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IP Counsel cafe
Annual Palo Alto Meeting

HIDDEN RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES
in a
Looming Economic Downturn

May 2-4, 2023
Crowne Plaza Palo Alto

In every downturn, there are risks but also opportunities. We entered 2023 with much uncertainty. Companies have been bracing for an economic downturn that may or may not happen. This has led to budget cuts, IP portfolio pruning and an uptick in different types of litigation. Seasoned IP professionals are preparing for hidden risks, but hindsight tells us there are always hidden opportunities. Investments and fundraising are being redirected to different areas. Tech and Innovation are still booming, but in which areas? Where are we seeing an uptick in investment? Where are companies continuing to innovate and generate new IP when purse strings are tight? What must IP Counsel do in the current environment to protect their clients and come out ahead? Hear from 80+ IP Counsel. Don’t get left behind. Join us at the Annual Palo Alto Meeting on May 2-4!

CLE: This program is eligible for CLE in the State of California. If you need CLE from another State, you may be able to submit an individual application. California is also on the List of Approved Jurisdictions in several States.

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
- Hidden Opportunities: Where are we seeing an Uptick in IP Investments?
- Strategic IP Alliances During an Economic Downturn
- Open Source Risks in Tech & Life Sciences
- Data and AI Risk Management, Privacy, and Monetization in Tech & Life Sciences
- Evolving Litigation Trends: NPEs at Home and Abroad
- What IP Tools are IP Counsel using to Increase Efficiencies?

And more!
NEW! Product & IP Counsel Track!
PLUS! Women Leaders Program:
“Becoming Powerful at Work”
AGENGA is here.

 

THANK YOU TO OUR SPEAKING FACULTY
MAY 2-4, 2023 | PALO ALTO

 

KAVITA AGGARWAL
Vice President, Legal
Coupa

STEVEN BALCOF
Partner
Desmarais LLP

SUVASHIS BHATTACHARYA
Senior Counsel - Product & IP
Hubspot

ARCHANA BHUTA
Head of IP Legal
SRI

MICHEAL BINNS
Associate General Counsel, Head of Patent Portfolio Strategy, Family of Apps
Meta

MICAH BLOCK
Partner
DavisPolk

JEFF BOLLAND
IP Counsel
10x Genomics

HONORABLE JACQUELINE BONILLA
Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge
USPTO

KERRI BRAUN
Senior Corporate Counsel
Cisco

SUBROTO BOSE
Assistant General Counsel, IP Strategy & Development
Marvell Technology

KATHERINE BROCKWAY
Associate General Counsel, IP Litigation
Meta

KEVIN BROWN
Vice President, Head of Legal
TenSixteen Bio

RENEE BROWN
Director, IP
LinkedIn

XIAO CHANG
Senior Corporate Counsel
Cisco Systems

WILL CHENG
Senior Patent Counsel
LinkedIn

MICHAEL CHERNOFF
Managing Director, Strategic IP Services
Murgitroyd

ALEX CHEN
Head of Patent Litigation & Risk Mitigation
TikTok

THOMAS CHIA
Senior Director, Patents & Corporate Development
Via Licensing Corporation

JEAN-PAUL CIARDULLO
Partner
Foley & Lardner

MIKE COLE
Managing Counsel
Mercedes-Benz R&D NA

EMILY COLLINS
Partner
Kilburn & Strode

JEFF DRAEGER
Vice President, Director Intel Patent Group
Intel

JONAE FELTON
Senior Patent Engineer & Patent Counsel
Mercedes-Benz R&D NA

CHRISTINE FOO
Associate General Counsel
Meta

THOMAS GEORGE
Associate General Counsel, Head of Patent Group
Samsung Research America

ELAINE HARWELL
Partner & Privacy Officer
Procopio

DIANE GABL KRATZ
Director, IP Strategy & Operations
Dolby Laboratories

RICK GILMORE
Shareholder & Registered Patent Attorney
Maschoff Brennan

LORIE GOINS
Head of IP Strategy
Kyndryl

STEVE GONG
Head of Data Science, PMO & Operations, Patent Counsel
Google

TROY GRABOW
Associate General Counsel, Patents
PAX Labs
(former)

SARAH GUSKE
Partner
Baker Botts

KANDA ISHIHARA
Senior IP Counsel
Lyft

PETER JOVANOVIC
Legal Director, IP
Dell

MILAN KAPADIA
Senior IP Counsel
Palo Alto Networks

KARINEH KHACHATOURIAN
Managing Partner & Litigator
KXT Law

SHEEMA KHAN
Patents
Kinaxis

JAMES KIRYAKOZA
IP Counsel, Analytics
Block

ANTOINETTE KONSKI
Partner
Foley & Lardner

JOSEPH KUCERA
Director, IP Strategy
Pure Storage

CHARU KURANI
Associate General Counsel, Patents
Meta

KRISTIN LAMB
Associate General Counsel
OURA

JENNIFER LANGENBERGER
Director of IP
Penn Center for Innovation

MICHAEL LEE
Head of Patents
Google

KARINA LEVITIAN
Associate General Counsel, Patents & Litigation
Roku

HELEN LI
Associate Director of Patents and Patent Portfolio Manager of AI Innovations
Intel

LILY LIM
Assistant General Counsel, IP & Software
Fortive

ERIC LIN
Senior Patent Counsel
Genentech

CHRIS LUBECK
Head of IP
Luminar

DOUGLAS LUFTMAN
VP & Deputy General Counsel
DocuSign
(former)

SHUBHA LUTHRA
IP Portfolio Manager
Kudelski Group

SARAH MACDONALD
Senior Corporate Litigation Counsel
Oracle

MICHAEL MARTIN
Assistant General Counsel, Patents
Workday

THOMAS MATHEW
Senior Patent Counsel
Align Technology

ERIN MEHTA
Senior Corporate Counsel, IP
Northrop Grumman
(to be confirmed)

SANJEEV MEHTA
Associate General Counsel and Director, IP Litigation
Verizon

ELIZABETH MORRIS
Legal Director of IP & Product
Pure Storage

NIDHI NAHAR
Head of Patents and Open Source
Block

DEV NARASIMHAN
Patent Portfolio Manager
CoMotion at University of Washington

MICHELLE PARK
Senior Director, Product & IP
Snowflake

JAMES PINYERD
Senior IP Counsel
SRI International

SCOTT POJUNAS
Senior Product Counsel, Google Cloud AI
Google

VISHNU RAMASWAMY
Director, Patent Asset & Development
Western Digital

CHUCK SHOLTZ
Vice President, IP
Nutcracker Therapeutics

GEORGE SIMION
Associate General Counsel & Senior Director of IP
Palo Alto Networks

MICHAEL SOCHOR
Director of IP
Forescout Technologies
(former)

ARI STEINER
IP Counsel
Palantir

TARIANNA STEWART, PhD
Core IP Licensing Executive
IBM

TARA STUART
Associate General Counsel, IP
Gilead Sciences

GAIL SU
Senior Counsel
Google

NIGEL SWYCHER
CEO
Cipher

CATHERINE TORNABENE
Deputy General Counsel, IP
Aurora Innovation

OLIVIA TSAI
Assistant General Counsel, Head of IP
Cruise

REBECCA UNRUH
Deputy General Counsel, IP & Transactions
EagleView

JYOTI UPPULURI
Head of Patent Portfolio Strategy, Reality Labs
Meta

VALENCIA MARTIN WALLACE
Deputy Commissioner for Patents
UPSTO

KEVIN WANG
CEO
FOSSA

BRAD WAUGH
Associate General Counsel
Intel

ANDREW WHITEHEAD
Assistant General Counsel
Genentech

FRANCES WINKLER
Legal Operations Manager
Pure Storage

ADA WONG
Vice President, IP
InterVenn BioSciences

GILBERT WONG
Global Head of IP
Block

SUE XIA
Lead Counsel - Patents & Open Source
Walmart

WADE YAMAZAKI
Supervising Principal Counsel, IP
Cruise

ERIC ZAISER
Senior Patent Counsel
Google

SAM ZUN
Director & Associate General Counsel
Shopify

 
 

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