Speakers

CO-CHAIRS

Brian Anderson

Formerly Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, IP Litigation
Allergan

Pearl T. L. Siew

Senior Vice President and Head, Intellectual Property
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Honorable Mitchell S. Goldberg

District Judge
Eastern of Pennsylvania

Honorable Christopher J. Burke

Magistrate Judge
District of Delaware

Honorable Tonianne J. Bongiovanni

Magistrate Judge
District of New Jersey

Honorable Roy Payne

Magistrate Judge
Eastern District of Texas

U.S.P.T.O'S PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

Honorable Jacqueline Wright Bonilla

Vice Chief, Administrative Patent Judge

Honorable Michelle N. Ankenbrand

Lead Administrative Patent Judge

Honorable Rama G. Elluru

Administrative Patent Judge

GOVERNMENT

Markus H. Meier

Acting Director, Bureau of Competition

Grail Sipes

Deputy Center Director for Regulatory Policy, CDER

Maryll Toufanian (Invited)

Director, FDA Office of Generic Drug Policy, CDER

IN-HOUSE COUNSEL

Karen E. Brown

Senior Vice President, Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs
Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc.

Neal Dahiya

Assistant General Counsel – Patents
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Ryan M. Daniel

Chief Patent Counsel Region North America
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC

Stephanie Donahue

Senior Director, Patent Litigation
Sanofi

Henry Gu

Vice President, Chief IP Counsel
Akebia Therapeutics

Rekha Hanu, Ph.D, J.D

Executive Director, Chief IP Counsel
Akorn Pharmaceuticals

Brian Hirsch

Vice President, Global IP Head of North America
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

Jenny Johnson

Senior Patent Counsel
Endo Pharmaceuticals

Alison Kessler

Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel
Cosette Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Matthew McWilliams

Senior Patent Attorney
Amneal Pharmaceuticals

Donna Meuth

Associate General Counsel, IP
Eisai

Jennifer Grant Moitoso

Vice President, Regional Head of IP
Takeda

Mary Morry

Counsel
Merck & Company

Brian Stone

Vice President Assistant Global General Counsel Regulatory
Mylan

Lars Taavola

Senior Patent Counsel
Amneal Pharmaceuticals

Kevin Zive

Vice President – Global Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs
Apotex Inc.

LAW FIRMS

Takanori Abe

Founder
Abe & Partners

David B. Abramowitz

Partner
Locke Lord LLP

Aziz Burgy

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Kathleen B. Carr

Member
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Andrea Cheek

Partner
Knobbe Martens

Alan B. Clement

Partner
Locke Lord LLP

Dominick A. Conde

Partner
Venable LLP

David G. Conlin

Member
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Evan Diamond

Partner
King & Spalding

Gerald J. Flattmann, Jr.

Partner
King & Spalding

Jeffrey R. Gargano

Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Vishal Gupta

Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Michael Kahn

Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Pilar G. Kraman

Partner
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP

Noah M. Leibowitz

Partner
Dechert LLP

Christopher Loh

Partner
Venable LLP

John J. Molenda

Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Gregory A. Morris

Partner
Honigman LLP

Michael K. Nutter

Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP

Joseph O’Malley

Partner
Paul Hastings

Matthew Pearson

Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Adam Perlman

Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP

Liane M. Peterson

Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP

Stephen S. Rabinowitz

Partner
Dechert LLP

Irena Royzman

Partner
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

David Silverstein

Partner
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Michael Sitzman

Partner
DLA Piper

Shashank Upadhye

Partner
Upadhye Cwik LLP

Jeanna M. Wacker

Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Mark E. Waddell

Partner
Loeb & Loeb LLP

Bruce Wexler

Paul Hastings
Brand

Alyson Wooten

Director
Berkeley Research Group LLC