Global IP Management Forum

Intangible assets are the crown jewels of the world’s most valuable companies.

Today’s IP executives face seemingly limitless opportunities to leverage intangible assets, with a commensurate volume of threats. As a result, they must be as informed, nimble, and forward-thinking as any corporate leaders.

Advisory Board:

• Shilpi Banerjee (Nationwide Children’s Hospital), Deputy General Counsel, Intellectual Property
• Mike Binns (Meta), Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property
• Bryan Boyle (Alkahest),  Vice President, Legal
• Kerri Braun (Kids II), Deputy General Counsel, Intellectual Property
• Scott Brown (Expro Group), Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
• Susan Do (Pizza Hut Global Digital & Technology),  Legal Director, Intellectual Property
• Vincent Duffy (Technicolor),  Chief Patent Counsel
• J. Scott Evans (Adobe),  Director, IP & Advertising Law
• Colin Heitzmann (Sumitovant Biopharma, Inc.), Vice President, Head of Intellectual Property
• Russ Jacobs (Starbucks), Director, Managing Counsel, Intellectual Property
• Crystal Lacey (SUEZ Water Technologies),  Executive Counsel, Intellectual Property
• Ann LaFeir (USAA), Senior Intellectual Property Counsel
• Sanjesh Sharma (Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision), Assistant General Counsel, Patents
• Beverly Shin (Beachbody), Group Vice President, Intellectual Property
• Bruce Wu (Nutcracker Therapeutics, Inc.), Vice President, Intellectual Property

Topics for discussion include:

• Steps You Can Take Today to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in Your IP Team and Strategy
• Work Smarter, Not Harder: Making your IP Strategy More Efficient
• Interplay of the Gray Market, Counterfeits, and Service Abuse – Designing an Effective Programs to Address the Interconnected Problems
• Beware the Troll: What Chief IP Counsel Can Do to Combat the Growing Patent Troll Issue
• IPRs: What Has Been Happening at the PTAB?
• Navigating the Globe: Avoiding Snags and Increasing Ease of Use in Developing & Managing IP
• Pre-litigation Readiness: Preparation Is Key To Success
• Litigating AI Issues in IP Cases
• IP Owners Beware: The Fast-Approaching European Unitary Patent & Unified Patent Court
• IP Management From Home: Managing Risks in a Hybrid Environment
• Beating the Digital Boogeyman: Discovering and Anticipating Hidden Cyber Threats to Your IP
• A Rock and a Hard Place: IP’s Role in Ethics and Espionage

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