Prof. Hansen is a Professor of Law at Fordham Law School, where he teaches courses in IP Law, Copyright Law, Trademark Law and EU and International Intellectual Property Law. He also taught U.S. Constitutional Law for over 25 years. He is the founder and director of both the Emily C. and John E. Hansen Intellectual Property Law Institute at Fordham Law School and the Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law and Policy, now in its 29th year.

Daryl Lim is Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for Intellectual Property (IP), Information & Privacy Law. He also holds the inaugural Microsoft Professorial Fellowship at Fordham University School of Law’s Emily C. & John E. Hansen IP Law Institute. More details here: https://works.bepress.com/daryllim/

John Richards is Of Counsel to Ladas & Parry and Senior Advisor to the IP Institute. He has more than four decades of patent experience. John specializes in chemical and biochemical patent matters including drafting and prosecution of patent applications in these fields in the United States, Europe and abroad. John started work in the patent profession in the patent department of the British chemical company Albright & Wilson in 1966. He joined Ladas & Parry in 1973, becoming a partner in 1982. He is the general editor of Legal Aspects of Introducing Products to the United States (Kluwer 1988) and co-author of Intellectual Property and the Internal Market of the European Community (Graham & Trotman 1993) and has written numerous articles on various aspects of U.S., European and international patent law. John is an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law and at John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He has been identified as a New York Super Lawyer 2007-2010, 2012-present.

Rilana is a Law Fellow at the IP Institute. She received her LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law at Fordham Law School. Rilana previously obtained a degree in Information Law from the University of Applied Science Darmstadt in Germany and holds a Doctor juris from the University of Cologne. Before coming to the United States she worked as in-house counsel in a TV production company in Cologne and as a transaction lawyer at DLA Piper UK LLP in Munich.

Soban Ahmed is a Law Fellow at the IP Institute. He received his LL.M.  in Intellectual Property & Information Technology Law from the Fordham University of Law in 2018, where he focused on copyright, trademark and entertainment law. He also graduated with an LL.B. from the University of London in 2017, where he studied commercial and corporate law. During his LL.B., he did internships at Ameensons Enterprises, Surridge & Beecheno and Sattar & Sattar. In his free time, he enjoys playing cricket and has had the opportunity to represent his team on an international level.

Courtney Soliday is a Research Fellow at the IP Institute. She received her J.D. from The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law with a concentration in Intellectual Property and Litigation. She studied Marketing as an undergrad at The University of Florida. In addition to working at the Institute, Courtney is a Producer at Verizon Media.

As an Affiliated Fellow at the IP Institute. She has extensive experience in trademark searches, applications, enforcement and licensing for a wide variety of industries. In addition to her practice, Lena works closely with the Fordham IP Institute where she tracks emerging IP law issues, mentors students and teaches classes in U.S. and EU trademark law. Lena is admitted to practice in New York and in Germany. Lena graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University School of Law with an LL.M. in IP/IT Law, winning the Emily C. and John E. Hansen Award for the best student in the IP program. Prior to that Lena graduated from Universität Passau, Germany.

Sven is an Affiliated Fellow for the IP Institute where his work focuses on trademark and copyright law. He is an associate in the Munich office of the international law firm Reed Smith and a member of the Intellectual Property, Information and Innovation Group. Before joining Reed Smith, he worked for a British law firm based in Munich. Sven studied law and business at Bayreuth University in Germany and obtained an LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law from Fordham Law School (with Honors). He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree and writing a thesis on publicity rights in Germany and the U.S. Sven publishes regularly on current issues in IP and IT law.

Vipasa is a Research Fellow at the IP Institute and was an LL.M. student in Fashion Law at Fordham University School of Law. She received her undergraduate law degree with a specialization in Intellectual Property from NMIMS Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, Mumbai, India. In addition to her work with the IP Institute, she was a staff member at Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal. She was also the LL.M. representative for the Fordham Fashion Law Society and volunteers at Fashion Law Institute’s Pop-Up Clinics.