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U.S. Patent Litigation Committee
The U.S. Patent Litigation Committee explores practices and policies that promote fair, efficient, and expeditious litigation. In developing recommendations to achieve positive practices and policies, the Committee focuses on topics such as (a) potential changes in litigation and related proceedings; (b) litigation strategies, management, and best practices; (c) emerging case law; and (d) judicial practices and procedures.
In addition to focusing on paths to improving the litigation process, the Committee’s scope includes developing information resources for intellectual property owners and their management regarding the complexity, cost, and risks of litigation.
The Committee considers trends in intellectual property law, including ongoing and proposed changes to the law, and evaluates the effect or expected effect of those changes on litigation. Where appropriate, the Committee will prepare recommendations to the Board to suggest modifications to existing laws.
Chair:Lam Nguyen, Google LLC
Chair:Denise DeFranco, Johnson & Johnson
Vice Chair:Judy Kelly He, Crowell Moring, LLP
Vice Chair:Eley O. Thompson, Foley & Lardner LLP
Vice Chair:Brian Horne, Knobbe Martens
Vice Chair:Marissa Lalli, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP
Secretary:Daniel P. Flaherty, Foley & Lardner LLP
Board Liaison:Emily Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb Company
Staff Liaison:Samantha Grover, Intellectual Property Owners Association
Members
- William BarrowMayer Brown LLP
- Karen BearleyBayer Intellectual Property GmbH
- Brian K. BrookeyHonigman LLP
- John CampbellMcKool Smith
- Eric ChadMerchant & Gould
- Michael S. ConnorAlston & Bird LLP
- Shana CyrBristol Myers Squibb Company
- Mark DavisCassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
- Chris De MaunyBird & Bird LLP
- Phong T. DinhMicrosoft Corporation
- Kevin C. EckerKoninklijke Philips N.V.
- Forrest GothiaDentons
- Paula D. HeymanMaschoff Brennan
- Paula D. HeymanMaschoff Brennan
- Philip L. HirschhornPanitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
- Ronald Gregory IsraelsenWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP
- John JaroszAnalysis Group
- Jesse Jenike-GodshalkThompson Hine LLP
- Robert J. KajubiBristol Myers Squibb Company
- Cole KartmanOcean Tomo, LLC
- David KuznickDell Technologies
- Gasper J. LaRosaJones Day
- Art LicygiewiczNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Oliver LiuYangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Patrick A. LujinShook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
- Virginia LynchShaw Keller LLP
- Jordan P. MarkhamSteptoe LLP
- John A. MarlottJones Day
- Kamaram MuniraFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Seanan MurphyDynatrace LLC
- Jeff NicholsCrowell & Moring, LLP
- Patrick J. NortonJones Day
- Frank NuzziSiemens Corp.
- Marc J. PensabeneO'Melveny & Myers LLP
- Thomas J. PienkosAmundsen Davis, LLC
- Alan RatliffStoneTurn
- Tammy Pennington RhodesSupercharger
- Gabriel SchlabachApple Inc.
- Andy SchwentkerFish & Richardson, PC
- Jeb ShookmanABB Inc.
- Alex ShtraymLathrop GPM
- Michael SpillnerAdeia
- Robert J. TheuerkaufGray Ice Higdon, PLLC
- Jonathan B. TroppDay Pitney LLP
- Josh Van HovenVan Hoven PC
- Bryan J. VogelRobins Kaplan LLP
- Shirley WebsterCoherent Economics
- Daniel WernerNERA Economic Consulting
- Jeremy A. YounkinFoley Hoag LLP
- Steven McMahon ZellerDykema Gossett PLLC
- Shaun ZhangRiley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP
- Xiaomin ZHOUYangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Non-Voting Member:Arpita Bhattacharyya, Ashurst Perkins Coie
- Non-Voting Member:Serena I. Farquharson-Torres, Bristol Myers Squibb Company
- Non-Voting Member:Ben Herbert, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Robert M. Isackson, Leason Ellis LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Karen Keller, Shaw Keller LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Richard Kurz, Haug Partners LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Kristi Nicholes, Offit Kurman
- Non-Voting Member:Nancy Schroeder, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
- Non-Voting Member:John Schroeder, Stinson LLP
- Non-Voting Member:Jonathan Skovholt, Ensemble IP
- Non-Voting Member:Dustin Zak, Brooks Kushman P.C.