Faculty Bios
JUDICIARY:
Hon. Dr. Annabelle C. Bennett, AO SC, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney (retired); Chancellor, Bond University, Robina; 5 Wentworth, Sydney
Hon. Edger F. Brinkman, Unified Patent Court, Central Division, The Hague; Court of The Hague, The Hague
Hon. Stephen Carey George Burley SC, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney
Hon. Paolo Catallozzi, Unified Patent Court, Central Division, Paris; Supreme Court of Italy, Rome
Hon. Dr. Klaus Grabinski, President, Unified Patent Court, Court of Appeal, Luxembourg
Hon. Dr. Maximilian Haedicke, Professor, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg; Designated Judge, Unified Patent Court, Central Division, Paris
Hon. Charlotte Hart, The County Court at Central London, Royal Courts of Justice, London
Rt. Hon. Prof. Sir Robin Jacob, Lord Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal, London (retired); Faculty of Laws, Sir Hugh Laddie Chair in Intellectual Property Law, University College London, London
Carl Josefsson, President, Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO), Haar
Hon. Rian Kalden, Unified Patent Court, Court of Appeal, Luxembourg; Court of Appeal of The Hague, The Hague
Hon. F. Scott Kieff, Former Commissioner, U.S. International Trade Commission; Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor, George Washington Law School, Washington D.C.; Founder, Kieff Strategies LLC, Washington, D.C
Hon. Richard D. Meade, UK High Court, Chancery Division, London
Rt. Hon. Paul R. Michel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C. (retired)
Hon. Motoyuki Nakashima, Tokyo District Court, IP Division, Tokyo
Hon. Pauline Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C.
Rt. Hon. Kathleen M. O’Malley, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C. (retired); Irell & Manella, Washington, D.C.
Gerard F. Rogers, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria
GOVERNMENT:
Kevin Amer, Director of Copyright Policy Team, Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria
Nicholas R. Bartelt, Attorney-Adviser, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C.
David O. Carson, Copyright Claims Officer, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C.
Charles R. Eloshway, Deputy Director, Office of Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria
Gordon Humphreys, Chairperson of the Fifth Board of Appeal, European Union Intellectual Patent and Trademark Office, Alicante
Milan Kristof, Référendaire, European Court of Justice, Luxembourg
Maria Martin-Prat, Deputy Director, Directorate-General for Trade, European Commission, Brussels
Stevan D. Mitchell, Director, Office of Standards and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Washington, D.C.
Farheena Y. Rasheed, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria
Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C.
Jerker Rydén, Senior Legal Advisor, National Library of Sweden, Stockholm
Michael S. Shapiro, Senior Counsel, Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria
Jason Sloan, Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C.
Maria Strong, Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C.
Antony S. Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property Division, Government Procurement and Competition Division, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
Alaina van Horn, Chief, Intellectual Property Enforcement Branch of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, D.C.
Michele Woods, Director, Copyright Law Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva
Elaine Wu, Principal Counsel and Director, Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria
ACADEMICS:
Prof. Martin J. Adelman, Professor Emeritus of Intellectual Property and Technology Law; Co-Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program and Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property Studies, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.
Prof. Sandra Aistars, Director, Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic; Senior Scholar & Fellow, Copyright Research & Policy Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2), Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, Arlington
Prof. Ann Bartow, Intellectual Property Law Scholar, Concord
Prof. Mark A. Cohen, Asia IP Project Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley
Prof. Tom Cotter, Associate Dean for Research and Planning, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis
Prof. Eleanor M. Fox, Professor of Trade Regulation Emerita, New York University School of Law, New York
Prof. Jane C. Ginsburg, Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law, Columbia Law School, New York
Prof. Paul R. Gugliuzza, Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia
Prof. Hugh C. Hansen, Director, Emily C. and John E. Hansen Intellectual Property Institute, New York; Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Fordham University School of Law, New York
Prof. Justin Hughes, Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Prof. Ron Lazebnik, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Samuelson-Glushko Intellectual Property and Information Law Clinic, Fordham University School of Law, New York
Prof. Marshall Leaffer, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington
Prof. Matthias Leistner, LMU Munich Faculty of Law, Munich
Prof. Daryl Lim, Penn State Dickinson Law, Carlisle; Microsoft Professorial Fellow, Emily C. and John E. Hansen Intellectual Property Institute, New York
Prof. Faith Majekolagbe, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law, Alberta
Prof. Patricia A. Martone, Affiliate Fellow, NYU Law Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, New York
Prof. Sari Mazzurco, Ph.D. in Law Candidate and Resident Fellow of the Information Society Project, Yale Law School, New Haven
Prof. Adam Mossoff, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, Arlington
Prof. Peter G. Picht, Chair for Business, Competition, and Intellectual Property Law, University of Zurich, Zurich
Prof. Eleonora Rosati, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Stockholm University, Stockholm; Of Counsel, Bird & Bird LLP, Milan; IPKat, London
Prof. Susan Scafidi, Academic Director, Fashion Law Institute, Fordham University School of Law, New York
Prof. Dr. Bhamati Viswanathan, New England Law, Boston
Dr. Silke von Lewinski, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich
Prof. Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid, ONO Academic Law School, Israel; Visiting Professor, Fordham University School of Law, New York; Fellow, Yale Law School, Information Society Project (ISP), New Haven
Prof. Peter K. Yu, Regents Professor of Law and Communication, Director of Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth
PRIVATE SECTOR:
Carlos Aboim, Licks Advogados, Rio de Janeiro
Kenneth R. Adamo, Law Office of KRAdamo, Chicago
Stephen J. Akerley, InterDigital, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware
Emilie Anthonis, Motion Picture Association EMEA, Brussels
Matthew D. Asbell, Offit Kurman, P.A., New York
Dorothy R. Auth, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, New York
George E. Badenoch, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York
Anne Bergman-Tahon, Federation of European Publishers, Belgium
James M. Bollinger, McCartney & English LLP, Stamford
Andrew Bowler, Bristows LLP, London
Daniele Caneva, EY Studio Legale Tributario, Milan
Terrica Carrington, Copyright Alliance, Washington D.C.
Giovanni F. Casucci, EY Studio Legale Tributario, Milan
Vittorio Cerulli Irelli, Trevisan & Cuonzo, Rome
Casey Chisick, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Toronto
Brian D. Coggio, Fish & Richardson, P.C., New York
Joel Coles, Powell Gilbert LLP, London
Trevor Cook, Bird & Bird LLP, London
Brian Cordery, Bristows LLP, London
Robert DeBerardine, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick
Gareth Dickson, Taylor Vinters, London
Dimitrios T. Drivas, White & Case LLP, New York
Anderson Duff, Hogan Duff, Boston
Rachel E. Epstein, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York
Daan G. Erikson, Husch Blackwell LLP, Boston
Dr. Ursula Feindor-Schmidt, Lausen Rechtsanwälte, Munich
Laura Fresco, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER, Amsterdam
Yijun (Jill) Ge, Allen & Overy LLP, Shanghai
Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert LLP, London
Mitch Glazier, Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Washington, D.C.
Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, Boehmert & Boehmert, Munich
Renata B. Hesse, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C.
Simon Holzer, Meyerlustenberger Lachenal AG, Zurich
Joshua G. Graubart, Romano Law PLLC, New York
Brian W. Gray, Brian Gray Law, Toronto
Nicholas P. Groombridge, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP, New York
Dustin F. Guzior, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York
Jeffery A. Handelman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Chicago
Miruna Herovanu, Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT), Brussels
Ben Hitchens, CMS United Kingdom, London
Gesheng (George) Huang, Zhongzi Law Office, Beijing
Dr. Aloys Hüttermann, Michalski, Hüttermann & Partner, Düsseldorf
Oliver Jan Jüngst, Bird & Bird LLP, Düsseldorf
Heather Heft, Counsel Trademarks & Copyrights, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ
Dr. Ole Jani, CMS Germany, Berlin
Dr. Myles Jelf, Bristows LLP, London
He Jing, GEN Law Firm, Beijing
Brittany L. Kaplan-Peterson, Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property/Litigation, Paramount, New York
David J. Kappos, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York
Shimako Kato, Abe, Ikuno & Katayama Law Firm, Tokyo
Elizabeth Kendall, Facebook, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Ute Kilger, Boehmert & Boehmert, Berlin
Ari Laakkonen, Powell Gilbert LLP, London
Clark W. Lackert, Deputy General Counsel, World Trade Centers Association, New York
Anne-Charlotte Le Bihan, Bird & Bird AARPI, Paris
Gerald M. Levine, Levine Samuel LLP, New York
James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International, Washington, D.C.
Dean Marks, Emeritus Director and Legal Counsel, Coalition for Online Accountability, Los Angeles
Nichole Martiak Valeyko, Director, Patents, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ
Stanford McCoy, President & Managing Director, Motion Picture Association EMEA, Brussels
Kevin McGough, Senior Patent Counsel, BioNTech US Inc., Cambridge (invited)
Annsley Merelle Ward, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London; IPKat, London; Chair, London Chapter of ChIPs Network, London
Miquel Montañá, Clifford Chance LLP, Barcelona
Brian P. Murphy, Haug Partners LLP, New York
Melanie Müller, Boehmert & Boehmert, Bremen
Dr. Anke Nordemann-Schiffel, Nordemann Czychowski & Partner Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte mbB, Berlin
James Nurton, IP Writer/Editor, London
Carlos R. Olarte, Olarte Moure & Asociados, Bogotá
Nahoko Ono, Lerner David, Cranford, New Jersey
Barish Ozdamar, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York
Jennifer Pariser, Motion Picture Association of America, Washington, D.C.
Thomas D. Pease, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York
John B. Pegram, Fish & Richardson P.C., New York
Lisa B. Pensabene, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York
Leann M. Pinto, President, IPwe, New York
Clara Pombo, Clarke, Modet & Co., Madrid
David Por, Allen & Overy LLP, Paris
Carey R. Ramos, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York
Lauri Rechardt, Chief Legal Officer, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), London
John Richards, Ladas & Parry LLP, New York
Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York
Prof. Dr. Peter Ruess, ARNOLD RUESS Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB, Düsseldorf; Professor of Law, International School of Management, Dortmund
Sven Schonhofen, Reed Smith LLP, Munich; Affiliated Fellow, Emily C. and John E. Hansen Intellectual Property Institute, New York
Cordula Schumacher, ARNOLD RUESS Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB, Düsseldorf
Laura Scott, William Fry LLP, Ireland
Maria A. Scungio, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., New York
Ted Shapiro, Wiggin LLP, Brussels
Laura Sheridan, Head of Patent Policy, Google, New York
Joshua L. Simmons, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York
Joel Smith, Hogan Lovells International LLP, London
Regan Smith, Head of Public Policy, Government Affairs, Spotify, Washington, D.C.
Barry B. Sookman, McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto
Massimo Sterpi, Gianni & Origoni, Rome
David Stone, Allen & Overy LLP, London
Matthew Stratton, Deputy General Counsel, Association of American Publishers (AAP), Washington, D.C.
Amit H. Thakore, White & Case LLP, New York
Dr. Tobias Timmann, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Düsseldorf
Benoit van Asbroeck, Bird & Bird LLP, Belgium
Dr. Marleen H.J. van den Horst, La Gro Geelkerken Advocaten, The Hague
Dr. Marcus von Welser, Vossius & Partner, Munich
Julian Waiblinger, Nordemann, Berlin
Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Düsseldorf
Laura Whiting, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, London
Michael Williams, Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney
Nancy E. Wolff Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP, New York
Koren Wong-Ervin, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, Washington, D.C.
Sarah Wright, CMS United Kingdom, London
Xin Xie, Sheppard Mullin, Silicon Valley
Alexandra (Pu) Yang, Fangda Partners, Beijing