The Intellectual Property Community Is Coming Together
Trade Secrets IP Protection & Litigation returns to the West Coast for a one-day technical discussion focusing on cross-industry in-house IP protection and the major litigation cases and strategies in 2024.
Join the industry’s only industry-led IP trade secrets summit and network with the leading in-house counsel and litigators in the space. Learn real-life practical takeaways regarding Trade Secret/Patent Strategy, DTSA, Non-Compete Agreements, AI, Employment Law and much more. Join us for networking drinks receptions, interactive roundtable sessions and industry-led panel sessions and foster invaluable business connections in the IP space.
Trade Secrets IP Protection & Litigation will precede the IP Leadership Executive (April 24-25) - a conference that connects business strategies with senior IP leaders for 2 days of high-level IP discussions.
Our Trade Secrets Co-Chairs
NEW TO THIS YEAR
- The latest trade secret litigation update and strategy panel sessions including: reverse engineering, non-competes and employee mobility.
- An in-house counsel panel session dedication to the effective protection of trade secrets.
- An international outlook for 2024 and a panel session dedicated to a trade secret major case law review and key takeaways.
- An interactive roundtable trade secret series on industry topics, such as: The Rise of AI and Associated Trade Secret Issues, To Inventory or Not To Inventory? The Trade Secret Dilemma, Recent Economic Trends and Proportionality of Damages in Trade Secret Litigation Cases
Key Statistics
This Year's Agenda Highlights
Trade Secret IP Landscape for 2024
Join us for an insightful panel on the Defend Your Trade Secrets Act, which, since its signing by President Obama in 2016, has laid the foundation for federal protection of trade secrets. Discover the promising commercial and job creation opportunities arising from this legislation, fostering innovation across industries.
James Pooley, Independent Advisor, Independent
James Pooley
Employee Mobility Panel: What are the Steps to Avoid Trade Secret Misappropriation?
Innovative companies must ensure that exiting employees are not taking valuable intellectual property with them when they join a new company. Conversely, employers must adopt best practices when recruiting new employees to avoid any costly litigation challenges. This panel session will provide you with the best approach in dealing with the on-boarding and exiting of employees to protect your trade secret assets.
Sanjesh Sharma, Assistant General Counsel- Patents, Johnson and Johnson
Kelly Burke, Associate Senior Legal Counsel- IP Investigations, Adobe
Ada Wong, Vice President Intellectual Property, Brightseed
Sanjesh Sharma
Kelly Burke
Kelly Burke is Associate Senior Legal Counsel, IP Investigations at Adobe, where she focuses on IP investigations and protection, and leads the Trade Secret Protection Program. Prior to that, she was Senior Security Counsel at Apple, concentrating on insider threats. Before she went in-house, she was a prosecutor for more than a decade at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, where she specialized in trying complex white collar, public corruption, and public integrity criminal cases.
Ada Wong
In-house Counsel Panel: Avoiding Trade Secret Misappropriation and Forging Trade Secret Strategies
Innovative companies across the West Coast are becoming more and more aware of the need to form trade secret strategies. Recent case law has shown that courts can award costly damages in cases of infringement. This industry in-house-led panel will explore the key strategies surrounding maintaining an effective trade secret approach.
Jialing Dailey, Senior IP Counsel, Atlassian
Peter Jovanovic, Legal Director- IP, Dell
Jialing Dailey
Peter Jovanovic
Trade Secret Litigation Review: How is Major Case Law Affecting Your Strategy?
Trade secret litigation can be costly and is only rising with a greater awareness of the opportunities to protect your innovation with trade secret law. This expert panel session will review the latest cases and provide you with insights on how to successfully implement a trade secret litigation strategy.
Brian Walters, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Matthews International
Chuck Sholtz, Vice President Intellectual Property, Nutcracker Therapeutics
Brian Walters
Brian D. Walters serves as Executive Vice-President and General Counsel for Matthews International Corporation, Pittsburgh’s oldest company in continuous operation since 1850 and operating in over 25 countries with over 12,000 employees. During his 18-year tenure at Matthews, the Company has more than tripled in annual revenue, now producing approximately $1.8 billion in sales. Brian has directed all legal matters for this publicly-traded corporation both nationally and internationally, as well as serving as a member of Matthews’ executive leadership team. Mr. Walters has led over 75 domestic and foreign acquisition initiatives at Matthews, including extensive experience coordinating strategies to secure transaction approval from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, managing HSR filings, as well as filings with the competition authority of the European Union.
Chuck Sholtz
WITH THANKS TO OUR ADVISORY BOARD
Kurt Brasch
Jeremiah Chan
Kim Jessum
Sharon Lai
Paul Liu
Paul is the Global Head of Intellectual Property at TuSimple, a self-driving truck company based out of San Diego, California. At TuSimple, Paul oversees the intellectual property function with a team of attorneys, patent agents, and paralegals to align the company’s intellectual property with the business to obtain proactive, high impact, and creative protections via patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. He is a subject matter expert for intellectual property assets associated with mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science technologies. He has been recognized by leading industry publications such as Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) as one of “The World’s Leading IP Strategists.
John Mulgrew
Changhae Park
Manny Schecter
Jason Skinder
Olivia Tsai
Jason Laberteaux
Jason LaBerteaux joined MetLife in 2019 and serves as AVP & Assistant General Counsel with the Global IP/Technology Unit. In his counseling, he primarily focuses on the protection of enterprise intellectual property and on the legal issues related to technology, including outsourcing and the implementation of global platforms. Jason is also responsible for negotiating IT transaction agreements, enabling roll out of the enterprise digital strategy. He also provides intellectual property and information technology legal support to M&A transactions, including due diligence reviews of intellectual property assets and drafting and negotiating transitional services agreements.
Jason is a member of the ACLI Innovation Subcommittee and Federal Quick Reaction Team that focuses on industry regulatory initiatives. Prior to MetLife, Mr. LaBerteaux worked at a number of law firms in the New York area with a focus on software procurement agreements (SaaS, IaaS, outsourcing, and music licensing), IP litigation, Inter Partes Reviews, IP licensing, M&A, and patent prosecution. Jason received his BS in electrical engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2008, and his JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2011.
Minh Hoang-Merchant
Ms. Merchant is a seasoned executive with deep healthcare experience, which includes companies spanning the market cap spectrum. From her contributions at a Fortune 5 public healthcare company, where she provided steady guidance on complex issues, to her strategic counsel at a nimble pre-IPO start up where she oversaw several transactions and financings just prior to its $375 million merger with a public company, Ms. Merchant has provided legal counsel and regulatory oversight on all aspects of corporate matters.
She is the General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Corporate Compliance Officer at Aspira Women’s Health Inc., (Nasdaq: AWH), a bioanalytical-based women’s health company. Prior to joining Aspira, Ms. Merchant served as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Corporate Compliance Officer at Genome Medical Inc., a private telegenomics company. Prior to that, she served as Associate General Counsel, Global Director of Litigation & Human Resources at Myriad Genetics where she provided legal and strategic guidance on all matters of healthcare regulations, compliance, privacy commercial relationships, federal and state regulations and clinical trials. Ms. Merchant began her corporate career at McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 5 company and the largest pharmaceutical distributor in the nation, where she served Chief Counsel after one decade in private legal practice. Ms. Merchant began her career in law after graduating from UCLA School of Law where she was the Joseph Drown Fellow. Ms. Merchant has served as President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California, and was the inaugural co-chair of the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys in 2008.
Monica Baig-Silva
Monica Baig-Silva (Vice President, Intellectual Property at Thermo Fisher Scientific) provides strategic counseling and intellectual property support for Thermo Fisher’s biotechnology, pharmaceutical and clinical trials businesses. With over 15 years of experience, Monica routinely handles all matters of intellectual property protection. In addition, Monica has extensive experience advising on matters related to IP infringement, employment agreements, contract negotiations, and cyber security. A champion of trade secret protections, Monica founded Thermo Fisher’s trade secret and risk assessment committee for internally monitoring company trade secret practices. Monica is currently a member of the Intellectual Property Organization’s trade secret committee.
Sanjesh Sharma
Matthew Hulse
Kurt Brasch
Jeremiah Chan
Kim Jessum
Sharon Lai
Paul Liu
Paul is the Global Head of Intellectual Property at TuSimple, a self-driving truck company based out of San Diego, California. At TuSimple, Paul oversees the intellectual property function with a team of attorneys, patent agents, and paralegals to align the company’s intellectual property with the business to obtain proactive, high impact, and creative protections via patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. He is a subject matter expert for intellectual property assets associated with mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science technologies. He has been recognized by leading industry publications such as Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) as one of “The World’s Leading IP Strategists.
John Mulgrew
Changhae Park
Manny Schecter
Jason Skinder
Olivia Tsai
Jason Laberteaux
Jason LaBerteaux joined MetLife in 2019 and serves as AVP & Assistant General Counsel with the Global IP/Technology Unit. In his counseling, he primarily focuses on the protection of enterprise intellectual property and on the legal issues related to technology, including outsourcing and the implementation of global platforms. Jason is also responsible for negotiating IT transaction agreements, enabling roll out of the enterprise digital strategy. He also provides intellectual property and information technology legal support to M&A transactions, including due diligence reviews of intellectual property assets and drafting and negotiating transitional services agreements.
Jason is a member of the ACLI Innovation Subcommittee and Federal Quick Reaction Team that focuses on industry regulatory initiatives. Prior to MetLife, Mr. LaBerteaux worked at a number of law firms in the New York area with a focus on software procurement agreements (SaaS, IaaS, outsourcing, and music licensing), IP litigation, Inter Partes Reviews, IP licensing, M&A, and patent prosecution. Jason received his BS in electrical engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2008, and his JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2011.
Minh Hoang-Merchant
Ms. Merchant is a seasoned executive with deep healthcare experience, which includes companies spanning the market cap spectrum. From her contributions at a Fortune 5 public healthcare company, where she provided steady guidance on complex issues, to her strategic counsel at a nimble pre-IPO start up where she oversaw several transactions and financings just prior to its $375 million merger with a public company, Ms. Merchant has provided legal counsel and regulatory oversight on all aspects of corporate matters.
She is the General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Corporate Compliance Officer at Aspira Women’s Health Inc., (Nasdaq: AWH), a bioanalytical-based women’s health company. Prior to joining Aspira, Ms. Merchant served as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Corporate Compliance Officer at Genome Medical Inc., a private telegenomics company. Prior to that, she served as Associate General Counsel, Global Director of Litigation & Human Resources at Myriad Genetics where she provided legal and strategic guidance on all matters of healthcare regulations, compliance, privacy commercial relationships, federal and state regulations and clinical trials. Ms. Merchant began her corporate career at McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 5 company and the largest pharmaceutical distributor in the nation, where she served Chief Counsel after one decade in private legal practice. Ms. Merchant began her career in law after graduating from UCLA School of Law where she was the Joseph Drown Fellow. Ms. Merchant has served as President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California, and was the inaugural co-chair of the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys in 2008.
Monica Baig-Silva
Monica Baig-Silva (Vice President, Intellectual Property at Thermo Fisher Scientific) provides strategic counseling and intellectual property support for Thermo Fisher’s biotechnology, pharmaceutical and clinical trials businesses. With over 15 years of experience, Monica routinely handles all matters of intellectual property protection. In addition, Monica has extensive experience advising on matters related to IP infringement, employment agreements, contract negotiations, and cyber security. A champion of trade secret protections, Monica founded Thermo Fisher’s trade secret and risk assessment committee for internally monitoring company trade secret practices. Monica is currently a member of the Intellectual Property Organization’s trade secret committee.
Sanjesh Sharma
Matthew Hulse
2024 Speakers
Jialing Dailey
Peter Jovanovic
Kim Jessum
Sanjesh Sharma
Kelly Burke
Kelly Burke is Associate Senior Legal Counsel, IP Investigations at Adobe, where she focuses on IP investigations and protection, and leads the Trade Secret Protection Program. Prior to that, she was Senior Security Counsel at Apple, concentrating on insider threats. Before she went in-house, she was a prosecutor for more than a decade at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, where she specialized in trying complex white collar, public corruption, and public integrity criminal cases.
Brian Walters
Brian D. Walters serves as Executive Vice-President and General Counsel for Matthews International Corporation, Pittsburgh’s oldest company in continuous operation since 1850 and operating in over 25 countries with over 12,000 employees. During his 18-year tenure at Matthews, the Company has more than tripled in annual revenue, now producing approximately $1.8 billion in sales. Brian has directed all legal matters for this publicly-traded corporation both nationally and internationally, as well as serving as a member of Matthews’ executive leadership team. Mr. Walters has led over 75 domestic and foreign acquisition initiatives at Matthews, including extensive experience coordinating strategies to secure transaction approval from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, managing HSR filings, as well as filings with the competition authority of the European Union.
Mathew Hulse
Matt is currently Associate General Counsel at Intel Corporation and leads the legal team advising Intel's Cloud & Enterprise and Programmable Solutions businesses, 2,000+ person datacenter engineering team, and Intel Automotive. In this role, he serves as the primary legal advisor for Intel's multibillion-dollar Cloud & Enterprise business that offers a broad portfolio of silicon and software datacenter products. His experience includes advising on issues related to technology licensing, strategic collaborations, intellectual property, competition, product security, sales and marketing, and commercial law matters. Previously, he held other senior IP, litigation, and business legal roles at Intel.
Prior to joining Intel in 2011, Matt was an intellectual property trial lawyer at Am Law 200 firms in Silicon Valley. He is also a registered patent attorney and received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Chuck Sholtz
James Pooley
Monica Baig-Silva
Monica Baig-Silva (Vice President, Intellectual Property at Thermo Fisher Scientific) provides strategic counseling and intellectual property support for Thermo Fisher’s biotechnology, pharmaceutical and clinical trials businesses. With over 15 years of experience, Monica routinely handles all matters of intellectual property protection. In addition, Monica has extensive experience advising on matters related to IP infringement, employment agreements, contract negotiations, and cyber security. A champion of trade secret protections, Monica founded Thermo Fisher’s trade secret and risk assessment committee for internally monitoring company trade secret practices. Monica is currently a member of the Intellectual Property Organization’s trade secret committee.
Ada Wong
Laurel Beeler
United States Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler was appointed in 2010 to the Northern District of California. She has presided as a trial and settlement judge over hundreds of civil cases, including intellectual-property, employment, civil-rights, and commercial disputes
Past Companies Attending Included
2023 Co-Chairs
Minh Hoang-Merchant
Ms. Merchant is a seasoned executive with deep healthcare experience, which includes companies spanning the market cap spectrum. From her contributions at a Fortune 5 public healthcare company, where she provided steady guidance on complex issues, to her strategic counsel at a nimble pre-IPO start up where she oversaw several transactions and financings just prior to its $375 million merger with a public company, Ms. Merchant has provided legal counsel and regulatory oversight on all aspects of corporate matters.
She is the General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Corporate Compliance Officer at Aspira Women’s Health Inc., (Nasdaq: AWH), a bioanalytical-based women’s health company. Prior to joining Aspira, Ms. Merchant served as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Corporate Compliance Officer at Genome Medical Inc., a private telegenomics company. Prior to that, she served as Associate General Counsel, Global Director of Litigation & Human Resources at Myriad Genetics where she provided legal and strategic guidance on all matters of healthcare regulations, compliance, privacy commercial relationships, federal and state regulations and clinical trials. Ms. Merchant began her corporate career at McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 5 company and the largest pharmaceutical distributor in the nation, where she served Chief Counsel after one decade in private legal practice. Ms. Merchant began her career in law after graduating from UCLA School of Law where she was the Joseph Drown Fellow. Ms. Merchant has served as President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California, and was the inaugural co-chair of the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys in 2008.
Rachel Lovejoy
Rachel is currently Senior Counsel (Chief IP Counsel) at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), a company founded by Elon Musk that designs, manufactures, launches and operates advanced rockets and spacecraft. She manages all aspects of the company’s intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, and negotiates complex technology transactions across SpaceX’s lines of business. In her almost 9 years at SpaceX, she has also advised on issues of confidentiality, privacy and security, real estate, and whatever other issues arise on a given day.
Rachel has over 25 years of experience working with high-tech companies. Prior to joining SpaceX in early 2014, she worked for IBM for 11 years in various roles in San Francisco, New York, Dubai and Sao Paolo. Earlier in her career, she worked in Silicon Valley with high-tech startups, both in private practice and in-house. Rachel received her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, and her law degree from Harvard Law School. She also served for 8 years as an officer in the US Army Reserve.
Minh Hoang-Merchant
Ms. Merchant is a seasoned executive with deep healthcare experience, which includes companies spanning the market cap spectrum. From her contributions at a Fortune 5 public healthcare company, where she provided steady guidance on complex issues, to her strategic counsel at a nimble pre-IPO start up where she oversaw several transactions and financings just prior to its $375 million merger with a public company, Ms. Merchant has provided legal counsel and regulatory oversight on all aspects of corporate matters.
She is the General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Corporate Compliance Officer at Aspira Women’s Health Inc., (Nasdaq: AWH), a bioanalytical-based women’s health company. Prior to joining Aspira, Ms. Merchant served as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Corporate Compliance Officer at Genome Medical Inc., a private telegenomics company. Prior to that, she served as Associate General Counsel, Global Director of Litigation & Human Resources at Myriad Genetics where she provided legal and strategic guidance on all matters of healthcare regulations, compliance, privacy commercial relationships, federal and state regulations and clinical trials. Ms. Merchant began her corporate career at McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 5 company and the largest pharmaceutical distributor in the nation, where she served Chief Counsel after one decade in private legal practice. Ms. Merchant began her career in law after graduating from UCLA School of Law where she was the Joseph Drown Fellow. Ms. Merchant has served as President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California, and was the inaugural co-chair of the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys in 2008.
Rachel Lovejoy
Rachel is currently Senior Counsel (Chief IP Counsel) at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), a company founded by Elon Musk that designs, manufactures, launches and operates advanced rockets and spacecraft. She manages all aspects of the company’s intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, and negotiates complex technology transactions across SpaceX’s lines of business. In her almost 9 years at SpaceX, she has also advised on issues of confidentiality, privacy and security, real estate, and whatever other issues arise on a given day.
Rachel has over 25 years of experience working with high-tech companies. Prior to joining SpaceX in early 2014, she worked for IBM for 11 years in various roles in San Francisco, New York, Dubai and Sao Paolo. Earlier in her career, she worked in Silicon Valley with high-tech startups, both in private practice and in-house. Rachel received her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, and her law degree from Harvard Law School. She also served for 8 years as an officer in the US Army Reserve.
CROSS-INDUSTRY IN-HOUSE EXECUTIVES INCLUDING:
AUDIENCE BREAKDOWN
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Cross-Industry In-House Legal and IP Professionals45%
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Law Firms45%
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Consultants | Vendors10%
2023 Speakers
James Pooley
Sanjesh Sharma
Ada Wong
Ben Herbert
Chuck Sholtz
Elvis Chan
Elvis Chan is an Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) assigned to FBI San Francisco. ASAC Chan manages the field office’s Cyber Branch, which is responsible for cyber investigations, digital forensics, technical operations, private sector engagement and community outreach. With 18 years in the Bureau, he is a decorated agent who is recognized within the Intelligence Community as an election cybersecurity and cyberterrorism expert. ASAC Chan was the lead agent on significant cyber investigations and managed joint counterterrorism operations with domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies.
Jialing Dailey
Rob McCauley
Kelly Burke
Kelly Burke is Associate Senior Legal Counsel, IP Investigations at Adobe, where she focuses on IP investigations and protection, and leads the Trade Secret Protection Program. Prior to that, she was Senior Security Counsel at Apple, concentrating on insider threats. Before she went in-house, she was a prosecutor for more than a decade at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, where she specialized in trying complex white collar, public corruption, and public integrity criminal cases.
Kim Jessum
Laurel Beeler
United States Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler was appointed in 2010 to the Northern District of California. She has presided as a trial and settlement judge over hundreds of civil cases, including intellectual-property, employment, civil-rights, and commercial disputes
Mathew Hulse
Matt is currently Associate General Counsel at Intel Corporation and leads the legal team advising Intel's Cloud & Enterprise and Programmable Solutions businesses, 2,000+ person datacenter engineering team, and Intel Automotive. In this role, he serves as the primary legal advisor for Intel's multibillion-dollar Cloud & Enterprise business that offers a broad portfolio of silicon and software datacenter products. His experience includes advising on issues related to technology licensing, strategic collaborations, intellectual property, competition, product security, sales and marketing, and commercial law matters. Previously, he held other senior IP, litigation, and business legal roles at Intel.
Prior to joining Intel in 2011, Matt was an intellectual property trial lawyer at Am Law 200 firms in Silicon Valley. He is also a registered patent attorney and received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mindy Morton
Monica Baig-Silva
Monica Baig-Silva (Vice President, Intellectual Property at Thermo Fisher Scientific) provides strategic counseling and intellectual property support for Thermo Fisher’s biotechnology, pharmaceutical and clinical trials businesses. With over 15 years of experience, Monica routinely handles all matters of intellectual property protection. In addition, Monica has extensive experience advising on matters related to IP infringement, employment agreements, contract negotiations, and cyber security. A champion of trade secret protections, Monica founded Thermo Fisher’s trade secret and risk assessment committee for internally monitoring company trade secret practices. Monica is currently a member of the Intellectual Property Organization’s trade secret committee.
Peter Jovanovic
Nikki Vo
Gregory Bombard
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US-trained lawyer, who wanted to learn more about ex-US IP law and litigation. I am grateful for having
the opportunity to speak at the conference, and I look forward to attending others to come.
It is always great to attend conferences wherein both in house and law firm speakers are there, in addition when we can get generic and innovators views
Great topics and high quality speakers. Not to forget about the great networking opportunities face to face. I truly enjoyed the event.
Good, relevant and practical topics, with good interaction between attendees and frank but respectful exchanges of views.
Great event, nice mixture of people, excellent presentations, panels and round tables. Good networking opportunities.
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Finnegan
Website: http://www.finnegan.com/
As one of the largest IP practices in the world, Finnegan was founded nearly 60 years ago with a focus on offering the highest quality IP legal services. Since we focus primarily on IP, every resource of our firm is dedicated to hiring the top talent in the IP world, and providing them with the IP resources needed to excel. We have a decades-long track record of successfully prosecuting and litigating some of the world’s most significant patent, trademark, copyright, and licensing matters. We also represent clients on IP issues related to advertising, trade secrets, European patents and trade marks, international trade, portfolio management, the Internet, e-commerce, government contracts, antitrust, privacy, and unfair competition. We offer full-service IP legal and technical experience in virtually every industry and technology—from electrical and computer technology, industrial manufacturing, consumer products, medical devices, and biotechnology to pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and alternative energy.
Our commitment to quality is continually recognized worldwide by our clients, colleagues, and respected publications such as:
- #1 Tier National Ranking for Intellectual Property Law, 2010-2024 (U.S. News—Best Lawyers Best Law Firms)
- Practice Group of the Year, 2017, 2019, 2022 (Law360)
- #1 Tier National Ranking for Intellectual Property Litigation, 2024 (Benchmark Litigation)
Miller Barondess
Website: https://millerbarondess.com/
Please visit our website for more information.Procopio
Website: http://www.procopio.com/ip
Procopio is an AmLaw 200 intellectual property, corporate and litigation firm with offices in Silicon Valley, San Diego, Orange County, Las Vegas, Scottsdale, and Washington, D.C. Its deep bench of nearly 200 seasoned and diverse attorneys offer practical legal solutions to clients around the world. Its seasoned trade secret, patent, trademark, copyright, export control, and licensing and technology transactions attorneys bringing clients industry experience, technical degrees, scientific knowledge, and litigation success. Procopio represents innovators in a wide range of industries including software and Internet-based technology, High-tech hardware, Life sciences and med tech, health care, clean tech, renewable energy and telecom. The firm and its attorneys are widely recognized by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and Diversity Lab.
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CTC Legal Media (Patent Lawyer Magazine)
Website: https://ctclegalmedia.com/
CTC Legal Media are globally renowned publishers of The Trademark Lawyer and The Patent Lawyer Magazines, reporting on core IP matters. Each and every edition is full of exclusive special features including guest interviews with in-house counsel, case comment, and the latest developments in the IP Industry, delivered to a combined hardcopy and digital global readership of over 93,000+ IP professionals.
The Global IP Matrix
Website: https://www.gipmatrix.com/
The Global IP Matrix is the only print and digital IP industry-specific publication authored by legal professionals in the intellectual property sector. Our content is 100% contributed by IP industry legal professionals for professionals in the IP field.
Industry thought leaders provide comprehensive, detailed analysis reports on innovation, IP trends, new legislation, and IP strategy, amongst other topics in the IP spectrum internationally.
We have an unbiased approach, and we welcome thought leaders at all levels to share their knowledge and experience through sharing thought-provoking content.
For more info contact us at - [email protected] or call +44 (0)203 813 045
Global Legal Group
Website: https://iclg.com/
Global Legal Group is an independent digital media company based in central London. Our clients are private practice and in-house lawyers, multinational corporations, and professional services firms in over 190 countries around the world. Founded in 2002, Global Legal Group’s first product was the International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG) series, which has grown into a world-renowned legal resource that covers the law in more than 192 jurisdictions and across 58 practice areas. Since 2009, GLG has also produced Commercial Dispute Resolution, an online news and print magazine for litigation and arbitration specialists. In 2011, GLG introduced Global Legal Insights, an essential analytical resource detailing current legal issues spanning 16 practice areas, and, in 2014, African Law & Business was unveiled. Since 2012, GLG has also hosted a successful series of conferences and events, including the annual Global Class Actions Symposium, the premier event for international class actions specialists. Our mission is to provide outstanding performance for our clients and partners. We provide the digital technologies and expertise that they need to boost their brand exposure and market reach, as well as access to the world’s leading online network of legal experts. By only partnering with the leading legal and business authorities, we also ensure that the information we provide is topical, enlightening and authoritative, making our products the go-to resource.
IP CloseUp
Website: http://www.ipcloseup.com/
IP CloseUp is a leading source of insight for people who need to keep up with intellectual property trends. Since 2012 readers have turned to IP CloseUp for free weekly updates on news and perspective about issues affecting patents, trademarks and copyrights. Coverage includes news, data, events, investment and the people that drive them. Readers are executives, entrepreneurs, lawyers, creators, investors, journalists and educators. Regular features cover transactions, disputes and data. IP CloseUp, a Feedspot “top-50” blog, is read in more than 60 countries and has generated over 370,000 visits.
JUVE
Website: https://www.juve-patent.com
JUVE has been reporting on the UPC, the European Patent Office and developments at law firms and in-house departments for twenty years – and in English since 2018.
JUVE Patent provides daily news coverage, in-depth reports and annual rankings on the four most important European patent markets.
Women's IP World
Website: https://www.womensipworld.com/
The Women's IP World Annual was launched in 2019 to highlight and celebrate the work and achievements of women working in IP, IP Law & innovation globally. Women play significant roles in IP & Innovation that should be recognised and discussed at the highest level.
We endeavour to give women from all over the world (that work in IP Law and innovation) a voice and a platform to showcase their expertise and experiences of working in the industry and receive recognition for their outstanding work and achievements with other like-minded professionals working in these fields.
Our publication has received much attention from international IP organisations like INTA and AIPPI, who have contributed the opening letters to our last two annual editions. Our yearly publication has attracted a cocktail of awe-inspiring women from all over the world who are happy to share their profiles and experience working in the industry with our global audience.
The Women's IP World annual publication is produced only once per year. It is distributed monthly for one year at IP and innovation conferences and exhibitions all over the world. Our magazine is published in a few different formats, including print, digital and now in audio format via iTunes, PodOmatic, Spotify, Audible and Amazon Music for a more unintrusive listening experience.
Women's IP World 2022 presentation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SgpYU2uWto
Patent Lawyer Magazine
Website: https://patentlawyermagazine.com/
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