“Identifying the latest intellectual property challenges and opportunities” will be the focus of a panel of leading experts in San Francisco on April 24th.
The panel is part of the 8th IP Awareness Summit being held by CIPU in conjunction with Dolbly Labs at Dolby’s beautiful headquarters. Registration is still available.
- Leading the panel as moderator and speakers is Adam Mossoff, a leading expert on innovation and IP policy. Professor Mossoff’s academic research has been cited by the Supreme Court, by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and by federal agencies. He has been invited to testify several times before the Senate and the House on proposed patent legislation, and he has spoken at numerous congressional staff briefings. He chairs Hudson’s Forum for Intellectual Property, is a Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and is a member of the CIPU board of directors.
- Phil Hartstein is an executive and investor with more than two decades of experience in the intellectual property industry. Prior to founding Soryn IP Capital, Phil was the President and CEO of Finjan Holdings (formerly NASDAQ: FNJN, now owned by Fortress Investment Group), where he oversaw the licensing and enforcement of the Company’s pioneering cybersecurity patents, and established a number of IP industry best practices for patent licensing. During his tenure as CEO, Finjan generated more than $300 million in licensing income both through negotiated deals and trial victories.
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John Dubiansky is Senior Director, Intellectual Property and Standards Policy at Dolby Laboratories. His responsibilities include policy issues related to intellectual property and standardization arising in various forms, including governments and standards development organizations. Prior to joining Dolby, John was an Attorney Advisor, Intellectual Property at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, focusing on issues at the intersection of competition and intellectual property.
- James Conley is clinical professor of technology at Northwestern University. He serves on the faculty of both the Kellogg School of Management and the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. He is a faculty contributor in the Kellogg Center for Research in Technology & Innovation and serves as a Faculty Fellow at the Segal Design Institute. Professor Conley is an inventor, an active advocate of IP education for business and other students and leads seminars globally for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He is a Fellow in the National Academy of Inventors.
For the agenda, topics and speakers, visit IPAwarenessSummit.com. Andrei Iancu, the opening keynote, will talk about American Competitiveness, Innovation and AI.
Shark Tank contestant and successful inventor and entrepreneur, Akeem Shannon, will be the featured afternoon speaker.
To register, go here. Space is limited.
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