IP MANAGEMENT FORUM

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

What is an idea worth? For any company, few questions are more important to ask and more difficult to answer. In today’s rebounding global economy, intellectual property has remained the primary driver of financial growth, while the ability to constantly innovate is the difference between success and failure. In a world where companies live or die by their ideas, the role of Chief Intellectual Property Counsel has never been more important. 

As Chief IP Counsel, you know that your IP strategy has a very direct impact on the growth of your company. It must be able to play an offensive and defensive role in protecting your IP assets both at home and in foreign markets. It must allow you to act quickly and aggressively when high-stakes threats arise. And, your global IP strategy must be nimble during a period of significant change in patent law, allowing you to continually set your sights on the shifting landscape of IP in 2013 and beyond.

• FLOYD ANDERSON (Avago Technologies, Ltd.), Vice President, Chief Patent Counsel
• KAREN E. BROWN (Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc), Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
• KEVIN M. DUNN (The Lincoln Electric Company), Chief Counsel, Intellectual Property
• STEFANIA GERACI (Luxottica), Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property
• TIMOTHY FARRELL (IBM), Counsel, Patent Portfolio Management
• KARL FAZIO (Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC), Associate General Counsel, Patents
• INGRID HICKMAN-HACKETT (The Home Depot), Director of Intellectual Property
• R. SCOTT HAUSER (Ruckus Wireless), Deputy General Counsel, Intellectual Property
• BRANDON HUDDER (The Coca Cola Company), Head of Patent Prosecution, Beverages
• DR. JAN JAFERIAN (The Manitowoc Company, Inc.), Vice President, Intellectual Property
• ALAN KOLLER (Purdue Pharma), Chief Patent Counsel
• CHRISTINE LAM (Pericom Semiconductor Corporation), Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
• DION MESSER (Limelight Networks, Inc), Senior Intellectual Property Counsel
• ARVIN PATEL (Rovi Corporation), Senior Vice President, Intellectual Property & Licensing
• W. KARL RENNER (Fish & Richardson P.C.), Principal
• BRUCE RUBINGER (Global Prior Art), Managing Director and Founder
• PHILLIP SHOTTS (ION Geophysical), Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
• LEN SMITH (Valeant Pharmaceuticals), Vice President, Intellectual Property Counsel
• JULIE STEPHENSON (Oclaro, Inc.), Vice President, Intellectual Property
• STEVEN WEINER (SRI International), Deputy General Counsel, Intellectual Property
• JOHN C. WILSON (Caesars Entertainment Corporation), Vice President & Chief Counsel, Intellectual Property