2009 Speaker Bios

Judiciary:

Hon. Mr. Justice Arnold, Patents Court, High Court of Justice, London
Hon. Mr. Justice Floyd, Patents Court, High Court of Justice, London
Dr. Klaus Grabinski, Presiding Judge, District Court, Düsseldorf
Lord Hoffman, Law Lord, House of Lords, Parliament, London
Gordon D.T. Humphreys, member of the Second Board of Appeal, OHIM, Alicante
Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Jacob, Court of Appeal, London
Hon. Mr. Justice Kitchin, Patents Court, High Court of Justice, London
Hon. Paul Maier, President of the Boards of Appeal, OHIM, Alicante
Prof. Dr. Peter Meier-Beck, Patents Chamber, German Federal Supreme Court, Karlsruhe
Lord Neuberger, Law Lord, House of Lords, Parliament, London
Hon. Alice Pezard, Chief Justice Cour de Cassation, French Commercial Court, Paris
Hon. Randall R. Rader, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Wash. D.C.
Hon. Jed S. Rakoff, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Hon. Robert van Peursem, Vice President, District Court the Hague, The Netherlands
Hon. Sumiko Sekine, Judge, Tokyo District Court, Intellectual Property Division

Government:

Alison Brimelow, President, European Patent Office, Munich
David O. Carson, General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington D.C.
Luc Devigne, Head of Intellectual Property and Public Procurement, DG Trade, European Commission, Brussels
Charles R. Eloshway, Senior Advising Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of International Affairs, Washington
Dr. Mihaly Ficsor, Director, CITP, Budapest
Hon. Margot Fröhlinger, Director, DG Internal Market, European Commission, Brussels
Dr. Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva
Hon. William E. Kovacic, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, Wash D.C.
Tilman Lüder, Head of Unit, Copyright and Knowledge-based Economy, DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission, Brussels
Stanford McCoy, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation, Washington D.C.
Harald Mische, Case Handler, DG Competition, Directorate D, European Commission, Brussels
Hon. Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington D.C.
Michael Shapiro, Senior Counsel, Office of Intellectual Property and Enforcement, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Shintaro Takahara, Director, Multilateral Policy Office, International Affairs Division, Japan Patent Office
James Toupin, General Counsel, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Hannu Wager, Intellectual Property Division, World Trade Organization, Geneva
Hon. Weerawit Weeraworawit, Deputy Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission, Thailand, Bangkok

Private Sector:

Sandra Aistars, Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Time Warner Inc., New York
Jason Albert, Director of International intellectual property Policy, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Antoine Aubert, European Copyright Manager, Google, Brusssels
George Badenoch, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York
Heinz Bardehle, Puschmann & Borchert. Oberhaching, Germany
Sir Christopher Bellamy, Senior Consultant, Linklaters, London
David Bloch, Winston & Strawn, San Francisco
Dr. Nils Bortloff, Vice President legal & Business Afffairs (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Universal Music Entertainment GmbH, Berlin
Andrew Bridges, Winston & Strawn, San Francisco
Trevor Callaghan, European Senior Product Counsel, Google, London
Paul T. Cappucio, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Time Warner Inc., New York
Giovanni Casucci, Casucci Studio Legale, Milan
Noelle Colfer, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, London
Brian Cordery, Bristows, London
Richard Cotton, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NBC Universal, New York
Neil Coulson, Jones Day, London
Gabriel Cuonzo, Trevisan & Cuonzo, Milan
Robert DeBerardine, Chief Patent Counsel, Sanofi-Aventis, Paris
Allen Dixon, International Intellectual Property and Technology Consulting, London
Dimitrios Drivas, White & Case, New York
Dr. Mihály Ficsor, Director, CITP, Budapest
Peter Fowler, Senior Counsel, OIPPE, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Michael Fricklas, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Viacom, New York
Nicholas Groombridge, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York
Michael D. Hartogs, Senior Vice President and Division Counsel, Technology Licensing Division, Qualcomm, San Diego
Thomas Heide, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, London
Josh Holmes, Barrister, Monckton Chambers, London
Dr. Frank-Erich Hufnagel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Düsseldorf
Daniel Ilan, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York
Lawrence A. Jacobs, Senior Executive Vice President and Groups General Counsel, News Corporation, New York
Dr. Myles Jelf, Bristows, London
Philip Johnson, Barrister, 7 New Square, London
Eiji Katayama, Abe, Ikubo & Katayama, Tokyo
Shimako Kato, Abe, Ikubo & Katayama, Tokyo
Kaz Kazenske, Senior Director, Patent Prosecution, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Ian Karet, Linklaters, London
Sven Klos, Klos Morel Vos & Schaap, Amsterdam
Eric Kirsch, Cooper & Dunham, New York
Howard P. Knopf, Macera & Jarzyna, LLP, Ottawa
Boris Kreye, Bird & Bird, Munich
Dr. Stanley Lai, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore. Governor IP Academy Singapore
John Lane, Frommer, Lawrence & Haug LLP, New York
Dr. John Temple Lang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Brussels
Prof. David LLewleyn, White & Case, Kings College London, External Director of Of Academy Singapore
James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International,Washington D.C.
Joel Lutzker, Managing Director, Transaction Group, Ocean Tomo, Greenwich, CT
Scott M. Martin, Executive Vice President, Intellectual Property, Paramount Pictures, Viacom, Los Angeles
Patricia A. Martone, Ropes & Gray, New York
Susan Mann, Senior Director, Policy Counsel, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
William McCabe, Ropes & Gray, New York
Alastair McCulloch, Jones Day, London
James G. McEwen, Stein McEwen LLP, Wash. D.C.
Brian P. Murphy, Morgan Lewis, New York
Edward Nodder, Bristows, London
Brian Nolan, McDermott Will & Emery, New York
Louise Pentland, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Nokia Corporation, Helsinki
David Perkins, Milbank, London
Shira Perlmutter, Executive Vice President, Global Legal Policy, IFPI, London
Carey Ramos, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York
John Richards, Ladas & Parry, New York
John Michael Richardson, Attorney, AAA Arbitrator, Mediator for New York state and federal courts, New York
William Robinson, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London
Tony Rollins, Managing Counsel, European Patents, Merck Sharp & Dohme, United Kingdom
David Rosenberg, GlaxoSmithKline, London
Dr. Peter Ruess, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Dusseldorf
Timo Ruikka, Strategy Adviser, IPR Intellectual Property, Nokia Corporation, Helsinki
David Saenz, Greenberg Traurig, New York
Harri Salmi, Member, Boards of Appeal, OHIM, Alicante
Ted M. Shapiro, Deputy Managing Director, Vice President & General Counsel, MPA, Brussels
Eric H. Smith, Greenberg Traurig, Wash. D.C.
Christopher Stothers, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, London
Gonzalo Ulloa y Suelves, Gómez -Acebo & Pombo, Madrid
Guilia di Tommaso, Director, Legal Policy and International Relations, Unilever, Brussels
Pat Treacy, Bristows, London
Edward Vassallo, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, New York
Cecilio Madero Villarejo, Director, Directorate General for Competition, European Commission, Brussels
Thomas Vinje, Clifford Chance, Brussels
Dr. Justin Watts, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London
John White, Cooper & Dunham, New York
Richard Wilder, Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property Policy, Washington, D.C.

Academics:

Prof. Martin Adelman, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.
Prof. Lionel Bently, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K.
Prof. Robert Burrell, University of Queensland, Brisbane
Prof. Gerald Dworkin, King's College London (Emeritus)
Prof. Victoria Espinel, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington
Dr. G. E. Evans, Queen Mary, University of London, centre for Commercial Law Studies
Dr. Dev Gangjee, Department of Law, London School of Economics
Prof. Daniel J. Gervais, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville
Dr. Roya Ghafele, Lecturer, Department of International Development, Oxford University, Oxford, U.K.
Prof. Johanna Gibson, Director, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI), University of London
Prof. John M. Golden, University of Texas School of Law
Jonathan Griffiths Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London
Prof. F. Willem Grosheide, Molengraaff Institute/Center for Intellectual Property Law, University Utrecht
Prof. Hugh C. Hansen, Fordham University School of Law
Prof. Dr. Reto Hilty, Director, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich
Emily Hudson, Research Fellow, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA), Centre for Media and Communication Law (CMCL), Melbourne University
Prof. Justin Hughes, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York
Prof. F. Scott Kieff, Washington University School of Law
Prof. Marshall Leaffer, Indiana University, Bloomington
Daryl Lim, Fellow, Stanford Law School Program in International Legal Studies
Prof. Kazuo Makino, Omiya Law School, Saitama, Japan
Prof. Dr. Spyros Maniatis, Director, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London
Prof. Donald W. Pfaff, Professor, Head of Laboratory, Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York
Prof. Valentine Korah, University College London, London
Prof. Souichirou Kozuka, Sophia University, Tokyo
Prof. Wang Qian, IPR School, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai
Dan Ravicher, Executive Director, Public Patent Foundation; Lecturer in Law, Intellectual Property Law Program, Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School, New York
Prof. Jerome Reichman, Duke University School of Law, Durham, N.C.
Prof. Anselm Kamperman Sanders, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Prof. Susan Scafidi, Fordham University School of Law
Prof. Coenrad Visser, University of South Africa, Pretoria
Prof. Charlotte Waelde, Edinburgh University
Prof. Mary W.S. Wong, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, N.H.
Prof. Peter K. Yu, Drake University Law School, Des Moines