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Welcome to the inaugural edition of IPStars - Top 250 Women in IP, the defini-tive guide to the leading female intellec-

tual property attorneys in the United States.The nominated partners appearing in Top 250

Women in IP were chosen based upon the rank-ings of the 2013 edition of IP Stars, researchedbetween June 2012 and April 2013. That re-search included thousands of interviews and sur-veys by IP partners and law firms across theUnited States.

The most prominent female attorneys from thatprocess make up the Top 250 Women in IP.

Top 250 Women in IP aims to go beyondmerely identifying the players; it also seeks tointroduce many of them individually to thereader through editorial covering salient casematters, notable clients, career milestones, etc.The publication also features insight offeredfrom a few of the partners themselves, throughQ&A articles.

We would like to thank the law firms and in-house counsel who took the time to participate inour annual research process for IP Stars. Yourknowledge and insights have contributed to oursuccess by ensuring that our content reflects themost current trends and information available forthe domestic IP market.

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PATTY THAYERSidley Austin in San Francisco and Palo Alto

Why did you decide to go to law school? I thought throughout high school andthe beginning of college that I wanted toend up in some area of scientific re-search, most likely biomedical research.That’s where I thought my strengths andinterests were, but somewhere betweensophomore and junior year of college Ihad this real sort of an “Aha!” momentwhen it dawned on me that I was a greatstudent of science, but I was not a scien-tist. At that point I didn’t have a plan B atall, and I ended up spending the sum-mers doing research work. My step-mother was a lawyer at a legal aid clinicand I ended staying that summer withher and my father volunteering at theclinic. It was a wonderful summer ofdoing fact investigations and learninghow to do legal research. I then decidedto go to law school.

How did you get into patent litigation?It was a stroke of pure wonderful luck.Patent law was not taught at Harvard,and I had never even heard of it duringmy time there from 1976 to 1979. Theonly IP that was ever taught was the oc-casional copyright course, and eventhen it was not taught every year. I wasset to become a securities litigator whenI spent a weekend with an NYU law stu-dent and flipped through her placementbook. I just happened to open up to apage on a firm called Fish & Neave. Iread the description of the firm, and atthe time I did not know it, but it was oneof the top two or three patent litigationfirms in the country. Their resume fasci-nated me; it talked about Alexander Gra-ham Bell and the Wright Brothers. The

next day I was in New York doing somecall-back interviews to determine whereI would go to be a securities litigator. Atlunch I decided to walk into Fish &Neave and ask to see the hiring partner.He just happened to be there that day,and he met with me. I accepted a jobthere and I have not looked back since.The judge with whom I had clerked ob-jected, as she likened patent law to beingworse than tax. Fortunately, that was theone time in my life that I didn’t followher advice. I have not considered a jobchange in my legal field ever since.

What would you say is the mostrewarding aspect of your career?Litigation really requires a complex setof skills to do it well. It involves writing,speaking, strategizing, and thinking wayahead. It is a like a very expensive chessmatch, which is just highly stimulatingat all times. I’m always learning some-thing new about science and technologythat I did not know before, and this iswhy I’ve never contemplated changingmy specialization. It is an amazinglycomplicated, interesting, and challeng-ing world that I live in. On a daily basis,I get to deal with some of the world’smost incredible scientific minds, whichis so rewarding. I cannot tell you howmany times I have been in a room assist-ing a client and I feel in awe of their in-telligence, humanity, and dedication.

What have been some of your mostmemorable cases?There are three particular cases thatcome to mind where I’ve had the privi-lege to represent a company for which

Patty Thayer, a partner at Sidley Austin’s San Francisco and Palo Alto officesand head of Sidley’s West Coast IP litigation practice, took time to talk to IPTop 50 about the evolution of patent litigation and how she began her careeralmost 30 years ago.

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the litigation was profoundly importantto the business and the very existence ofthe company. I represented Lab Vision inBioGenex v. Lab Vision, a breach of con-tract and theft of trade secrets case inwhich the plaintiff was seeking to shutdown Lab Vision entirely. It was a 10-week arbitration in which we built a suc-cessful defense. If we had lost the case,the company would not have survived.The second case was a patent in-

fringement case General Electric v.SonoSite, in which I representedSonoSite, a small handheld diagnosticultrasound company. It was another sit-uation where it was really not just a mat-ter of money changing hands; it was amatter of the basic business of the com-pany being threatened. There were twocases that ultimately settled with a $21million payment plus running royaltiesto SonoSite. The third case was Conceptus v. Ho-

logic, in which I represented Conceptus,which had been in the market for per-manent, non-surgical female birth con-trol for seven years. The legal bills alonewere something that could impact theprofitability of the company. The case

settled and Hologic agreed to take itscompeting product off the market andConceptus was awarded $18.8 million.The stakes were really high because thatone product was the foundation of Con-ceptus’ business.

What have you noticed about patentlitigation that has changed since youstarted your career?Everything has changed since I started.It is profound how different patent litiga-tion is today. When I started, it was rareto have a patent case that would go totrial before a jury. Today, all plaintiffsask for a jury, which is a fundamentallydifferent dynamic than a trial before ajudge. Also, there were precious fewwomen on the bench or in the practicein 1984 and certainly very few femalepatent litigators back then. That haschanged remarkably. There are still a lotmore men in this area than women.However, there are tons of women in-house managing patent litigation now.Back when I first started in this area, Iwould never see a woman in-house withclients. That has evened out a great deal.It is really a great field with a lot of teach-

ing involved and wonderful for some-body who enjoys the technology aspectof it.

What advice would you give to aspiringpatent attorneys?A lot of people go into litigation havingbackgrounds in theater or debate andlook forward to being in court being ontheir feet and oral advocacy. But what’smore important in many cases is thewritten word. It is very important that ifyou are not already a great writer thatyou become one, because everything wedo starts with the written word. Beforeyou ever get a chance to talk to a judgeor a jury you have a tremendous amountof written communication that you haveto do successfully, clearly, and correctly.There is a lot that has to go right for yourclient in a patent case before you everget to any trial. And you need to win atall the stages, not just at trial. Then youhave to win again in the Federal Circuit,which is all about writing. And of course,the Federal Circuit overturns cases allthe time. The reversal rate of patentcases is extremely high, so the writingskills are incredibly important.


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The field of patent litigation andprosecution has changed dramat-ically over the past 25 years. In

the early days of patent practice, generalpractice law firms would refer patentcases to small patent boutiques. As thelaw and technology developed, thesegeneral practice firms began developingtheir own internal patent practices. Sixwomen listed in IP Top 250 took time totalk about their experiences breakinginto the field, how it has changed, andthe advice they have for aspiring patentattorneys.

Lisa Haile at DLA Piper in San Diegostarted her career as a bench scientistdoing cancer research. As much as sheloved science and medicine, being in thelab was not what she was enjoying. Shedecided to become a patent attorney be-cause she would be able to keep hercore expertise intact. Since her graduation from law school

in 1991, she has seen changes at thepatent process level, such as through theUSPTO, and at the federal level with theenactment of new laws and procedures.For example in March 2013 the UScaught up with the rest of the world andwent on a first-to-file system, in whichthe date of invention is irrelevant com-pared to the first filing for protection.This legislation changed the way attor-neys will practice going forward. A litigator at Kenyon & Kenyon in

Palo Alto, Megan Whyman Olesek dis-cussed the changes around patent liti-gation plaintiffs. She noted thatlitigation used to be mainly betweenmarket competitors, but now there aremany more cases brought by patent

owning entities as the plaintiff andmultiple competitors sued by that sameplaintiff that must now cooperate witheach other. “It has become much moreimportant for an IP litigator to be ableto collaborate and negotiate with otherpeople to achieve a successful resultfor the client,” said Olesek, whosechoice to become a lawyer stemmedfrom her enjoyment of writing, argu-ing, and public speaking. As the law has changed, so has the

pace of the practice. “When I first startedout, we were just barely using e-mail,”said Maria Anderson at KnobbeMartens Olson & Bear in Seattle, who

worked at IBM doing software testingbefore attending law school. “The tech-nology that we had been working on andpatenting is the same technology thathas increased our pace and done a lot tochange the scope of the practice.”

Erika Harmon Arner at FinneganHenderson Farabow Garrett & Dunnerin Reston, VA, graduated a computer sci-ence major from William & Mary. Whenin law school, she realized that patentlaw was a great option for people with ascientific background, because it allowsthem to stay in touch with the technol-ogy. She practices both contentious andnon-contentious work; handling patent

To be able to understand and break down complex ideas and communicate them in a way that makes sense to anyoneis the trademark of a patent attorney. To do this, it is beneficial for an aspiring attorney breaking into the field to have atechnical or scientific background. Now more than ever, industries including medical, pharmaceutical, electrical, andcomputer and information technology have a growing need for representation in patent matters.

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appeals, client counseling, and trials forthe patent office, as well as managingpatent drafting and prosecution. She saidthe most interesting part of her practiceright now, however, revolves aroundnew trial proceedings which have twoterms for them: post-grant review andinter partes review. These proceedingscame with the creation of a patent trialboard at the USPTO. This trial board cre-ated a way for third parties to challengeissued patents in a trial before expertpatent judges within the USPTO. Arnerserved as lead counsel on the very firstone that was filed in September 2012,and prevailed after going through trialand arguing the case before the USPTO. Arner advises aspiring attorneys not

to just start on day one and think that allthey are going to do is be a patent litiga-

tor. “There are so many different aspectsof patent law, and really understandinghow patent application is written andwhat the negotiation is like at the patentoffice on the front end will make you abetter patent litigator,” she said. All of these changesare what make a

career in patent law so rewarding, saythe lawyers interviewed for IP Top 250.“It hasn’t been boring,” said MartaGross, a litigator at Goodwin Procter inNew York, who started her career as achemical engineer while attending lawschool in the evenings. “I am constantlymeeting new people, learning new tech-nology, and keeping current with things.The career not only develops as the lawdevelops, but it also develops as the tech-nology develops.” On the non-contentious side, Roberta

Horton at Arnold & Porter in Washing-ton, DC, has often found her trademarkwork interesting and engaging. Shenoted one memorable example in whichshe was involved in sending cease anddesist letters to a man who had a “PGA”golf driving range. Her client, the Profes-sional Golfers’ Association of America,was not too thrilled. The man said thereason he named the range “PGA” wasonly because his kids were named Peter,George, and Antonia. Being in the patent field also affords

attorneys the opportunity to meet withsome of the brightest minds in the world,including Nobel Prize winners, leadingtechnological experts, and cutting-edgeinventors. “I likely would not have hadinteractions with these people if I hadstayed a bench scientist,” said Haile. “Iget to see these new inventions and newinnovations before anyone else does, be-fore it hits the newspapers or the Inter-net. It is exciting when I get to be a partof it, and to a small extent I feel like I livevicariously through some of my clientsbecause I still am so intrigued by the sci-ence part of what I do.”

Whether aspiring patent attorneyswant to focus on contentious or non-contentious matters, it’s important to beboth proactive and passionate. “The dif-ference between a good patent attorneyand an exceptional patent attorney isthe attorney who takes that extra timeand effort to do some background re-search and understands the client’stechnology and what others in thatsame field are doing,” said Haile. Grossagrees that a good way to develop skillsets is to look at matters from theclient’s perspective. To be able to givethe most practical advice you have tolook at not only the legal issues but thebusiness side as well. If you understandexactly what the client is trying to ac-complish you can give the most practi-cal advice. Anderson agrees that thecombination of caring about your clientand the quality of your work will go thelongest way in terms of client satisfac-tion and personal satisfaction.

“I get to see these newinventions and newinnovations beforeanyone else does,before it hits the

newspapers or theInternet. It is excitingwhen I get to be a part

of it, and to a smallextent I feel like I livevicariously throughsome of my clients

because I still am sointrigued by the

science part of what Ido.”

“The differencebetween a good patent

attorney and anexceptional patent

attorney is theattorney who takesthat extra time andeffort to do some

background researchand understands the

client’s technology andwhat others in that

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RACHEL KREVANSMorrison & Foerster

How did you get into law, specifically IPlitigation?I was in my 20s and living in Alaskawhen I decided I wanted to be a lawyer.When I applied to law school, I was verymuch afraid that there would be somepart of the application process where Ihad to explain why I wanted to be alawyer, and I really did not know. As itturned out, no onecared. I worked forgeneral practice firms in Alaska duringmy summers in law school. At the time,I had never heard of patent law or patentlitigation. It was the early 80s, and ex-cept for some specialized schools, IPwas not a class that was generally taughtin most law schools. It was just notsomething you would encounter as itwas a very specialized area of the law.

I started at Morrison & Foerster aftermy family, who lived in the Bay Area,convinced me to move to San Francisco.I started as a tax lawyer, because at thetime that’s what I thought I wanted to be.I was eventually recruited to the litiga-tion department, at which time I had stillnever heard of IP law. While I was a gen-eral litigator, Morrison got into IP lawafter a big client became involved intheir first US IP dispute. My colleaguesworking on the case did not have IP ex-perience, but learned it specifically sothey could handle the case. I did notwork on that case, but the people whodid said that it was good stuff, the trialswere interesting, and questioned whythe firm wasn’t doing more IP work. Anumber of people at the firm startedworking in IP, and I became involved as

a senior associate and then as a youngpartner, just as part of the general trialpractice. It wasn’t a specialty yet, it wasmore like, “Here’s a new case, it hap-pens to be a patent case.” Then we hadthis genius idea that we should go outand find people who did this exotic thingcalled patent prosecution and bringthem into our general practice firm. Wepartnered with a biotech patent prosecu-tion law firm and were introduced to thelife sciences.

For about 10 years starting in theearly 1990s, I did quite a bit of IP litiga-tion on and off but I did not think of my-self as a specialist because I still had amixture of cases. As I got more senior, Istarted working with clients who had alot of IP controversy work, both plaintiffand defense, but mostly on the plaintiffside. I started doing more and morework for these clients, and it pushedeverything else off my docket. Therecame a point where I woke up one dayand I was doing nothing but IP litigation.It was really an evolution.

Would you say that being in SanFrancisco played a key role in yourtransition to IP? What is it like to be awoman in the field?Being in San Francisco was key to Mor-rison & Foerster and to me gettingdeeply involved in biotech IP. San Fran-cisco was one of the first two places inthe country where there was a seri-ousamount of biotech research going on,the other place being the Boston/Cam-bridge area.

Rachel Krevans started out her legal career as a tax lawyer. More than 20years later, she’s serving as one of the lead counsel for Apple in the high-stakes patent infringement case Apple v. Samsung and as the chairperson ofMorrison & Foerster’s intellectual property litigation practice group. She tooktime to speak with IP Top 250 about her start in patent litigation andsubsequent career experiences.

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The other issue relevant to being inCalifornia is that there were not and stillare not many women in IP, particularlyin the electronics side of IP. There are alot of women who do prosecution inbiotech fields, fewer women who do liti-gation, very few women who are first-chair trial lawyers of any kind, and evenfewer of them in IP. This is because thefirms who traditionally worked on theengineering side were patent boutiquesin which everyone had a technical back-ground. The number of engineeringgraduates that come out of school everyyear in the US was and is overwhelm-ingly male, which plays a big role inwhy you see more men than women inthese fields. There are a lot of peoplewho think you have to have a technicalbackground to do what I do. I don’t havea technical background, and I do justfine.

Furthermore, for whatever reason,there are still many people who havetrouble with the concept of a woman asa first-chair trial lawyer. However, IP hasbeen a more welcoming field to womenon the West Coast than on the East Coast,another reason being in San Franciscohelped to shape my career.

What are the trends or challenges inpatent litigation and across trial law thatyou have noticed in the past five to 10years?If you compare 10 years ago to today, Ithink the thing that has changed themost is that the majority of patent dis-putes used to be between two companiesthat were both in the same business, andthat business was focused on the tech-

nology the case was about. Now, mostpatent disputes that are filed are be-tween a company that is in the businessof owning patents as a plaintiff and acompany that is in a business of doingsomething with technology as the defen-dant. When you have a patent-owningentity as plaintiff and an operating com-pany as a defendant, it’s a really differentkind of litigation than when you havetwo operating entities against one an-other. This was definitely a factor in theincrease in the number of cases, but italso changed the nature of the cases.

Another change is that the SupremeCourt is much more interested in IP lawnow than it has been in the past three orfour decades. Instead of just thinkingabout how the law will develop based onwhat the Court of Appeals for the Fed-eral Circuit is doing, you now have to beaware of how the law will develop basedon what the Supreme Court is doing andadvise clients in that regard.

What advice would you give to aspiringpatent attorneys? Be fearless. I think that people who re-ally want to be trial lawyers should wantto do IP litigation because there is a lotof it, and the cases try more often thanother kinds of litigation. The trials are re-ally interesting and fun, and it’s a chal-lenging art to try to make the facts ofyour case into a compelling story thatyou can tell the jury. It doesn’t matter ifyou have a background in technology; itjust means that you are going to learn itfor the case. You just cannot be afraid, ei-ther of the technology or of getting up incourt and putting yourself on the line.

You served as one of the lead counsel forApple in Apple v. Samsung. Tell me aboutthe experience.I can’t discuss our work for Apple, but Iwill say that in my entire career I hadnever imagined that I would be standingup in a courtroom calling the next wit-ness to the stand and then hearing a ruf-fle behind me as 150 people put theirhands on their touchscreens or key-boards to start Tweeting or live bloggingabout what I was going to ask the wit-ness. It was an unbelievable feeling.

I had an interesting experience interms of being trained as a trial lawyer.I was not someone who had progressedin my career hitched to a particular part-ner or group of partners. Instead, whenI was a senior associate and then ayoung partner in the litigation depart-ment, I was a bit of a free agent. Iworked with a variety of very skilled sen-ior trial lawyers. What I learned fromthat is that there is no one style or strate-gic viewpoint that is most effective as anapproach to cases. Seeing different peo-ple operate differently and all be suc-cessful was at first bewildering, buteventually proved educational as I real-ized that there wasn’t a specific patternof behavior for me to adopt. Rather, Ineeded to figure out what worked bestfor me.

The reason I like what I do so muchis that I always find things the most in-teresting when I am learning them forthe first time. That’s the great thingabout doing trial work and litigation; inevery case, even if it’s in an area of lawthat you already know, there is always anew set of facts and a new challenge.


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MEREDITH MARTIN ADDYSteptoe & Johnson

KAREN ARTZ ASHKatten Muchin Rosenman

JUANITA BROOKSFish & Richardson

DALE CENDALIKirkland & Ellis

DARALYN DURIEDurie Tangri

NATALIE HANLON-LEHFaegre Baker Daniels

BRENDA JARRELLChoate Hall & Stewart

RACHEL KREVANSMorrison & Foerster

TINA McKEONKilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

PATTY THAYERSidley Austin

ConnecticutLeah Reimer, the co-chairperson of thechemical, material, and life sciences prac-tice at Cantor Colburn, is a Hartford-based patent prosecution attorney whofocuses on polymer and materials sci-ence, pharmaceuticals, and patent law.Her clients include technological compa-nies. Her Cantor Colburn colleague andchemical, material, and life sciences prac-tice co-chairperson Pamela Curbelo spe-cializes in IP agreements and patentapplications. A former IP in-house lawyerfor United Technologies Corporation, shecounsels clients in several industries in-cluding aerospace, automotive, andtelecommunications. Elizabeth “Beth”Alquist at Day Pitney is a trial attorney inHartford. She focuses on patent, trade se-cret, non-competition, trademark, andcopyright matters. Jacqueline Scheib atRobinson & Cole is chairperson of the IPand technology practice group. She fo-cuses on trademark, copyright, and jointventures, and licensing agreements.

DelawareJulia Heaney at Morris Nichols Arsht& Tunnell in Wilmington is a litigator

who specializes in patent and trade secret cases. Her clients include thepharmaceutical, medical devices, andcomputer systems industries. Her col-league Karen Jacobs Louden litigatescopyright, trademark, and contract andlicensing disputes. Patricia Smink Rogowski is based at Novak DruceConnolly Bove + Quigg’s Wilmingtonoffice. She has experience with patent,trademark, and copyright prosecution,including representation of clients be-fore the USPTO. Janet Reed at PotterAnderson & Corroon focuses onpatents in the biotechnology sector. Shealso has experience in licensing anddue diligence matters. Joan Kluger atSchnader Harrison Segal & Lewis prac-tices in the firm’s Wilmington andPhiladelphia offices. She focuses on IPlitigation, patents, and trademarks. Shehas experience counseling clients inthe telecommunications and physicsfields—and has taught physics as a col-lege-level adjunct professor. MelanieSharp at Young Conaway Stargatt &Taylor in Wilmington specializes inpatent litigation and is the chairpersonof the commercial litigation practice atthe firm.

District of ColumbiaPrior to joining Adduci Mastriani &Schaumberg, Deanna Tanner Okunwas a member of the ITC for 12 years.She focuses on IP theft and trade mat-ters. Karol Kepchar at Akin GumpStrauss Hauer & Feld specializes intrademark and copyright matters. Hercasework includes The Coca-Cola Com-pany v. Pepsico and The Nasdaq StockMarket v. Antarctica Srl.

Cristina Carvalho at Arent Fox con-centrates on portfolio management,trademark, and litigation. Admitted topractice in both Brazil and the US, herclient list includes Brazilian soccer leg-end Pelé; Mars, Incorporated; and en-ergy company Petrobas. Pamela Deese,also at Arent Fox, specializes in brandmanagement, licenses, sweepstakes,and advertising. She has experience re-viewing promotional materials andcelebrity endorsements. She representedNBA athlete Jeremy Lin in IP matterssuch as the rights of publicity, and trade-marks, product counterfeiting, and licensing.

Roberta L. Horton at Arnold & Porterconcentrates on trademark and copy-right matters. She represented Dr. Martin Luther King’s organization, theSouthern Christian Leadership Confer-ence, in Southern Christian LeadershipConference v. Shannon, against a groupdeclaring that it had registered the SCLCtrademark previously. She won the caseon appeal. Horton was recognized as atrademark expert in Euromoney’sWomen in Business Law Expert Guide in2010. Susan Hendrickson, also atArnold & Porter, specializes in complexcollaborations and licensing matters.She also has experience in informationtechnology and social media issues.

Sarah Kagan at Banner & Witcoffspecializes in patents in the biotechnol-ogy sector, with particular experience ininterferences and cancer genetics. Herclients include individual inventors, ac-ademic institutions, and pharmaceuticalcompanies. Maureen Browne at Cov-ington & Burling concentrates on com-mercial law, international traderegulation, and unfair competition. She

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Nominations per state

Connecticut 4

Delaware 6

Maryland 3

Massachusetts 24

New York 34

Pennsylvania 5

Rhode Island 1

Washington DC 32

has particular experience handling Sec-tion 337 litigation, and achieved a suc-cessful licensing and settlementagreement representing a machine vi-sion manufacturer against Nikon. AnnFord at DLA Piper focuses on trade-mark, copyright law, and IP law on theInternet. Her clients include the fashionand communications sectors. She is thechairperson of the international firm’strademark, copyright, and media prac-tice and the vice-chairperson of DLAPiper’s US IP and technology group.

Jennifer Dean at Drinker Biddle &Reath focuses on trademark clearance,brand management, and litigation. Herexperience includes copyright and li-censing matters. Mercedes Meyer, alsoat Drinker Biddle & Reath, focuses onpatent portfolios in the biotechnologyand pharmaceutical sectors, with an em-

phasis on tissue banking and stem cells.She has further experience in life sci-ences areas such as gene therapy, vac-cines, and enzymes.

Laura Masurovsky at Finnegan Hen-derson Farabow Garrett & Dunner is anIP litigator for the computer technology,medical device, and pharmaceutical in-dustries. Her antitrust experience in-cludes representing HTC in the disputeApple v. HTC. A favorable settlementwas reached. Doris Johnson Hines,also at Finnegan, concentrates on ITC lit-igation and patent law. She representedFedEx in the dispute BarTex v. FedEx,which involved bar code technology.BarTex conceded summary judgment ofinvalidity, and a summary affirmationwas reached on appeal in favor of FedEx.

Matters such as licensing, litigation,due diligence, and portfolio manage-

ment all fall under the umbrella of Es-ther Lim’s patent practice at Finnegan.She represented a major electronicscompany in a dispute involving PlaySta-tion products. She achieved a favorablesettlement. Franceska Schroeder atFish & Richardson focuses on exportcontrols, commercial contracts, insur-ance, and risk management. Her clientsinclude the national security, technol-ogy, aviation sectors, and she is legalcounsel to the American AstronauticalSociety. Courtenay Brinckerhoff atFoley & Lardner focuses on patents anddue diligence. She has experience repre-senting the pharmaceutical sector,which includes trans-dermal productsand enzyme-based technologies. Bar-bara Murphy at Foster Murphy Altman& Nickel concentrates on Section 337cases, anti-dumping, and customs. Shealso has experience in trademark andcopyright matters.Jennifer Albert atGoodwin Procter litigates patent, trade-mark, and copyright matters. She repre-sented ePlus in patent infringement caseePlus vs. SAP AG and SAP America. Thepatent infringement claims involvedSAP’s enterprise buyer professional andsupplier relationship management prod-ucts. The case was settled. KeciaReynolds at Goodwin Procter is a litiga-tor in patent and Section 337 matters be-fore the ITC. Her work includesrepresenting the ZTE Corporation andZTE (USA) in the patent infringementinvestigation by the ITC of Certain Elec-tronic Imaging Devices. Audrey HarozReed at Hogan Lovells focuses on thetechnology and life sciences sectors inrelation to the acquisition, protection,and commercialization of IP. Her experi-ence includes representing Fox Enter-tainment Group in partnering with NBCUniversal and Providence Equity Part-ners to create Hulu.com. Also at HoganLovells, Susan Cook is a litigator inpatent, trademark, copyright, and Lan-ham Act cases. She also has experiencewith Section 337 proceedings before theITC. Susan Smith at Kenyon & Kenyonfocuses on litigation, patent, and trade-mark matters. Her clients include Wal-mart, Apple, Mercedes-Benz USA, andthe Tampa Bay Rays. Her rebranding ex-perience includes the name change ofAIG to Chartis Insurance, and the namechange of CitiFinancial to OneMain Fi-nancial. Karen Butcher at MorganLewis & Bockius focuses on mergersand acquisitions, distribution

Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg 1

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 3

Arent Fox 2

Arnold & Porter 2

Baker & McKenzie 1

BakerHostetler 1

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll 1

Banner & Witcoff 1

Cantor Colburn 2

Carter Ledyard & Milburn 1

Choate Hall & Stewart 3

Covington & Burling 1

Cowan Liebowitz & Latman 1

Davis Wright Tremaine 3

Day Pitney 1

Dentons 1

DLA Piper 1

Dorsey & Whitney 1

Drinker Biddle & Reath 2

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett &

Dunner 6

Fish & Richardson 5

Foley & Lardner 1

Foley Hoag 2

Foster Murphy Altman & Nickel 1

Goodwin Procter 3

Gordon Feinblatt 1

Greenberg Traurig 1

Hinckley Allen & Snyder 2

Hogan Lovells 2

Jones Day 2

K&L Gates 1

Katten Muchin Rosenman 1

Kelly IP 1

Kenyon & Kenyon 3

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 1

King & Spalding 1

Kirkland & Ellis 4

Ladas & Parry 2

Mayer Brown 2

McCarter & English 1

McDermott Will & Emery 1

Morgan Lewis & Bockius 1

Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell 2

Morrison & Foerster 1

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough 2

Nixon Peabody 1

Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg 1

Nutter McClennen & Fish 1

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison1

Potter Anderson & Corroon 1

Reed Smith 1

Robinson & Cole 1

Ropes & Gray 2

Saul Ewing 2

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis 1

Scott & Bush 1

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox 3

Sughrue Mion 1

Venable 1

Vinson & Elkins 1

Weil Gotshal & Manges 2

White & Case 1

Williams & Connolly 1

WilmerHale 4

Winston & Strawn 1

Woodcock Washburn 1

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor 1

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agreements, international brand strat-egy, and licensing agreements. She wasrecognized in Euromoney’s Guide to theWorld’s Leading Trade Mark Law Practi-tioners in 2012.

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox hasthree attorneys in the DC chapter of theIP Top 250. Monica Talley focuses ontrademark, unfair competition, false ad-vertising, and domain name matters.She also has experience counselingclients in brand protection in thebiotechnology, music, entertainment,and apparel fields. Tracy-Gene Durkinis the head of the firm’s mechanicaltrademark and patent group. She has ex-perience in getting copycat products offthe market and is an adjunct law profes-sor at George Mason University. LoriGordon specializes in inter partes mat-ters. She has experience with wirelesscommunications technologies, internetapplications, telecommunications sys-tems, and software.

At Sughrue Mion, Jody Haller Drakespecializes in trademark law such as thehandling of global portfolios and thebranding process. She was recognizedamong top US Lawyers in EuromoneyLegal Media Group’s Guide to theWorld’s Leading Trade Mark Law Practi-tioners from 2005 to 2013. Janet Sat-terthwaite at Venable focuses ontrademark, licensing, and portfolio man-agement, and counterfeiting. Her experi-ence includes leading the amicus curiaeteam for Coty supporting Tiffany’s suitagainst counterfeit products online inthe dispute Tiffany v. eBay, heard beforethe US Supreme Court in 2010. ShamitaEtienne-Cummings at White & Caseleads the 337 International Trade Prac-tice at the firm, with an emphasis onsemiconductor devices and consumerelectronics. She focuses on the technol-ogy industry, such as computer software,internet services, and medical devices.She represented Google in an ITC inves-tigation and won on five patent countsinvolving Google technology. JessamynBerniker at Williams & Connolly con-centrates on patent litigation and licens-ing and her clients include electronicand pharmaceutical sectors. She repre-sented Pfizer in a Hatch-Waxman matterregarding the anti-cancer agent Sutent.LMG’s Life Sciences recognized her as a“Life science star” in the area of patentlitigation in 2012 and 2013. At Wilmer-Hale, Amy Wigmore focuses on patentand commercial litigation in the biotech-

nology industry. She has experience inalternative dispute resolution proceed-ings, unfair competition, trade secrets,and test security issues. Linda McLeodat the newly formed boutique firm KellyIP was awarded “Best in trademark” atLegal Media Group Americas Women inBusiness Law Awards in 2012. She spe-cializes in trademark prosecution. Shepreviously served as an examining attor-ney at the USPTO and a TrademarkTrial and Appeal Board interlocutory at-torney and administrative trademarkjudge.

MarylandGordon Feinblatt’s Martha LessmanKatz specializes in data security matters,licensing, and e-commerce, with a focuson technology transactions such as sub-scription agreements and website legalterms. Sherry Flax at Saul Ewing’s Bal-timore office focuses on trademarks andcopyrights. She also has experience inthe business sector in patent, unfaircompetition, litigation and domainname disputes. Gianna Arnold, alsoatSaul Ewing, focuses on patent, trade-mark, copyright, sponsored research,and licensing. She is experienced advis-ing on due diligence matters regardingmergers and acquisitions and publicstock offerings.

MassachusettsAt Hinckley Allen & Snyder, AndreaMealey focuses on trademark selectionand prosecution in the business sectorincluding computer software and pub-lishing. She also has experience with do-main name and design patent disputes.Barbara Fiacco at Foley Hoag special-izes in patents in the life sciences sectorsuch as small molecule compounds andmedical devices. She also represents theeducation industry. Also at Foley Hoag,Beth Arnold has patent experience inthe pharmaceutical and biotechnologysectors. She also has due diligence andmergers and acquisitions experience.

At WilmerHale, Cynthia Vreelandspecializes in patent and trade secret lit-igation. Her experience includes repre-senting Facebook in the patent disputeYahoo v. Facebook, after Yahoo claimedinfringement of 10 of its patents. A favor-able settlement was reached. Lisa Piroz-zolo, also at WilmerHale, is a litigatorwith experience in patents, licensing,

and contract disputes in the technologi-cal sector, including pharmaceuticalproducts and telephone services. MaiaHarris at Nixon Peabody is a patent liti-gator who also handles trade secret andfalse advertising matters.

Anita Varma at Ropes & Gray focuseson patent portfolios for life sciences com-panies. She was recognized as a 2012“Life sciences star” in Euromoney LegalMedia Group’s publication Life Sciences.Denise DeFranco at Finnegan haspatent and litigation experience, includ-ing the representation of branded drugcompanies against possible generics inabbreviated new drug application(ANDA) litigation. Andrea Robidoux atChoate Hall & Stewart has experience indrug discovery, due diligence, and litiga-tion on behalf of pharmaceutical compa-nies, including organic chemistry andsmall molecule pharmaceuticals.Brenda Jarrell, also at Choate Hall &Stewart focuses on the pharmaceuticaland biotech industries in IP licensingand litigation matters. She also has expe-rience counseling in patent portfolio is-sues. Jennifer Camacho at GreenbergTraurig focuses on due diligence, patentinfringement, and IP litigation in the lifesciences and chemical industries. Shewas shortlisted for Euromoney’s “Best inlife sciences” award at the 2013 Ameri-cas Women in Business Law Awards.She was selected “Life science star” inEuromoney LMG’s publication Life Sci-ences in both editions of the publication,2012 and 2013.

Leslie McDonell at Finnegan special-izes in patent portfolios, infringement,and inventorship in the pharmaceutical,biotechnology, and medical device in-dustries. She reached a favorable settle-ment in Chiron v. Eli Lilly and VertexPharmaceuticals, in which she repre-sented Eli Lilly against infringementcharges related to the creation of a smallmolecule therapeutics. She was listed asa star in the 2012 edition of EuromoneyLMG’s Life Sciences. Mary Ferguson,also at Finnegan, focuses on patent liti-gation and opinion work involving mo-lecular biology and cell biology. She alsohas experience in due diligence and dis-covery requests. Janis Fraser focuses onpatent advice on topics such as genes,antibodies, and recombinant DNA. Shewas selected as a 2012 “Life science star”in Euromoney LMG’s Life Sciences in2012. Choate Hall’s Karen Copenhaverfocuses on technology transfer and li-


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censing, and has particular experiencein software licensing. Jolynn Lussier atthe Boston office of Fish & Richardsonfocuses on patent cases and appeals. Shealso has experience in copyright andtrademark matters. Cynthia JohnsonWalden, also at Fish & Richardson, fo-cuses on trademark and copyright in theBoston office of Fish & Richardson. Shealso has experience in copyright and un-fair competition matters. She was listedin Euromoney LMG’s Guide to theWorld’s Leading Trade Mark Law Practi-tioners from 2008 to 2012.

Deborah Benson at Hinckley Allen& Snyder focuses on trademark andcopyright law, including copyright, duediligence, licensing, and asset transfers.Christine Vito at K&L Gates in Bostonfocuses on patent infringement and port-folio development. She specializes in thelife and medical sciences sectors. Eliza-beth Hanley at McCarter & English spe-cializes in chemistry and biotechnologypatent law. She focuses on prosecution,licensing, and due diligence with partic-ular experience in small molecule, or-ganic chemistry, and drug deliverymatters. Sarah Chapin Columbia atMcDermott Will & Emery focuses onpatent, trademark, and copyright mat-ters. Her patent infringement litigationexperience includes representing Lycosin Lycos v. Blockbuster, which involvedrecommendation software.

Amy Mandragouras at NelsonMullins Riley & Scarborough focuses onpatents, due diligence, and licensing inthe biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, andsustainable energy sectors. Her experi-ence also includes drug discovery tech-nologies. Jill Gorny Sloper, also atNelson Mullins, focuses on patents, duediligence, and freedom to operate inves-tigations in the biotechnology, pharma-ceutical, and life sciences sectors. Shespecializes in the field of therapeutic an-tibodies. Lisa Adams at Nutter McClen-nen & Fish concentrates in patent andtrademark law in the medical and lifesciences areas. Her patent prosecutionand portfolio development clients in-clude all Johnson & Johnson companiesand DePuy Spine.

New YorkPamela Church at Baker & McKenziespecializes in licensing, publishing, out-sourcing, and financial transactions. Shecounseled Prime View International on

IP issues when it acquired stock of E Ink,a large electronic paper display materi-als and IP company. Heather McDon-ald at BakerHostetler litigates in IP andanti-counterfeiting matters, with manynotable clients in the fashion industry.She trains law enforcement officers intrademark counterfeiting and related is-sues. Rose Auslander at Carter Ledyard& Milburn focuses on trademark, do-main name, licenses, and copyright liti-gation. Among the character propertiesshe works to protect are the Hulk andthe Muppets. At Cowan Liebowitz & Lat-man, Mary Kevlin focuses on trade-mark, copyright, and unfair competitionlaw. She was involved in one of the firstcases to be heard under the Anticyber-piracy Statute, which involved the NewYork Yankees website domain name.

Davis Wright Tremaine has threeNew York members of the IP Top 250.Roxanne Elings focuses on trademarkand brand management. In the case TheNorth Face Apparel and PRL USA v. Fu-jian Trading, she obtained an order toshut down counterfeiters’ websites andhad confiscated their profits. AlexandraNicholson focuses on trademark andcopyright for media and entertainmentclients. Some of her representative expe-rience includes trademark counsel forHBO, Virgin Enterprises, and SesameWorkshop, the producer of SesameStreet. Marcia Paul focuses on copy-right, trademark, and litigation with afocus on media companies. She repre-sented Dish Network against DirecTV ina false advertising case. The case wassettled.

Monica Richman at Dentons focuseson license, agency, distribution, sponsor-ship, endorsement, strategic alliance,marketing, procurement, and manufac-turing agreements. Among the partiesshe represents are clients in the enter-tainment, fashion, and financial servicesindustries. Sandra Edelman at Dorsey& Whitney focuses on trademark andunfair competition, copyright and falseadvertising law, brand name clearance,advertising claims review, and licensingissues. Many of her clients are in thepharmaceutical, cosmetics, publishing,and banking industries. Kristen McCal-lion at Fish & Richardson focuses ontrademark, copyright, trade dress, andunfair competition litigation. Her clientsinclude the entertainment, arts, andmedia industries. Marta Gross at Good-win Procter focuses on patent litigation,

strategic counseling and opinions, anddue diligence. She was named a “Lifesciences star” in the 2012 LMG Life Sci-ences publication.

Adriane Antler at Jones Day is expe-rienced in IP matters in the biotechnol-ogy and pharmaceuticals fields. Shespecializes in patent infringement andvalidity opinions. She was named a “Lifesciences star” in LMG’s 2012 edition ofLife Sciences. Laura Coruzzi, also atJones Day, focuses on patent litigationand prosecution in life sciences fieldssuch as genetic engineering, molecularbiology, virology, vaccines, immunol-ogy, therapeutic antibodies, biologic andsmall molecule therapeutics, diagnos-tics, drug discovery, and drug delivery.She was named to the top 10 list of“America’s best life sciences litigators” inthe US by Managing Intellectual Prop-erty in June 2012. She represents MyriadGenetics in Association for MolecularPathology v. Myriad Genetics, a disputeinvolving the patentability of isolatedDNA molecules. The Supreme Court up-held the patent eligibility of syntheticDNA, but not naturally occurring DNAsegments. Karen Artz Ash at KattenMuchin Rosenman focuses on trade-marks and copyrights, structuring andadministration of IP, and establishingholding companies and trusts. She hasmore than 20 years of experience infashion law, and also represents the pub-lishing, banking, financial services, andconsumer electronics industries.

Elizabeth Gardner at Kenyon &Kenyon focuses on licensing and trans-fer of IP rights such as patentability, va-lidity, and infringement. She haslitigation experience in the chemical,materials, pharmaceutical, electrical,and medical products industries. Eliza-beth Holland, also at Kenyon & Kenyon,has patent litigation experience for phar-maceutical, chemical, medical device,and consumer products industries. Shewas named a leading patent lawyer inthe US in Euromoney’s Expert Guide tothe World’s Leading Women in BusinessLaw in 2013.

Lisa Pearson at Kilpatrick Townsend& Stockton focuses on copyright, trade-mark, unfair competition, and internet-related disputes. She was recognized inEuromoney’s Guide to the World’s Lead-ing Trade Mark Law Practitioners in2012. Kathleen “Katie” McCarthy atKing & Spalding has more than 20 yearsof experience in litigation in trademark,



copyright, false advertising, right of pub-licity, unfair competition, and internetmatters.

At Kirkland & Ellis, Claudia Ray fo-cuses on copyright, trademark, internet,and trade secret issues. She representedRain Corp., the creator of “Rain: A Trib-ute to the Beatles,” in a copyright in-fringement and breach of contractdispute against the producers of theshow’s London and New York produc-tions. Patricia Carson specializes inpatent litigation matters such as IP duediligence and licensing. She representedGenentech and settled the disputeGenentech v. Amgen, which regarded in-fringement of patents for producing pro-teins recombinantly. Dale Cendalifocuses on copyright, trademark, inter-net, and patent disputes. Dale wasnamed “Best in copyright “ by Eu-romoney’s Legal Media Group at its2012 and 2013 “Americas Women inBusiness Law Awards.” Leora Ben-Amifocuses on biotechnology, medical de-vices, pharmaceuticals and chemistry,mechanical devices, and electronics. InPfizer v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, shesuccessfully defended Pfizer’s patents onCelebrex.

Bharati Bakshani at Ladas & Parryspecializes in international trademarkprosecution and enforcement. She hasexperience with clearance and adoptionof marks, prosecution of marks, opposi-tions, infringement, cancellation actions,and drafting and negotiating worldwideco-existence agreements. She advisedon trademark issues involved in PPG’s$1.05 billion acquisition of AkzoNobel’sNorth American architectural coatingsbusiness. Janet Cord, also at Ladas &Parry, focuses on patent applications inthe biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, bio-chemistry, chemistry, and medical de-vices industries. She also has patentinfringement and trade secret litigationexperience.

Lisa Ferri at Mayer Brown focuses on

patent and IP litigation in the life sci-ences field. She has experience withbiotechnology, pharmaceutical, andmedical device patent cases. Terri Gillis,also at Mayer Brown, specializes inpatent infringement, enforceability, mis-use and validity, copyright infringementand validity, trademark infringementand dilution, unfair competition, andtrade secrets. Patricia Martone at Mor-rison & Foerster has 36 years of experi-ence litigating IP patent cases. Sherepresented Polaroid in the high-stakespatent infringement and damages trialsin Polaroid v. Kodak. Lynn Bayard atPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrisonfocuses on copyright and trademarkmatters. She represents the media andentertainment industries. Denise Lor-ing is a retired partner at Ropes & Graywho focused on biotech and pharmaceu-tical litigation, including ANDA litiga-tion representing innovator companies.Constance Huttner at Vinson & Elkinsfocuses on patent and technical litiga-tion involving ANDAs, trade secrets, ad-vertising, and licensing disputes. Shealso has experience providing patentopinions for matters including mergersand acquisitions.

At Weil Gotshal & Manges, RandiSinger focuses on copyright and Lan-ham Act false advertising and trademarklitigation, privacy, and right of publicity.She has litigated on behalf of The WaltDisney Company and Marvel Comics ina copyright ownership dispute involvingMarvel characters. ElizabethWeiswasser, also at Weil, focuses onpatent and IP matters such as biologicand pharmaceutical technologies. Shealso specializes in diligence-related is-sues in the life sciences sector. JaneLove at WilmerHale focuses on patents,portfolio management, freedom-to-oper-ate assessments, and interferences inthe pharmaceutical and life sciencesareas. Virginia Richard at Winston &Strawn focuses on trademark and copy-

right licensing, website developmentagreements, content licenses, softwarelicensing, and technology agreements.Her clients include software firms,healthcare providers, and financial serv-ices companies.

PennsylvaniaDiane Elderkin at Akin Gump StraussHauer & Feld focuses on patent infringe-ment cases in the biotechnology area. Amember of the American College ofTrial Lawyers, she won a jury verdict ina patent infringement suit on behalf ofher client Janssen Biotech against Ab-bott GMBH, in which the jury decidedthat two patents brought againstJanssen’s antibody drug product Stelarawere invalid. Barbara Mullin, is also anIP litigator at Akin Gump. In a patent in-fringement suit in 2009, she won a $1.67billion verdict for her clients CentocorOrtho Biotech and New York Universityagainst Abbott Laboratories’ product Hu-mira. Hara Jacobs at Ballard Spahr liti-gates patent, trademark, and copyrightmatters. In American Board of InternalMedicine v. Arora Board Review, shewon a permanent injunction against atest preparation company that had pos-session of copyrighted examinationquestions. Maria Bernier at Reed Smithhandles prosecution of patents, trade-marks, and copyrights. She also has ex-perience with website development anddomain name disputes. Nancy Frand-sen at Woodcock Washburn focuses ontrademarks, copyrights, and domainname disputes. She also had experiencein dilution, fair use, and comparative ad-vertising.

Rhode Island Christine Bush at Scott & Bush handlespatent, trademark, and unfair competi-tion matters. She also has experience inlicensing and non-disclosure issues.

GOODWIN PROCTER901 New York Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20001Tel: 202.346.4322Email: [email protected]

Jennifer Albert is a partner in Goodwin Procter’s Litigation Departmentand member of its Patent Litigation Practice. Ms. Albert’s practice pri-marily focuses on patent litigation. She has served as first-chair trialcounsel in cases involving a wide range of technologies in districtcourts throughout the United States and at the International Trade Com-mission. Most recently, she served as first-chair in a contempt trial forePlus, a leading provider of IT products and services, conducted beforethe U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The Courtfound that Lawson Software was in contempt of the court’s permanentinjunction order because its allegedly redesigned electronic procure-ment systems were not more than colorably different from the systemsfound to infringe in the original trial and that they still infringed ePlus’spatent. Additionally, she served as trial counsel to OSRAM GmbH in aseries of cases involving patents on light-emitting diode (LED) technol-ogy and related strategic intellectual property matters. This was thelargest litigation to date in the area of light-emitting diodes – the futureof lighting technology due to their greater efficiency and environmentalbenefits. Because of the market-shaping importance of these cases,they received much attention in the media, most notably the New YorkTimes and Wall Street Journal.

Ms. Albert’s intellectual property litigation work also includes trade-mark and copyright infringement claims; unfair competition and decep-tive trade practices; misappropriation of trade secrets in the U.S.district and before the International Trade Commission. She has alsoserved as appellate counsel in appeals to the U.S. Court of Appealsfor the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ms. Albert is a frequent featured speaker at various industry semi-nars and events and she has co-authored numerous articles and publi-cations. In 2012 and 2013, Ms. Albert was named to the DC SuperLawyers listing for Intellectual Property Litigation. Ms. Albert has alsoreceived a perfect 5.0 AV Peer Rating from Martindale for the past twoyears and has also been recognized by The Legal 500 – United Statesfor her patent litigation work. From 2003-2011, Ms. Albert served asgeneral counsel to the American Intellectual Property Law Association(AIPLA). Ms. Albert has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from PurdueUniversity and she obtained her J.D. from the University of South Car-olina School of Law.

Ms. Albert is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia andSouth Carolina, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S.Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Federal and Dis-trict of Columbia Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; and U.S. Dis-trict Courts for the Districts of Columbia, Maryland, and SouthCarolina.

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KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN575 Madison AvenueNew York, NY 10022-2585Tel: (1) 212 940 8554Fax: (1) 212 940 8776Email: [email protected]: www.kattenlaw.com

Karen Artz Ash is a pioneer in fashion law who focuses her practiceon trademark and copyright matters. She has represented clients rang-ing from high-end designers and celebrities to retailers and apparelcompanies, and has been lauded by clients, colleagues, and legalranking organizations such as New York Metro Super Lawyers andNew York magazine’s Women Leaders in the Law and World Trade-mark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals.She writes regularly on the topics of fashion licensing and trademarkpractice for leading industry publications and is an adjunct professorat New York Law School. She is also a contributing author of a fashionlaw textbook and a book for fashion designers scheduled for release in2013.

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BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP452 Fifth AvenueNew York, NY 10018Tel: +1 212 626 4976Fax: +1 212 310 1603Email: [email protected]

Pamela Church is a partner in the IP Practice of Baker & McKenzie LLP.She serves as head of the New York office’s IP group and is a memberof the firm’s Global IP Steering Committee.

Ms Church is a trademark and copyright specialist who concen-trates on transactions involving the development, exploitation andtransfer of intellectual property rights, including licensing, technologytransfer, joint ventures, research and development, franchising, printand electronic publishing, e-commerce, outsourcing, IP securitization,restructurings, and post-closing integrations.

She advises clients on comprehensive global trademark portfolioand brand management, including clearance opinions, trademark reg-istration programs, opposition/cancellation actions, settlement and co-existence agreements, trademark usage policies, prevention oftrademark dilution and genericness, and online anti-counterfeiting andenforcement strategies.

Ms Church also handles a wide array of legal and compliance is-sues impacting e-commerce and advertising and marketing campaigns,particularly involving new technologies, and the emerging opportuni-ties and risk management issues presented by social media platformsoperating in the global marketplace. Such areas include user-gener-ated content, privacy and data protection, social media policies andapplicable industry guidelines and best practices. Ms Church clearscontent, negotiates sponsorship, endorsement, advertising, productplacement and media production agreements, and advises clients oncompliance with regulations governing promotions, such as contests,sweepstakes and charitable sales promotions.

Ms Church’s clients fall into a wide range of traditional and emerg-ing industries in which leveraging IP rights is key, such as media andentertainment, fashion and luxury, consumer products, software, tech-nology, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, electronics and financialservices.

On a pro bono basis, Ms Church represents various not-for-profit or-ganizations on their use of social media to promote their causes includ-ing The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

She is a frequent speaker and author on the evolving landscape ofdigital media, and has consistently been recognized as a leader in in-tellectual property by publications such as Chambers and US Legal500.

PAMELA T. CHURCH

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Marta Gross is a partner in Goodwin Procter’s Litigation Departmentand a member of its Patent Litigation Practice. For more than 25 years,she has focused her practice on patent matters, including patent litiga-tion, strategic counseling and opinions, and patent-related due dili-gence. Ms. Gross joined Goodwin Procter as a partner in 2003. Priorto joining the firm, Ms. Gross was a partner at Fish & Neave.

Upon joining the firm, Ms. Gross organized and developed thestrategic patent counseling practice to support the world’s largestgeneric pharmaceutical company. She continues to lead this teamwhich provides validity and infringement advice and opinions, as wellas strategic counseling to companies in the life sciences.

A major portion of Ms. Gross’s practice has always included patentlitigation. Recently, Ms. Gross has acted as lead counsel for RoxaneLaboratories in several Hatch-Waxman patent infringement actions in-volving pharmaceutical drugs. In addition, she is lead counsel in amajor patent litigation for Makhteshim Agan of North America(MANA) and Control Solutions (CSI) in an action brought in North Car-olina by BASF and Bayer on patents relating to the pesticide fipronil.The district court granted MANA’s and CSI’s motion for summary judg-ment of no infringement, which was affirmed by the Federal Circuit,and Ms. Gross’s clients have launched the first generic fipronil termiti-cide.

Ms. Gross is a member of the New York City Bar Association andserved a three-year term as chair of its Patents Committee. She is alsoa member of the ABA, AIPLA and NYIPLA and serves on various com-mittees on those organizations. Ms. Gross created and organized thePLI Program on Understanding Patent Law and has chaired that pro-gram on all nine occasions that it has been offered by PLI.

Ms. Gross has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachu-setts Institute of Technology and she obtained her J.D. from Suffolk Uni-versity School of Law (Evening Division, cum laude) while working fulltime. She worked as an engineer for eight years after her graduationfrom MIT and first worked at General Electric for three years where sheparticipated in GE’s Manufacturing Management Program. Thereafter,she worked at Millipore Corporation having major managerial respon-sibilities. From these positions Ms. Gross gained real-world perspec-tives regarding the kinds of problems her corporate clients face andfinding practical solutions to those problems.

Ms. Gross was named a “Life Sciences Star” in the 2012 LMG LifeScience Survey, which recognizes the preeminent life sciences practi-tioners in the United States. She is also listed in New York SuperLawyers 2012.

Ms. Gross is admitted to the bars of New York and Massachusetts,the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and various federal courts.

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VENABLE LLP 575 7th Street, NWWashington, DC 20004Tel: 202.344.4974 Fax: 202.344.8300 Email: [email protected]

Janet Satterthwaite’s clients appreciate her creative, strategic, andpractical advice and her one-stop versatility on contentious and non-contenious trademarks and domain names.

Ms Satterthwaite provides global trademark counseling and en-forcement to key US brands, including an Ivy League university, aglobal higher educational institution, a large hedge fund, a major mar-itime conglomerate, a major trade association, a major constructioncompany, and a brewery and distillery company. Ms Satterthwaiteserves as US trademark counsel to global brands, including the world’sleading cigar and pipe-tobacco company, a prominent UK footwearbrand, a major chipset manufacturer, and a major cycling wear com-pany. She is popular with clients in Europe, where she has held leader-ship positions in Marques, the European Trademark Owners’Association, and where her language skills prove useful. She is wellknown for her expertise in domain name and ICANN matters and haswritten and spoken on trademarks, domain names, and social mediain various countries.

Also a seasoned trademark litigator, Ms Satterthwaite has beenlead counsel on many trademark, domain name, copyright, and falseadvertising lawsuits in federal courts in New York, Virginia, Maryland,California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio, Louisiana, Colorado, NewMexico, Iowa, Florida, South Carolina, Texas, and North Carolina, aswell as foreign countries. Many of these cases resulted in preliminaryand permanent injunctions in favor of her clients. She also handlesdozens of administrative litigation matters before the Trademark Trialand Appeal Board and provides trademark and survey expert supportto all Venable trademark litigation matters, including landmark casessuch as Wal-mart v. Samara (US Supreme Court ) and Gibson Guitarsv. Paul Reed Smith (6th Circuit). She led a team that authored amicuscuriae briefs on behalf of Coty, Inc., in the Court of Appeals and TheSupreme Court in the seminal case Tiffany v eBay. Recent litigation suc-cesses include an injunction on behalf of an Ivy League universityagainst an infringing tutoring agency, an injunction against an imper-sonator of a hedge fund running a Ponzi scheme, ICANN-related liti-gation, and international legal battle across Europe for another hedgefund.

Ms Satterthwaite has played a key part in growing the VenableTrademark Group since joining the firm in 1996. She and her grouphave received numerous prestigious awards and rankings, in which MsSatterthwaite has been called “innovative” and a “fierce defender ofthe rights of her clients.” Other women standouts in IP in the group in-clude the versatile partner Jackie Patt and rising star senior associateRebecca Liebowitz, who both manage global trademarks for severalhousehold name brands.

Ms Satterthwaite has a BA from Yale, studied law at CambridgeUniversity in the UK, and obtained her law degree from The Universityof Virginia.

JANET SATTERTHWAITE

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Kecia Reynolds is a partner in Goodwin Procter’s Litigation Departmentand a member of its Patent Litigation Practice. Ms. Reynolds has exten-sive trial experience with patent and trademark infringement actions.She focuses her practice on representing clients in Section 337 investi-gations before the International Trade Commission (ITC). Ms. Reynoldshas participated in more than 25 ITC investigations and has a wealthof knowledge and keen insights into the practice and procedures of theITC. Her patent expertise extends to industries involving computer hard-ware and software, pharmaceutical chemistry, and biotechnology. Ms.Reynolds’ practice also focuses on representing clients in AbbreviatedNew Drug Application (ANDA) district court litigation and in InterPartes Review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Ms. Reynolds is an active speaker, both domestically and abroad,on matters involving practice and procedures at the ITC, the domesticindustry requirement at the ITC, discovery in U.S. courts and biotech-nology law. She is co-author of “Where to Bring Process Claims: HintsFrom Sucralose” (2013). Prior to joining Goodwin Procter in 2012,Ms. Reynolds was a senior investigative attorney in the InternationalTrade Commission’s Office of Unfair Import Investigations, where shefocused on patent and trademark infringement matters.

Ms. Reynolds has a B.S. in Biology from Norfolk State Universityand she obtained her J.D. from University of Miami School of Law.

Ms. Reynolds is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia andVirginia, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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ROPES & GRAYPrudential Tower 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199Tel: 1 617 951 7796Fax: 1 617 235 0811Email: [email protected]

Anita is co-head of Ropes & Gray's Intellectual Property Rights Man-agement Practice Group and has over 20 years of experience in intel-lectual property law as a lawyer and as a Patent Examiner at theUnited States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Her experienceas a Patent Examiner provides unique insights into the workings of theUSPTO. As a UK Solicitor, she is also qualified to practice before theEuropean Patent Office.

Anita focuses her practice on developing, analyzing, and managingpatent portfolios in diverse areas of technology for life sciences compa-nies. She leverages this broad patent experience to counsel clients ontransactional matters in connection with financial investments, mergersand acquisitions, and collaborations. Anita combines her patent experi-ence with an understanding of regulatory exclusivities to help clientsevaluate target portfolios and conduct worldwide due diligence assess-ments. She has conducted numerous pre-litigation assessments and ren-dered opinions regarding patentability, validity, non-infringement,freedom-to-use, Orange Book listing and delisting matters, and advisedclients regarding the follow-on biologics legislation.

Anita’s experience includes: Representative Litigations• Promote Innovation, LLC v. Intendis, Inc. (Eastern District of Texas),

2:10-cv-00247-TJW. • Novartis Vaccines v. Wyeth (Eastern District of Texas),

2:08-cv-00067-TJW-CE. • Genetics Institute v. Novartis Vaccines (District of Delaware),

1:08-cv-00290-SL. • Abbott Laboratories et al. v. Bayer Healthcare LLC (District of Mas-

sachusetts), 09-CV-40002-FDS. • Novartis Vaccines et al v. Bayer Healthcare LLC (Eastern District of

Texas), 2:08-cv-00068-TJW.

Representative Transactions• Performed IP diligence to support a multi-billion dollar transaction

involving the acquisition of a publicly-traded company in the dia-betes space.

• Represented a private equity client in their bid to acquire a largeEuropean specialty pharmaceutical company. This included review-ing the target company’s worldwide portfolio of about 1500patents, analyzing seven ongoing ANDA litigations and conductinga competitive patent landscape analysis.

• Represented a pharmaceutical company in conducting due dili-gence on a portfolio covering a new formulation of an existing drugto structure a Supply and Manufacturing Agreement.

• Represented a pharmaceutical company to conduct freedom to op-erate studies on at least 100 drug products to be marketed inemerging markets such as Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Malaysia,South Africa etc. We considered patent assessments and any avail-able regulatory exclusivities to determine the extent and duration ofpatent and regulatory coverage.

• Represents a pharmaceutical company in conducting a world-widepre-litigation assessment of their patent portfolios covering therapeu-tic products in clinical trials.

ANITA VARMA

FloridaAva Doppelt at Allen Dyer Doppelt Mil-brath & Gilchrist handles trademark,publishing, licensing, and copyright mat-ters. She also has experience in businesslitigation and alternative dispute resolu-tion. Leslie Lott at Lott & Fischer inCoral Gables specializes in US and inter-national patents, trademark, and copy-right. She was appointed to serve on theTrademark Public Advisory Committeeof the USPTO. Jennie Malloy at Malloy& Malloy has experience in applied sci-ences and handles patent prosecution aswell as litigation at the trial and appel-late levels. Leora Herrmann at PeretzChesal & Herrmann in Miami special-izes in patents, litigation, and licensingrelated to computer software, publish-ing, and home furnishing design. Shewon summary judgment and appeals fora major comic book publisher in twocopyright ownership litigations.

GeorgiaElizabeth Borland at Smith Gambrell &Russell specializes in patent, trademark,and copyright litigation. Among hermany clients are poultry processing ma-

chines, laminated flooring companies,and airline ticketing systems. LauraFahey Fritts at Kasowitz Benson Torres& Friedman specializes in patents in thepharmaceutical and chemical indus-tries. Among her higher-profile mattersis Takeda Pharmaceuticals v. Teva Phar-maceuticals (D. Del.), in which she rep-resented Teva on cases concerninglansoprazole. Virginia Carron atFinnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett &Dunner litigates on patents and trade-marks. In addition to IP-related case-work, Carron also has representeddisabled military veterans at the appel-late level in disability compensation mat-ters. Rebecca Kaufman at King &Spalding focuses on the life sciences sec-tor. She has experience in patents anddue diligence. She represents life sci-ences companies, investors, and re-search organizations. Tina WilliamsMcKeon at Kilpatrick Townsend &Stockton focuses on patents and portfo-lios for the life sciences and biotechnol-ogy sectors. She has experience withpharmaceuticals, cardiac technology,and imaging and diagnostics. MargaretMarshall at Greenberg Traurig focuseson the media and entertainment indus-

tries. Her practice includes entity forma-tion, joint venture agreements, debt andequity financing, and corporate gover-nance. She has represented clients re-garding pilot and series contracts withmajor network TV companies and DJresidencies.

North CarolinaMartha Barber at Alston & Bird special-izes in trademark, copyright, and do-main name matters. She has beenfeatured in Euromoney’s Guide to theWorld’s Leading Trademark Law Practi-tioners. Susan Jackson, the intellectualproperty practice chairperson at K&LGates, focuses on patents, trademarks,copyrights, and unfair competition. Shespecializes in the chemical industry inmatters such as medical devices, pig-ments, and fuel cells. Arlene Hanks atMoore & Van Allen focuses on trade-marks, copyright, and licensing. Shealso has experience in due diligence andmergers and acquisitions in industriesincluding banking, food products, cloth-ing, and computer software. JulieRichardson at Myers Bigel in Raleighspecializes in patent prosecution for bio-medical devices. She previously workedin engineering and manufacturing forGeneral Electric.

TexasAt Baker & McKenzie’s Dallas office,Nicole Emmons specializes in trade-mark and brand management. She alsohas experience in Internet law and do-main name matters. Constance Rheber-gen at Bracewell & Giuliani focuses onpatents, licensing, validity opinions, andtrademark. Many of her clients work incomputer software, energy, and explo-sives. Elizabeth King at Conley Rosehandles trademark counseling and do-main disputes. She has testified as an ex-pert witness on US Trademark Officepolicies. Linda Merritt, also at Fulbright,specializes in trademark, trade dress,and copyright matters. She representsclients in the software, financial, foodproduct, and pharmaceutical industries.


REGIONAL ANALYSIS SOUTH

South TOP 250 WOMEN in IP

The South


Florida 4

Georgia 6

North Carolina 4

Texas 15

Utah 2

Virginia 6


SOUTH REGIONAL ANALYSIS

Hilda Galvan at Jones Day concentratesmainly on patent litigation. She repre-sented IBM in patent disputes againstAmazon.com. Wendy Larson at PirkeyBarber litigates in trademark law. Shespecializes in Internet-related matterssuch as cybersquatting, social media,and keyword advertising. She has repre-sented 3M in a number of matters.Molly Richard at Richard Law Groupspecializes in trademark and copyright.She also has experience in opinion workand domain name disputes and man-ages the portfolios of several major inter-national clients. Jane Brandt atThompson & Knight has been defendingan ITC action brought against her client,a memory hard drive manufacturer, ina patent infringement case. Purvi Patelat Haynes and Boone focuses on tradedress, copyright, and Internet issues. Shehas experience in sweepstakes issues,advertising issues, and domain namedisputes.

Gina Shishima at Fulbright & Ja-worski’s Austin office handles patentmatters for biotech clients. The head ofthe international firm’s US IP transac-tions and patent prosecution practice,she has experience with small moleculetherapies, vaccine applications, anddrug screening. Mary-Olga Lovett atGreenberg Traurig focuses on patents,trade secrets, litigation, and product lia-bility matters. She defended a Fortune500 medical device manufacturer in alawsuit regarding fraudulent marketingpractices. Jill McWhirter’s IP practice atKing & Spalding includes many energyindustry clients. In addition, she hasmanaged the IP portfolios of Coca-Colaand UPS. At Vinson & Elkins, MargaretSampson has experience in Hatch-Wax-man patent litigation, drug delivery sys-tems, and genetic engineering. She alsofocuses on joint ventures and mergersand acquisitions.

Peg Donahue Hall at Dentons fo-cuses on IP matters in the health and lifesciences sectors. She was recognized as

a “Life sciences star” in EuromoneyLMG’s Life Sciences in 2012 and 2013.Claudia Frost at DLA Piper litigates onmatters including oil and gas, product li-ability, and health care. She is recog-nized in Euromoney’s Guide to LeadingUS Litigators and Guide to LeadingWorld Litigators.

VirginiaMaryAnne Armstrong at Birch StewartKolasch & Birch in Falls Church focuseson patents in the pharmaceutical andchemical industries. She was named a“Life sciences star” by LMG Life Sciencesin 2012. Erin Dunston at Buchanan In-gersoll & Rooney focuses on patent pros-ecution in the biotechnology andpharmaceuticals industries. She has ex-perience in classic infringement and de-claratory judgment cases, andParagraph IV cases. Erika HarmonArner at Finnegan Henderson, Farabow,Garrett & Dunner concentrates onpatents and litigation. She specializes inelectronic technology, computer soft-ware, and the Internet. She representedLawson in ePlus v. Lawson Software asa defendant-appellant before the Fed-eral Circuit , which ruled that ePlus wasnot entitled to damages and Lawson’ssoftware product has no infringementclaim. Maya Eckstein at Hunton &Williams focuses on patents and litiga-tion in the technology field. She was in-cluded in Benchmark Litigation’s Top250 Women in Litigation in 2012. LeslieSpasser at LeClairRyan specializes incloud computing and hosted servicesand trademark licensing. She has expe-rience in data security issues and con-sumer protection law. Roberta “Robin”Bren, the co-chairperson of the copy-right practice group at Oblon Spivak Mc-Clelland Maier & Neustadt concentrateson trademark and copyright law. Shealso is experienced in matters relatinglicensing, unfair competition, and falseadvertising.

Nominations per firmAllen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist 1

Alston & Bird 1

Baker & McKenzie 1

Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch 1

Bracewell & Giuliani 1

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney 1

Conley Rose 1

Dentons 1

DLA Piper 1

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett &

Dunner 2

Fulbright & Jaworski 2

Greenberg Traurig 2

Haynes and Boone 1

Hunton & Williams 1

Jones Day 1

K&L Gates 1

Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman 1


King & Spalding 2

LeClairRyan 1

Lott & Fischer 1

Malloy & Malloy 1

Moore & Van Allen 1

Myers Bigel 1

Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier &

Neustadt 1

Parsons Behle & Latimer 2

Peretz Chesal & Herrmann 1

Pirkey Barber 1

Richard Law Group 1

Smith Gambrell & Russell 1

Thompson & Knight 1

Vinson & Elkins 1

IllinoisNerissa Coyle McGinn at Loeb & Loeb fo-cuses on privacy law, IP law, and trade-mark clearance. Her clients includeTurner Broadcasting, Wm. Wrigley Jr.company, the New York Giants, and theWashington Redskins. Mary Squyres atBrinks Hofer Gilson & Lione focuses on in-ternational trademark litigation and li-censing and prosecution for clients in thetransportation, consumer retail, and foodindustries. At Katten Muchin Rosenman,Kristin Achterhof is an IP litigator whohandles a range of sub-practice IP areasincluding copyright, trademark, tradedress, and patent infringement. Her clientsinclude Universal Studios, Home Box Of-fice (HBO), and Motorola Mobility. HelenMinsker at Banner & Witcoff deals withtrademark, unfair competition laws, andcopyright law. She also has experiencewith prosecution of applications beforethe USPTO. Claudia Stangle at LeydigVoit & Mayer focuses on IP matters suchas trademarks, trade dress, and copyrights.Her clients include the pharmaceuticals,consumer goods, and financial services in-dustries. Linda DeBruin at Kirkland &Ellis litigates patent cases for clients in thecomputing and telecommunications sec-

tors, including BlackBerry in a multi-patent dispute settled before trial. Jeanne Gills is an IP litigator at Foley

& Lardner. Her experience includespatent infringement cases such as Gharbv. Coca-Cola, in which she representedCoca-Cola in a matter involving a secu-rity system on a mobile phone. The casewas dismissed with prejudice in Coca-Cola’s favor. Julie Katz at Symbus han-dles IP portfolios, trademarks, andcopyrights. Her patent infringement ex-perience includes Daiichi Sankyo Co. v.Apotex, in which she was successful ininvalidating the patent on Daiichi’sFloxin Otic, also known as ofloxacin, anantibiotic used to treat ear infections.Margaret Duncan is head of theChicago IP litigation practice at McDer-mott Will & Emery. She handles a rangeof sub-practice areas such as patent,trademark, copyright, software and com-puter technology. Meredith MartinAddy at Steptoe & Johnson handles IP lit-igation at the trial and appellate levels,including arguing before the Federal Cir-cuit. Her patent litigation experience in-cludes Abbott Labs. v. Sandoz, in whichshe defended Sandoz in a case relating tothe antibiotic Omnicef and generic cef-

dinir. She was successful in denying Ab-bott Labs’ request for a temporary re-straining order and preliminaryinjunction against Sandoz. PamelaRuschau at Leydig Voit & Mayer is expe-rienced in litigation in the mechanical,chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors. Atrained automotive engineer, she alsoprepares patents and licensing issuesand specializes in mechanical applica-tions. Lily Rin-Laures at Marshall Ger-stein & Borun focuses on patentportfolios in the biotechnology and phar-maceuticals industry, with an emphasison FDA regulations and clinical productdevelopment. Rin-Laures, a trained med-ical doctor, was recognized as a 2012“Life Sciences Star” in Managing IPLMG Life Sciences in 2012. Barnes &Thornburg’s Melissa Vallone focuses onunfair competition, copyright, domainname, and commercial contract issues.She successfully represented IHOP in atrade dress infringement dispute againsta restaurant in IHOP v. Langley. Manyclients of Dentons’s Natalie Spears aremedia companies looking to secure ac-cess to trial documents, including ofsuch headline-making cases such as theprosecution of disgraced former Illinoisgovernor Rod Blagojevich and formernewspaper publisher Conrad Black. Za-reefa Burki Flener at Ladas & Parry fo-cuses on patent and trademarkprosecution, IP litigation, and licensing.She has particular experience in HIVtransmission and pathology and map-ping of the human genome. JanetGaretto, the office managing partner ofNixon Peabody’s Chicago presence, spe-cializes in IP litigation. She has represen-tative experience in technical patents,silicone products, medical devices, anddental implants. Jodi Rosen Wine atNixon Peabody is a litigator who focuseson a range of technology-related IP sub-practice areas including patent, copy-right, and trademark. She has experiencewith medical devices, currency proces-sors, and automotive components. Chris-tine Dudzik at Kelley Drye focuses onpatent litigation in the technology sector.Her experience includes Markman hear-ings and Hatch-Waxman litigation.


REGIONAL ANALYSIS MIDWEST

Midwest TOP 250 WOMEN in IP

The Midwest


Illinois 18

Michigan 3

Minnesota 4

Missouri 2

Ohio 8

Wisconsin 2


MIDWEST REGIONAL ANALYSIS

MichiganSusan Kornfield at Bodman has litigatedIP matters such as copyrights, trademarks,e-commerce, and noncompete agree-ments. She has been an expert witness inIP cases and also has experience in com-puter and entertainment law. LisabethCoakley at Harness Dickey & Pierce fo-cuses on trademark and anti-counterfeit-ing matters. She also has experience withcustoms enforcement and seizures and do-main name disputes. Anessa OwenKramer at Honigman Miller Schwartz andCohn focuses on trademark issues and hasparticular experience with anti-cyber-squatting and keyword advertising matters.

MinnesotaElizabeth Buckingham at Dorsey &Whitney focuses on trademark, copy-right, entertainment, and Internet law. Ina Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy pro-ceeding, she won the domain name backfrom a cybersquatter in Imation Corp. v.James Huxley aka OM Enterprises. AtFish & Richardson, Dorothy Whelan fo-cuses on patent portfolios and post-grantproceedings, with particular experiencein the chemical and materials sciencesectors. She also specializes in interpartes and ex parte reexamination. AnnCathcart Chaplin, also at Fish &Richardson, has litigation experience inpatent and trade secret matters. This ex-perience involves technologies such aschemicals, medical devices, semiconduc-tors, and software. Jan Conlin at RobinsKaplan Miller & Ciresi was named one ofthe Top 250 Women in Litigation byBenchmark Litigation in 2013, as well asshortlisted for the publication’s “FemaleLitigator of the Year-Midwest” award. Sherepresented Eolas Technologies and theregents of the UC in Eolas Technologiesand The Regents of the University of Cali-fornia v. Microsoft Corporation. The juryawarded her clients a settlement worth$520.6 million, and the amount Microsoftwas ordered to pay totaled $565,894,868,which included prejudgment interest.

Missouri Tawni Wilhelm at Shook Hardy &Bacon in Kansas City specializes inpatent protection focusing on industriessuch as biotechnology, medical devicetechnology, and pharmaceuticals. Shealso has extensive experience in ex parteand inter partes reexamination. Jean

Dickman, also at Shook Hardy & Bacon,focuses on a range of IP sub-practiceareas including patent portfolios, in-fringement, and due diligence. She rep-resents clients in the technology sectorincluding the pharmaceuticals, chemi-cals, and consumer products industries.

OhioAfter previously serving as chief seniorcounsel for the Central Government ofIndia, Monica Verma at BakerHostetleradvises clients doing business in bothIndia and the US on IP issues relating tosoftware and technology. Her colleagueDeborah Wilcox focuses on copyrightand trademark in the merchandising andentertainment sectors. Meredith Wilkesat Jones Day is a trial lawyer who special-izes in brand protection and enforcement.She represented Deckers in Deckers Out-door Corporation v. Dr. Jay’s, in which sheachieved permanent injunction against Dr.Jay’s in the sale of counterfeit UGG boots.Holly Kozlowski at Porter Wright focuseson IP patent matters in a range of techni-cal fields such as organic and pharmaceu-tical chemistry, biotechnology, andchemical engineering. Margaret Lawsonat Taft Stettinius & Hollister handles sev-eral IP sub-practice areas such as trade-mark, copyright, and right of publicity. Shehas representative experience in sectorssuch as biomedical technology, publish-ing, and computer software. Megan Dortenzo at Thompson Hine

has technical experience in patent, copy-right, and trade secret matters includingtechnologies such as open source soft-ware, medical devices, and printer tech-nologies. Beverly Lyman, practices atboth the Cincinnati and Atlanta offices atThompson Hine. She prosecutes beforethe USPTO in technological matters suchas pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.Lori Krafte at Wood Herron & Evans hasexperience with advertising, copyrights,domain name disputes, and trademarks.

WisconsinWendy Ward is a patent litigator at Mer-chant & Gould in Madison. Her industriesof expertise include industrial chemistryand pharmaceuticals, and her clients in-clude generic pharmaceutical companies.Billie Jean Smith’s background as an en-gineer helps her in her patent, trademarkand copyright practice at Michael Best &Friedrich in Milwaukee.

Nominations per firmBakerHostetler 2

Banner & Witcoff 1

Barnes & Thornburg 1

Bodman 1

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione 1

Dentons 1

Dorsey & Whitney 1

Edwards Wildman Palmer 1

Fish & Richardson 2

Foley & Lardner 1

Harness Dickey & Pierce 1

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn 1

Jones Day 1

Katten Muchin Rosenman 1

Kirkland & Ellis 1

Ladas & Parry 1

Leydig Voit & Mayer 2

Loeb & Loeb 1

Marshall Gerstein & Borun 1

McDermott Will & Emery 1

Merchant & Gould 1

Michael Best & Friedrich 1

Nixon Peabody 2

Porter Wright 1

Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi 1

Shook Hardy & Bacon 2

Steptoe & Johnson 1

Symbus 1

Taft Stettinius & Hollister 1

Thompson Hine 2

Wood Herron & Evans 1


FIRM PROFILE MIDWEST

Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC is one of the nation’s largest intellectual property law firms and is internationally known,operating globally since 1921. Our lawyers provide counseling, licensing, litigation and prosecution services thatrange from patents and copyrights to anti-counterfeiting and foreign rights. We have more than 120 intellectual prop-erty professionals with scientific and engineering degrees. Their technical disciplines range from mechanical engi-neering, electrical engineering and chemical engineering to the computer sciences and genetics, as well as materialsand metallurgical engineering, chemistry, physics, biochemistry and agricultural engineering.

Our expertise has become a critical asset in today’s volatile legal environment. All fields of intellectual property areexperiencing dramatic changes, making it increasingly challenging to protect technology and brands globally. Ourlarge-scale operations meet these challenges by employing lawyers who specialize in each area of intellectual prop-erty. Such specialization allows us to deliver state-of-the-art legal strategies and effectively handle every IP issue con-fronting your business. Our extensive legal experience includes:

• Former In-House IP Counsel• Former Patent Examiners• Industry and Executive Experience• A Vast Array of Technical Backgrounds

Our domestic and international patent practice is second to none. We also have lawyers focusing exclusively onworldwide trademark and Internet issues, and our partners spend significant time providing opinions relevant to allaspects of intellectual property, including due diligence. Our litigation practice focuses exclusively on resolving IPdisputes quickly and effectively.

We understand that quality work is our clients’ most important objective because their competitive advantage hingesupon it. We deliver strategies without having to “reinvent the wheel” each time, because our lawyers specialize anddo not merely dabble in their areas of focus.

We are privileged to represent some of the most successful and sophisticated companies worldwide, including manyFortune 100 and 500 companies, and we have been ranked on a national level by several well-respected publicationsin the industry, including:

• Intellectual Property Today-Top Patent Firms, ranked 5th nationally for obtaining more than 2,800 patents• US News and World Report-2013 Best Lawyers and Tier 1 Best Law Firms• Managing Intellectual Property-2013 Top Patent Prosecution Firm in the Midwest

We have offices in metropolitan Detroit, MI, St. Louis, MO and Washington, DC, each of which focuses exclusivelyon intellectual property. We are one of the very few intellectual property firms in the world with substantial officesnear both of the USPTO offices. This provides our attorneys with a vehicle for face-to-face attorney/Examiner interviewson behalf of our clients.


WEST REGIONAL ANALYSIS

CaliforniaSusan Gorman, sole practitioner at Gor-man IP Law in San Diego, focuses onpatent prosecution in the biotechnology,biochemistry, and pharmaceuticals sec-tors, and holds a PhD during which timeshe studied genetics of pine trees. Shealso has experience with trademarkclearance opinions and trademark appli-cations. Judith Szepesi at BlakelySokoloff Taylor & Zafman focuses onpatents and patent prosecution. Many ofher clients are in the telecoms and com-puting sectors on both the software, andhardware sides. Karen Frank, a formerpresident of the Copyright Society of theUSA, practices IP and business law atCoblentz Patch Duffy & Bass in SanFrancisco. Her clients include the adver-tising, food and beverage, and entertain-ment industries, including a majormusic company in its ongoing litigationin northern California. Heidi Keefe atCooley in Palo Alto litigates patent trialsin the technical field. Her clients includeFacebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft, eBay,and HTC.Jill Cohen, the chairperson of the

entertainment transactions practice atDavis Wright Tremaine in LosAngeles is

experienced in entertainment transac-tions for motion picture studios andcable networks. She analyzes rights is-sues and drafts agreements. KelliSager, also at Davis Wright Tremaine,focuses on media and entertainmentlaw including securing access formedia to records on high-profile crimi-nal cases such as for Phil Spector,Winona Ryder, and O.J. Simpson. Sherepresented Universal Pictures in Diazv. NBC Universal, successfully obtain-ing dismissal of libel class action whichwas based on the film “American Gang-ster.” Deborah Fishman at DicksteinShapiro in Palo Alto concentrates onpatent litigation in the biopharmaceuti-cals and medical devices fields. She rep-resented Amgen in the patentinfringement dispute Pieczenik v.Amgen. The case was dismissed at thehearings stage. Lisa Haile at DLAPiper’s San Diego office handles patentprotection matters for clients primarilyin the pharmaceutical sector, includingwork involving virology, molecular bi-ology, and drug delivery systems. Dar-alyn Durie, one of the co-founders ofSan Francisco firm Durie Tangri, hastried several patent cases for several

household-name clients, including so-cial media clients such as Twitter andLinkedIn, and life sciences clients suchas Genentech. She successfully repre-sented California State Universityagainst a group of CSU students in adispute involving fee increases. SallyAbel of Fenwick & West specializes intrademark-related matters, includingportfolios and trademark rights online.She was recognized in EuromoneyLegal Media Group’s Guide to theWorld’s Leading Women in BusinessLaw as one of the top trademarklawyers in the US in both 2010 and2012. Debra Wong Yang at GibsonDunn & Crutcher specializes in corpo-rate crime and compliance. She for-merly served as the US Attorney for theCentral District of California. IP-focused firm Fish & Richardson

has three members of California’s IPTop 250 contingent. Juanita Brooks fo-cuses on IP, product liability, and quitam litigation. In July she knocked out a$149 million suit brought by Baxteragainst her client Fresenius USA. LisaGreenwald-Swire focuses on trade-mark, copyright, domain name, and li-censing issues. She focuses on the newmedia and entertainment sector. LisaMartens concentrates her practice ontrademarks for industries including foodservice, healthcare, and apparel. Shealso focuses on domain name and li-censing issues. Greenberg Traurig has three lawyers

among California’s IP Top 250. HeatherMeeker focuses on licensing and merg-ers and acquisitions for several indus-tries including educational clients,communications, and medical devices.She was recognized in Euromoney’s“Guide to the World’s Leading Women inBusiness Law” in 2012. Susan Hellerspecializes in trademarks for clients in-cluding Fortune 500 companies and en-tertainment figures. She was shortlistedfor Euromoney’s “Best in trademark”award at the 2013 Americas Women inBusiness Law Awards. Valerie Ho atGreenberg Traurig focuses on patents,trademark, copyright, and anti-counter-feiting litigation.

West TOP 250 WOMEN in IP

The West


California 49

Colorado 5

Oregon 3

Washington 10


REGIONAL ANALYSIS WEST

Jane Shay Wald is partner emeritusat Irell & Manella in Los Angeles. Sheconcentrates on trademark, unfair com-petition, false advertising, and copyright.She was the counsel for the briefs on be-half of Dastar in the Lanham Act disputeDastar v. Twentieth Century Fox Film be-fore the US Supreme Court. Susan Hol-lander of K&L Gates has experience inmany IP sub-fields, including trade-mark, copyright, unfair competition, andfalse advertising disputes. She has repre-sented HTC, T-Mobile, 24-Hour Fitness,and Francis Ford Coppola Winery. Rhonda Trotter, based in Los Ange-

les, is the head of Kaye Scholer’s trade-mark, copyright, and false advertisinggroup. She recently represented CentralSouth Distribution as lead counsel inBurtscher v. Moore in a breach of con-tract and copyright infringement suitwith regards to recordings of AmericanIdol contestant and musician AdamLambert. Sheri Jeffrey, also at Kaye Sc-holer, represents clients in the entertain-ment industry. She focuses on licensingand distribution agreements. ChristaAnderson of Keker & Van Nest litigatesfor several household names such asIntel, Google, American Honda, Broad-com, and Sutter Health. She representedGoogle in Oracle America v. Google, apatent and copyright dispute. All claimsof infringement were rejected and therewere no damages. Megan WhymanOlesek at Kenyon & Kenyon in Palo Altofocuses on technology-related patent lit-igation. She successfully representedSony in the trade secrets caseMedioStream v. Microsoft. The court dis-missed MedioStream’s complaint. Jennifer Arkowitz at Kilpatrick

Townsend & Stockton in San Franciscoconcentrates on trademark and copy-right law. She has represented wirelessheadset manufacturer AliphCom in mul-tiple trademark-related matters, as wellas nutritional company Clif Bar in atrademark infringement suit. DianaTorres at Kirkland & Ellis focuses herpractice on IP matters such as trade se-crets and unfair competition for the en-tertainment and media industry. Sherepresented Twentieth Century Fox Filmin David Hayter v. Twentieth CenturyFox and Newmarket Press, which in-volved credit disputes and rights with re-gards to false advertising and antitrustlaws. Lisa Kobialka at Kramer LevinNaftalis & Frankel focuses on patents,trade secrets, and unfair competition

matters primarily for clients in the lifesciences, computer sciences, and elec-tronic media sectors. Elizabeth Linfordat Ladas & Parry in Los Angeles special-izes in trademark prosecution, digitalbrands protection, and copyrights. Thehead of the firm’s digital brands practice,she also has experience in domain namedisputes and portfolio management.Roxanne Christ at Latham & Watkins’sLos Angeles office focuses her practiceon IP-related media and technologytransactions, portfolios, patents, andtrademarks. She has represented TheWalt Disney Company, Sony Online En-tertainment, and Takeda Pharmaceuti-cal. Laura Wytsma at Loeb & Loebfocuses on patents, false advertising,defamation, and Lanham Act violations.A recent high-profile representation ofhers was on behalf of Marilyn MonroeLLC regarding the classic film star’spost-mortem publicity rights. ShariWollman at Manatt Phelps & Phillips fo-cuses on patents, copyright, and trade se-cret litigation. She specializes in theentertainment and media industries.Karin Pagnanelli at Mitchell Silberberg& Knupp concentrates on copyright,piracy, trademark, defamation, and un-fair competition. In a recent trademarkinfringement dispute, she representedTake2 Interactive and Rockstar Gamesagainst a Los Angeles business regard-ing the “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas”game and Sony Music in another trade-mark infringement lawsuit relating tothe UK boy band One Direction, filed bya US-based group sharing the samename. Catherine Polizzi at Morrison & Fo-

erster in Palo Alto focuses on patents,due diligence, and portfolio manage-ment in the life sciences sector. She wasrecognized as a “Life science star” byEuromoney LMG’s Life Sciences in 2012and 2013, and she won Euromoney’s“Best in life sciences” award at the 2013Americas Women in Business LawAwards. Gladys Monroy, also at Morri-son & Foerster, specializes in patentportfolio management, interferences, re-examinations, reissues, and due dili-gence. The patents she wrote for herclient Chiron led to the creation of blood-screening technology to detect for Hepa-titis C. Morrison & Foerster’s KateMurashige specializes in patent prose-cution work. She represented the Uni-versity of California regarding a bovinegrowth hormone patent. She secured li-

Nominations per firm

Bingham 1

Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman 1

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass 1

Cooley 1

Davis Wright Tremaine 3

Dickstein Shapiro 1

DLA Piper 1

Dorsey & Whitney 1

Durie Tangri 1

Faegre Baker Daniels 2

Fenwick & West 1

Fish & Richardson 3

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher 1

Greenberg Traurig 3

Holland & Hart 1

Irell & Manella 1

K&L Gates 4

Kaye Scholer 2

Keker & Van Nest 1

Kenyon & Kenyon 1


Kirkland & Ellis 1

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear 1

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel 1

Ladas & Parry 1

Latham & Watkins 1

Loeb & Loeb 1

Manatt Phelps & Phillips 1

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp 1

Morrison & Foerster 4

Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg 2

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe 2

Perkins Coie 7

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 2

Sheridan Ross 1

Sidley Austin 1

Stoel Rives 1

Stolowitz Ford Cowger 1

Susan Gorman IP 1

Tonkon Torp 1

Weil Gotshal & Manges 1

White & Case 1

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 2


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censing revenue for the university val-ued around $250 million. She was recog-nized as a “Life sciences star” byEuromoney LMG’s Life Sciences in 2013.Rachel Krevans is nationally known forher representation of Apple in the ongo-ing litigation in connection with Apple v.Samsung. Krevans joins her colleaguePolizzi in winning at the 2013 Eu-romoney Women in Business LawAwards; in her case, taking home the“Best in patent” award.

Katherine “Katy” Basile at NovakDruce Connolly Bove & Quigg special-izes in trademarks and licensing issues.She is experienced in litigation beforethe Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.Also a member of the Novak Druceteam is Pam Fulmer, whose experienceis in patent, copyright, and trademarkinfringement litigation. She representedWPI in Whittemore Peterson Institute forNeuro-Immune Disease v. Judy Mikovits,a trade secrets and breach of contractdispute in which she obtained a prelim-inary injunction. She is currently han-dling patent litigation matters involvingstreaming video technology. AnnetteHurst at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe inSan Francisco successfully defendedDISH network against Fox’s motion fora preliminary injunction attempting toshut down Hopper DVR and its Prime-Time Anytime and AutoHop features.She was named “Female Litigator of theYear – West” by Benchmark Litigation in2013. She was also recognized in Bench-mark Litigation’s “Top 250 Women inLitigation” in 2012. Her Orrick col-league Stephanie Sharron focuses onIP transactions in the life sciences andtechnologies sector. She specializes inprivacy, data security, and Internetsafety issues. Bobbie Wilson at Perkins Coie in San

Francisco specializes in patents, tradesecrets, Internet privacy, and Section230 litigation under the Communica-tions Decency Act. She is representingCraigslist against scrappers trying toprofit from content on the website. ViolaKung, also at Perkins Coie, concentrateson patents in the life sciences sector. Herpractice matters include neurologicaldiseases, gene expression, and chemicalformulations. Jennifer Kash at QuinnEmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan focuseson patents, trade secrets, and antitrustdisputes. She successfully representedYahoo! when it filed a multi-patent law-suit against Facebook in the Northern

District of California. Victoria Maroulis,also at Quinn Emanuel, focuses onpatent litigation. She represented Cisco,Belkin, NETGEAR, and D-Link in apatent infringement case involving wire-less routers and won summary judg-ment of non-infringement and invalidity.Sasha Rao at BinghamMcCutchen in

Palo Alto focuses on patent infringe-ment, Hatch-Waxman cases, copyrights,and trade secrets. She successfully rep-resented Transmeta in the patent in-fringement case Transmeta v. Intelregarding microprocessor technology.The case settled for $250 million.Patty Thayer at Sidley Austin concen-

trates on patent litigation in the life sci-ences sector. Her experience includesbiopharmaceuticals, drug delivery sys-tems, and medical devices. She won the“Best in life sciences award” at the 2012Euromoney LMG’s Americas Women inBusiness Law Awards. Karen Ballack atWeil Gotshal & Manges represents tech-nology companies in IP transactions.She represented Symantec in its $115million acquisition of LiveOffice Hold-ings from Summit Partners and LiveOf-fice management. Based in the Palo Altooffice of White & Case, Jeannine Sanofocuses on patent litigation involvingtechnologies such as microprocessors,chipsets, memory, image sensors, andsoftware. She represented Autodesk inthe patent litigation dispute AmericanImaging Services v. Autodesk regardingCAD software. Stefani Shanberg at Wil-son Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati special-izes in technological patent litigationwith a focus on ITC investigations. Herclients include Google, Spotify, andSymantec. Suzanne Bell, also at WilsonSonsini, focuses on technology and IPtransactions. She has experience incloud computing, electronics, and digitalmedia.

ColoradoBased in Denver, Natalie Hanlon-Lehfocuses on patent, copyright, and trade-mark at Faegre Baker Daniels. She rep-resented USA Hockey and obtained aseizure order for counterfeit merchan-dise at the 2002 Winter Olympics held inSalt Lake City. She was named 2013 Col-orado “Outstanding IP Litigator of theYear” by Managing IP. Her Faegre col-league Nina Wang focuses on IP litiga-tion. She successfully representedLabCorp and obtained summary judg-

ment in post-Supreme Court proceed-ings regarding a patent license in Lab-Corp v. Metabolite. Andrea Anderson atHolland & Hart in Boulder focuses ontrademarks. She also has experience inmatters pertaining to gray-market goods,counterfeit goods, and domain names.Sabrina Stavish at Sheridan Ross isbased in Denver and focuses on trade-marks, copyrights, and Internet domainnames. She also has experience withsoftware development, licensing, andmarketing agreements. Lisa Osman atDorsey & Whitney specializes in trade-mark protection, brand development,and Internet and domain name matters.The industries she represents includeconsumer products, software, and finan-cial services.

OregonAnne Glazer at Stoel Rives specializesin trademark, copyright, and trade se-cret issues. She also has experience inadvertising compliance, franchising,software, and patents. Graciela Cowgerat Stolowitz Ford Cowger focuses onpatent prosecution in the electronics,software, and communications indus-tries. She also has experience in infringe-ment analysis and portfolio evaluation.Vicki Ballou at Tonkon Torp focuses onpatent, trademark, and copyright li-censes. Her clients include technologyand manufacturing companies.

UtahMargaret Niver McGann at ParsonsBehle & Latimer focuses on trademarklaw. She has experience in brand nameclearance, registration, use, and protec-tion. Juliette White, also at ParsonsBehle, focuses on IP and antitrust mat-ters. She also concentrates on Internetinfringement matters such as domaindisputes and social media such as Tum-blr and Pinterest.

Washington Cindy Caditz at Davis Wright Tremainefocuses on trademarks. She is represent-ing Sunbeam in Sunbeam Products v.Osram in a dispute over trademark reg-istration. At Knobbe Martens, Maria An-derson has experience in patentprosecution in the computer science ande-commerce fields. She also focuses ontrademark portfolios and assets.


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K&L Gates has three members of IPTop 250’s rankings in Washington state.C. Rachal Winger focuses on patents inthe life sciences sector. Her experienceincludes pain management, therapeu-tics for cancers, mental disorders, andregenerative stem cell technologies.Martha Dawson specializes in elec-tronic discovery and records manage-ment. She advises clients on litigationreadiness and collection issues. PallaviMehta Wahi is the co-chairperson of thefirm’s India practice. She focuses oncommercial and corporate IP litigation.She has experience in discovery, motionpractice, and trial practice. Five women represent Perkins Coie,

based out of the international firm’s Seat-

tle headquarters. Grace Han Stanton fo-cuses on trademark and brand clear-ance, copyright protection, advertisingcompliance review and liquor licensing,and regulatory matters. She representsFortune 500 companies, wineries andbreweries, and software companies.Heidi Sachs specializes in trademark,copyright, domain name, and trade se-cret issues. She handles Boeing’s trade-mark portfolio. Lynne Graybeal focuseson trademark, copyright, Internet andsocial media issues, and entertainmentlaw. She also concentrates on softwarelicense agreements, web-based contentlicense agreements, and literary rightsagreements. Amanda Beane is a com-mercial litigator who focuses on class

actions involving consumer protectionand privacy. She successfully repre-sented Washington Families StandingTogether in Doe v. Reed, in which theSupreme Court ruled that release of ref-erendum petitions does not facially vio-late the First Amendment. LynnHvalsoe focuses on technology transac-tions, specializing in joint developmentagreements, patent licensing, and IPmonetization counseling. She also hasexperience in due diligence, trademark,copyright, and software development is-sues. From 1988-96 Hvalsoe served asgeneral counsel for Nintendo of Amer-ica, and was responsible for the legalmanagement of the electronics com-pany’s IP portfolio.

KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP 990 Marsh RoadMenlo Park, CA 94025Tel: 650.752.1711 Fax: 650.752.1811 Email: [email protected]

Lisa Kobialka, a partner in the firm’s intellectual property department inthe Silicon Valley office, focuses on both litigation and counselingclients in the area of complex intellectual property and general litiga-tion matters. She has handled trials and evidentiary hearings in numer-ous jurisdictions across the United States involving claims for patentinfringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition andtrademark infringement, as well as breach of contract and tort claims.She has represented clients as both plaintiff and defendant in over 85litigations throughout the country. Most recently, she tried several multi-patent cases in the District of Delaware, involving antivirus softwareand computer products and social networking architecture. She repre-sents clients in a variety of technology-related industries, with a particu-lar emphasis on the life sciences, computer sciences, and the electricalarts.Ms Kobialka is active in the intellectual property legal community

and has been a long term member of several intellectual property or-ganizations, including the American IP Association. She is presently alifetime member of the Japanese American Bar Association, and hasmemberships with the American Bar Association, the California Bar As-sociation, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, andthe Women’s Intellectual Property Law Association. Ms Kobialka received her JD from the University of San Francisco

School of Law, her MM from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music,and her BA from the University of California, Davis.

LISA KOBIALKA

PERKINS COIE LLP3150 Porter Drive Palo Alto, California94304Tel: 650.838.4457Fax: 650.838.4657Email: [email protected]

Viola Kung is a partner in Perkins Coie’s patent procurement practicefocusing on patent prosecution and patent counseling in the chemical,pharmaceutical, diagnostics, biotechnology, and small molecule are-nas, including methods for treating inflammatory diseases, ophthalmicdiseases, neurological diseases, neuropsychiatric diseases, pulmonarydiseases, autoimmune diseases, and pain; pharmaceutical formula-tions, chemical formulations, new chemical entity, chemical processes,medical devices, nucleotide derivatives, monoclonal antibodies, in vitrodiagnostics, immunoassays, gene expression, antisense, RNA transfor-mation vectors, recombinant viral nucleic acids, DNA sequencing,tumor suppressor genes, fusion proteins, interferons, electrophoreticdisplays, silica filter media, sol gels, and carbon nanotubes. She is experienced in reexamination, appeal, and interference pro-

ceedings before the US Patent and Trademark Office. Her other clientcounseling activities include opinion work, freedom-to-operate and duediligence evaluation.Dr Kung received her BS in chemistry from National Taiwan Univer-

sity, PhD in chemistry/biochemistry from University of California atBerkeley, and JD from Santa Clara University. She had worked for Lipo-some Technology, Inc., Molecular Devices Corp., and Metra Bosys-tems, Inc. as a research scientist and development director before sheswitched her career to patent law. Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Dr.Kung was a partner in the patent prosecution group at Howrey LLP anda patent agent at Rae-Venter Law Group.Through her extensive research and industrial training, she has

broad R&D experience in formulation, assay development, in vitro di-agnostics, protein and DNA interaction, lipid bilayer membrane, conju-gation chemistry and molecular biology.She is an inventor of a total of 21 US patents in the areas of im-

munoassay methods and kits; kinetic microtiter plate readers, heptanederivatized membrane, DNA detection methods; DNA-protein separa-tion methods; liposome formulations, protein conjugation, bone resorp-tion, and biotin reagents. She also has numerous publications inscientific journals.

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BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN1117 S. California Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304-1106 Tel: +1.650.849.4885 Fax: +1.650.849.4651 Email: [email protected]

Sasha Rao, a partner in Bingham’s Intellectual Property group, is a sea-soned trial lawyer with an established record of success in patent litiga-tion for many of the world’s leading technology companies. Withnearly 17 years’ experience and a degree in physics, Sasha’s strongtechnical background and extensive experience in high-tech matters al-lows her to quickly master a wide range of technologies and simplifythe presentation of complex technical arguments, helping ensure herclients are provided with courtroom winning results. Sasha’s experi-ence includes jury and bench trials, Markman hearings and Interna-tional Trade Commission investigations. Sasha also advises clients onstrategic matters involving patent infringement, Hatch-Waxman cases,copyrights, trade secrets and other intellectual property issues.Sasha was recognized as a “Top 75 IP Litigator in California” by

the Daily Journal (2013); an “IP Star” by Managing IP magazine(2013); a “Top 250 Women in IP” by IP Stars (2013); a “WomenLeader in Tech Law” by The Recorder (2013); a “Woman of Influence”by the Silicon Valley Business Journal (2013) and as a “Rainmaker” bythe MCCA’s Diversity & The Bar magazine (2012).

Representative matters• Confidential client — Represented confidential technology client insecuring a summary judgment ruling of non-infringement in a Cen-tral District of California case involving four patents. Following a fa-vorable claim construction ruling for our client that led directly intosummary judgment motions, the Court granted our client’s summaryjudgment motion of non-infringement of all asserted claims.

• Confidential clients — Represented two technology clients as defen-dants in securing victory in a case brought by Eolas TechnologiesInc. on two patents that it contended cover all websites containinginteractive content. After a four-day invalidity trial involving multipledefendants, an Eastern District of Texas jury returned a verdict thatall asserted claims of both patents are invalid.

• Transmeta Corp. v. Intel Corp. — Represented Transmeta in apatent infringement lawsuit involving microprocessor technology.Case settled favorably for $250 million, which was one of the toppatent damage settlements in 2007.

• Compaq Computer Corp. v. eMachines — Represented Compaq inpatent infringement action asserting computer systems patents. Ob-tained summary judgment of infringement of nine patents relating topersonal computer subsystems. Obtained permanent injunction be-fore trial against further infringement of two patents. Damagesclaim was in excess of $200 million before trebling. Case settledfavorably through mediation two weeks before trial.

• Lucent v. Periphonics — Represented Lucent in patent infringementaction asserting patents regarding interactive voice technology.Case settled favorably through mediation after the Markman hear-ing.

• Purdue Pharma Products L.P. v. Par Pharmaceuticals — RepresentedPurdue Pharma and associated companies in a Hatch-Waxmanpatent infringement lawsuit involving controlled-release tramadol.

SASHA G. RAO


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Suzanne Bell Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati California ��

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Leora Ben-Ami Kirkland & Ellis New York

Deborah Benson Hinckley Allen & Snyder Massachusetts

Maria Bernier Reed Smith Pennsylvania

Jessamyn Berniker Williams & Connolly Washington DC ��

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Sarah Chapin Columbia McDermott Will & Emery Massachusetts

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Christine Dudzik Kelley Drye Illinois ��

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Maya Eckstein Hunton & Williams Virginia ��

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Sandra Edelman Dorsey & Whitney New York �

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Dianne Elderkin Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Pennsylvania ��

�Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals

Key legal specialties:Hatch-Waxman, Interferences, Opinion Work, Post-grant Proceedings, Re-examination

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Roxanne Elings Davis Wright Tremaine New York �

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Nicole Emmons Baker & McKenzie Texas ��

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Shamita Etienne-CummingsWhite & Case Washington DC ��

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Mary Ferguson Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner Massachusetts ��

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Lisa Ferri Mayer Brown New York ��

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Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Hatch-Waxman, Orange Book, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition

Barbara Fiacco Foley Hoag Massachusetts ��

�Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Chemicals, Healthcare Equipment & Services, Medical Devices, Universities

and Research

Key legal specialties: ITC Litigation, Opinion Work

Deborah Fishman Dickstein Shapiro California ��

Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, Software & Computer Services, Technology


Key legal specialties:Antitrust, Re-examination, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition

Sherry Flax Saul Ewing Maryland �

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Zareefa Burki Flener Ladas & Parry Illinois ��

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Ann Ford DLA Piper Washington DC �

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Nancy Frandsen Woodcock Washburn Pennsylvania �

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Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Trade Dress, Trademark Clearance, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition, TTAB

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Karen Frank Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass California

Janis Fraser Fish & Richardson Massachusetts ��

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Research


Laura Fahey Fritts Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman Georgia ��

�Industry specialties:Chemicals, Mechanical Products and Processes, Pharmaceuticals


Claudia Frost DLA Piper Texas ��

Industry specialties:Chemicals, Energy, Media, Sports and Entertainment, Software & Computer Services,


Key legal specialties:Antitrust, ITC Litigation, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition, International Work: Europe

Pam Fulmer Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg California ��

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Key legal specialties:Trade Dress, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition

Hilda Galvan Jones Day Texas ��

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Key legal specialties: ITC Litigation, Post-grant Proceedings, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition

Elizabeth Gardner Kenyon & Kenyon New York

Janet Garetto Nixon Peabody Illinois �

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Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Opinion Work, Trademark Clearance, International Work: Europe,


Terri Gillis Mayer Brown New York

Jeanne Gills Foley & Lardner Illinois ��

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Key legal specialties:Opinion Work, Post-grant Proceedings, Trade Dress, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition

Anne Glazer Stoel Rives Oregon �

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Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Trade Dress, Trademark Clearance, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition

Lori Gordon Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox Washington DC ��

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Key legal specialties:Opinion Work, Post-grant Proceedings, Re-examination

Susan Gorman Gorman IP Law California ��

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Key legal specialties:Opinion Work, Re-examination, Trademark Clearance, International Work: Europe,


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Jill Gorny Sloper Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Massachusetts ��

�Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals

Lynne Graybeal Perkins Coie Washington �

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Lisa Greenwald-Swire Fish & Richardson California �

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�Industry specialties:Consumer Products, Internet (Domain Names), Media, Sports and Entertainment


Marta Gross Goodwin Procter New York ��

�Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Chemicals, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals


Lisa Haile DLA Piper California ��

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Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Opinion Work, Re-examination, International Work: Europe

Jody Haller Drake Sughrue Mion Washington DC ��

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Media, Sports and Entertainment, Publishing



Arlene Hanks Moore & Van Allen North Carolina ��

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Elizabeth Hanley McCarter & English Massachusetts ��

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Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Opinion Work, Post-grant Proceedings

Natalie Hanlon-Leh Faegre Baker Daniels Colorado ��

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Computer Services, Telecommunications

Key legal specialties: ITC Litigation, Re-examination

Erika Harmon Arner Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner Virginia ��

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�Industry specialties:Business Methods, Financial Services, Internet, Software & Computer Services,

Telecommunications

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Opinion Work, Post-grant Proceedings, Re-examination, Trade Secret / Unfair

Competition

Audrey Haroz Reed Hogan Lovells Washington DC & New York ��Industry specialties:Automobiles & Parts, Media, Sports and Entertainment, Pharmaceuticals, Software &

Computer Services, Technology Hardware & Equipment

Maia Harris Nixon Peabody Massachusetts ��

�Industry specialties:Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Healthcare Equipment & Services, Mechanical Products

and Processes, Medical Devices

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Julia Heaney Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell Delaware

Susan Heller Greenberg Traurig California ��

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Asia

Susan Hendrickson Arnold & Porter Washington DC �

�Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Healthcare IT, Internet, Pharmaceuticals, Technology Hardware & Equipment

Leora Herrmann Peretz Chesal & Herrmann Florida �

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Key legal specialties:Trademark Clearance, TTAB Opposition

Valerie Ho Greenberg Traurig California ��

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Key legal specialties:Trade Dress

Elizabeth Holland Kenyon & Kenyon New York

Susan Hollander K&L Gates California ��

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Names), Manufacturing



Roberta Horton Arnold & Porter Washington DC ��

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Names), Media, Sports and Entertainment

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Opinion Work, Trade Dress, Trademark Clearance, Trade Secret / Unfair

Competition

Annette Hurst Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe California ��

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Computer Services

Key legal specialties:Trade Dress, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition, TTAB Opposition

Constance Huttner Vinson & Elkins New York ��

Industry specialties:Business Methods, Chemicals, Financial Services, Media, Sports and Entertainment,

Pharmaceuticals

Key legal specialties:Hatch-Waxman, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition, International Work: Asia

Lynn Hvalsoe Perkins Coie Washington

Susan Jackson K&L Gates North Carolina ��

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Hara Jacobs Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll Pennsylvania �

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Computer Services


International Work: Europe

Karen Jacobs Louden Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell Delaware ��

�Industry specialties:Business Methods, Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Industrial Products, Mechanical

Products and Processes, Pharmaceuticals

Key legal specialties:Hatch-Waxman

Brenda Jarrell Choate Hall & Stewart Massachusetts ��

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Sheri Jeffrey Kaye Scholer California

Doris Johnson Hines Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner Washington DC ��

��Industry specialties:Consumer Products, Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Telecommunications,



Sarah Kagan Banner & Witcoff Washington DC ��

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Key legal specialties: Interferences

Jennifer Kash Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan California ��

Industry specialties:Business Methods, Internet, Software & Computer Services, Technology Hardware &

Equipment, Telecommunications (Mobile)


Julie Katz Symbus Illinois �

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Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Hatch-Waxman, Trade Dress, Trademark Clearance, TTAB Opposition

Martha Lessman Katz Gordon Feinblatt Maryland ��

��Industry specialties:Financial Services, Healthcare IT, Internet, Internet (Domain Names), Software & Computer

Services

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Trademark Clearance, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition, International Work:

Europe

Rebecca Kaufman King & Spalding Georgia ��

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Heidi Keefe Cooley California ��

�Industry specialties:Business Methods, Internet, Software & Computer Services, Telecommunications (Mobile)

Key legal specialties:Re-examination

Karol Kepchar Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Washington DC

Mary Kevlin Cowan Liebowitz & Latman New York

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Elizabeth King Conley Rose Texas ��

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Key legal specialties:Trade Dress, Trademark Clearance

Joan Kluger Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis Delaware ��

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Hardware & Equipment, Universities and Research

Key legal specialties:Opinion Work, Trademark Clearance, International Work: Europe, International Work: Asia

Lisa Kobialka Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel California ��

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Key legal specialties:Hatch-Waxman, Post-grant Proceedings, Re-examination, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition,


Susan Kornfield Bodman Michigan

Holly Kozlowski Porter Wright Ohio ��

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Key legal specialties: Interferences, Opinion Work, Post-grant Proceedings, International Work: Europe,


Lori Krafte Wood Herron & Evans Ohio �

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Anessa Owen Kramer Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn Michigan �

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Names), Pharmaceuticals


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Rachel Krevans Morrison & Foerster California ��

Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Medical Devices, Software & Computer


Key legal specialties: Interferences, ITC Litigation, Re-examination, Trade Dress, International Work: Asia

Viola Kung Perkins Coie California ��

�Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Chemicals, Industrial Products, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals


Wendy Larson Pirkey Barber Texas �

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Margaret Lawson Taft Stettinius & Hollister Ohio

Esther Lim Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner Washington DC ��

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Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, ITC Litigation, Opinion Work, International Work: Asia

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Elizabeth Linford Ladas & Parry California ��

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Manufacturing, Technology Hardware & Equipment



Denise Loring Ropes & Gray New York ��

�Industry specialties:Academic Research and Medical Centers, Biotechnology, Chemicals, Medical Devices,

Pharmaceuticals

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Hatch-Waxman, Opinion Work, Orange Book

Leslie Lott Lott & Fischer Florida

Jane Love WilmerHale New York ��

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Industry specialties:Academic Research and Medical Centers, Biotechnology, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals,


Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Hatch-Waxman, Interferences, Opinion Work, Post-grant Proceedings

Mary-Olga Lovett Greenberg Traurig Texas ��

Industry specialties: Industrial Products, Mechanical Products and Processes, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals,


Key legal specialties: Interferences, Trade Dress, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition

Jolynn Lussier Fish & Richardson Massachusetts

Beverly Lyman Thompson Hine Ohio & Georgia ��

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Research, Venture Capital

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Opinion Work, International Work: Europe

Jennie Malloy Malloy & Malloy Florida

Amy Mandragouras Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Massachusetts ��

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Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Opinion Work, International Work: Europe, International Work: Asia

Victoria Maroulis Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan California ��

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Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Consumer Products, Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Medical Devices,


Key legal specialties:Antitrust, Hatch-Waxman, ITC Litigation, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition, International

Work: Asia

Margaret Marshall Greenberg Traurig Georgia ��

��Industry specialties:Media, Sports and Entertainment, Software & Computer Services, Venture Capital

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, International Work: Europe

Lisa Martens Fish & Richardson California �

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Patricia Martone Morrison & Foerster New York ��

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Key legal specialties: International Work: Europe, International Work: Asia

Laura Masurovsky Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner Washington DC ��

Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Mechanical Products and Processes,

Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications

Key legal specialties:Antitrust, Hatch-Waxman, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition

Kristen McCallion Fish & Richardson New York �

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Kathleen “Katie” McCarthy King & Spalding New York �

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Heather McDonald BakerHostetler New York ��

�Industry specialties:Consumer Products, Fasion, Apparel, and Footwear, Internet, Manufacturing, Media, Sports

and Entertainment

Key legal specialties: ITC Litigation, Trade Dress, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition

Leslie McDonell Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner Massachusetts ��

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Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Opinion Work, Post-grant Proceedings, Re-examination, International Work:

Europe

Margaret Niver McGann Parsons Behle & Latimer Utah �

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�Industry specialties:Consumer Products, Internet, Software & Computer Services



Linda McLeod Kelly IP Washington DC

Jill McWhirter King & Spalding Texas

Andrea Mealey Hinckley Allen & Snyder Massachusetts ��

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�Industry specialties:Consumer Products, Fasion, Apparel, and Footwear, Healthcare Equipment & Services,

Industrial Products, Software & Computer Services

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Trademark Clearance, TTAB Opposition

Heather Meeker Greenberg Traurig California ��

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�Industry specialties:Consumer Products, Medical Devices, Software & Computer Services, Technology Hardware &

Equipment, Universities and Research

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, International Work: Europe, International Work: Asia

Pallavi Mehta Wahi K&L Gates Washington �

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Linda Merritt Norton Rose Fulbright Texas ��

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Telecommunications


Europe

Mercedes Meyer Drinker Biddle & Reath Washington DC ��

��Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Chemicals, Clean Technology, Consumer Products, Pharmaceuticals

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Interferences, Opinion Work, Orange Book, Re-examination

Helen Minsker Banner & Witcoff Illinois ��

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Gladys Monroy Morrison & Foerster California ��

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Barbara Mullin Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Pennsylvania ��

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Kate Murashige Morrison & Foerster California ��

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�Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Chemicals, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Universities and Research

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Opinion Work, Post-grant Proceedings

Barbara Murphy Foster Murphy Altman & Nickel Washington DC ��

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�Industry specialties:Consumer Products, Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Industrial Products, Technology

Hardware & Equipment, Telecommunications (Mobile)


Alexandra Nicholson Davis Wright Tremaine New York

Deanna Tanner Okun Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg Washington DC Industry specialties:Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Mechanical Products and Processes, Software &

Computer Services, Technology Hardware & Equipment


Lisa Osman Dorsey & Whitney Colorado ��

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Key legal specialties:Post-grant Proceedings, Trade Dress, Trademark Clearance, Trade Secret / Unfair

Competition, International Work: Europe

Karin Pagnanelli Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp California �

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Purvi Patel Haynes and Boone Texas �

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Marcia Paul Davis Wright Tremaine New York �

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Key legal specialties:Trade Dress, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition, International Work: Europe

Lisa Pearson Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton New York ��

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Opposition

Lisa Pirozzolo WilmerHale Massachusetts ��

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Key legal specialties:Hatch-Waxman, ITC Litigation

Catherine Polizzi Morrison & Foerster California ��

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Sasha Rao Bingham California ��

�Industry specialties:Business Methods, Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Internet, Pharmaceuticals,


Key legal specialties:Hatch-Waxman, Interferences, ITC Litigation, Re-examination, Trade Secret / Unfair

Competition

Claudia Ray Kirkland & Ellis New York �

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Janet Reed Potter Anderson & Corroon Delaware

Leah Reimer Cantor Colburn Connecticut

Kecia Reynolds Goodwin Procter Washington DC ��

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Key legal specialties: ITC Litigation, International Work: Asia

Constance Rhebergen Bracewell & Giuliani Texas ��

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Processes

Key legal specialties:Opinion Work, International Work: Europe

Molly Richard Richard Law Group Texas ��

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Computer Services



Virginia Richard Winston & Strawn New York �

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Financial Services, Healthcare Equipment & Services



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TOP 250 WOMEN IN IP

Julie Richardson Myers Bigel North Carolina ��

Industry specialties:Biotechnology, Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Mechanical Products and Processes,

Medical Devices

Monica Richman Dentons New York �

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Lily Rin-Laures Marshall Gerstein & Borun Illinois ��

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Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Hatch-Waxman, Interferences, Opinion Work, Post-grant Proceedings

Andrea Robidoux Choate Hall & Stewart Massachusetts ��

��Industry specialties:Chemicals, Medical Devices, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Venture Capital

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Hatch-Waxman, Opinion Work, Orange Book

Jodi Rosen Wine Nixon Peabody Illinois ��

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Pamela Ruschau Leydig Voit & Mayer Illinois ��

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Transportation


Heidi Sachs Perkins Coie Washington ��

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Kelli Sager Davis Wright Tremaine California

Margaret Sampson Vinson & Elkins Texas �

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Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Hatch-Waxman, Opinion Work, Orange Book, Re-examination

Jeannine Sano White & Case California �

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Janet Satterthwaite Venable Washington DC ��

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Industry specialties:Consumer Products, Fasion, Apparel, and Footwear, Financial Services, Internet (Domain

Names)

Key legal specialties:Trade Dress, Trademark Clearance, TTAB Opposition, International Work: Europe

Jacqueline Scheib Robinson & Cole Connecticut �

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Capital

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Trademark Clearance, TTAB Opposition

Franceska Schroeder Fish & Richardson Washington DC �Industry specialties:Aerospace & Defense, Software & Computer Services, Technology Hardware & Equipment

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TOP 250 WOMEN IN IP

Stefani Shanberg Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati California Industry specialties:Consumer Products, Internet, Technology Hardware & Equipment, Telecommunications

(Mobile)


Melanie Sharp Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor Delaware ��

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Key legal specialties:Hatch-Waxman, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition

Stephanie Sharron Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe California ��

�Industry specialties:Consumer Products, Internet, Technology Hardware & Equipment, Universities and Research,

Venture Capital

Key legal specialties:Due Diligence, Trade Secret / Unfair Competition, International Work: Europe, International

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Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg, 10,11, 44

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, 10,11, 14, 35, 40, 44

Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath &Gilchrist, 19, 20, 35

Alston & Bird, 19, 20, 31

Arent Fox, 10, 11, 33, 34

Arnold & Porter, 6, 10, 11, 39

Baker & McKenzie, 11, 13, 16, 19, 20,33, 36

BakerHostetler, 11, 13, 22, 43, 48, 49

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, 11,14, 40

Banner & Witcoff, 10, 11, 21, 22, 40, 44

Barnes & Thornburg, 21, 22, 48

Bingham, 25, 26, 45

Bingham McCutchen, 29

Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch, 20, 30

Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman, 24,25, 48

Bodman, 22, 41

Bracewell & Giuliani, 19, 20, 45

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, 21, 22, 47

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, 20, 35

Cantor Colburn, 10, 11, 34, 45

Carter Ledyard & Milburn, 11, 13, 31

Choate Hall & Stewart, 9, 11, 12, 34, 40,46

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass, 24, 25, 37

Conley Rose, 19, 20, 41

Cooley, 24, 25, 40

Covington & Burling, 10, 11, 32

Cowan Liebowitz & Latman, 11, 13, 40

Davis Wright Tremaine, 11, 13, 24, 25,26, 33, 36, 44, 45, 46

Day Pitney, 10, 11, 30

Dentons, 11, 13, 20, 21, 22, 35, 46, 47

Dickstein Shapiro, 24, 25, 36

DLA Piper, 5, 11, 20, 24, 25, 36, 37, 38

Dorsey & Whitney, 11, 13, 22, 25, 26, 32,35, 44

Drinker Biddle & Reath, 11, 34, 44

Durie Tangri, 9, 24, 25, 35

Edwards Wildman Palmer, 22

Faegre Baker Daniels, 9, 25, 26, 38, 49

Fenwick & West, 24, 25, 30

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett& Dunner, 5, 11, 19, 20, 34, 36, 38, 40,41, 43

Fish & Richardson, 9, 11, 13, 22, 24, 25,32, 33, 36, 38, 42, 43, 46, 49

Foley & Lardner, 11, 21, 22, 32, 37

Foley Hoag, 11, 12, 31, 36

Foster Murphy Altman & Nickel, 11, 44

Fulbright & Jaworski, 20, 47

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, 24, 25, 50

Goodwin Procter, 6, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17,30, 38, 45

Gordon Feinblatt, 11, 12, 40

Gorman IP Law, 37

Greenberg Traurig, 11, 12, 19, 20, 24,25, 33, 39, 42, 43

Harness Dickey & Pierce, 22, 23, 33

Haynes and Boone, 20, 44

Hinckley Allen & Snyder, 11, 12, 13, 32,43

Hogan Lovells, 11, 34, 38

Holland & Hart, 25, 26, 30

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn,22, 41

Hunton & Williams, 20, 35

Irell & Manella, 25, 47

Jones Day, 11, 13, 20, 22, 30, 34, 37, 49

K&L Gates, 11, 13, 19, 20, 25, 27, 34, 39,43, 48, 50

Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman,19, 20, 37

Katten Muchin Rosenman, 9, 11, 13, 15,21, 22, 30, 31

Kaye Scholer, 25, 40, 48

Keker & Van Nest, 25, 30

Kelley Drye, 35

Kelly IP, 11, 12, 43

Kenyon & Kenyon, 5, 11, 13, 25, 37, 39,47, 49

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, 9, 11,13, 19, 20, 25, 30, 45, 49

King & Spalding, 11, 13, 19, 20, 40, 43

Kirkland & Ellis, 9, 11, 14, 21, 22, 25,31, 33, 34, 45, 48

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, 5, 25,30

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, 25,28, 41

Ladas & Parry, 11, 14, 21, 22, 25, 31, 34,36, 42

Latham & Watkins, 25, 33

LeClairRyan, 20, 47

Leydig Voit & Mayer, 21, 22, 46, 48

Loeb & Loeb, 21, 22, 25, 34, 50

Lott & Fischer, 19, 20, 42

Malloy & Malloy, 19, 20, 42

Manatt Phelps & Phillips, 25, 50

Marshall Gerstein & Borun, 21, 22, 46

Mayer Brown, 11, 14, 36, 37

McCarter & English, 11, 13, 38

McDermott Will & Emery, 11, 13, 21,22, 33, 35

Merchant & Gould, 22, 49

Michael Best & Friedrich, 22, 47

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, 25, 44

Moore & Van Allen, 19, 20, 38

Morgan Lewis & Bockius, 11, 33

Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, 10, 11,39, 40

Morrison & Foerster, 7, 9, 11, 14, 25, 41,43, 44, 45

Myers Bigel, 19, 20, 46

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough,11, 13, 38, 42


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Nixon Peabody, 11, 12, 21, 22, 37, 38, 46

Norton Rose Fulbright, 44

Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg,10, 11, 25, 31, 37, 47

Nutter McClennen & Fish, 11, 13, 30

Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier &Neustadt, 20, 32

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, 25, 26,39, 47

Parsons Behle & Latimer, 20, 43, 49

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garri-son, 11, 14, 31

Peretz Chesal & Herrmann, 19, 20, 39

Perkins Coie, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 38, 39,41, 46, 48, 50

Pirkey Barber, 20, 41

Porter Wright, 22, 41

Potter Anderson & Corroon, 10, 11, 45

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan,25, 26, 40, 42

Reed Smith, 11, 14, 32

Richard Law Group, 20, 45

Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi, 22, 34

Robinson & Cole, 10, 11, 46

Ropes & Gray, 11, 12, 14, 18, 42, 48

Saul Ewing, 11, 12, 31, 36

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, 10,11, 41

Scott & Bush, 11, 14, 32

Sheridan Ross, 25, 26, 48

Shook Hardy & Bacon, 22, 34, 49

Sidley Austin, 3, 9, 25, 26, 48

Smith Gambrell & Russell, 19, 20, 32

Steptoe & Johnson, 9, 21, 22, 42

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, 11, 12,35, 37, 48

Stoel Rives, 25, 26, 37

Stolowitz Ford Cowger, 25, 26, 34

Sughrue Mion, 11, 12, 38

Susan Gorman IP, 25

Symbus, 21, 22, 40

Taft Stettinius & Hollister, 22, 41

Thompson & Knight, 20, 32

Thompson Hine, 22, 35, 42

Tonkon Torp, 25, 31

Venable, 11, 12, 17, 46

Vinson & Elkins, 11, 14, 20, 39, 46

Weil Gotshal & Manges, 11, 14, 25, 26,31, 47, 49

White & Case, 11, 12, 25, 26, 36, 46

Williams & Connolly, 11, 12, 32

WilmerHale, 11, 12, 14, 42, 45, 49

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 25,26, 32, 47

Winston & Strawn, 11, 14, 45

Wood Herron & Evans, 22, 41

Woodcock Washburn, 11, 14, 36

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, 10,11, 47

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