Biographies

Martin J. Adelman
George Washington University Law School

Martin Adelman was appointed professor of law, director of the Intellectual Property Law Program, and director of the Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property Studies at George Washington University Law School in 1999. His academic career goes back to 1973 when he joined the faculty at Wayne State University Law School as a professor of law. Additionally, Adelman worked as a patent attorney in the Detroit area for several years where he served as lead counsel in several patent infringement actions. While at Wayne State, Professor Adelman specialized in intellectual property and antitrust law. The current focus of his teaching and scholarship is in the field of patent law. He has written many law review articles on patent law, the economics of patent law and patent-antitrust law subjects. From 1977 to 1988, he was one of the co-authors, and currently is the sole author, of the continuously updated eight volume treatise on patent law, entitled Patent Law Perspectives, which is available through LEXIS. He is co-author of Cases and Materials on Patent Law, a casebook that has been adopted by more than 50 law schools in the United States, and co-author of the chapter on ‘Patents’ in the six-volume work entitled Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (West Group, 1998). Professor Adelman has testified either by deposition or at trial as an expert in patent law and practice in more than 150 patent infringement cases. In addition, he has lectured widely on various patent law subjects. During the past two years he has spoken at intellectual property conferences in Amman, Beijing, Bonn, Cincinnati, Nashville, New York, Phuket, Seattle, Sofia, Taipei, Tokyo and Washington.

Mark S. Adler
Rohm and Haas

Marc is the Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and Assistant General Counsel of Rohm and Haas Company, a worldwide specialty chemicals and material company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Marc is the current President of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, and the past president of the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel. Marc received his BS ChE from the City College of New York, his MS ChE from the University of Florida, and his law degree (JD) from St. John’s University.


Robert A. Armitage
Eli Lilly

Robert A. Armitage has served Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Eli Lilly and Company since January 1, 2003. He joined Lilly in 1999 as Vice President and General Patent Counsel. Prior to joining Lilly, he was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Vinson & Elkins LLP (1993-1999). Among other positions, he has served as an adjunct professor of law at George Washington University Law School (1996-2000), a member of the board of directors of Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (1995-1999) and as chief intellectual property counsel for The Upjohn Company (1983 to 1993). He has served in a variety of leadership positions in the intellectual property bar, including as a president of both the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel (ACPC).

Gregg Benson
Pfizer

Gregg Benson holds a BA in Biology and a MS in Genetics from the University of Connecticut, and a JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. From 1975 to 1981, he conducted research at Pfizer Inc in Groton, Connecticut. From 1981 to 1984, he practiced general law focusing on commercial and personal injury litigation. From 1984 to 1987, he served as patent counsel with American Cyanamid Company and managed the patent support for its Shulton Group. Since 1987, he has been a member of the Pfizer Legal Division where he manages the Groton, Connecticut Patent Department.

Robert Brauneis
George Washington University Law School

Professor Brauneis joined the Law School faculty in 1993. After graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Stephen G. Breyer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (now Justice Breyer), and to Justice David H. Souter. Professor Brauneis has also served as an assistant corporation counsel for the city of Chicago. His teaching interests include property, copyright, trademark, and intellectual property theory.

Frank Cuypers
Swiss Re

Frank Cuypers is a nuclear engineer, a M.Sc. in nuclear physics and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics, with a vast lecturing experience and a prominent scientific track record. As former Chief Actuary for Zurich Financial Services, he has a wide expertise in reinsurance, natural catastrophe modeling and risk management. He joined Swiss Re in 2001 to build up its IP department and was appointed to the Executive Team in 2002. As Head of Intellectual Property, he pioneered the strategy and successfully implemented a patenting and profit-bearing technology transfer program.

Q. Todd Dickinson
General Electric

Q. Todd Dickinson is Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for General Electric Company, where he has corporate-wide responsibility for all intellectual property and technology licensing matters. Mr. Dickinson previously served as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to assuming his present position, he was a partner in the law firm of Howrey Simon Arnold & White. Mr. Dickinson is a member of the Board of Directors of the Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) Association and the Council of the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section. He is also the ABA delegate to the World Intellectual Property Organization. In 2004 and 2005, he was named one of “The 50 Most Influential People in Intellectual Property” by Managing Intellectual Property magazine, and is one of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. He earned his J.D. in 1977 from University of Pittsburgh and his B.S. from Allegheny College in 1974. He is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Illinois and California, United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Jeff Draeger
Intel

Jeff Draeger is the Assistant Director of the Patents & Licensing Group at Intel Corporation in charge of International Patent Prosecution, including international patent procedures and strategy. Mr. Draeger also manages a group of over 30 patent attorneys and agents responsible for the worldwide development of the patent portfolios for Intel’s core technologies (i.e., processors, chipsets, software, etc.). Mr. Draeger has been heavily involved in key litigation and licensing efforts related to processor technology, including both offensive licensing and litigation efforts and defending the corporation against other companies as well as Patent Trolls. Mr. Draeger attended Santa Clara University part time while working for Intel Legal full time and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Prior to law school, Mr. Draeger was a microprocessor designer for Intel, and invented key circuitry on the 486DX4 microprocessor, resulting in multiple patents to his credit. Mr. Draeger obtained his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, where he was a National Merit Scholar and a Kodak Scholar.

Nicholas P. Godici
Birch Stewart

Nicholas P. Godici served for five years as the Commissioner for Patents and as the Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). As Commissioner, Mr. Godici was responsible for all aspects of the patent granting process for the United States. Mr. Godici has over 30 years experience in intellectual property rights protection, including over 20 years of organizational management and leadership experience at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He has represented the United States in a number of international negotiations involving intellectual property issues and agreements with other countries. He served as Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the USPTO from January to December 2001.

Harry Gwinnell
Cargill

Harry Gwinnell is vice president and chief intellectual property counsel for Cargill, Minneapolis. Cargill merchandises, processes and distributes agricultural, food, financial and industrial products and services throughout the world. Prior to joining Cargill in 2001, Gwinnell worked as a patent attorney and intellectual property counsel with several companies and as a patent examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is vice president of the Intellectual Property Owners Association and president of the IPO Educational Foundation.

Ambassador Thomas Hubbard
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & feld

Thomas C. Hubbard advises clients on matters pertaining to Korea and other countries in Asia. Before joining Akin Gump, Ambassador Hubbard served from 2001 to 2004 as U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea, completing a 39-year career in the Foreign Service in which he focused primarily on economic, political and military relations with key nations of East Asia. Immediately prior to his appointment to Korea he was principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, a position he also held from 1993 to 1996. Ambassador Hubbard previously served concurrently as U.S. ambassador to the Philippines and to the Republic of Palau from August 1996 to August 2000.

Bradford R. Huther
IIPI and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Bradford R. Huther is the President and CEO of the International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI). Prior to his position with the International Intellectual Property Institute, Mr. Huther served as a distinguished member of the Senior Executive Service of the U.S. Government as a Special Advisor to the U.S. Department of Commerce. As Special Advisor, he performed management assessments of high-visibility, politically-sensitive programs in major Commerce agencies and staff offices under the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration. From 2002-2003 Mr. Huther worked at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as Senior Advisor to Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property James Rogan. From 1999-2002, Huther served as a Special Attaché to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the specialized UN Agency responsible for handling global intellectual property treaties. While there, Huther monitored intellectual property activities throughout the United States and performed a broad range of liaison functions with industry groups, professional associations, the public and Federal agencies. Prior to assuming these duties at WIPO, he served as Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Bureau of the Census (1997-1999), where he developed strategic, financial and business plans for the nationwide 2000 decennial project. Many of Mr. Huther's nearly 20 years of government service were spent at the USPTO. He came to the PTO in 1967 where he directed the patent examiner recruiting program before managing the personnel operations. During the 1970s, he administered one of the Department of Commerce's most diversified public service operations, which included an innovative technology forecasting and world-wide information dissemination program. As Assistant Commissioner for Finance and Planning in the 1980s, Huther coordinated the PTO's human resource, budget, strategic planning and automation programs.

Bruce A. Lehman
IIPI and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Bruce Lehman is the Chairman of IIPI and is Senior Counsel at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. From August 1993 through December 1998, Lehman served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. As the Clinton Administration's primary representative for intellectual property rights protection, Lehman was involved in the negotiations leading to the TRIPS Agreement and the 1996 WIPO Copyright Treaties. Early in his career, Lehman served as counsel for the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary and was the Committee's principal legal adviser in the drafting of the 1976 Copyright Act, the 1980 Computer Software Amendments, and 1982 Amendments to the Patent Laws.

Harry F. Manbeck, Jr.
Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck

Harry F. Manbeck, Jr. is an attorney-at-law and a member of the firm of Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck. From March 1990 to May 1992, he was Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks of the United States. He was nominated to these offices by President Bush on October 11, 1989 and confirmed by the Senate on March 9, 1990. Prior to his government service, Mr. Manbeck practiced patent law for over thirty-five years and at the time of his appointment he was General Patent Counsel of the General Electric Company. He joined General Electric in 1949 and advanced to become General Patent Counsel in 1970, which position he held until becoming Commissioner. Prior to joining the General Electric Company, he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Mr. Manbeck is a member of the District of Columbia, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky and Massachusetts bars and is admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is also registered to practice in front of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Manbeck has served as Chairman of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section of the American Bar Association; President of the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel; a Director of the Intellectual Property Owners, Inc.; and a Director of the Bar Association of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is also a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Connecticut Patent Law Association. In 1984, Mr. Manbeck was awarded the Whitney North Seymour Medal of the American Arbitration Association for contributions made to the process of arbitration in the United States.

Damon Matteo
PARC

Over the course of his eighteen-year international career in intellectual capital management and commercialization, Damon C. Matteo has acquired extensive experience in the full-spectrum management of corporate intellectual capital assets: from optimizing their creation and capture, to extracting value through vehicles such as licensing, spin-outs and assertion. Currently Vice President of the Palo Alto Research Center, Damon directs all aspects of PARC operations which touch IP: including research targeting, strategic management of IP assets, IP administration, legal operations and on the commercialization side such vehicles as licensing, spin-outs and assertions. Previously at Hewlett-Packard, Damon was brought in to create and manage a world-class licensing organization responsible for all Hewlett-Packard licensing world-wide. Damon's experience is also international, having lived and worked in both Europe and Asia. Damon is also the recipient a number of national awards, serves as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Technology and is on the Board of the European Center for Intellectual Property Studies.

Jacques Michel
Consultant

Dr. Jacques Michel, the former Vice President of the European Patent Office (EPO), has contributed greatly to the patent world. He has served as a policy maker, politician, and diplomat. He held various positions in the French Secretariat of State for Research and the Ministry of Industry, related to problems of scientific and technological information issues. Dr. Michel also served as Assistant and then Senior Assistant at the Science Faculty of Paris-Orsay. Prior to that, he was appointed Science Attaché to the French Embassy to the United States of America where he monitored the fields of chemistry, materials, environment, nuclear technology, and other science and technological information. Dr. Michel has a doctorate in Physical Science.

Gerald Mossinghoff
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier and Neustadt

The Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff is Senior Counsel to Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier and Neustadt, a leading intellectual property law firm in Alexandria, Virginia. He is a former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks and a former President of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. He is a Cifelli Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University Law School and an adjunct Professor of Law at the George Mason University School of Law. Mr. Mossinghoff has served as United States Ambassador to the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the Paris Convention and as Chairman of the General Assembly of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization. He is a former Deputy General Counsel of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Shinjiro Ono
Yuasa and Hara

Mr. Shinjiro Ono graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Chemistry (B.S.). In April 1970, he joined the Japan Patent Office where he initially conducted patent examinations in the Polymer Division. From1978 - 79, Mr. Ono studied abroad in the United States (Chemical Abstracts Service, American Chemical Society), and from 1982-85, he was First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Japan, Geneva. Subsequently, Mr. Ono held several high positions in the JPO. From 1998 to 2001, he was Director-General of the Fourth (Chemical) Examination Department, then from 2001 to 2002, Director-General of Appeals Department. Mr. Ono was appointed Deputy Commissioner in June 2002 and served as his post until October 2005. During his tenure as Deputy Commissioner, he engaged in significantly strengthening the examination system in order to achieve timely high quality patent examination, which is essential to transform Japan into an intellectual property-based nation, and vigorously advanced Trilateral (EPO, USPTO, JPO) Cooperation in patent examination and the international harmonization of IP systems to globally support the acquisition of rights. He has taken initiative in establishing examination policies and in conducting comparative studies among trilateral Offices in fields of cutting-edge technologies, such as gene-related inventions and medical treatment, including medical inventions.

Marshall C. Phelps, Jr.
Microsoft

As Microsoft Corp.’s corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for intellectual property, Marshall Phelps supervises Microsoft’s intellectual property groups, including those responsible for trademarks, trade secrets, patents, licensing, business development, standards and copyrights. He oversees the company’s management of its intellectual property portfolio, which comprises over 4,000 U.S. issued patents, their foreign counterparts and more than 12,000 trademark registrations. In addition, Phelps helps lead Microsoft’s ongoing work with other companies in the technology industry to broaden awareness of intellectual property issues. Phelps joined Microsoft in June 2003 after a 28-year career at IBM Corp., where he served as vice president for intellectual property and licensing. Phelps was instrumental in IBM’s standards, telecommunications policy, industry relations, patent licensing program and intellectual property portfolio development. Also, Phelps helped establish IBM’s Asia Pacific headquarters in Tokyo and served as the company’s director of government relations in Washington, D.C.

Upon retiring from IBM in 2000, he spent two years as chairman and chief executive officer of Spencer Trask Intellectual Capital Company LLC, which specialized in spin-offs from major corporations such as Motorola Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp. and IBM. Phelps holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Muskingum College, a Master of Science degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a doctorate from Cornell Law School.

Bloor Redding
Hewlett-Packard

Bloor Redding is a registered patent attorney and a V.P. and Assistant General Counsel for Hewlett-Packard Company, where he manages the group of IP attorneys primarily responsible for supporting HP's Imaging and Printing Group. His group provides support throughout the IP life cycle, from patent generation through litigation and licensing. Mr. Redding and his group have been leaders in the move to market-based patenting, cost effective management of the patent supply chain and cost effective litigation techniques. Beginning his career at Hewlett-Packard Company in 1979, he has held a variety of positions, including Sr. Managing Counsel, Managing Counsel, Regional Attorney, Patent Agent, engineering project manager and engineer. Mr. Redding is a speaker on IP topics, most recently on patent strategies from a business perspective. He received his B.S. Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and his J.D. from the University of Denver.

James E. Rogan
Preston Gates and Ellis

Jim is the former United States Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He managed USPTO's operations from 2001 to 2004, and served as chief policy advisor to the Bush Administration on all domestic and international intellectual property matters. He also co-chaired the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council, which oversees domestic and international intellectual property law enforcement issues among federal entities. During his tenure at the USPTO, Jim oversaw the largest reorganization in the agency’s history. Jim served two terms as a Republican Member of Congress, representing California’s 27th district. He was one of the 13 House managers selected to prosecute the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton before Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and the United States Senate. As Assistant Majority Whip in the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001, Jim helped to mobilize the vote on key legislative objectives. Jim served on the oldest and most powerful Committee in the House — the House Commerce Committee. Before his election to the House, Jim served from 1994 to 1996 in the California Assembly, where he became Majority Leader during his freshman term. From 1990 to 1994, Jim served as a judge in the Glendale Municipal Court (now the Los Angeles County Superior Court) and was the youngest sitting judge in California. He was elected presiding judge by his colleagues in 1993. Previously, Jim was a deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County, where he was a member of the elite “Hardcore Gang Murder Unit” and specialized in the prosecution of Crips and Bloods gang murder cases. He began his career in private practice as a civil litigation associate in a Los Angeles law firm.

Michael P. Ryan, Ph.D.
The George Washington University Law School

Professor Michael P. Ryan has recently been appointed director of George Washington University Law School's new Creative and Innovative Economy Center. Prior to this position, Professor Ryan was an associate research professor of policy and ethics at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. He has lectured business and policy communities in Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, the Philippines, and Singapore. Professor Ryan is a member of the International Intellectual Property Institute's (IIPI) International Board of Advisors and has published several books focusing on intellectual property policy in the global environment. He holds a PhD in political science with concentrations in international political economy, organization, and law from the University of Michigan, a master's degree in philosophy from Ohio State University, and previously served on the faculty of the Michigan Business School.

John Squires
Goldman Sachs

Mr. Squires is Vice-President, Chief Patent Counsel and Associate General Counsel for Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Squires joined the firm in March 2000 and his responsibilities include the initiation, direction and management of global intellectual property value capture and monetization efforts for all firm operations and franchises, including technology, e-commerce and client-facing portals, producing business areas such as broker-dealer, specialist, asset management and proprietary trading activities and investment and merchant banking, new ventures and risk management. In addition to his intellectual property responsibilities, Mr. Squires managed the formation and launch of Regulatory DataCorp Int’l LLC (RDC), a for-profit, database and interdiction software venture, now owned by twenty of the world's leading financial institutions, which aggregates and leverages publicly available information around the globe for anti-terrorist financing and anti-money laundering due diligence applications. He presently serves as corporate secretary to RDC’s Board of Directors. Mr. Squires is also Chairman of the Securities Industry Association Patent Subcommittee, which has responsibility for representing broker-dealer industry intellectual property interests to government, agency, legislative and regulatory bodies. He is also a member of the BITS Financial Services Roundtable, and services as an advisory board member for the Intellectual Property Advisory Committee for Chief Legal Executive. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, he held successive in-house counsel positions at AlliedSignal and was ultimately named General Counsel and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for its Advanced Technologies division. Prior to AlliedSignal, Mr. Squires was in private practice with Rogers & Wells, specializing in IP litigation and prior to Rogers & Wells, began his legal career with Morgan & Finnegan. Mr. Squires received his J.D. degree magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law where he was a member of the Law Review and Order of the Coif.

Karl A. Vick
Raytheon

Karl A. Vick is the Assistant General Counsel – Intellectual Property & Licensing for Raytheon Company in Waltham, Massachusetts. Karl leads a team of 30 intellectual property (IP) professionals in 7 U.S. locations. In addition to providing legal advice on all IP issues, Karl’s team works with business, technology and marketing leaders throughout the company to capture and deliver value from our technology assets. Prior to joining Raytheon, Karl was the Chief IP Counsel for General Electric’s Consumer & Industrial business from 2002-04 and a Senior IP Counsel for Ford Global Technologies, Inc. from 2000-02. Karl was in private practice for twelve years where he advised major corporate clients on legal and business issues related to IP. During that period, Karl was a partner with the Chicago law firm of Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione and later was a partner with Marshall, Gerstein & Borun. Karl received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. He received his joint J.D. – MBA degree from the University of Michigan in 1987. He is a member of the State of Illinois bar and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

David Yurkerwich
CRA International

Mr. Yurkerwich currently leads CRA International's New York office, and previously was a founder, CEO, and chairman of InteCap. He assists clients with the valuation, licensing, and sale of technology and intellectual property rights; the analysis of commercial damages; and the valuation of business transactions. Mr. Yurkerwich provides strategic consulting services to clients relating to the management of their intellectual property assets. He actively markets intellectual property and negotiates transactions. Mr. Yurkerwich is often called upon to provide expert testimony arising from infringement and a variety of other business disputes. He has served as an expert witness in federal court, state court and arbitration (U.S. & International) on over thirty occasions. Prior to joining CRA, Mr. Yurkerwich held various management positions with Peterson Worldwide (now part of Navigant), including president and vice chairman. Mr. Yurkerwich also served as a director of Telemundo from 1995 to 1998. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Valuation Analyst.

Brian Way
Apple

Brian is Senior Patent Counsel for Apple Computer. He manages outside counsel in patent litigation matters, and also works on licensing, intellectual property valuation and patent prosecution. Brian joined Apple in 2002 from the law firm of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco, where he was a litigator. Previously, he was with the law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York and clerked for a federal district court judge in the Southern District of New York. Brian received his BS from the University of Michigan and his law degree from Columbia Law School.