Jason Lott is the Managing Attorney for Trademarks Customer Outreach at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) where he specializes in helping small business owners understand trademarks and the federal trademark registration process. He conceptualizes and delivers educational content using live presentations, creative videos, and other multimedia platforms. He also presents to experienced practitioners on advanced trademark topics, providing them the tools and expertise to better serve their clients. Jason began his career at the USPTO in 2000 as a trademark examining attorney.
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Mary Fuller, Regional Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Silicon Valley Regional Office
As Regional Director of the USPTO’s Silicon Valley Regional Office, Mary Fuller carries out the strategic direction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO and is responsible for leading the USPTO’s Western regional office in San Jose, California. Focusing on the region and actively engaging with the community, Ms. Fuller ensures the USPTO’s initiatives and programs are tailored to the region’s unique ecosystem of industries and stakeholders.
Additionally, Ms. Fuller received Watermark’s Emerging Leader Award in 2015, was recognized as one of Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 100 Women of Influence in 2020, and she received the Northern Arizona University President’s Alumni Award for the College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences in 2022.
Andrei Iancu, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLC, Former Director of the USPTO
Andrei Iancu is Co-Head of Sullivan & Cromwell’s Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation Group and one of the leading voices in intellectual property law and innovation policy. He is a former Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a position to which he was confirmed unanimously by the Senate. Andrei has decades of experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in IP matters across the technical and scientific spectra, including medical devices, genetic testing, therapeutics, the Internet, telephony, TV broadcasting, video game systems and computer peripherals. He represents clients in litigation and trials before the district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission and the USPTO, the Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court, and also counsels clients on obtaining, licensing, enforcing and defending against IP rights globally.
Molly Kocialski, Regional Director of USPTO’s Rocky Mountain Regional Office
As the Regional Director of the USPTO’s Rocky Mountain Regional Outreach Office, since January 2016, Mollybeth (Molly) Kocialski carries out the strategic direction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, and is responsible for leading the Rocky Mountain Office. Focusing on the nine states within this region and actively engaging with the community, Ms. Kocialski ensures the USPTO’s initiatives and programs are tailored to the region’s unique ecosystem of industries and stakeholders.
Ms. Kocialski brings more than 20 years of intellectual property (IP) experience to the USPTO. Most recently, Ms. Kocialski was the Senior Patent Counsel for Oracle America, Inc, where she was responsible for managing an active patent prosecution docket and was also responsible for all of the post-grant procedures and patent investigations for Oracle and its subsidiaries. Prior to Oracle, she worked at Qwest Corporation and was also in private practice in both New York and Colorado focusing on intellectual property litigation for multiple high-tech companies while maintaining an active prosecution docket.
Amy Abeloff, Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis
Amy Abeloff is of counsel in Kirkland’s Los Angeles office. Amy counsels on intellectual property matters and has extensive experience in full-service global trademark portfolio management. Amy has extensive experience advising clients on the availability to use and register trademarks worldwide, preparing trademark filing strategies ranging from single trademarks to large, multijurisdictional projects, advocating for her clients offensively and defensively in pre-enforcement activity, and developing complex enforcement strategies incorporating online marketplace and social media takedowns as well as anti-counterfeiting activities. She also provides counsel to clients regarding availability to use and register copyright protectable material.
Jacqueline Bonilla, Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge, PTAB, USPTO
Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge Jackie Bonilla is serving as the Senior Legal Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). As the Senior Legal Advisor, she counsels the Director of the USPTO on a wide range of patent-related legal and policy issues, including those relevant to America Invents Act (AIA) proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB); the process for Director review of PTAB decisions; litigation before the Federal Circuit and Supreme Court; and PTAB and patent-related precedent, Director guidance, and rulemaking.
Sarah Brooks, Partner, Venable
Sarah Sheldon Brooks is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Venable LLP. Ms. Brooks is a registered patent attorney and specializes in intellectual property disputes, including patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright litigation. Ms. Brooks has experience in all aspects of litigation including trial. In 2013, Ms. Brooks served as lead trial counsel in a patent infringement action and secured a jury verdict of willful infringement against the defendant/competitor.
Peter Bromaghim, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson
Pete Bromaghim’s practice focuses on all aspects of building brands. He represents well-known and emerging companies in trademark and copyright matters, and strategizes with them on global enforcement and licensing.
He serves clients in a very wide range of fields, but has particularly deep expertise in entertainment and new technology matters, and with companies at the intersection of the two, from his California base. He also has nearly two decades of experience representing prominent personal care, cosmetic, apparel, and nutrition brands, as well as representing famous celebrities and musicians in the protection of their personal brands, and the licensing of their name, image and likeness rights.
Jennifer Chiang, IP Counsel at Stripe
Jennifer Chiang is IP Counsel at Stripe, where she manages the company’s patent strategy, patent portfolio development, and open source licensing. Prior to joining Stripe, Jennifer worked at Slack Technologies (acquired by Salesforce) as the company’s first patent attorney where she developed Slack’s patent portfolio and IP strategy. Prior to going in-house, Jennifer worked in private practice advising clients on patent strategy and portfolio development, standards, licensing, acquisitions, and litigation matters. Jennifer has a background in computer engineering and previously worked as a software developer at Microsoft prior to practicing law.
Emily Collins, Partner, Kilburn Strode
Emily is a European patent expert, providing quality complex legal advice to domestic and international tech companies. Emily specialises in patent strategy and prosecution, helping her clients to obtain IP protection tailored to their needs.
As a VP of the San Francisco liaison office for two years, Emily has unparalleled knowledge of navigating the European patent system for US applicants. Emily understands the challenges faced by in-house counsel when managing an international portfolio. Using her knowledge of the intricate differences between the US and European systems, she is able to find the best path to obtaining international protection aligned with a US strategy. In her role in San Francisco, Emily makes dealing with European counsel straightforward and efficient for US counsel.
Theresa Conduah, Partner, Alston & Bird, LLP
Theresa Conduah is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group of Alston & Bird, LLP. With nearly 20 years of trademark disputes and patent litigation experience, Theresa counsels both Fortune 500 and startup clients on scaling IP portfolios, brand protection, and licensing matters. Her practice also includes developing global anti-counterfeiting programs. Prior to returning to private practice, she served as in-house IP counsel at leading global brands, including United Airlines and Toyota. Theresa is a frequent speaker on intellectual property and diversity in the law issues.
Prior to attending Fordham Law School, Theresa worked for a clinical research organization and received her Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University and her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University.
Monisha Deka, Staff Attorney, Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission
Monisha Deka (Mo) is an Investigative Attorney at the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington DC. Investigative attorneys advocate on behalf of the public interest in intellectual property investigations initiated under 19 U.S.C. 1337, commonly referred to as Section 337 litigations.
Chris DiLeo, Assistant General Counsel – IP, Becton Dickinson
Technology transactions and IP attorney experienced in software and networked systems. As a technically savvy technical lead with excellent communication skills I can leverage my strengths, interests, and experiences working with both people and technology along with law degree to practice intellectual property and technology law. My practice also includes advising clients on data privacy, GDPR, big data, and terms of service.
Jonae Felton, Patent Counsel and Senior Patent Engineer, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America
Jonae is a Senior Patent Engineer and Patent Attorney at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America (MBRDNA) in Long Beach, CA and enjoys learning about new technologies related to battery electric vehicles and related automotive areas. She leverages her previous work experience as an electrical engineer to drive innovation and harvest inventions related to high voltage components and systems including batteries, electric drive, and charging. Jonae brings her unique perspective as an electrical engineer and a patent lawyer to manage idea submissions, invention disclosures, and patent families while efficiently coordinating with stakeholders in engineering, legal, and procurement.
Brittany Finlayson, Assistant General Counsel—Brand, Ferrara Candy Company
Brittany Finlayson serves as the Assistant General Counsel-Brand at Ferrara Candy Company, a leading confectionary manufacturer renowned for its diverse portfolio of over 30 iconic brands, including NERDS®, SweeTARTS®, Brach’s®, and Trolli®. In this role, she leads the Brand Legal team, overseeing Ferrara’s extensive intellectual property portfolio and providing strategic counsel on advertising, marketing, regulatory, and food law matters. Her expertise ensures that Ferrara’s beloved brands continue to thrive in a competitive marketplace.
Michael R. Franzinger, Partner, Dentons
Michael Franzinger is a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology group with a focus on Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), intellectual property (IP) litigation in the federal courts, and petitions for inter partes and post-grant review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). As a trial and appellate lawyer, he represents clients in patent, trade secret, and other technically-oriented litigation and administrative proceedings. Over the past 20 years, he has appeared in more than 30 ITC Section 337 investigations, and has also assisted clients with arbitrations and mediations, district court lawsuits, patent reexaminations and reviews, license negotiations, and merger due diligence. Mike is also deeply familiar with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and has served the court as a law clerk, Advisory Council member, and bar association committee chair.
Nicholas Fung, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Nick Fung is a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Nick advises clients on a broad range of intellectual property issues, with a focus on high-stakes patent litigation and trade secrets disputes. With a degree in electrical engineering and computer science, Nick has litigated matters spanning a broad range of technology, including semiconductors, medical devices, and computer hardware and software. Nick has counseled companies at all stages of their life cycles/growth, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, and has represented clients in federal and state courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Matt Hayenga, Associate General Counsel, Bank of America
Matthew Hayenga is an experienced patent attorney with over 20 years practicing intellectual property law, focusing primarily on patent litigation, licensing, and prosecution. Mr. Hayenga is Assistant General Counsel & Senior Vice-President for intellectual property with Bank of America, responsible for directing the company’s patent strategy, portfolio development, and IP litigation. Previously, Mr. Hayenga was the Head of Intellectual Property for the Surgical Franchise at Alcon, where he oversaw patent prosecution, litigation, licensing, and freedom-to-operate work for the company’s cataract, vitreoretinal, and surgical glaucoma franchises.
Diana Heligman, Counsel, Brands and Content Intellectual Property, NBCUniversal
Diana provides a broad range of transactional and litigation services in connection with commercial matters generally and intellectual property matters in particular for clients in the entertainment, sports, media, hospitality, software, and technology industries. Her practice more generally emphasizes intellectual property matters, including trademark clearance and prosecution, brand management and licensing, copyright registration, rights enforcement strategies, antipiracy, right of publicity, advertising review, and cybersquatting. She has sophisticated experience negotiating and drafting a broad variety of commercial and IP content agreements, including creative services agreements, licenses, publicity releases, influencer agreements, and a wide range of other agreements for use in a multitude of industries.
Jessica Hudak, Vice President and Corporate Counsel, Edwards Lifesciences
Jessica Hudak is currently Vice President, Corporate Counsel at Edwards Lifesciences where she serves as Team General Counsel for its Advanced Technology Business Unit and Technology Centers of Excellence. Jessica sits on the Advanced Technology Leadership Team, the enterprise-wide R&D Leadership Team, and the Global Law Department Leadership Team.
Jonathan Hyman, Partner, Knobbe Martens
Jonathan A. Hyman is a partner in our Los Angeles office. He is also the Co-Chair of the firm’s CBD and Legal Cannabis Group.
Jonathan’s practice includes domestic and foreign trademark prosecution, enforcement and searches, proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), intellectual property licensing, copyrights, rights of publicity, domain name disputes, entertainment law, and client counseling. He also frequently conducts in-house seminars to assist clients in managing and protecting trademark portfolios.
Marylauren Ilagan, Senior Counsel, IP, Olaplex
Marylauren Ilagan is Senior Counsel and Head of IP at Olaplex, Inc., the beauty disruptor that created the bond building category of the hair care industry with its patented bis-amino technology. Marylauren is evolving and fortifying Olapex’s IP portfolio to keep pace with the company’s growth, innovation, and consumer demand, as well as protecting its current valuable IP assets. Previously, Marylauren was Director of IP for nearly a decade at Mary Kay Inc., the skin care company known for its direct selling business model, pink Cadillacs, and Mary Kay ladies, where she grew its IP portfolio to over 10,000 assets to combat counterfeits, illegal parallel imports, and unauthorized sales.
Jeff Kichaven, Kichaven ADR
Jeff Kichaven is one of the country’s premier mediators. He’s “Ranked in Chambers – Band 1” on the USA Nationwide list, and Lexology (f/k/a Who’s Who Legal) has honored him as a Global Elite Thought Leader in the field. He has been a full-time mediator for over 28 years, following 15+ years as a litigator. He is an Honors Graduate of Harvard Law School and a Phi Beta Kappa Graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an Elected Member of the American Law Institute. He has also been honored as California Lawyer Attorney of the Year. He is a Past Chair of both the Entertainment Law & IP Section and the ADR Section of the Los Angeles County Bar, and a Past Chair of the ADR Committee in the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law. His views on mediation have been cited in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Carolyn Kosowski, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA), USPTO
Carolyn Kosowski is a Senior Legal Advisor in the Office of Patent Legal Administration at the USPTO. In this position, she assists in the drafting of rule packages, memoranda, and associated guidance to implement USPTO initiatives and comply with developments in patent law. Prior to joining the Office of Patent Legal Administration, she was a primary patent examiner and examined patent applications related to network security, cryptography, and business method technologies. Previously, she worked as a patent agent and attorney for a large general practice law firm in Washington, DC. Carolyn received her B.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia and her J.D. from the George Washington University Law School.
Melissa LaBauve, Munck Wilson Mandala
Melissa LaBauve brings over 20 years of trademark and IP transactional law experience. She represents a wide variety of companies, both domestic and international, serving as their outside counsel and helping them manage, protect, and exploit their intellectual property assets. Melissa enjoys great relationships with her clients and is a trusted advocate working closely with them to help solve trademark prosecution issues, enforcement, and other complex IP transactional matters.
Eleanor Lackman, Partner, MSK
Eleanor M. Lackman, Co-Chair of MSK’s Intellectual Property practice group, is a nationally recognized lawyer for copyright, trademark, and media matters. For over 20 years, Eleanor has litigated cases from inception through trial in courts across the country, while counseling copyright and brand owners from creation through protection, licensing, and beyond. Her dedication to her clients’ success has resulted in recognitions from industry trades such as Variety and Billboard and elite legal reviews including Managing IP, World Trademark Review, and Chambers Global and USA, which has recognized her 10 years running and in “Band 1” multiple years in a row for her practicality, creativity, and client service.
Christopher Larkin, T.T.A.B. Judge, USPTO
Christopher C. Larkin was appointed an Administrative Trademark Judge on the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 2016 after 36 years in private practice in New York and Los Angeles, in which he focused on trademark litigation before federal courts and the TTAB, domestic and foreign trademark prosecution, and intellectual property licensing, counseling, and transactional matters.
Steve Larson, Partner, Knobbe Martens
Stephen Larson has extensive experience litigating high-stakes cases in a wide variety of technology areas, including medical devices, biotechnology, software, chemistry, electronics, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals.
Stephen handles cases involving patent, antitrust, trade secret, product liability, class action, trademark, and breach of contract matters. His current practice primarily involves handling complex patent and antitrust cases.
Daniel Latimer, Counsel, American Honda Motor Co., Inc
Daniel Latimer is an accomplished attorney with extensive expertise in intellectual property matters, including trademark, copyright, and publicity rights. As a key member of the legal team at American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Daniel represents the company in various areas, such as trademark clearance and prosecution, copyright clearance, advertising material review, and technology/sponsorship/IP licensing agreements.
Adam Lawton, Counsel, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Adam Lawton is of counsel in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson. He principally represents clients in patent litigation and patent-related antitrust litigation.
Mr. Lawton’s patent litigation experience includes representing companies in technology and pharmaceutical industries at both the trial level and at the Federal Circuit, as well as before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in inter partes review and covered business method review proceedings.
Mai Lin, Partner, East IP
Mai Lin counsels her clients on protecting and enforcing their intellectual property rights in China. She spent over 15 years in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai before returning to the United States in 2021. She is currently based in Los Angeles. While living abroad, Mai worked at major international law firms, advising companies on intellectual property protection in China, including trademark portfolio management, IP enforcement and commercial IP transactions.
Miguel Lopez, IP Counsel, Gilead
Miguel Lopez is a patent attorney with a strong background in biomedical research, including 9 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Miguel has over 10 years of patent prosecution experience and has drafted and prosecuted patents in a variety of technology fields, including medical devices and immunotherapies. Miguel currently serves as in-house patent counsel for Gilead Sciences. Miguel is a graduate of Loyola Law School, and has a Ph.D. and B.S. in microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics from UCLA.
Jason Lott, Managing Attorney for Trademarks Customer Outreach
Nate Lowenstein, Partner, Lowenstein Weatherwax
Nathan Lowenstein is a founding and co-Managing Partner of Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP. He is one of the most active and best performing IPR litigators in the country. Over the five year period from July 2019 to June 2024, Mr. Lowenstein was identified by Patexia as being the nation’s second best performing and eighth most active IPR attorney representing patent owners (out of 3,877 attorneys). Mr. Lowenstein was also identified as the fourth best performing IPR attorney overall (of 5,720 attorneys who participated in IPR proceedings). Mr. Lowenstein is also an experienced appellate litigator and has been lead counsel in dozens of Federal Circuit appeals.
Katie McNutt, Morrison & Foerster
Katie McNutt is an associate in Morrison Foerster’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group.
Katie litigates cases and counsels clients on matters involving patents, copyrights, and trade secrets across a range of industries. She recently assisted a client in obtaining summary judgment to establish that its activities hosting an online marketplace were protected from liability for copyright infringement under the safe harbor provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and helped a healthcare client secure summary judgment of no trade secret misappropriation in a case involving wearable technology. Katie has also conducted patent analyses for a biotechnology client and supported a global technology company in defending its patents in post-grant proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Melinda Michalerya, IP Counsel, Advanced Bionics
Melinda Michalerya is an experienced legal professional specializing in intellectual property law, currently serving as IP Counsel at Advanced Bionics since March 2022. Prior roles include General Counsel at IQAir, where responsibilities encompassed managing an intellectual property portfolio, ensuring compliance with various regulations, and advising upper management on legal strategies. Melinda has also held positions as a Patent Consultant and Analyst at Reed Tech, Director of Business Development and Patent Counsel at WiLAN Technologies, and Intellectual Property Counsel at Edwards Lifesciences. Early career experiences include roles as a Patent Attorney at Alphatec Spine and ExxonMobil Chemical. Melinda holds a JD in Patent Law from the University of Houston Law Center and a BS in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
Heather Molleur, Managing Director, IP, Micron Technologies, Inc
Heather has over 20 years of experience in patent and trademark law, having worked at a law firm and at multiple corporations and start-up companies as an in-house IP attorney. Heather’s current role at Micron is focused on patent development and strategy as well as trademarks and anti-counterfeiting.
Eric Moore, Partner, Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
Eric Moore is a fierce advocate for his clients’ intellectual property, whether liaising with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or advising on patent litigation. He prepares and prosecutes patent applications for communications technologies, complex software and information technology, and electronics and semiconductor technologies.
After completing law school in 2015, Eric began his IP career by joining the USPTO as a patent examiner. During his tenure, he quickly earned a reputation for his outstanding work quality and high production rates.
Scott Moore, Senior Lead PTAB Judge, USPTO
Acting Senior Lead Administrative Patent Judge Scott C. Moore was appointed to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on July 14, 2014. Judge Moore began his legal career at the law firm of Irell & Manella, LLP. Prior to his appointment to the PTAB, Judge Moore was a partner at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, LLP. Judge Moore earned his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Matt Stratton, Deputy General Counsel, Dr. Squatch
Matt Stratton is the Deputy General Counsel of Dr. Squatch, a high-growth leader in personal care products. He is responsible for helping the company navigate the myriad legal issues it encounters. These include litigation, intellectual property, marketing/claims substantiation, employment disputes, and consumer protection laws.
Matt is also the primary legal adviser to the founders of a stealth AI startup. It’s product will solve IP infringement and copyright authorship problems arising from AI-generated images that presently vex corporate marketing departments and content creators.
Mark Wisniewski, Senior Director of Biopharmaceuticals, UCLA Technology Development Group
Mark Wisniewski is the Senior Director of Biopharmaceuticals for the UCLA Technology Development Group. He is responsible for the life science and biopharma intellectual property developed at UCLA, including managing licensing and marketing staff, financial management of the portfolio and outreach to inventors and industry. His career spanned multiple roles in biotech management, entrepreneurship and product commercialization in both start-up to Fortune 100 companies.
Hank White, Attorney, Irell & Manela
Hank White is an associate in the Litigation group. He earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law and his B.S. in Environmental Economics and Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.
Before and during law school, Hank worked as a law clerk at a litigation boutique, where he assisted with intellectual property litigation and prosecution.
Hank is a registered patent attorney.
Conrad Wong, Senior Attorney, China Team, Office of Policy and International Affairs & Intellectual Property Officer for Guangzhou, China, USPTO
Conrad Wong is a Senior Attorney with the China Team in the Office of Policy and International Affairs at the headquarters of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in Alexandria, Virginia. He specializes in American and Chinese intellectual property law and enforcement matters, formulates and promotes U.S. intellectual property policy, and assists rights holders in registering and protecting their intellectual property assets.
Jane Xia, Senior Counsel Patents, Johnson & Johnson
Jane Xia is a senior counsel at Johnson & Johnson, where she specializes in patent strategy, portfolio development, licensing, and IP-related transactions. She has extensive experiences in supporting the full lifecycle of pharmaceutical development from early discovery through clinical stages, helping to protect company’s innovative assets across multiple therapeutic areas. Before joining Johnson & Johnson, Jane worked at leading law firms, advising biotech clients on building and managing IP portfolios and representing clients in complex licensing negotiations and acquisition deals, ensuring that the client’s IP is strategically positioned to maximize value and commercial potential.
Galen Yu, Partner, Foley & Lardner
Galen Yu is a partner and intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Electronics Practice.
Before entering law school, Galen worked for Pong Research Corporation, where he configured passive antennas in cellphone cases to reduce the magnitude of electromagnetic waves radiating from face-sides of cellphones.
Raffi Zerounian, Partner, Hanson Bridgett
Raffi specializes in intellectual property and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on trademark and copyright litigation.
Raffi has a 360-degree trademark practice, handling all facets of counseling, clearance, prosecution, enforcement, and litigation. He has pursued hundreds of trademark enforcement disputes and has been lead counsel in many federal court trademark infringement actions. He has extensively litigated opposition and cancellation proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, as well as domain name disputes through the Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy (UDRP).
Michael McCue, Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
Michelle Armond, Founding Partner, Armond Wilson LLP
Todd Adler, Senior Managing Counsel, Oracle
Lisa Willis, Head of Legal, Global Apparel Company
Toshihiko Aikawa, Partner, Orion International Patent Office
Scott Boalick, Chief Judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO
Nick Bassil, Partner (London), Kilburne & Strode
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