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Anti-Counterfeiting & Anti-Piracy Committee
The Anti-Counterfeiting Committee will focus its work on identifying global challenges and enforcement opportunities in anti-counterfeiting. The Committee will also focus on educating IPO members, practitioners, and other stakeholders regarding the costs (reputational, safety, etc.) of counterfeiting, and developing policies and proactive measure to support key issues in global anti-counterfeiting.
Chair:Michael Sweeney, Corsearch
Vice Chair:Kirk Sigmon, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Vice Chair:Braden Darville, Pirkey Barber PLLC
Secretary:Mimoza Gjelaj, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Board Liaison:Sarah Tully, Roche, Inc.
Staff Liaison:Astrid Roe, Intellectual Property Owners Association
Members
- Andrea AvendañoGlaxoSmithKline
- Marci BlazerJohnson & Johnson
- Paul BorovayZebra Technologies Corporation
- John BruskeRobert Bosch LLC
- Christine CasaceliTemu
- Gang ChenYangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Kathleen FennessyCorteva Agriscience
- Brad HattenbachRep Fitness
- Nicole KopinskiLeydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Christian LaForgiaBanner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Elsa LemoineAmgen, Inc.
- Karen Fiona MacDonaldCassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
- Manoel Isidoro OliveiraRNA Law
- Alfonso SabanHerrero & Asociados
- Neil A. SalyardsProcopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Frederick N. SamuelsCahn & Samuels, LLP
- Sanjiv SarwateDell Technologies
- Brian ScarpelliACT|The App Association
- David SchnittkerBorden Ladner Gervais, LLP
- Sharabh ShrivastavaChadha & Chadha IP
- Lisa SmileyKenvue
- Morgan SmithFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Monica Riva TalleySterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC
- Kelly D. WaltonSolventum
- Chris WeimerPirkey Barber PLLC
- Ryan E. WheelerVorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
- Kenya L. WilliamsThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
- Non-Voting Member:Joseph Ecker, Steptoe LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Jason Hart Raff, Gray Ice Higdon, PLLC
- Non-Voting Member:Jose Antonio Sanmartin, BPV Abogados - Madrid Office
- Non-Voting Member:Joe Simone, East IP