BRAND PROTECTION &
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING FORUM

June 23–25, 2013 | Fairmont Scottsdale Princess | Scottsdale, AZ

Nothing is more valuable than your brand. It instills trust, stirs emotions, and moves consumers to action. It is the core embodiment of your mission as a company…and it is at risk. Each year, counterfeiting costs U.S. companies a staggering $250 billion and accounts for approximately 7% of all world trade. When coupled with public safety issues related to defective counterfeit production, intellectual property theft, and rampant online piracy, there is great reason for concern. IP crimes erode the loyalty you have earned and that your products and services deserve. More than ever, these risks demand a robust response.

Enter your brand protection strategy. It is an integrated strategy that requires secure and traceable supply chains and flexible and adaptable team members on the ground in emerging markets who know the culture. It is a team player that helps to keep customers loyal, while protecting the brand with an airtight social media policy. It is vigilance in action, as it monitors your IP 24/7. It is asked to do it all, while evolving to address new and increasingly sophisticated threats.

• DOUG ANDERSON (Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.), Corporate Legal Director
• RICHARD ATKINSON (Adobe Systems Inc.), Corporate Director, Worldwide Anti-Piracy
• SANDRA BOSCIA (Family Dollar Stores, Inc.), Senior Counsel
• RON DAVIS (Qualcomm, Inc.), Senior Director, Brand Protection
• LAUREN DIENES-MIDDLEN (World Wrestling Entertainment),  Vice President, Intellectual Property
• ROBERT FAHY (Kraft Foods), Director, Corporate Security
• PAUL FOLEY (Nike Inc.), Senior Director of Brand Protection
• CHRIS GIBBINS (Speck Products), Director, Global Brand Protection
• DEBORAH GREAVES (True Religion Apparel, Inc.), Secretary and General Counsel
• RONALD GUIDO (Johnson & Johnson), Vice President, Global Brand Protection
• ROGER GUTHRIE (Federal-Mogul Corporation), Director, Global Security
• STEPHEN GRIMALDI (Reynolds American, Inc.), Director, Corporate Security
• CAMILLA HERRON (Monster Cable Products, Inc.), Head of Global Brand Protection
• MICHAEL HILL (Rosetta Stone Ltd.), Enforcement Specialist
• ANDREW LOVE  (Specialized Bicycle Components), Head of Brand Security, Global Investigations, and Legal Enforcement
• WILLIAM MANSFIELD (ABRO Industries, Inc.), Director of Intellectual Property
• DANIEL McKINNON (New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc.), Senior Trademark Counsel
• BRIAN MONKS (Underwriters Laboratories LLC), Vice President Anti-Counterfeiting Operations
• JOSEPH NAUMAN (Acushnet Company), Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate
• KENNETH NG (Illinois Tool Works, Inc.), Group IP Counsel
• MARTA OCHOA (DIRECTV), Senior Director, Fraud Management
• WILLIAM SAMPSON (Cengage Learning), Counsel, Rights Protection and Enforcement
• JOHN SULLIVAN (Dunkin’ Brands), Director of Corporate Security
• ANTOINETTE WALTERS (Chiquita Brands International, Inc.), Corporate Counsel