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Olivia Khor

Olivia Khor holds a Bachelor of Jurisprudence from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. Following her admission to the Malaysian Bar in 2003, she practices as an advocate and solicitor exclusively in the field of intellectual property. She handles both IP registration work and contentious matters.
 

Lin Li Lee

Lee Lin Li practises exclusively IP and IT law. She has previously handled civil litigation cases and corporate matters. Ms Lee graduated from the University of Leeds with an LLB (hons). She was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2001 and thereafter commenced her career as an advocate and solicitor with Shook Lin & Bok.
 

Ong Boo Seng

Ong Boo Seng has been a partner in the IP and IT department since 2007. He holds a double degree in law and accounting from the University of New South Wales, Australia and practises exclusively in the fields of IP law, information technology and cyberlaw. He is a registered trademark and industrial designs agent. He is a member of the Malaysian Intellectual Property Association (MIPA) Executive Committee and heads the MIPA’s Education and Training Sub-committee.
 

Michael Soo

Michael Soo obtained his LLB (hons) from the University of London. He is a barrister at law of Gray’s Inn, England and an advocate and solicitor, Malaya and Singapore. He is also a registered patent, trademark and industrial design agent. For 25 years he has practised in all areas of IP law, particularly enforcement and civil litigation. He has argued a number of infringement and passing off actions before all levels of the Malaysian courts.
 

Australia

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Richard Baddeley

Richard Baddeley is a patent and trademark attorney with a law degree specialising in intellectual property. His technological expertise lies in water treatment technology, oil and gas refining, mineral resources and engineering and automotive engineering. Working with a wide range of Australian and overseas clients, he specialises in the identification of intellectual assets and their strategic protection and management to create competitive advantage and optimum value.
 

Robynne Sanders

Robynne Sanders has worked exclusively in the area of IP creation, prosecution and litigation for the past nine years, including two years as a consultant litigator working on IP infringement matters before the Federal Court. She has considerable experience drafting licensing, manufacturing and acquisition agreements, as well as advising on confidentiality and branding. Most recently she successfully represented Bavaria NV in a Federal Court appeal regarding its major trademark.
 

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Jill Newton

Jill Newton worked in immunology medical research before becoming a patent attorney. She has many years of experience in prosecuting and advising on chemical and biological patents, and in defending and opposing the grant of patents and trademarks, with a focus on protecting and managing such assets in line with commercial strategies. Ms Newton has also enjoyed working on Federal Court appeals in both patent and trademark matters.
 

Leanne Oitmaa

Leanne Oitmaa is a patent and trademark attorney and lawyer who works with clients to protect and manage all aspects of their intellectual assets, from identification and protection of patents, trademarks, designs and copyright to commercialisation, licensing and litigation. Ms Oitmaa’s technical expertise focuses on the areas of optical and photonic technologies, computer software and telecommunications.
 

Brazil

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Rodrigo Borges Carneiro

Rodrigo Borges Carneiro is a partner and board member of the Dannemann Siemsen Institute for IP Studies. He obtained his LLM in intellectual property at the John Marshall Law School, Chicago and has an advanced degree in international copyright from King’s College, London. Mr Carneiro specialises in civil and criminal litigation in the areas of entertainment, trademarks, copyrights, antitrust and unfair competition, information and the Internet, and technology transfer and licensing.
 

Canada

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Jean-Nicolas Delage

Jean-Nicolas Delage specialises in the protection, management and commercialisation of IP assets. He participates in the creation of patent pools and has significant experience in handling IP issues in national and international collaborative endeavours, as well as in the development of IP management strategies and policies for research consortia. He also advises clients that wish to become members of research consortia.
 

Lucie Dufour

Lucie Dufour specialises in commercial, regulatory and IP law in the pharmaceuticals, medical device, biotechnology and research and development industries. She drafts, negotiates and concludes high-profile national and international agreements regarding technology transfers, licences, pre-clinical and clinical trials, research and collaborations, manufacturing, distribution, marketing, promotion and chair agreements. She also assists her clients on regulatory aspects of their drug and medical device activities, from conception until distribution and promotion to the public.
 

Hilal El Ayoubi

Hilal El Ayoubi practises in IP law and holds a BSc. His areas of expertise cover all aspects of patent, copyright, trademarks and industrial design law, as well as unfair competition legislation. Mr El Ayoubi also provides advice on licensing agreements and regularly works on commercial transactions involving IP law. More recently, he has largely devoted his practice to litigation in proceedings under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations. He also speaks Spanish.
 

Philip A Swain

Philip Swain is a registered Canadian and US patent agent. His practice focuses on the life sciences, in particular pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, biochemistry, agriculture and organic chemistry. In addition to his life sciences practice, Dr Swain has considerable experience obtaining patent protection for medical devices, telecommunications, software, electrical and mechanical devices and designs. Dr Swain serves a broad range of clients, from solo inventors to multinational companies.
 

Croatia

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Jan Mokos

Jan Mokos was born in Zagreb, Croatia and obtained his LLM at the University of Zagreb. He is employed with Korper & Partneri Law Firm, where he specialises in intellectual property, but also practises other areas of law. Mr Mokos is a court interpreter in English and is also an active member of AIPPI and INTA.
 

Branimir Puškarić

Branimir Puškaric´ was born in Trieste, Italy and completed his studies at the University of Zagreb’s law faculty, where he obtained his LLM. He is currently working at Korper & Partneri Law Firm, where his areas of practice are intellectual property and civil law. Mr Puškaric´ is an active member of INTA and AIPPI.
 

Czech Republic

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Petr Kusy

Petr Kusy joined C? ermák Hor?ejš Matejka a spol in January 2007. As well as handling patent and trademark matters for many prominent clients, Mr Kusy has been involved in several major pharmaceutical disputes. This practical experience and his academic common law background allows Mr Kusy to provide his clients with a unique approach to solving complex legal problems. He speaks Czech and English.
 

Lukáš Lorenc

Lukas Lorenc is a junior partner. He studied at the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague and obtained a master’s degree in 2000. He joined the firm as a legal trainee in 2000 and was admitted to the Bar in 2002. His main practice areas are IP law and commercial law and litigation, including major pharmaceutical disputes. He also has experience advising on unfair competition issues. He speaks Czech, English and German, and has a passive knowledge of Russian.
 

France

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Jean-François Bretonnière

JF Bretonniere heads the firm’s French IP practice group. His practice focuses on the protection and exploitation of IP assets, including soft and hard IP litigation in the French and European courts. He has experience in various industries, with an emphasis on business alliances concerning IP rights. Mr Bretonniere speaks French, English and Japanese, and has practiced in both Asia and Europe. He was appointed counsellor for external trade by the French Ministry of Economy and Finance.
 

Frédérique Fontaine

Frédérique Fontaine joined Baker & McKenzie in November 2008 as an associate. She specialises in industrial property law, litigation and commercial aspects of intellectual property. Ms Fontaine graduated from Paris Assas University where she obtained a Master II in industrial property, and from Paris Sorbonne University where she obtained a Master II in business and economics law.
 

Germany

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Jochen Bühling

Jochen Bühling was admitted to the Bar in 1992. He specialises in all types of intellectual property, focusing on patent and trademark law. Mr Bühling’s practice involves national and cross-border litigation and counselling, including strategic and licensing issues and mediation. His clients range from multinational companies to small and medium-sized enterprises, and he has been involved in a number of cross-border cases around the world. Mr Bühling is the reporter general of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and a member of the German-American Lawyers’ Association.
 

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Gottfried Schüll

Frédérique Fontaine joined Baker & McKenzie in November 2008 as an associate. She specialises in industrial property law, litigation and commercial aspects of intellectual property. Ms Fontaine graduated from Paris Assas University where she obtained a Master II in industrial property, and from Paris Sorbonne University where she obtained a Master II in business and economics law.
 

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Bernd Allekotte

Bernd Allekotte is a partner in the Munich office of Grünecker Kinkeldey Stockmair & Schwanhäusser. His practice focuses on litigation, particularly patent, trademark and unfair competition cases. Mr Allekotte is admitted to the New York and German Bars. He deals with infringement actions before the German district courts and courts of appeal, and handles aspects of international law, representing clients in patent disputes covering several jurisdictions.
 

Ulrich Blumenröder

Ulrich Blumenröder practises IP law, including antitrust and licensing law, but his practice mainly focuses on patent litigation. He has also worked extensively regarding negotiations of licence agreements. Mr Blumenröder frequently lectures on patent litigation. Mr Blumenröder studied in Cologne and Berlin, where he took his bar exam. He has a LLM from Dickinson School of Law and a PhD from Salzburg. He is admitted to practice in Germany.
 

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Michael Best

Michael Best studied law in Mainz, Germany and Dijon, France, and holds a PhD. He became in-house counsel in the trademarks department of Hoechst AG in 1992. In 1998 he co-founded Best Rechtsanwälte. He has advised clients worldwide on all aspects of trademark, unfair competition, copyright and domain name issues since 1999. Dr Best is a member of the International Trademark Association and its Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee, the European Communities Trademark Association and other IP organisations.
 

Udo Pfleghar

Udo Pfleghar trained in Melbourne, Australia and Regensburg, Germany and holds a BA (University of Melbourne). He joined the Office of Harmonisation for the Internal Market in Spain in 1999, where he became a senior examiner, and joined Boehringer Ingelheim to be head of the trademark and domain law group in 2004. He became partner at Best Rechtsanwälte in 2009. He is a panellist for ‘.eu’ ADR-proceedings and a member of the ECTA’s Law Committee and other professional organisations.
 

Greece

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Michael Paroussis

Michael Paroussis is an associate of Dr Helen G Papaconstantinou – John V Filias & Associates (Athens), specialising in corporate, competition, advertising, media and IP law. He is also an associate professor for legal theory at Patras University. Professsor Dr Paroussis graduated from Athens University in 1981 and completed his DEA in Sorbonne II–Pantheon in 1983 and his PhD in law at Freiburg University in 1992. He has been a member of the Athens Bar since 1983.
 

Hong Kong

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Cedric Lam

Cedric Lam leads the IP team in Dorsey’s offices in China and Hong Kong. He has over 13 years’ experience in counselling IP transactions and implementing IP protection strategies. Mr Lam is also experienced in anti-counterfeiting and other enforcement matters, and has served as Asia-Pacific regional counsel of an international IP collective.
 

Janet Wong

Janet Wong is an IP associate based in Hong Kong. She is experienced in anti-counterfeiting and other IP enforcement matters in Greater China, including domain name dispute resolution proceedings. She has a second degree in Chinese law from Tsinghua University and is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales.
 

Grace Wong

Grace Wong is an IP associate based in Hong Kong. Her practice focuses on IP matters in Greater China. She has handled a wide range of contentious and non-contentious IP work, including anticounterfeiting, brand protection and licensing.
 

India

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Safir Anand

Safir Anand is an IP lawyer, a senior partner and head of trademarks and contractual law at Anand And Anand. A strategist for several IP portfolios, Mr Anand also advises on issues including franchising and licensing, character merchandising, entertainment and media law, sports law, IP audits, due diligence, contractual agreements, packaging and advertising law, competition law, internet law, IP valuation, oppositions and rectifications.
 

Shivli Katyayan

Shivli Katyayan is an associate in the trademarks department of Anand And Anand. Her work includes trademark searches and prosecutions. She is involved in drafting agreements concerning the commercialisation of intellectual property, manufacturing agreements and licensing agreements. She also provides specialised opinions in various areas such as IP asset management, certification marks and licensing, trade dress, advertising and related legal issues and online privacy issues.
 

Israel

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Kobi Meir

Kobi Meir is partner in the Israeli litigation group. He received his LLB from Tel Aviv University. Mr Meir was previously a litigation partner at another Israeli firm, where he practised litigation relating to commercial law, administrative law and IP law. Mr Meir also acted as personal assistant to Dr Yaacov Neeman, who was the former Israeli minister of finance and is currently the Israeli minister of justice.
 

Italy

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Rossella Solveni

Rossella Solveni is an attorney at law and a member of the Milan Bar Association. With several years of experience in the IP legal consultancy field, she handles litigation in Italy, while coordinating and supervising litigation in foreign countries. Her activities include dispute resolution, arbitration, contracting and extrajudicial procedures for trademarks, patents, utility models, designs, domain names and all internet-related issues.
 

Jamaica

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Dianne Daley

Dianne Daley is Foga Daley’s IP partner. She is a member of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property and the International Trademark Association and honorary secretary of the Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency. Ms Daley holds an LLM in comparative law from McGill University and an LLB from the University of the West Indies (UWI) and has been an adjunct lecturer in IP law at UWI.
 

Nicole Foga

Nicole Foga is Foga Daley’s managing partner. Her practice areas include communications law, information technology and intellectual property. She holds an LLM in commercial law from Aberdeen University and an LLB and a BA from the University of the West Indies. Ms Foga chairs the Technology, Broadcasting and Telecommunications Committee of the Jamaican Bar Association and is a member of Jamaica’s Copyright Tribunal and former general counsel of the Office of Utilities Regulation.
 

Mexico

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Juan Carlos Amaro Alvarado

Juan Carlos Amaro is an associate at Becerril Coca & Becerril SC. He graduated from the Universidad del Valle de México and obtained a postgraduate degree in constitutional law at the Universidad Panamericana. Mr Amaro practises in IP litigation and enforcement, and anti-counterfeiting. He is a member of the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, the ICC and the Mexican Bar Association. He has participated in several forums on IP matters and has published articles in different media.
 

Carlos Hernández

Carlos Hernández is a member of Becerril Coca & Becerril SC’s enforcement and litigation team. He graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey with a master’s degree in international law. Mr Hernández speaks English and Spanish. He is experienced in litigation, anti-counterfeiting, civil and administrative procedures, industrial property law, as well as corporate and commercial law. Currently he specialises in litigation, particularly involving trademarks and copyrights.
 

Netherlands

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Hans Jongste

Hans Jongste is a patent attorney at Nederlandsch Octrooibureau in The Hague, the Netherlands. He specialises in physics, microelectronics, materials science, software and mechanics. He works for multinational companies in the microelectronics industry, software technology companies and publicly funded research institutes in the field of science and technology. Mr Jongste holds an MSc in metallurgy and a PhD in applied sciences, both from Delft University of Technology.
 

Norway

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Amund Brede Svendsen

After obtaining an MSc in business, Amund Brede Svendsen studied law, graduating in 1981. He joined the predecessor firm of Grette as an associate in 1981 and became a partner in 1986. His practice includes all areas of IP law, especially patents and trademarks. He is chairman of the board of the Norwegian Association for Industrial Property Rights and president of the Norwegian national group of the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle.
 

Poland

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Marta Kawczyńska

Marta Kawczyn´ska joined POLSERVICE in 2002. She graduated from the Inter-collegiate Faculty of Biotechnology at the University of Gdan´sk and the Medical University of Gdan´sk, and specialises in molecular biology and genetics. She completed post-graduate studies at the IP Law Department of the University of Warsaw. Ms Kawczyn´ska deals with a broad range of IP issues and specialises in invention protection matters, particularly in the area of biotechnology and pharmacy.
 

Romania

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Mihaela Teodorescu

Mihaela Teodorescu graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest with a diploma in chemical engineering. She joined the profession in 1990 and became a registered patent attorney in 1995. She has headed the firm’s patent department since 2008. Her work covers the field of organic chemistry, including agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, and she advises on all aspects of invention protection.
 

Russia

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Igor Motsnyi

Igor Motsnyi advises both Russian and foreign clients on a broad range of IP and IT issues such as copyright, computer software, patents, trademarks, know-how and protection of personal data. Mr Motsnyi assists clients in various areas of intellectual property and information technology, including software development and technology licensing, trademark registration, licensing and franchising, protection of personal data, internet law and the use of encryption technology. He is registered as a trademark attorney
 

Ekaterina M Tilling

Ekaterina Tilling is a recognised IP dispute resolution expert with substantial experience in conducting judicial and administrative proceedings in this area. Ms Tilling has contributed to the successful resolution of disputes involving patent, trademark and copyright protection. She also advises on contracts for creating and using IP assets. Ms Tilling is widely recommended among the leading Russian legal experts for IP matters (The European Legal Experts, The European Legal 500, The Legal 500 EMEA, Chambers Europe).
 

South Africa

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Derek Momberg

Derek Momberg is a member of the firm’s commercial department. He specialises in IP valuation and tax-related aspects of IP and software licensing. He also deals with unlawful competition, trademark and copyright litigation. He holds a BA and an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand.
 

Spain

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Oriol Ramon Sauri

Oriol Ramon Sauri graduated in law in 2002 from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and holds an LLM in industrial property, IP and competition law from ESADE, Universitat Ramon Llull. He joined the Barcelona Bar Association in 2004 and joined the firm in the same year. He is a member of the AIPPI. His main areas of expertise are litigation, intellectual property, competition, advertising and pharmaceutical law. He speaks Spanish, Catalan and English.
 

Miguel Vidal-Quadras Trias de Bes

Miguel Vidal-Quadras Trías de Bes is head of the firm’s industrial property, IP and pharmaceutical law department. He graduated in 1993 from the University of Barcelona with a PhD in law and has been a member of the Barcelona Bar Association since 1997. He is the author of various IP publications and a professor of patent law at Universitat Ramon Llull and Universidad de Barcelona. His areas of expertise include litigation, IP, technology transfer and pharmaceutical law. He speaks Spanish, Catalan, English and French.
 

Sweden

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Caroline Ekström

Caroline Ekström is an associate in Mannheimer Swartling’s specialist practice for intellectual property, marketing and media. She joined the firm in 2004 and worked as a court clerk at Stockholm District Court from 2005 to 2006.
 

Per Josefson

Per Josefson is a partner in Mannheimer Swartling’s specialist practice for intellectual property, marketing and media. He sits on the editorial council of the Nordic Intellectual Property Law Review and is a member of the IP Policy Group of ICC Sweden. He has extensive experience of all types of IP-related issues and his specialist areas are litigation and licensing.
 

Stefan Widmark

Stefan Widmark is a partner and head of Mannheimer Swartling’s practice group for intellectual property, marketing and media law. He is a member of the IP Rights Policy Group of ICC Sweden and the Marketing and Advertising Policy Group of ICC Sweden. He has extensive experience of a wide range of both contentious and non-contentious IP-related matters and is frequently ranked as one of the leading IP rights lawyers in Sweden.
 

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Niklas Sjöblom

Niklas Sjöblom is a partner in Mannheimer Swartling’s specialist practice for intellectual property, marketing and media. He joined the firm as an associate in 2000, including some in-house work at AB Volvo in 2003 to 2004, and became a partner in 2008. He has extensive experience of a wide range of both contentious and non-contentious IP-related matters, including but not limited to traditional intellectual property, marketing and information technology.
 

Taiwan

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Charles Chen

Charles Chen is a patent attorney in the IP and technology law division at Formosa Transnational. He is also a member of the Intellectual Property Committee of Taiwan Bar Association. He specialises in intellectual property, international patent prosecution (mechanical engineering) and patent litigation. He holds an MCL from Indiana University Law School (2000) and an LLB from the National Taiwan University Department of Law (1994).
 

Yulan Kuo

Yu-Lan Kuo is director of the IP and technology law division at Formosa Transnational and former chairman of the Trademark Law and Patent Law Committee of the Taipei Bar Association. He is also counsel for setting up special IP courts for the Judicial Yuan. He specialises in intellectual property, international trade and litigation. He holds an LLM from the Law School of the University of Minnesota (1998) and an LLB from the Department of Law of the National Taiwan University (1983).
 

Thailand

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Nandana Indananda

Nandana Indananda joined Tilleke & Gibbins International in 2008 as of counsel in the IP department. Before joining the firm, he served for many years as a judge in various courts, including the Central Tax Court and the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court. Mr Indananda has extensive research experience and has written numerous treatises on a variety of topics. In addition, he is a frequent guest lecturer at many of Bangkok’s universities.
 

Darani Vachanavuttivong

Darani Vachanavuttivong is the co-managing partner and managing director of the IP department of Tilleke & Gibbins International. Ms Vachanavuttivong is consistently recognised as a leader in Thai IP law by publications such as Asialaw and Managing Intellectual Property. She was elected by her peers to her current position as country head for Thailand of the Asian Intellectual Property Association, and she additionally serves as secretary general of the Intellectual Property Association of Thailand.
 

United Kingdom

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Pierre André Dubois

Pierre-André Dubois heads the firm’s UK and EU IP and competition group. He obtained a LLB (first class honours) in civil and common law from the University of Montreal in 1984. His practice covers all aspects of IP and IT law, as well as UK and EU competition law. PLC Which Lawyer? Global 50 has named him as a leading lawyer every year since 2005, and he was named a leading lawyer by the Legal 500 (UK edition 2003) and Global Corporate Counsel (2002).
 

Catherine Schreier

Catherine Schreier is an IP associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She handles contentious and non-contentious IP and IT work. Her experience includes copyrights, design rights, trademarks, patents and data protection.
 

Shannon Yavorsky

Shannon Yavorsky is an associate in the IP and IT group. Ms Yavorsky obtained a BA in comparative literature from the American University in Paris in 1997, an MPhil (honours) from Trinity College, Dublin in 1999, her legal practice qualification from BPP Law School in London in 2003 and a postgraduate diploma in intellectual property from Nottingham Law School in 2008. Her practice covers all aspects of non-contentious and contentious IP and IT law.
 

USA

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Mark S Cohen

Mark S Cohen is chair of the life sciences practice group. He is a registered US patent attorney experienced in patent prosecution in the pharmaceutical, chemical, biological and medical device areas, licensing matters and client counselling. Mr Cohen holds a JD from the University of Baltimore and was admitted to the New York State and New Jersey Bar in 1994. He is currently a contributing editor to the Journal of Biolaw and Business.
 

Clyde A Shuman

Clyde Shuman has been litigating IP disputes for 10 years and has extensive experience in patent and trademark litigation and patent and trademark prosecution and opposition and cancellation proceedings. He has litigated patent disputes involving computer graphics subsystems, medical devices and doctor blades for printing presses. He has also litigated trademark disputes involving multilevel computer marketing of nutritional supplements. His experience includes Markman hearings, trials and appeals.
 

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C Douglas McDonald

C Douglas McDonald practices with the firm of Carlton Fields PA. He has extensive experience in copyright litigation, as well as in patent and trademark litigation and licensing. He has lectured on patent, trademark and copyright matters for numerous bar, businesses and trade organisations. He received his BS in mechanical engineering, with honours, from Southern Methodist University, his MBA from Stanford University and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Centre.
 

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Alexander C Johnson Jr

Alex C Johnson, Jr graduated with a BSEE from the Citadel in 1970, entering the US Air Force to serve as an engineering officer. He received his MSEE from Purdue University in 1974 and his JD from Brigham Young University in 1978. Mr Johnson founded Marger, Johnson and McCollom PC with Jerry Marger in 1986. His practice includes all aspects of intellectual property, especially patent prosecution, licensing and litigation, and advising start-up companies on IP issues.
 

Julie L Reed

Julie Reed graduated from Washington State University with a BSEE in 1988 and went to work at Texas Instruments in Dallas, TX. She received her MBA from the University of Dallas in 1994 and her JD from SMU in 1995. In 1998, Ms Reed became patent counsel at Sharp Labs of America. She joined Marger, Johnson and McCollom PC in 2000, where she is now a principal and the current president.
 

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Christopher A Hughes

Christopher Hughes heads Cadwalader’s IP practice group and has over 30 years’ experience in complex patent, trade secret and trademark trials and litigation, as well as licensing and IP counselling in the United States and abroad. He has represented major corporations in computer, telecommunications, medical devices and business method/financial services patent litigations in US district courts and International Trade Commission and World Intellectual Property Organisation arbitrations, and has directed corresponding European and other foreign proceedings.
 

Daniel Melman

Daniel Melman focuses his practice in patent litigation and is experienced in representing and counselling clients in all areas of technology, including biotechnology, medical devices, automotive, telecommunications, biometrics, computer hardware and financial services and business methods in US courts, before the International Trade Commission and in foreign proceedings. Mr Melman is also registered to practise before the US Patent and Trademark Office.
 

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Patrick C Keane

Patrick C Keane is chair of the firm’s IP section. He focuses his practice on all aspects of IP counselling, including patent litigation and IP portfolio development. This focus includes strategic development and enforcement of IP portfolios to optimise revenue and product sales. Mr Keane’s litigation background includes approximately 20 years‘ experience representing small, mid and large-cap companies in federal court actions and in proceedings before the International Trade Commission.
 

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Daniel Johnson Jr

Daniel Johnson, Jr is a partner in Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s litigation practice and a member of the IP steering committee. He has tried numerous cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States and before the International Trade Commission, the American Arbitration Association and Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services Inc. His practice focuses on complex, high-stakes litigation, including patent cases, trade secret cases, disputes over software structure and source code and licence disputes.
 

Rita E Tautkus

Rita E Tautkus focuses her practice on IP litigation and complex business litigation. She has represented clients in industries such as information imaging technology, wireless telecommunications and DNA arrays. Her business litigation background includes actions for joint ventures, investor and licence agreements, technology and utility contracts and complex accounting actions. She has also handled patent infringement litigation for the telecommunications, manufacturing and biotechnology sectors, as well as trade secret litigation and trademark matters.
 

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W Edward Ramage

W Edward Ramage is chair of the firm’s IP group and concentrates his practice on patent prosecution and the litigation and licensing of IP rights. His patent prosecution experience includes business methods, medical devices and medical IT systems. He is registered to practise before the USPTO and is admitted to the US Courts of Appeal for the Federal and Sixth Circuits. He graduated from Harvard University cum laude, received his master’s degree from Stanford University and his JD from Vanderbilt University.
 

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Marc D Lucier

Marc Lucier focuses on asset finance, investment and risk transfer involving intellectual property and other intangible assets. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in March 2007, Mr Lucier was founder and president of Intangible Edge, an IP consulting firm that provided IP valuation and analytics, raised IP-based capital and arranged sales and licences of trademarks and other intellectual property. Mr Lucier holds an MBA from Columbia University and a BS from the University of Southern California.
 

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Scott R Cutler

Scott Cutler is an executive vice president of NYSE Euronext, responsible for the Americas listings business. He manages the exchange’s relationship with over 1,700 companies in Canada, Latin America and the United States. He is also responsible for the exchange’s relationship with the investment banking, private equity, venture capital and legal communities to attract new listings. He oversees initial public offerings, structured products, closed-end funds and the listings business recently acquired from the American Stock Exchange.
 

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Michael F Carr

Michael F Carr is an associate in Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s litigation practice, which provides services in a wide range of areas including business and corporate disputes, corporate investigations and criminal defence, international arbitration, patent and trademark and product liability. Mr Carr focuses his practice on litigating intellectual property disputes. Prior to joining the firm, Mr Carr served as a law clerk to Judge JP Stadtmueller of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
 

Venezuela

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Hugo Bazzani

Hugo Bazzani holds a degree in industrial engineering from the Universidad Católica Andres Bello (1990, Caracas) and joined Hoet Peláez Castillo & Duque in March 2001. With over eight years of experience in intellectual property, he is general manager of the firm’s IP division. Currently Mr Bazzani is a member of the Committee of Intellectual Property of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and the Caracas College of Engineering.
 

Carlos G Pacheco Hernandez

Carlos Pacheco Hernández holds a chemistry degree from the Universidad de Oriente (1987) and joined Hoet Peláez Castillo & Duque in November 2003. He is an adviser to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and head of the Venezuelan Patent Office. Mr Hernández has taken international patent courses at various institutions including the European Patent Office and WIPO. He is an adviser for the Andean Manual of Procedures for Request of Patents.
 

Vietnam

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Thi Hong Anh Nguyen

Nguyen Thi Hong Anh holds an MSc (chemicals) from Hanoi University of Technology (1993) and an LLB from Ho Chi Minh City Law University (2001). She heads the firm’s IP and technology practice group. Ms Hong Anh has been in practice for over 15 years and specialises in protecting and enforcing IP rights. She is especially active in representing foreign companies in prosecution work for patents, designs, trademarks as well as enforcement actions for IP rights.
 

Dang The Duc

Dang The Duc has extensive experience advising foreign clients in international and cross-border transactions. In addition, he has substantial experience in advisory and transactional work in IP rights and IT-related matters. Mr Duc is a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the International Trademark Association and the Asian Patent Attorneys Association, and is an arbitrator at the Pacific International Arbitration Centre.
 

The information provided above was correct at the time of publishing.