January 24–27, 2022
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Speakers

Program Co-Hosts

Gene Quinn

President & CEO

IPWatchdog, Inc.

Scott McKeown

Shareholder, Post-Grant Proceedings Practice

Wolf Greenfield

Program Speakers

Meredith Addy

Meredith Addy

Co-Founder & Intellectual Property Litigator

AddyHart P.C.

Erika Harmon Arner

Partner

Finnegan

Heath Briggs

Global Co-Chair of Patent Prosecution

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Jim Carmichael

James Carmichael

Founder and Managing Partner

Carmichael IP, PLLC

Sharon Crane

Member

Rothwell Figg

James Davis

Partner

Ropes & Gray

Tim Fink

Partner

O’Melveny & Myers

Greg Gardella

Managing Principal, Gardella Grace

Adam Gill

Founder and Managing Director

GLS Capital, LLC

Lori Gordon

Partner

Perkins Coie

Kevin Greenleaf

Counsel, Leader of PostGrant Group, IP & Technology Practice

Dentons

Greg Gulliver

Founding Member

AddyHart P.C.

Joshua Harris

Senior Vice President

Burford Capital

Matt Johnson

Partner, Jones Day

Kevin Laurence

Founding Member

Laurence & Phillips IP Law

Nick-Matich-McKool-Smith

Nicholas Matich

Principal, IP Practice

McKool Smith

David McCombs

Partner

Haynes Boone, LLP

Scott McKeown

Shareholder, Post-Grant Proceedings Practice

Wolf Greenfield

James Murphy

Shareholder

Polsinelli PC

Kayvan Noroozi

Founding Partner

Noroozi PC

Heather Petruzzi

Partner

WilmerHale

Gene Quinn

President & CEO

IPWatchdog, Inc.

Teresa Rea

Partner, Crowell Moring; Former Acting Director USPTO

Alison Richards

Partner

Global IP Law Group

Matthew Rizzolo

Matthew Rizzolo

Partner

Ropes & Gray

Michael Rosato

Partner

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

David Ruschke

Chief Judge, Patent and Trial Appeal Board (PTAB)

Stephanie Schonewald

Stephanie Schonewald

Partner

Choate, Hall & Stewart

Aarti Shah

Partner

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Sean Thompson

Director of IP Investment Strategies and General Counsel

Parabellum Capital

Sarah Tsou

Portfolio Manager of Global Intellectual Property and Senior Investment Manager

Omni Bridgeway

Wendy Verlander

Managing Shareholder

Verlander LLP

Todd Walters

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

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Scott Weidenfeller

Partner

Covington & Burling LLP

Mitch Yang

Partner

Carmichael IP, PLLC

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