Spring Seminar 2025
May 2-4, 2024
Laguna Beach, CA
LAIPLA is proud to welcome back its flagship Spring Seminar Retreat — a nationally-renowned intellectual property conference — at the Surf and Sand Resort, in Laguna Beach, CA from May 2-4, 2025! Earn up to 9 MCLE credits! Panels of distinguished IP leaders will review the key developments in copyright, trademark, trade secret, and patent law and provide insights moving forward. Previous program (2024) topics included:
- “The State of the Entertainment Industry” fireside chat with keynote speaker Tania Kricfalusi, Sr. Vice President, Litigation – Head of Television and Feature Film Litigation at NBC Universal Media, LLC, and Erica Van Loon, Partner at Nixon Peabody LLP
- The Five Recent Federal Circuit Decisions You Need to Know About for Patent Law presented by Armond Wilson
- Supreme Court Advocacy presented by Stris Maher
- Latest Trends and Techniques in Settlement of IP Cases from Patent to Privacy Class Actions presented by JAMS
- UPC and Developments in the FRAND Space presented by Powell Gilbert
- Defending Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Breach Class Actions and Mass Arbitrations presented by Greenberg Traurig
- Recent Developments in Trade Secrets Matters presented by Signature Resolution
- USPTO Developments and Best Practices presented by Maynard Nexsen
The program will also include panels sponsored by Secretariat. Additional details for all the panels will be added over the next several weeks.
LAIPLA’s Spring Seminar combines high-quality and in-depth legal content with an abundance of networking opportunities and social activities. We hope to see you there! Continue to watch for schedule panel and speaker updates.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available!
PRICING
LAIPLA Members: $1295
Non-Members: $1495
Registration Fee includes admission for registrant to the following:
- Friday, Saturday, and Sunday MCLE credit for up to 10 hours including one hour of ethics credit;
- Friday reception;
- Saturday breakfast, lunch, reception, and dinner;
- Sunday breakfast; and
- Saturday Karaoke Night
Spouse/Guest Add-On ($250) includes admission for a guest to the following:
- Friday reception; and
- Saturday Cocktail Reception and Dinner and Saturday Karaoke Night
Please note additional activities may be arranged and are not reflected in the registration rates and add-on fees above.
Registration is due by April 29th to guarantee meals.
Hotel Reservations: A link to make your hotel reservation will be provided. In order to receive the special discount hotel room rate, you must use the reservation link provided and make your hotel reservations directly with Surf and Sand Resort. Only registered attendees will be able to access this special reduced rate. Hotel Room reservations must be made by April 11, 2025 with Surf and Sand Resort to receive the rate. The reservation link can be obtained in your Spring Seminar 2025 Confirmation email. Questions, please email office@laipla.net.
LAIPLA has negotiated special discounts, available only to registered LAIPLA attendees and their guests. This includes:
- No Resort Fee
- Complimentary Valet Parking
- Complimentary Overnight Parking
- Discount on Spa Services (Monday – Friday only)
For more information on TheSurf and Sand Resort, Laguna Beach, please visit surfandsandresort.com
CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellation Policy – By registering for this event you are guaranteeing your reservation. There are no cancellation refunds for this event. Registrations may only be transferred to someone at the Registrant’s Firm or Company. All transfers must be made through the LAIPLA office at office@laipla.net.
SCHEDULE
General LAIPLA Spring Seminar Schedule
Friday, May 2, 2025 – Preliminary
Noon – Registration & Sponsor Showcase
1:00 pm – General Session
5:00 pm – Welcome Reception
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Breakfast 8:00 am – 9:00 am
General Session & MCLE Credit 9:00 am – Lunch
Free time 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Reception 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Dinner 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Casino Night 9:00 pm – midnight
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Breakfast 8:00 am – 9:00 am
MCLE Sessions 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Additional Hotel Information:
Check-in time is 4:00 p.m.
Check-out time is 11:00 a.m.
Cancellation Policy – By registering for this event you are guaranteeing your reservation. There are no cancellation refunds for this event. Registrations may only be transferred to someone at the Registrant’s Firm or Company. All transfers must be made through the LAIPLA office at office@laipla.net.
DATE AND TIME
Friday, May 2 – Sunday, May 4, 2025
LOCATION
Surf and Sand Resort, Laguna Beach
QUESTIONS?
Contact the LAIPLA office at office@laipla.net or call 323-285-1654.
PROGRAMS
“The State of the Entertainment Industry” fireside chat with keynote speaker Tania Kricfalusi, Sr. Vice President, Litigation – Head of Television and Feature Film Litigation at NBC Universal Media, LLC, and Erica Van Loon, Partner at Nixon Peabody LLP
The Five Recent Federal Circuit Decisions You Need to Know About for Patent Law presented by Armond Wilson
Supreme Court Advocacy presented by Stris Maher
Latest Trends and Techniques in Settlement of IP Cases from Patent to Privacy Class Actions presented by JAMS
UPC and Developments in the FRAND Space presented by Powell Gilbert
Defending Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Breach Class Actions and Mass Arbitrations presented by Greenberg Traurig
Recent Developments in Trade Secrets Matters presented by Signature Resolution
USPTO Developments and Best Practices presented by Maynard Nexsen
The program will also include panels sponsored by Cypress LLP. Additional details for all the panels will be added over the next several weeks.
SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Tania Kricfalusi, Senior Vice President, Litigation at NBCUniversal
Tania is Senior Vice President, Litigation at NBCUniversal and is the head of television and filmed entertainment litigation for the company. She represents and advises the company in pre-litigation and litigation matters relating to NBCUniversal television, film, and digital properties, including Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Working Title, Dreamworks Animation, NBC network, Universal Studio Group, Bravo, USA, Oxygen, Syfy, E!, Telemundo, Peacock, Fandango, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, and NBCUniversal-owned stations. She has handled cases for NBCUniversal in a wide variety of areas, with particular experience in First Amendment, reporter shield issues, idea theft, copyright, trademark, defamation, broadcast liability, and contract disputes. In her time at NBCUniversal, she has also served as NBC’s West Coast media lawyer, overseeing news media pre-production and legal issues for the San Diego, Los Angeles, and Bay Area NBC stations, and has handled day-to-day production issues and contracts as part of the television Legal Affairs group.
Michelle Armond, Founding Partner, Armond Wilson LLP
Michelle Armond is an intellectual property trial attorney litigating patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. IAM 1000 lauded her as “brilliant” and an “outstanding lawyer who ranks among the best PTAB specialists nationwide.” Her “winning formula fuses her Caltech electrical engineering education with her natural talent for writing” (Daily Journal).
Ian C. Ballon, Co-Chair, Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig
Ian Ballon (JD, LLM, CIPP/US) is an Internet litigator in Greenberg Traurig’s Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. offices and co-chair of the firm’s Global Intellectual Property Practice Group. Ian represents companies in intellectual property and technology-related litigation and in the defense of data privacy, security breach and AdTech class action suits. He is also the author of the leading treatise on Internet law, E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise with Forms 2d edition, the 5-volume set published by West (www.IanBallon.net). In addition, he serves as Executive Director of Stanford University Law School’s Center for the Digital Economy.
Elizabeth Brannen, Managing Partner, Stris & Maher
Elizabeth Brannen is the Managing Partner of Stris & Maher, a trial and appellate litigation boutique based in Los Angeles that represents clients in complex, high-stakes, and high-profile business disputes throughout the country. Liz leads the firm’s intellectual property litigation practice and handles a wide range of matters in patent and other technology-related litigation. She has tried high-stakes business cases to judgment and obtained countless successes for clients at the trial and appellate levels.
Raymond T. Chen, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Circuit Judge Raymond T. Chen was appointed to the United States Court of Appealsfor the Federal Circuit by President Barack H. Obama in 2013, confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013 and assumed his office on August 5, 2013. Judge Chen served as Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law andSolicitor at the United States Patent and Trademark Office from 2008 to 2013. He was an Associate Solicitor in that office from 1998 to 2008.
Greg Derin, Esq., Signature Resolution
For over 20 years, Greg has successfully assisted parties in resolving more than a thousand complex matters. At Signature, he concentrates on matters involving complex business, contract, fraud, entertainment, intellectual property, trade secret, right of publicity, unfair business practices, employment, class actions, partnership, real estate, and legal malpractice.
Honorable Philip S. Gutierrez, United States District Court, Central District of California
U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez attended the University of Notre Dame from 1977 to 1981. He then attended the UCLA School of Law from 1981 to 1984. After graduating from law school, Judge Gutierrez entered private practice. In 1988, he joined the law firm of Cotkin & Collins, where he became the managing partner of the Santa Ana offices. His practice concentrated in complex business litigation, professional malpractice liability, and insurance coverage issues.
Rebekah S. Guyon, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Rebekah S. Guyon is a privacy and intellectual property attorney whose practice focuses on copyright, trademark, right of publicity, First Amendment, data privacy, security, behavioral advertising, Internet-related, commercial contract, and business disputes and class action defense. Rebekah is an experienced litigator before both state and federal courts and domestic and international arbitration panels. Rebekah regularly advises clients in the e-commerce and Internet space on novel areas of intellectual property, data privacy, and California law. Rebekah is fluent in cutting edge communications platforms and all aspects of eDiscovery.
Prior to joining the firm, Rebekah was a law clerk for the Honorable James O. Browning in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Before practicing law, Rebekah taught high school U.S. History and New Mexico History in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
John W. Holcomb, U.S. District Judge, Central District of California
John W. Holcomb is a U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, Southern Division, in Santa Ana, California. Judge Holcomb was nominated for that position by President Donald J. Trump in November 2019 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in September 2020.
Judge Holcomb earned his S.B. in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984. For the next five years, Judge Holcomb served as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy, including assignments aboard the battleship U.S.S. New Jersey (BB-62) and to the Joint Staff at the Pentagon.
Dr. Bethan Hopewell, Partner, Powell Gilbert LLP (UK)
Dr. Bethan Hopewell is a partner at Powell Gilbert LLP. Her background in molecular biology has led her to specialise in advising clients in the life sciences sector. Bethan has represented clients in some of the largest and most complex life sciences disputes to come before the UK courts in recent years including the leading UK case on the validity and infringement of second medical use patents. Bethan’s recent work includes cases in the areas of DNA sequencing, molecular diagnostics and pharmaceutics. She also frequently acts for clients in patent licence disputes.
Jessica Hudak, Lead Counsel, Edwards Lifesciences
Jessica Hudak is currently Lead Counsel at Edwards Lifesciences where she serves as General Counsel for its Advanced Technology Business Unit. Jessica sits on the leadership teams for the Advanced Technology business and for Edwards’ Global Law Department. Jessica previously worked for Gibson Dunn as a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law group where she represented clients in the Supreme Court, Circuit Courts of Appeals, and district courts. Jessica was part of the team representing Smith & Nephew in U.S. v. Arthrex before the Supreme Court. Prior to Gibson Dunn, Jessica was a law clerk to then-Chief Judge Sharon Prost of the Federal Circuit and has been a lecturer at Stanford for over 17 years. Jessica earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School, M.S. in Biomechanical Engineering from Stanford, and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan.
Michael A. Jacobs, JAMS
Michael A. Jacobs is a mediator and arbitrator at JAMS following decades of experience working as a trial attorney at the international law firm Morrison Foerster.
As a litigator, Mr. Jacobs tried numerous high-profile cases to juries, judges and arbitrators, and co-founded and led his firm’s intellectual property litigation group. Throughout his years in private practice, he handled cases across a variety of practice areas, including intellectual property, life sciences, and business and commercial. He has also served as a recurring speaker for the Practising Law Institute and faculty member for the annual FJC-BCLT IP Education Program for Federal Judges.
Milan Kapadia, Sr. IP Counsel, Palo Alto Networks
Milan currently is Senior IP Counsel at Palo Alto Networks and manages all aspects of the company’s IP strategy. Previously Milan was at Boeing, where he had been a Patent Portfolio Strategist for Boeing’s software-related innovations since 2014. Milan was also previously corporate counsel at a real estate software products company, a Patent Attorney for multiple national law firms, and worked for more than two years as a Patent Examiner at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Milan was also a 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholar researching developments in Indian software patent law.
Stephen Kelly, Cypress LLP
Ever since his older brother took credit for naming their first Dalmatian, Spot, Stephen has understood the value of protecting and defending a good idea. He has done some impressive things like defend the design of Volkswagen cars and seen the joy of nine different juries judge his capabilities in a courtroom. Clients enjoy Stephen for being authentic, confident, and able to engage in profoundly entertaining discussions on how a tall man lives in a world not designed for him.
Stephen focuses his practice on counseling web3 developers and IP creators of all kinds. He gives the added benefit of being able to respond and enforce those protections through litigation and trial, if necessary.
Siddharth Kusumakar, Partner, Powell Gilbert (UK)
Siddharth Kusumakar is a partner at Powell Gilbert (www.powellgilbert.com). Siddharth specializes in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices fields, and has considerable experience in coordinating pan-European litigation strategies.
As a UPC legal representative, he is currently acting in some of the first cases to be brought before the new Court and appeared in the first preliminary injunction hearing to be conducted in English. Siddharth has represented clients in litigation before the UK Patents Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court as well as in European Patent Office proceedings. He has successfully acted for clients in some of the most high-profile patent cases to come before the UK courts in recent years, including the landmark UK Supreme Court decisions in Warner-Lambert v Actavis and Regeneron v Kymab (in relation to the law of sufficiency and the infringement of second medical use patents), as well as cases shaping the current UK landscape on the availability of injunctions where the public interest is engaged.
Before qualifying as a solicitor advocate, Siddharth graduated from McGill University (BSc microbiology and immunology) and Imperial College London (MSc immunology).
Patrick Maloney, Senior Associate, Armond Wilson LLP
Patrick Maloney is an IP litigator at Armond Wilson LLP. Patrick is nationally recognized for his experience representing clients before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Patrick has an impressive track record of successfully navigating patents through the PTAB, arguing hearings, and obtaining favorable decisions either by denying institution outright or confirming patentability after a full trial. To date, Patrick has handled over 150 post-grant proceedings, including inter partes reviews (IPRs) and covered business method reviews (CBMs), spanning a wide variety of technologies including telecommunications, networking, electronics, antennas, streaming media, and medical devices.
Bryce Matthewson, Partner, Powell Gilbert
Bryce Matthewson is a Partner at Powell Gilbert, a specialist European IP firm.
Bryce is a UK Solicitor, Irish Solicitor, UPC representative and qualified South African Patent Attorney. He is an experienced patent litigator before the UK courts, having represented clients in the pharma, biotech, FMCG, and medical devices sectors. In addition, Bryce has been involved in a number of the early cases before the UPC, in relation to both infringement and revocation actions across various divisions.
Bob Muller, Cypress LLP
Bob Muller, a member of the New York, California, and Washington state bars, is a founding partner of Cypress LLP. He has defended and prosecuted trade secret cases in state and federal trial courts across the United States. He argued and won seminal trade secret cases before the California State Court of Appeal (e.g., Angelin v. Brescia, California Court of Appeal, Case No. B213088, 2012; and Leadfactors, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., 2018).
Bob, a frequent lecturer on trade secret law among other IP fields, was named a Top Trade Secret Lawyer in 2019 by the Daily Journal. He is a member of the Sedona Conference Trade Secret Working Group, whose mission is to develop consensus and nonpartisan principles for managing trade secret litigation and guidelines for protecting trade secrets, and the Los Angeles
Copyright Society.
Ashe Puri, Partner, Maynard Nexsen
Ashe is a recognized trial attorney whose practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, including cases involving patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, and unfair competition. From startups to major corporations, Ashe helps companies resolve their IP disputes.
Technology and innovation is not only Ashe’s passion, it is what drove him to become an engineer and brings him into close and frequent contact with other innovators. His success in the courtroom has enabled him to negotiate many settlements.
Sasha Rao, Partner, Maynard Nexsen
Widely recognized as one of Silicon Valley’s leading intellectual property lawyers, Sasha Rao has an established record of success for some of the world’s top companies.
Chair of Maynard Nexsen’s nationwide Intellectual Property Practice, Sasha regularly leads intellectual property and commercial litigation for her clients, including cases involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, and complex commercial disputes. Sasha also advises her clients, ranging from tech start-ups to the largest multinational companies, on a wide range of legal issues including, corporate, transactional, policy, regulatory, IP strategy, patent and trademark prosecution, and IP aspects of mergers and acquisitions.
Hon. Suzanne Segal (Ret.), Signature Resolution
Judge Segal served as a United States Magistrate Judge for 18 years in the Central District of California, including 4 years as the Chief Magistrate Judge. She joined Signature in 2020, serving as a mediator, arbitrator, and Special Master. During her tenure on the federal bench, Judge Segal presided over numerous trials, evidentiary hearings, motions, and discovery disputes. Judge Segal served as the settlement judge in hundreds of cases, settling business and insurance disputes; patent, trademark, and copyright actions; and employment, civil rights, and tort cases.
Peter Stris, Founding Partner, Stris & Maher LLP
Peter Stris is one of the most prominent business litigators of his generation. He serves as a lead strategist and presenter in must-win trials, landmark appeals, and rapid media-response campaigns. Chambers USA has identified Peter as a leading advocate in multiple nationwide categories. Reuters has
recognized him as one of the nation’s most influential lawyers before the U.S. Supreme Court, where he has argued 10 cases. And the Daily Journal has repeatedly named him to its annual list of the Top 100 California Lawyers.
Hon. Mary Strobel, (Ret.), Signature Resolution
Judge Strobel served as a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. For the past eight years, she presided over a specialized department focused on challenges to governmental action, handling over 200 writ trials. Her caseload included complex matters such as CEQA and Coastal Act challenges, land use disputes, public employment issues, and public office candidacy claims. Judge Strobel was also assigned to rule on requests for temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and receivership appointments for more than 30 civil courtrooms. These involved a variety of matters, including corporate governance, trade secrets, and real property conflicts.
Hon. Eddie C. Sturgeon (Ret.), Signature Resolution
Judge Sturgeon began his career as an associate in a San Diego-based civil law firm, where he swiftly ascended to the position of partner. For 14 years, Judge Sturgeon honed his craft, navigating civil and criminal cases with finesse. His reputation for fairness and expertise caught the attention of former Governor George Deukmejian, who appointed him to the El Cajon Municipal Court in 1988. The appointment marked the beginning of Judge Sturgeon’s tenure on the bench, a role he fulfilled with distinction and continued with his elevation to the Superior Court of San Diego County in 1998, following the unification of Superior and Municipal courts.
Erica Van Loon, Partner, Nixon Peabody
Erica J. Van Loon is a Partner at Nixon Peabody in Los Angeles, California. She is an experienced IP trial lawyer and has a winning track record litigating copyright, trademark, patent, rights of publicity, trade secrets, invasion of privacy, defamation, business interference, and other media and entertainment claims. Erica was named the 2019 Intellectual Property Attorney of the Year by the Los Angeles Business Journal. She has successfully represented a wide range of clients in IP litigation matters including Bally Gaming, VIZIO, British Broadcasting Corporation, Target Corporation, Walmart, Conan O’Brien, Morgan Creek Productions, Lionsgate Films, Topson Downs of California, Red Bull, ASCAP, Abbott.
Judge Michael Wilner, Magistrate Judge, Central District of California
The Hon. Michael R. Wilner was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California in 2011.
Judge Wilner previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and a Deputy Chief in the Major Frauds Section of the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. As a federal prosecutor, Judge Wilner specialized in corporate and white collar criminal cases in the district court and the Ninth Circuit.
Earlier in his career, Judge Wilner served as a civil enforcement attorney and Senior Counsel with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Los Angeles. Before entering federal service, he was a litigator at the Proskauer Rose law firm.
Emily Yu, Senior Director, Head of Product Counsel, Roblox
Emily Yu is the Senior Director and head of the product counsel function at Roblox, where she evaluates proposed product features for regulatory compliance. Emily currently teaches Advertising and Marketing Law at Santa Clara Law and was recently the former chair of the Intellectual Property section for the California Lawyers Association. Prior to joining Roblox, Emily was Senior Corporate Counsel of Global Privacy at Seagate Technology and a Global Privacy Manager at TRUSTe. Emily enjoys traveling, taking snapshots of delicious food, and snuggling her two delightful cats.
Arka Chatterjee, Leap IP Counsel, Natera
As an in-house counsel at a nimble and expanding life-sciences company, Arka advises on litigation and risk management while helping to develop intellectual property strategies that expand the company’s innovation and business options. His work covers a wide gamut of IP activities including patent prosecution and litigation, trademark registration and enforcement, deal support, and day-to-day advising of both R&D and executive leadership.
Matt Farber, Ph.D., Intensity
Matt Farber, Ph.D., specializes in microeconomic theory and data analysis techniques. He applies this knowledge to complex commercial disputes, intellectual property, patent infringement, trademark, trade secrets, breach of contract, and false advertising. Dr. Farber’s experience in high-stakes litigation cases includes consumer electronics, energy, telecommunications, medical devices, and networking technology, among other industries.
Michael Finn, Partner, Bird & Bird (Ireland)
My practice focuses on complex contentious intellectual property and technology matters, and domestic and international commercial disputes. I also have extensive experience in regulatory disputes and investigations, product liability, and judicial review. I have a particular focus on the life sciences and technology sectors. I have acted in some of the leading intellectual property, technology and commercial disputes in Ireland and have extensive experience advising on Irish Commercial Court litigation, and ADR.
Honorable Andrew Guilford
Following nearly 14 years of distinguished service on the bench for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Southern Division, Honorable Andrew Guilford has retired and is now available as a mediator, arbitrator and private judge, including special master assignments, and case evaluator.
During his judicial tenure, Judge Guilford sat by designation on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and is one of only two Central District Judges to have been invited to sit at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He served as one of the few Patent Pilot Program judges in the Central District. As a federal judge, Guilford heard over a hundred trials, sometimes sitting without a jury, on matters including patent, trademark, copyright, defective products, securities, employment, civil rights, professional liability, class actions, MDL, and of course, criminal matters.
Ben Herbert, Law Finance Group
Ben Herbert recently transitioned from private practice as an intellectual property litigator into litigation finance by joining Law Finance Group. Mr. Herbert is responsible for Law Finance Group’s operations in Los Angeles, focusing on originating new business across all areas of litigation and underwriting Law Finance Group’s transactions and investments, including those related to intellectual property.
Bruce Isaacs, Esq., Signature Resolution
Bruce is an accomplished mediator and arbitrator who has settled a wide range of cases including copyright, entertainment, trademark, right of publicity, music, contracts, real estate, insurance, employment matters, and more. Respected by both plaintiffs’ and defense counsel, Bruce resolves extremely complex disputes with a combination of excellent problem-solving skills, consistent follow-up, and deep subject-matter expertise.
Jacqui Lowy, Co-Founder, Sourced Intelligence
Jacqueline Lowy is the Co-Founder of Sourced Intelligence, a private intelligence and consulting firm that prides itself on cutting-edge tradecraft specifically tailored to provide vital intelligence in the digital age. She previously served as a Commander and Canine Handler on the Weapons and Explosive Material Search Team in the Israel Defense Forces and has trained senior security personnel – both federal and local law enforcement – in online investigative practices and intelligence collection. Jacqueline has also instructed an Open Source Intelligence Techniques course at the University of Southern California and lectures in the International Relations program.
Kellin Chatfield Nicoletti , Vice President, Dexcom, Inc.
Kellin Chatfield Nicoletti is Vice President, Legal Affairs at Dexcom, Inc. a medical device company empowering people to take control of their health with continuous glucose monitoring. At Dexcom, she oversees global litigation, including intellectual property litigation, as well as providing legal advice to the global commercial, marketing, regulatory and clinical teams. Prior to joining Dexcom, she represented many technology and life sciences clients in intellectual property disputes and also had extensive experience managing internal investigations and shareholder litigation. She has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from UCLA.
David A. Randall, Managing Partner, Orbit IP
David is the Managing Partner of Orbit IP. He has 30 years of experience representing clients in complex, high-stakes business and IP litigation matters before district courts throughout the United States, including in California, Florida, Texas, and Delaware. He has been recognized as one of the best intellectual property litigators in America by Best Lawyers in America, and has represented a number of well-known companies in litigation, including GE Lighting Solutions (f/k/a GELcore), Emcore, DIRECTV, Lending Tree, Mag Instrument, SAS Institute, Belkin, BestBuy, TCL Corporation, Yamaha Motor Corp., and ZTE. David recently had a patent trial in the Central District related to hand carts and is scheduled for a patent trial in August related to lighting control units used in Facebook datacenters. He is also presently representing a company in a patent arbitration related to alarm notification systems.
Daniel S. Stringfield, Partner, Nixon Peabody
Daniel Stringfield is a member of Nixon Peabody’s Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group, where he helps clients acquire and monetize IP assets and resolve IP disputes through licensing and litigation. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in disputes involving a broad range of technologies, including networking, semiconductors, computer processors, wireless communication, and optics.
Scott Boalick, Chief Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board; USPTO
Scott R. Boalick is the Chief Judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). In this role, he leads the PTAB as it conducts post-grant trials, including inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, covered business method patent reviews and derivation proceedings, and as it hears appeals from adverse examiner decisions in patent applications and reexamination proceedings.
Andrew Choung, Partner, Nixon Peabody
Andrew Choung is an intellectual property partner based in Nixon Peabody’s Los Angeles office, and focuses his practice on high-tech, complex patent litigation, and Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings such as inter partes review. He has experience practicing in both the United States and Asia and has counseled clients on cross-border matters, including multi-country patent enforcement.
Sam Desai, Esq., Former IP Counsel at TherapeuticsMD, Inc.
Sam spent the last five years as in-house IP counsel for TherapeuticsMD, an innovative pharmaceutical company in Boca Raton, Florida specializing in the development of drugs that advance women’s health. At Therapeutics, he implemented global IP strategies to protect the company’s three FDA-approved products and defended those products against competitors. Before moving in house, Sam worked at Haug Partners in New York City for 11 years where he litigated cases and counseled clients in the medical device and life sciences industries. And before law school, Sam worked at Genzyme in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he manufactured autologous cell vaccines for use in clinical trials. He holds a chemistry degree from Dartmouth and a JD from Villanova.
Alexander Feil, Co-Founder, Sourced Intelligence
Alexander Feil is the Co-Founder of Sourced Intelligence, a private intelligence and consulting firm. Feil is a Marine Corps veteran. He served as an Intelligence Officer and Sniper Platoon Commander in Afghanistan, where he gathered and analyzed critical information to support military operations.
Russell Genet, Director, Longford Capital
Russ is responsible for investment sourcing, underwriting and monitoring. Russ is an accomplished attorney with nearly 20 years of experience representing corporate clients in defending and monetizing intellectual property rights in a wide array of industries, including electronics, computers, software, telecommunications, medical devices and many others. Russ has significant experience litigating complex intellectual property matters in federal courts throughout the United States, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Shawn Hansen, Partner, Nixon Peabody
Shawn G. Hansen is an intellectual property partner based in our Los Angeles office and also maintains an office in our San Francisco office to work with clients and handle matters in Northern California.
Shawn has built a successful track record over two decades of litigating and trying patent and other intellectual property cases in federal courts throughout the United States. He excels at synthesizing cutting edge technologies with legal strategy and is adept with technologies from software and semiconductors to pharmaceuticals and medical diagnostics.
Taylor King, Associate General Counsel, Western Digital
Taylor King is an Associate General Counsel at Western Digital, where he assists in overseeing and managing strategy for worldwide litigation matters covering nearly all subjects, including IP litigation matters. During his time at Western Digital, Taylor has overseen multiple patent matters that have involved IPR filings and appeals. Prior to joining Western Digital, Taylor worked at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he spent significant time working on patent and other IP litigation matters.
Chris Lawless, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Chris Lawless is a partner in Kirkland’s Intellectual Property Group, focusing on litigation and trials involving patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark, and unfair competition claims. Chris also broadly advises clients on intellectual property strategy. Chris has substantial experience leading large case teams with billions of dollars in alleged damages through all phases of complex litigation, from pre-suit investigations through case inception, trial, and appeal. Many of Chris’s cases also involve parallel proceedings in foreign jurisdictions in Asia and Europe.
Morag Macdonald, Partner, Bird & Bird (UK)
I have real depth of experience with cross border IP strategies – for litigation and transactions – addressing the commercial goals of our clients. I’m experienced in all forms of IP litigation and strategic advice, especially in an international cross border context. I have led the team in over 27 trials before the UK Patents High Court and the UK Patents County Court. I have also been the lead coordinator on well over 20 matters with patent litigation in two or more European countries.
Nathan Miller, Founder and CEO, Miller Ink
Nathan is a communications strategist sought out by executives at the highest levels of business, government, and the non-profit world, who has helped hundreds of organizations tell their stories better – and navigate complex issues and crises spanning the globe. He served as communications counsel and an on-record spokesperson for many high-profile legal cases in the U.S. and Europe.
Tim Powell, Partner, Powell Gilbert LLP (UK)
Tim Powellis partner at Powell Gilbert. His strong technical background has enabled him to represent clients in some of the largest and most complex intellectual property disputes to come before the UK courts in recent years. Tim specialises in multi-jurisdictional litigation, particularly in the patents field where he has experience in coordinating litigation taking place simultaneously across Europe, North America and beyond.
Ehab Samuel, Partner, Orbit IP
Ehab Samuel is a partner at Orbit IP, focusing on litigation involving patent, trademark, trade secret, and related state law claims. With a Masters’s Degree in both Electrical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Ehab is often relied upon to understand complex technologies and craft winning legal strategies that meet the client’s business objectives. Ehab has litigated cases in federal trials and appellate courts throughout the country, before the International Trade Commission, and at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. As an active bar leader, Ehab has served as President of OCIPLA, chaired the Judge’s Night committee for LAIPLA, and chaired several other committees at AIPLA.
Jill R. Sperber, Judicate West
Jill started her mediation career in 2010 while litigating at Irell & Manella. She was asked to be part of the firm’s Alternative Dispute Center where she was selected as a co-arbitrator, mediator, co-mediator, and special master on complex matters. Prior to that, she was a civil litigator handling all types of matters in state and federal courts.
Christy Von der Ahe Rayburn, Partner, Hueston Hennigan
Christy Von der Ahe Rayburn litigates high-profile, high-stakes technology disputes for companies of all sizes, including Amazon.com, Monster Energy, BlackBerry, ClearOne, and Acorn Technologies. Described by clients as “a fierce advocate” and “intensely brilliant at understanding the detail and complexity of the subject matter while retaining a clear view of the big issues and its impact on strategy,” she has a depth of experience in patent, copyright, and trade secret litigation at every stage.
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