Speakers
Chairs
Hon. Teresa Rea
Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP
(Former Acting Director of the USPTO)
Laura DeMoor
Associate General Counsel, IP
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Andrea D. Tiglio, PhD, JD
Executive Director
Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Judges
Hon. Tonianne J. Bongiovanni
Magistrate Judge
United States District Court, District of New Jersey
Hon. Christopher J. Burke
Magistrate Judge
United States District Court, District of Delaware
Hon. John F. Murphy
District Judge
United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(Visiting Judge, District of Delaware)
Government
Rebecca Egeland
Attorney
Federal Trade Commission
Honorable Linda Horner
Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Honorable Grace Obermann
Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Mary C. Till
Senior Legal Advisor
Office of Patent Legal Administration
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
In-House Counsel
Ryan M. Daniel
VP, Associate General Counsel, Corporate and Business Transactions
Biopharmaceuticals
Fresenius Kabi, LLC
Sarah Fendrick, Ph.D., J.D.
Director, Patent Counsel
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Ryan Kaat
Assistant General Counsel
PhRMA
Neema Kumar
Vice President, IP, North America
Sandoz
Lars P. Taavola
VP, Chief IP Counsel & General
Counsel, Specialty Generics
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Joshua Sanders
Vice President, Global IP, Litigation, and Employment Law
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
Maryll W. Toufanian
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Strategy and Policy
Amneal Pharmaceuticals
Outside Counsel
John T. Bennett
Partner
Allen & Overy LLP
Aziz Burgy
Partner
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Arlene Chow
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Liz Cohen
Partner
Bristows LLP
Jay R. Deshmukh
Partner
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP
Tasha Francis Gerasmiow
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Eric Grannon
Partner
White & Case LLP
Steven J. Horowitz
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Tom Irving
Partner
The Marbury Law Group, PLLC
Maarika L Kimbrell
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sara W. Koblitz
Director
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara PC
Richard Kurz
Partner
Haug Partners LLP
Justin A. Maleson
Director
Longford Capital Management LP
Ted Mathias
Partner
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Vikram A. Mathrani
Partner
Hongiman LLP
Alejandro Menchaca
Shareholder
McAndrews, Hel & Malloy, Ltd
Gregory A. Morris
Partner
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Kevin Nelson
Partner
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Kevin E. Noonan
Partner
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
James T. Peterka
Partner
Locke Lord LLP
Adam W. Poff
Partner
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
William A. Rakoczy
Founding Partner
Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP
Joseph Reisman
Partner
Knobbe Martens
Irena Royzman
Partner
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Emily Larrimer Savas
Partner
Locke Lord LLP
Emer Simic
Partner
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Anita Spieth
Co-Chair, IP Litigation
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Shashank Upadhye
Partner
Upadhye Tang LLP
(Former Vice President – Global IP, Apotex, Inc.)
Ruud van der Velden
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Ha Kung Wong
Partner
Venable LLP
