced Attorney at Law of the Supreme Courts of Sri Lanka practicing in Sri Lanka. He was called to the bar in 1997 after following a four year course in Sri Lanka Law College. In 1997 he was taken into the Chambers as Corporate Lawyer by Harvard Professor Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam in Colombo Sri Lanka. Here he was responsible for all corporate law drafting and advising Corporate Clients in both local and international contracts.

State Service

Whilst he was practicing there he was chosen to join as State Counsel to the Attorney Generals Department of Sri Lanka. From 1998 to 2005 he served in this state post and practiced in many areas of law. As State Counsel he was responsible for appearing on behalf of the government on all civil litigation in the District Court and Appellate Courts on cases filed against the state and by the state and in advising the government on legal issues on draft legislation, opinions on legal issues, and in drafting and finalizing major agreements and contracts and successfully concluding international government to government Commercial Arbitration..In 2003 he was posted as District Attorney in charge of an entire district. Here in addition to the above work, was in-charge of the entire district of Kurunegala as District Attorney to pursue litigation and advising the Districts Central government and Provincial governments organs in all its legal matters.

Private Bar and Practice

1. In the year 2005 Mr. Jayadeva joined the private bar as a private practitioner. As a private practitioner he worked as a senior Legal counsel in the field of Media Law, Broadcasting and Entertainment Law and other Commercial and Civil laws as well as working as an adviser to many institutions and individuals. His specialized areas are therefore Entertainment Law, Media and Broadcasting Law. However Mr. Jayadeva also practiced as adviser and Practitioner in District Courts, High Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Courts in other areas such as ;Contracts Law, Company & Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Telecommunication & Intellectual property Law, Investment Law, Tax Law, Environmental Law, Labor Law, Customs & Shipping Law, Land & Property Law, Family Law & General Civil Law. In addition to appearing in courts for matters dealing in the above areas he served in the capacity of consultant adviser to many private establishments.

2. He worked on the capacity of legal managerial level at some private companies and advised such institution on all legal matters and supervised and advised on in addition their Human Resource matters.( 2005 to 2008).

3. Currently he owns and runs his own firm. ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA AND SPORTS LAW FIRM in SriLanka.

4. In 2015 he was appointed as Legal Consultant for Western Region Megapolis Project to draft new legislation to create the Megapolis Development Authority, an institute to accelerate and in mega scale develop the infrastructure of Western Region of Sri Lanka.

Accolades

Mr. Jayadeva received several accolades in his career . In 1997 soon after he passed out he was awarded the Justice Fernando Memorial Prize for legal research done and submitted on Suggestions to amend the Companies Act of Sri Lanka. He also received a World Bank Scholarship under Legal & Judicial Reforms Project (LJRP) training on Commercial Law at the City University Hong Kong. April 2002. In this course specialized on International Trade Law. In 2004 he was appointed by her Excellency to National Council of Economic Development IT section for drawing up plan to restructure IT law in Sri Lanka, to look into the legal framework under this. In 2011 he was appointed as a voluntary Independent Inquirer on all Leisure and Tourism related matters at Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, to look into all mal practices of tourism industry on reported case by case basis. In 2012 Mr. Jayadeva was chosen by US STATE DEPARTMENT to participate in special fellowship on Television Broadcast Journalism in the United States under International Leadership Visitors Program (ILVP). In 2013 he was appointed to the Ethics Committee of the Medical Research Institute Sri Lanka (MRI) to look into legal aspects of medical ethics. In 2015 he was appointed as Legal Consultant for Western Region Megapolis Project to draft new legislation to create the Megapolis Development Authority, an institute to accelerate and in mega scale develop the infrastructure of Western Region of Sri Lanka.

Publications

In his career Mr. Jayadeva despite a extraneously busy schedule authored few but important articles. The article under company law called ‘Majority rule Minority Oppression’ was published on the Attorney General’s Law review in 1998. Another article called ‘Digital Signatures, Perspectives and Problems’ was also published on Attorney Generals Law review 2001. In 2013 Mr. Jayadeva published his first book on law titled “Entertainment & Broadcasting Law for Sri Lanka” The first such book in Sri Lanka and one its kind in Asia.

Charles Boulakia is a partner of Ridout & Maybee LLP in the firm’s Toronto office. His practice is principally directed towards the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the biotechnology, chemistry, biofuel, oil and gas and pharmaceutical areas. Charles provides his clients with IP due diligence, validity, and freedom to operate opinions. Charles also drafts and negotiates license agreements and occasionally advises on food and drug regulatory law, including product labelling and advertising. 

Charles is Vice-Chair of the AIPPI Standing Committee on Pharma and Biotechnology and the Secretary of the Royal Canadian Institute for Science. He provides pro bono advice on IP law for the Law and Business Clinic at Ryerson University, volunteers on the selection committee for the Norman Esch Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award and is a mentor at the University of Toronto Entrepreneurship Hatchery.  He is on the advisory board of NeonMind Biosciences Inc., a Canadian public company.

Mr. Neuenschwander has spent the past 30+ years managing and supporting client assertive patent license negotiations and litigations for International Patent Licensing Company, Patent Solutions (both of which he co-founded), Mahr Leonard Management Company and STMicroelectronics. He personally, or through organizations he has led, has completed more than 71 adversarial IP transactions yielding hundreds of millions of US dollars in direct financial benefit to clients through royalties, judgments or other business agreements. Mr. Neuenschwander continues to direct and participate in developing licensing strategies, completing portfolio evaluations, documenting patent infringement incidents, calculating infringement damages and license royalties, and successfully concluding license agreements for clients. He has or had clients and conducted negotiations in Asia, Europe and the United States. Projects range from a single inventor with one patent to a major US defense contractor that allowed him access to more than 5,000 patents and produced three separate programs. Mr. Neuenschwander has testified as an expert or fact witness before the International Trade Commission and in Federal Courts. His licensing focus is in the areas of telecommunications, information technologies, semiconductors, consumer electronics, the internet and software. An active member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES), Mr. Neuenschwander accepts speaking engagements world-wide and participates in panel discussions both for LES and at continuing legal education seminars. From 2012 through 2020 he has been named one of the world’s leading IP strategists by British-based Intellectual Asset Management (iam) Magazine. Mr. Neuenschwander is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) and has served on committees that manage CLP exams and recertification. He has served on Boards of Directors for a company in the high-tech industry and for a hospice care company. He currently participates on the Board of Advisors for a high-tech company. Mr. Neuenschwander is a past US delegate to the international body of LES and has participated in Stanford Universities’ Hoover Institution’s study on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Prosperity. He gives back to the licensing community by writing and co-teaching a negotiating skills course in the US, Canada and Mexico. PUBLICATIONS: • “The Role of Assertive Patent Licensing” published by IP Law360, August 9, 2017 • “Do Patents Still Matter? Yes, Depending on Who You Are” published on IPWatchdog, February 14, 2017; and in LES Insights, Week of April 3, 2017 • “Did High-tech Titans Win the US Patent War?” published in IAM Magazine, April 2012; and on the Licensing Executives Society web site some months later • “Patent Reform is About Wealth, Who Should Have It” published by IP Law360, November 1, 2007 • “Licensing Patents in Unfriendly Waters” published in Licensing Journal, January 2004 • “Strategic Licensing in the New Economy” (co-authored with Dennis Fernandez) published in Asia Pacific Biotech News, September 29, 2003; Intellectual Property Counselor, May 2007; and Corporate Counsel’s Licensing Letter, June 2007 • “Is That Your Final Offer” published in Les Nouvelles, September 2002 • “A Negotiator’s View of Patent Portfolio Values in Negotiated Licenses” submitted at the Advanced Patent Law Institute, University of Texas, November 2000

Chiara Accornero is currently the Representative of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center at Maxwell Chambers Suites in Singapore. In her role, Chiara is responsible for the management of cross-border intellectual property and technology related disputes and promotion of WIPO Alternative Dispute Resolution services across the Asia-Pacific Region. Before joining the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center in Geneva in 2016, she worked in a Turin-based law firm in the areas of intellectual property and contract law. Chiara holds a Master of Laws from the University of Turin and a Certificate in Transnational Law from the University of Geneva.

Mr. Chirag Bansal is working with L.S. Davar & Co. in the capacity of Patent Attorney. Chirag is a registered Indian Patent Agent and holds a master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering. Chirag possess a rich experience in the field of Patents. He is responsible for Patent Prosecution and drafting, representing our client in oral proceedings before the Patent Office, and handling contentious matters.

Mr. Dubuc is the Founder and President of Harfang IP. He previously founded Longhorn IP, an emerging leader in the world of patent licensing. Prior to Longhorn IP, Mr. Dubuc was Senior Vice President at Acacia Research Group. Prior to that, Mr. Dubuc was Vice President of Licensing Technologies at WiLAN. Previously, Mr. Dubuc held a range of positions in engineering, sales and product management with several companies developing and marketing products in the area of wireless technologies, including Nortel Networks, GE Fanuc and the Communications Research Center. Mr. Dubuc holds several patents related to wireless technology and has published multiple papers and articles in the area of wireless technology. Mr. Dubuc is a Senior Member of the IEEE and has been recognized as one of the World’s 300 Leading IP Strategist by Intellectual Asset Management magazine (IAM). Mr. Dubuc holds a M.Eng. in Systems and Computer Engineering from Carleton University and an MBA from the University of Ottawa.

Christophe Van Zyl is a South African Attorney (2008) and Trademark Practitioner (2009) with several years' experience representing clients in intellectual property matters in Africa and across the globe concerning trademark prosecution and litigation, copyright, designs and portfolio advice. After a brief break from private practice working on the development of product lines for a Brussels based IP provider, Christophe joined Dennemeyer in 2016 to setup a satellite office in South Africa and an Africa Practice Group in Luxembourg.

Christopher B. Lay represents multinational corporations in trademark opposition, cancellation, and infringement, copyright infringement, medical device patent infringement, and related litigation matters. He has represented clients in trade secret, class action, and civil rights cases, including a recent appeal in which he obtained reversal and remand for a client whom he represented before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. In addition, Chris regularly counsels clients on trademark, copyright, and other transactional matters. He has taught the Intellectual Property section of legal writing at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Education:

B.M., DePaul University;

J.D., cum laude, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Certificate in Trial Advocacy).

Admissions:

State of Illinois Bar;

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (including trial bar);

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit;

United States Supreme Court.

Chris is a founding partner of Green, Griffith & Borg-Breen LLP.  A seasoned IP trial lawyer with over 30 years of experience in IP law, his practice concentrates on pharmaceuticals, chemicals and biotechnology.  He has been lead counsel in trials and appeals, representing both patentees and defendants, before the U.S. District Courts and the Federal Circuit.

With expertise gained by representing brand and generic companies, he provides strategies and opinions (validity, freedom-to-operate, patentability) directed toward attaining client goals, whether this involves API/excipient selection, trade dress, formulation attributes, or labeling, and then works with clients to execute the desired strategy – whether this involves litigation in the federal courts, IPRs or arbitration.  

He is also sought-after for his expertise in guiding the development of IP portfolios, including patent application preparation and prosecution. He is particularly skilled in designing strategic approaches directed to meeting and exceeding client business goals. Due diligence also is a strength.  

Chris is a former adjunct professor, developing and teaching a Masters level course in patent law for many years.  Prior to co-founding Green Griffith, Chris was Corporate Secretary of Leydig, Voit & Mayer Ltd. and a member of its Board of Directors.  

He has been recognized as a “Global IP Star” by LMG Life Sciences, a “Life Sciences Star” by Managing IP, an “IAM Patent 1000” litigation attorney, and an Illinois “Super Lawyer,” among other honors.  

Chris Thornham is a partner in the Patents Group at Taylor Wessing in London.

Chris helps clients across the full range of technologies, including the Life Sciences, Chemical, Mechanical and  IT/telecommunications industries, advising on freedom to operate, product launch, patent litigation and licensing strategies.

Chris seeks to find commercial solutions for his clients outside of court, but has also acted in over 20 English patent trials and appeals.  He helps clients win their infringement/validity disputes and navigate through the remedies and relief available, including interim and final injunctions, financial compensation claims, destruction of infringing products, modification of products; court declarations, publicity orders and costs awards.

Chris works with colleagues, clients, patent attorneys and other lawyers to support and co-ordinate multi-jurisdictional patent advice and litigation.

Chris also advises companies on patent issues in transactions and UK "Patent Box" tax issues.

Chris graduated from Cambridge University in 1992 with a degree in Natural Sciences (studying physics, mathematics, chemistry and physiology and specialising in experimental physics) and qualified as a lawyer in 1996.  In 2002 he gained US patent experience working in Washington DC and California.

Chris speaks and writes regularly on patent issues and is recommended for his patent expertise in various legal directories, including Legal 500, Chambers, Who’s Who Legal and Iam’s Worlds’ Leading Patent Litigators.  Chris sits on the Advisory Board of Informa’s Intellectual Property Magazine.  He is an active member of AIPPI and an associate member of the UK Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys. 

Chris is also a contributing author of the UK and UPC chapters of the Book "Global Patent Litigation – How and Where to Win" (2nd ed. published 2016, BBNA Bloomberg).

Prior to joining NormannPartners, for 35 years Ciarán had focused on Intellectual Property and worked under and directly with every President of the European Patent Office (EPO) where he held a wide range of senior Board positions as well as being in charge of major operational units. 

Ciarán is regarded as having a unique and comprehensive understanding of the global patent process operationally and economically. During his time at the EPO, he created the Chief Economist function, initiated the OECD working relationship and set-up the acclaimed Scenarios for the Future of Global Patenting.  

Professional Experience: Ciarán has worked with scenarios, business design and strategic renewal. Operationally, as EPO Controller (€1,5B turnover, 7,000 staff), Chef de Cabinet and Head of Department (more than 1,000 people), he has focused on management by values and operational excellence. He was a key member of the teams that successfully implemented significant efficiency and quality improvements; delivered career, well-being and social security (pensions, medical care) reform; and invested in management skills and knowledge. In terms of patenting policy, his focus has been on strategic renewal; patenting as a risk management system (from the RiskWorld scenarios jointly carried out with Shell, EDF and the UK Health and Safety Board); and networked co-operation between patent offices. His prime focus throughout has been to establish creative and open processes that co-design scenarios, strategies and offerings. Innovation, the strategic use of intellectual property and operational management are Ciarán’s main competence fields. Examples of recent activities are 1) the impact of intellectual property on digitalized value creation systems 2) visualization and prioritization of innovation initiatives with multi-dimensional benefits.

International Experience: Ciarán has lived and worked in five European countries. He has worked extensively on a wide range of policy issues with the EPO’s 38 member states at both operational and political levels. He has also worked on various assignments with the European Commission, the OECD and the EU Presidency. He was responsible for the EPO’s contribution to the first summit of the Heads of the world’s five major IP offices (US, China, Japan, South Korea, Europe) in 2007.  

Languages: English mother tongue, and very good French, Dutch and German.

Education: Since 1997 Ciarán holds a (bi-lingual) Master of Business Administration from HEC-Paris. In 1981 he received a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Bristol.

Claudio Szabas, Managing Director of the Dennemeyer office in Brazil holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Controls and Electronic Engineering. He has been active in the field of IP since 1990.

Claudio Szabas, co-founder and former partner of ASPEBY-SZABAS Industrial Property, has over 25 years of professional experience in prosecution and maintenance of IP rights. With a technical background in industrial controls and electronic engineering by the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional of Argentina and IP related courses like Introduction into Genetic Technology and Protection of Microbiological Inventions in Germany, he is registered to practice with the Brazilian PTO (INPI) and with the IPEA’s to act on behalf of BR PCT applicants.

Since 1990 to date, he has represented foreign and Brazilian applicants before the Brazilian Patent Office, providing legal guidance in the obtainment of patents, trademarks and enforcement in Brazil and other Latin American countries.

Area of expertise: Intellectual Property, preparing and prosecuting patent and trademark applications, serving cease and desist letters

Conan currently serves as the Senior Director, Public Policy & Government Affairs for Amazon leading external advocacy efforts, outreach programs, partnerships, and initiatives in support of IP protection, unfair competition and product safety. Before Amazon, he was in charge of IP protection for a few multinational companies like L Brands, Estee Lauder, General Motors, and Robert Bosch across various industries and IP consulting firms to develop an overall IP protection strategy and deploy a cost-effective enforcement program in China and APAC. 

Conan serves as the Chair of Best Practice and Enforcement Committee of Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC) under China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment. He has been actively engaged in QBPC for 15+ years, thus he has an astute understanding of public policy and regulatory environment, and has developed strong working relationships with central & local governments and law enforcement authorities. The IP cases directed by him has been elected as QBPC Annual Top 10 Case for 10+ times. He is also an active member of ASIS International, Asia Crisis and Security Group (ACSG) and Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). Conan has earned two master degrees respectively in Jurisprudence from East China University of Politics and Law, and Economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Law Degree at University of Sevilla, Spain; Member of the Bar Association in Madrid, Spain; Masters (LLM) in US Legal Studies and International Law at Whittier Law School, Los Angeles, California, USA; Expert in EU Law and International Trade Law at University of West of England, Bristol, UK. 

Legal and authorized representative before World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Spanish Patents and Trademarks Office (SPTO). 

Professor in several Masters Degrees in Universities, as for Management of Sports, Management for Paralegals, in International Commerce or Transfer of Technology.

Member of International Associations: INTA, PTMG, ASIPI, AIPPI, MARQUES, LES, AIPLA.

In 2012 Ms Casas founded CASAS ASIN, an Intellectual Property Law firm focus in Europe and Spain, for European Trademarks and Patents.

Cyril Chua is the director of Robinson LLC. He has been practising in the areas of intellectual property and technology for more than 20 years, particularly in contentious matters. During this period he has advised major clients in telecoms, software, luxury goods, automotive parts and IT companies in relation to IP enforcement and anti-counterfeiting in Asia-Pacific. He coordinates a team of multi-jurisdictional anti-counterfeiting lawyers and practitioners in the region and works closely with counsels and business units of large multinationals in the enforcement of their IP rights. He also regularly assists clients with supply chain issues, software and technology licences, copyright, trademarks and trade secrets.

Mr. Matteo is CEO of Fulcrum Strategy, providing strategic guidance and tactical execution to realize maximum commercial advantage from innovation and intellectual property assets: from invention through monetization.

His career spans over twenty years across all facets of the strategic creation, funding, management and commercialization of high-value innovations and IP assets – all in an international context.  With an emphasis on creating commercial impact, he focuses on developing advantaged technologies that command profitable market positions.  Regularly employing vehicles such as new business creation (start-ups/spin-outs), M&A, licensing, assertion, venture/strategic funding, and novel business models, he also ensures optimal returns from these assets.  He has successfully completed transactions representing organizations in the US, Europe, and Asia, ranging from Fortune 500® companies to start-ups, universities and national laboratories.  

Additional leadership roles include: two-term Chairman of the US Patent & Trademark Office's Advisory Board; Board of the Stanford University Hoover Institution for Intellectual Property & Innovation; and the Board of the Tsinghua University IP Center. 

Professional distinctions include being named one of the "Fifty Most Influential People in Intellectual Property" by both Intellectual Asset Magazine and Managing Intellectual Property Magazine.

A recognized thought leader, Mr. Matteo is an author, subject of frequent interviews, with deep academic connections with Stanford University and Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Daniel Dardani, Technology Licensing Officer, is an intellectual property licensing professional at the MIT Technology Licensing Office – one of the country’s leading technology transfer offices.  Daniel has over 18 years of experience at MIT managing a large and sophisticated portfolio of technologies including: computer and information technology, patented algorithms, copyrighted software, digital imaging, video games, machine learning/AI, and cyber security technologies.  Daniel has negotiated license agreements with many businesses from startups to Fortune 500 companies. He counsels inventors and entrepreneurs on how to protect and leverage university-born innovations into commercialization opportunities.  Daniel is a Certified Licensing ProfessionalTM, and also co-teaches a survey course on intellectual property at Harvard University’s Summer School.  He is frequently sought to speak at professional conferences and business meetings. Daniel has long served as a contributor and active member on the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Software Committee as its chairperson, and has received AUTM’s Volunteer Service Award twice in 2017 and 2021.  Daniel is also on the advisory board at FAME (the Fashion, Arts, Media and Entertainment) Law Center at Cardozo law school in New York City. He has degrees in physics and political science from the University of Rochester.

IP, Media and Entertainment Lawyer with more than 12 years of experience in the field of Intellectual Property, Media, Advertising and Internet Law. Master of Laws (LLM) in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law at University of Southampton/UK.   Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law at PUC-Rio. Postgraduate Certificate in Entertainment Law at Rio de Janeiro State University.

David is part of Brodies' Commercial Services team and advises companies, from SMEs to large listed companies, in relation to technology commercialisation, licensing, outsourcing and fundraising.

With a background in the primary healthcare sector, David has advised start-ups, large scale manufacturing companies, Contract Research Organisations, funders and venture capitalists on a range of issues including patent protection strategy, distribution and licensing arrangements, negotiation of cross border commercial contracts, manufacturing and regulatory issues in respect of deals of over €1bn.

Prior to joining Brodies, David Co-Founded one of the UK’s most successful cell therapy companies, developing therapeutics to treat a variety of cancerous tumours, helping to raise $32m from equity investment, grant funding and corporate partnerships with key pharmaceutical partners.

David was also the co-chair of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine’s European sub-committee on Reimbursement and a Senior Associate of the Royal Society of Medicine. Selected for the prestigious Saltire Entrepreneurship Fellowship in 2013 at Babson College (Wellesley, MA), David remains an active member of Entrepreneurial Scotland and its mission to make Scotland the most entrepreneurial society in the world.

David Postolski, a partner at Gearhart Law, is a registered patent attorney and Intellectual Property attorney. With over 17 years’ experience, David specializes in assisting inventors, creators, artists, start-ups, entrepreneurs, early stage companies and emerging companies with their U.S and International intellectual property strategy, protection, enforcement and monetization. David is a frequent speaker and author on intellectual property issues surrounding emerging technologies (cannabis, crypto currency, 3d printing, gig economy), raising capital, business formation, licensing, and reward and equity based crowd funding. David is also a Professor at Temple University and Parsons School of Design where he teaches master level students about IP, ethics and other regulatory considerations in starting business ventures and products around design. David is the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Officer of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property . He is the founder of their International Action Group and editor of their monthly newsletter. David splits his time between the states and Israel where he is very involved in the start up nations emerging technology initiatives.

David Smith brokers patent sale transactions representing buyers and sellers. His clients include Fortune 500 corporations in Asia, Europe and the United States.

Mr Smith is also the founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Business School (SVBS) and the co-founder and director of Silicon Valley High School. At SVBS Mr Smith teaches courses on patent strategies, valuation, entrepreneurship and other topics.

As Apple world marketing manager, Mr Smith was responsible for Apple’s marketing programmes in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. A pioneer of the early Internet and World Wide Web, Mr Smith was founder and CEO of SurfMonkey Inc, developer and publisher of the leading web browser and safety service for kids. As CEO of MediaLive Inc, Mr Smith designed one of the first web browsers, email and television set-top box systems. Mr Smith’s inventions have been awarded US patents and his software and multimedia products have won critical acclaim.

Mr Smith authored several books: Patents, Cloaks & Daggers – Inside the Secretive Patent Trade; Dollar Value – the Valuation of Patents, Startups, Software & Other Intellectual Property Assets; and Zero-to-IPO – A Roadmap and Travel Guide for Startup Entrepreneurs, now published in Japanese as well as English. He has lectured in business schools and universities in the United States, Europe and Latin America, addressed US government congressional hearings and appeared on several radio and television shows.

He holds a BSc (honours) in computer science and economics from the University of Leeds (United Kingdom), a postgraduate diploma in marketing from the University of Westminster (United Kingdom) and a JD from Santa Clara University School of Law (United States).

David W. Su is Corporate Vice President and General Counsel of MediaTek, Inc. in Taiwan.  He is in charge of MediaTek’s legal and intellectual property functions.  Prior to joining MediaTek, Mr. Su was a Senior Program Director in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.  He was the head of several legal divisions while he was with TSMC, including intellectual property and transactions.  His career as a corporate counsel was preceded by private practice at Lee & Li, Attorneys-at-Law, as a partner specializing in litigation and intellectual property laws.

Mr. Su received his LL.B. from National Taiwan University.  He also earned an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and an SJD from the University of Wisconsin Law School.  He was an adjunct associate professor at Taiwan’s National Chengchi University and National Tsing Hua University, where he taught contracts and trade secrets law.  He is a board member of the Taiwanese chapter of the Licensing Executives Society.

Dennis H. Cavanaugh has substantial experience assisting clients in developing and protecting their intellectual property assets, including managing international portfolios, supervising enforcement programs, anti-counterfeiting and stopping grey market goods.  His representation of multinational companies, entrepreneurs and creative individuals has included brand strategy, licensing, corporate structuring and government regulatory compliance in various countries.  He regularly counsels clients on clearing, registering, licensing and expanding their intellectual property assets in the United States and internationally.  He has advised clients on copyright, art and right of publicity ownership, use, licensing and infringement.  As a litigator, Mr. Cavanaugh has tried cases involving copyright and trademark infringement, transnational ownership of businesses and breach of contract.

Mr. Cavanaugh often acts as outside general counsel for many clients.  This encompasses coordination of local counsel and experts advising on foreign laws and regulations, corporate structuring, immigration, tax planning and compliance with U.S. government compliance, disclosure and requirements, among others.

He has appeared on entertainment and natural products industry panels and acted as a judge in Cardozo Law School’s annual intellectual property moot court competition.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Cavanaugh was an intelligence officer, in which capacity he was responsible for managing multimillion-dollar projects with foreign government officials.

He divides his time between the United States and Europe and is an art collector and performing arts follower.

Dennis is a member of the New York Bar.

Languages: German, Italian, Spanish

Dennis is a former USPTO Patent Examiner, and has worked both as in-house corporate patent counsel for an Ottawa-based multinational telecommunications company and for private firms in both Canada and the United States. In private practice, his experience has ranged from managing the patent departments of regional IP boutique firms in both Canada and the United States to serving as a U.S. practice specialist in Canada’s largest national law firm. More recently, Dennis served as Senior Patent Counsel and Chief Information Officer of a cloud-based IP firm with a cross-border presence.

Dermot Horgan assists owners protect and manage their trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets in the United States and worldwide. He is regularly called upon to help solve difficult problems and to develop solutions that work for today and for tomorrow. Dermot is frequently listed among the world’s leading Intellectual Property practitioners in publications such as IAMS and others. He is a frequent speaker on trademark and copyright issues: recent topics include The Law of Music and Video Licensing, IP Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions, The World Of Trademarks And The Madrid Protocol, And Trademark And Copyright Procurement In The United States.

Education:

B.C.L., University College Cork

Barrister-at-Law, Kings Inns, Dublin

J.D., DePaul University College of Law

Admissions:

State of Illinois Bar;

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

New York State Bar

Trial Bar in the Republic of Ireland

Desmond is FPA's Principal responsible for managing the Singapore office of FPA. He is a registered patent attorney in Singapore with a technical background in engineering. Earlier in his career, he was in-house patent counsel at a multi-national corporation dealing in consumer electronics, and was involved in setting up systems and processes for generating IP assets, optimising IP assets and managing IP costs for the corporation. Des is the current President of the Association of Singapore Patent Attorneys (ASPA) after serving multiple terms as their secretary. His current role as the President of ASPA ensures that he has regular engagement opportunities with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, and it also gives him a seat on the examination board for the qualification examinations for patent attorneys in Singapore.

Mr. Diptarka Ray is an Indian Patent and Trade Mark Agent currently working with the L. S. Davar & Co. since a considerable period of time. He has an expertise in Biotechnological/ Biomedical/ Clinical and related domain which necessitates the clubbed expertise of a biologist as well as an engineer. He has a number of peer-reviewed research articles and reviews in eminent international journals on amelioration of myocardium after ischemic disease or ischemia-reperfusion induced injuries, regenerative medicines, gene therapy and nutritional modulation of cardiovascular health as well as genetic regulation.

Prior joining to L. S. Davar & Co., he served as a technology commercialization expert with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and involved in processing of IP matters of several ICAR institutions in North Zone I. 

Also, he is a certified stock market investor/ trading facilitator in National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) since 2002, which gave him a clear idea about possible mode of technology commercialization.

Mr Dixon Soh is the Head of Legal and Deputy Director (IP Strategy Solutions) of IPOS International, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). Dixon has practised law as a private practitioner, in-house legal counsel and now as a lawyer in the public sector. Over the years, he has advised numerous entities including MNCs and SMEs across many different industries, such as information technology, e-commerce, fintech and media. Dixon is very familiar with the challenges experienced by businesses throughout South-east Asia, Australia and New Zealand. 

Prior to joining public service, Dixon was serving one of the fastest growing ‘Unicorns’ in South-east Asia as an in-house legal counsel specialising in the area of intellectual property and commercial dispute resolution.

Dixon is a graduate of the University of Tasmania and holds qualifications to practise law in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. Dixon has recently been acknowledged in “IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists” rankings.

Doris is an international growth and product executive who founded, developed and led a number of IP and legal tech B2B/B2C SaaS products. She is a co-founder of Ambercite (patent discovery and analytics) and Truced (B2B/B2C divorce app) and former GM of leading industry products Filing Analytics (BD for IP law firms), WiseTime (autonomous timekeeping for law firms). Prior to her time at CPA Global as Director for Law Firm Analytics, where Doris led the integration and development of a number of IP firm products, including the acquired Filing Analytics, she managed the growth and later divestment of the IPH Group’s (Spruson & Ferguson, AJ Park…) Practice Insight portfolio of B2B legal tech and analytics products. 

Based in Sydney, Australia, Doris spreads her time and passion outside of IP, across surfing, beach tennis and the arts. In pre-Covid time this list would have included international travel!

Dr. Anke Nestler is publicly appointed and sworn expert for company valuations as well as for the valuation of intangible assets (CCI Frankfurt am Main), Certified Licensing Professional (CLP), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), and Managing Partner of VALNES Corporate Finance GmbH in Frankfurt am Main. 

She mainly focuses on company valuations and on the valuation of intangible assets, licence valuations, advice on appropriate licensing, and has extensive experience with valuations for measures under stock corporation law, in restructurings and in succession. 

Her expertise includes advice in corporate transactions and M&A, court and expert opinions, arbitration reports and as expert witness in litigation cases.

Dr Nestler chairs the IP Valuation Committee of LES Germany, is Vice Chair of the LES International IP Valuation Committee, member of the advisory board of MARKABLES, of the CCI expert panel "Business Valuation", listed expert of WIPO, member of EACVA, and also of IPDR. 

She regularly speaks and writes on various valuation issues to both academic and practitioners’ audiences.

Brian J. Amos, Ph.D. is a former research neuroscientist who represents universities, research institutions and corporations in IP and data protection, including cultivating patent portfolios worldwide, predominantly in the fields of biotechnology, medical therapeutics & devices, AI applied to diagnostics & medical procedures, pharmaceuticals, and lithium ion battery technologies.  He has published articles in Nature Biotechnology and Oxford University Press on patent law issues and has been a webinar presenter to tech transfer professionals and other attorneys on subjects such as patentable subject matter in diagnostics, Bayh-Dole Act compliance, and university data policies & protection.

Dr. Amos’ specific areas of patent procurement include artificial intelligence-based technologies, diagnostic technologies, antibodies and fusion proteins, engineered immune therapeutics and targeted therapies, recombinant live vaccines, nucleic acid sequencing technologies, siRNAs, neurological therapies & rehabilitative interventions, EEG-based methods, medical devices, biosensors, and lithium ion batteries & separators.

Cameron McCoy is the AVP for Economic Engagement at Lehigh University.  He is responsible for developing and executing an integrated strategic plan for the Lehigh’s economic engagement functions, including Industry Engagement, Non-profit Engagement, Career & Professional Development, Federal Agency – Industry – Lehigh relations, Research Park assessment, and elements of Technology Transfer and Economic Development. His Ph.D. work focused on economics and educational administration evaluating university organizational approaches to economic engagement. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors for the Kiss Institute of Practical Robotics, the Association of University Research Parks, the American Red Cross of the Lehigh Valley, the Accreditation Council for the Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities (ACEEU), and the University-Industry Innovation Network. McCoy is also active on numerous Higher Education and Economic Development Committees including IEDC, AURP, and the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities. A frequent speaker on the Triple Helix of Higher Education, he is on the editorial board for University-Industry Magazine and served as an AVP for the Association of University Technology Managers, on the Board of Directors of the Network of Academic Corporate Relations Officers, and on the Board of Advisors for the Greater OKC Chamber. An OU-EDI graduate, he was recognized in 2012 as one of Norman, Oklahoma’s 15 under 40, in 2013 as one of the IEDC 40 under forty in Economic Development internationally, and in 2014 was named to Oklahoma Magazine’s 40 under 40 list.

Christian Wende is German and European Patent Attorney and Partner of DTS Patent and Trademark Attorneys.

He studied Mechanical Engineering with focus on Medical Engineering and Micro Engineering at Technical University of Munich (TUM). He also earned a doctorate in Medical Engineering from Technical University of Munich for his studies in connection with the development of a new Liver Dialysis System. Also, he is Master of Laws (LL.M., Fernuniversität Hagen, Europäischer Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz).

Christian Wende is active in prosecution and litigation as well. He represents domestic and international clients especially in the fields of Mechanical Engineering and Medical Engineering. His track record includes relevant patent litigation cases, opposition and invalidity actions, Due Diligence and FTO work for reknown investment companies in connection with investments in High Tech StartUps and prosecution work for Venture Capital funded StartUp Companies. 

Christian Wende is lecturing patent law at Technical University of Munich (TUM) and is also member of FICPI and active in the FICPI working group CET 4.

Dr. Clemens-August Heusch, LL.M. is Vice President at Nokia and heads the Global Litigation and Disputes Team. He is responsible for litigation, arbitration and mediation globally with a strong focus on multinational IP litigation and licensing (FRAND) arbitrations. Since 2008 Nokia has been involved in more than 200 patent cases worldwide against companies such as Apple, HTC, Blackberry, InterDigital, Qualcomm, Daimler, Intellectual Ventures, IPCom, KPN, Daimler, Lenovo and others. Those patent cases related to implementation patents as well as to standard-essential patents relating to GSM, UMTS, LTE, H.264, WiFi, NFC and others.

Before joining Nokia, Clemens was an attorney at law at the international law firm Bird & Bird LLP (2004 to 2008) in Düsseldorf. He studied law at the Universities of Freiburg and Bonn, holds an LL.M. degree from the University of Maastricht and a doctorate from the University of Cologne. During his traineeship, he worked (among others) in the competition law team of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Cologne and Brussels.

Clemens is a registered lawyer at the Cologne Bar and is a certified IP lawyer. Fluent in German, English and French, he regularly presents and writes on a range of legal topics. He is a member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and was appointed to the AIPPI Standing Committee on Standards and Patents. He is also a member of the board of the German AIPPI group, the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the Licensing Executives Society. He also is a member of Licensing Executives Society (LES) and the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR). 

Dr. Corinna Sundermann is Senior Vice President of Intellectual Property at Fresenius Kabi. Her responsibilities include the IP aspect of generic launches, but also IP protection of Fresenius Kabi’s business in clinical nutrition, drugs, standard solutions, and medical devices. She has built up Fresenius IP department starting in 2008, including an active in-house European opposition team. Dr. Sundermann started her career in the innovator industry, holds a diploma in chemistry (Frankfurt am Main) and a Ph.D. from the University of Jena.

Dr. Dallas Wilkinson has a Bachelor of Science with Honours (First Class), a Ph.D. in Chemistry, an MBA in Technology Management and is graduate of the Australian Institute of Companies Directors. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and a Fellow of Institute of Quarrying, Australia (IQA).  

Dallas is customer focused, strategic international leader growing businesses and people by applying & commercializing technology with more than 30 years in the Global Mining Services sector. Dallas has extensive international experience gained through working in more than 60 countries in roles spanning R+D, technology, sales, marketing, business management, general management, strategy, safety, risk, manufacturing, operations and business turnarounds.  

His appetite for global roles and different cultures developed when he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt post-doctoral fellowship to work with Professor Hubert Schmidbauer at Munich's Technische Universitat. Dallas has published over 50 scientific and technical papers and presented at many conferences throughout the world.

Dallas has been on boards for over 20 years and his directorships currently include Austmine - Australia's premium industry association for Mining, Equipment, Technology and Services. Dallas is an active and passionate mentor in programs including AusIMM Women in Mining, Women in International Resources and Austmine's innovation mentoring program.

Dr. Dallas Wilkinson speaks English and German and has been active in the field of IP since 1989.

Dr. Kiehne is an internationally recognized and multiple awarded expert and researcher in IP valuation. After his study of Medical and Mechanical Engineering at the RWTH Aachen/Germany and the New York University he joined Dornier Medical Devices in Munich. He then joined the Fraunhofer Group – Europe’s biggest applied research organisation - from where he co-founded the Spin-off InTraCoM GmbH in the year 2000 he is also CEO of. In 2014 he jointly founded the IP-Business Information B.V. in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He did his PhD thesis in innovation management and has 20+ years of experience in patent valuation and in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) generally. Dr. Kiehne’s research focus is on intellectual property valuation, here to develop efficient and reliable methodologies. He developed a methodology to get patents rated and monetary valuated full automatically based on an indicator based mathematical similarity algorithm. This method can be enhanced by additional manual indicators. Within InTraCoM he performed more than 300 different valuation projects with each up to 2000 to be valued patents personally. He is actively publishing in the field of patent valuation as well as the application of patent values in different scenarios, he also runs with InTraCoM the patent valuation blog "Patent Insider" which is listed among the 100 most popular ones worldwide. Dr. Kiehne belongs to the IAM300 international most acknowledged IPR Experts. He aims at developing applications for efficient IP data sourcing and IP valuation where he received multiple awards.

Dr. DJ Nag is the Chief Partnership Officer at Ventech Solutions, a healthcare technology company that manages quality data for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).  He also leads Innovaito LLC an intellectual property strategy and patent monetization company. He has successfully led Ohio State University, Rutgers University and University of Nebraska’s technology transfer operations that included licensing, startup and investments. As an entrepreneur he led a number of start-ups in the intellectual property strategy, artificial intelligence, and medical device space. As a consultant in patent monetization and intellectual property strategy he has worked with many Fortune 500 companies, universities, and national governments. He was a Director of Ocean Tomo and a Vice President at ICAP Ocean Tomo leading patent transaction markets. He was recognized as one of the top IP strategists by IAM300 in 2019. DJ was on the Board of AUTM from 2012-14 focused on educating the members around world the importance of technology transfer and intellectual property. He is widely recognized as a global intellectual property strategist working with government and universities in Poland, Japan, India, Turkey, Brazil, South Korea, Ukraine and many other countries. Currently he teaches intellectual property strategy and negotiations as a Professor of Practice at Rutgers University and a Visiting Professor at Shizuoka University. He volunteers as the first Executive-in-Residence at the Dublin City Schools leading a startup academy for high school students and serves on the foundation board at the Dublin Methodist Hospital.