Yoav Alkalay is a Partner and Patent Attorney in the Patents Group at Pearl Cohen’s Tel Aviv office. For more than 15 years Yoav has been advising clients on various Intellectual Property matters, such as strategic patent portfolio development and management, patents monetization, IP due diligence for M&A deals, and more.

Executive Director of the Israel Patent Office, Commissioner of Patents, Trademarks and Designs. Previously, Adv. Alon served in a wide variety of positions in the private sector in the field of intellectual property, both as an attorney and as an intellectual property manager.

Attorney-at-Law and a Founding Partner at Cohn, de Vries, Stadler & Co., a member of the CDS-LUTHI Intellectual Property Group. Sa'ar has over 15 years of professional practice in product and brand protection. His main passion is industrial design protection.

Dr. Daniella Atzmony, CIPO and Chief Innovation Strategy Officer at Syqe Medical, is an advocate and a patent attorney. Daniella combines her intimate knowledge of business and the business plan, with her hands-on experience of a vast range of intellectual property and legal matters, making her an integral part of the company's management and all its aspects. Daniella’s experience spans IP rights including patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights.

Peter Berg joined Infineon Technologies, in 2017 as Senior VP Intellectual Property in Legal and Patents. He held similar positions in the automotive and food packaging industries at Draexlmaier and Tetra Pak before. Peter graduated in Electrical Engineer from TU Dresden in 1994. He worked at Siemens to become a German and European Patent Attorney serving the telecom businesses, Chief IP Licensing Counsel. He serves as board member for the Association of Intellectual Property Experts in Germany.

Intellectual Asset Managment and The Legal 500 U.S. have recognized Jeff for his patent litigation practice. He has received several American Jurisprudence Awards: Legal Research and Writing (2); Civil Procedure; Jurisprudence; and Judicial Clerkship. Managing Intellectual Property named him as an “IP Star” in Virginia, and he was recognized as a leading lawyer by Who’s Who Legal: Telecommunications Media & Technology.

Strauss Group Intellectual Property Manager, Legal Department. Experienced intellectual property and commercial attorney. Specializes in complex commercial legal advise, portfolio management worldwide, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, and leads the strategy and policy in the field of intellectual property inter alia with new inventions, patents, designs, developments, technologies, trademarks and copyrights etc.

For more than 30 years, Michael Cantor’s unwavering commitment to delivering the highest level of IP legal services at exceptionally competitive rates has fueled Cantor Colburn’s strategic expansion from a ten-lawyer firm in the 1990s into one of the largest IP law firms in the U.S. Michael oversees more than 100 attorneys and patent agents who counsel a diverse client base of international innovators in making the most of their IP assets.

Ilan Cohn, PhD is a patent attorney and Founding Partner at Cohn, de Vries, Stadler & Co., a member of the CDS-LUTHI Intellectual Property Group. He has extensive experience in the field of IP gained over more than three decades of professional activity.

Elliot Cook, Partner at Finnegan, maintains a diverse intellectual property practice, including patent litigation, post-grant patent challenges, patent prosecution, and patent monetization. Mr. Cook focuses on helping clients strategically develop patent portfolios that effectively block competitors and build corporate value.

Elizabeth Ferrill is a partner in Finnegan LLP’s Washington, DC office, focusing on design patents, including prosecution and litigation, including jury trial. Intellectual Asset Management named her one of seven top design patent professionals in the U.S. Beth is the Editor-in-Chief of Comparative Global Design Law, published by Bloomberg Law. She also co-leads Finnegan’s women’s business initiative.

Michael Fink is a lead litigator in G&B’s litigation and trial group. He is also a registered patent attorney. Prior to joining G&B in 1988, Michael was a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to his extensive patent litigation experience, Michael has argued many appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit.

Itai brings over 25 years of experience in managing marketing departments in technology-driven organizations. Prior to joining BrandShield, Itai served as a VP Global Marketing and Business Development in Magic (NASDAQ: MGIC) and in various global hi-tech organizations. Itai holds an MBA in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing and a B.A. in Business Administration. Today, as a Chief Revenue Officer, Itai is leading all Sales, Marketing, and Business Development efforts.

Mike Hammer is a Senior Partner at JMB Davis Ben-David, an IP boutique located in Jerusalem and Modiin. Mike is a US Patent Attorney and a member of the Oregon State Bar with 15 years of experience advising clients in all areas of intellectual property law, while specializing in biotechnology patents. He earned a JD from Lewis and Clark Law School, a PhD in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology from the University of Chicago, and a BA in Biology from Oberlin College.

Experienced Vice President with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceuticals industry. Strong IP professional skilled in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Freedom to Operate (FTO), Life Sciences, Medical Devices, and Regulatory Affairs.

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO In his role as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Andrei Iancu provides leadership and oversight to one of the largest intellectual property offices in the world, with more than 12,000 employees and an annual budget of over $3 billion.

Michael is a European Patent Attorney, a design attorney and a Unified Patent Court Representative. Michael files registered design applications in the UK, advising clients on the optimum filing strategy for the UK and overseas. He has been involved in a number of contentious matters relating to designs, including design rights enforcement and a registered designs invalidation proceeding before the UKIPO’s Designs Registry, which went on to appeal before the Appointed Person.

Relying on extensive experience in both patent procurement and patent litigation, Darren Jiron focuses on building strategically developed patent portfolios. With a special interest in helping high-tech and fast-growing companies craft patent plans to block competitors and build corporate value, Darren works closely with clients to ensure their patents align with and support their business goals.

David J. Kappos is Co-Chair of Cravath’s Intellectual Property Practice. He is widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost leaders in the field of intellectual property, including intellectual property management and strategy, the development of global intellectual property norms, laws and practices as well as commercialization and enforcement of innovation-based assets.

Greg Kirsch is a partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, where he leads the IP Dept. Greg is a patent attorney representing both companies and universities, and is also an adjunct professor of patent/IP law (Emory University School of Law [Atlanta] and Washington University School of Law [St. Louis]).

Asa Kling chairs the NBA's intellectual property practice handling litigation and registration prosecution in courts and before the Israel Patent Office. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kling was the Director of the Israel Patent Office and Commissioner of Patents, Trademarks and Designs (2011–2017).

Eliav graduated from Tel Aviv University (B.Sc., Physics, 1990; LL.B., 1995), became a registered Patent Attorney in 1993, and was admitted to the Israeli bar in 1997, where after in 1998 he became founding partner at Korakh & Co. Throughout the years, in parallel Eliav served in the Israeli Defense Forces mainly in the field of computer system analysis applying as well as enhancing his knowledge.

Cary is an accomplished IP executive with an entrepreneurial focus, including roles as IP Consultant with Hyperion, an Epiq Company; Chief IP Counsel of a global industrial company, General Counsel of start-up and a publicly traded company, and Chief Operating Officer of a global IP services business. Cary's success has been fueled by curiosity, collegiality, and commitment with a creative approach to legal service delivery.

Richard Luthi, Adv., is considered one of Israel’s premier IP litigators and heads the firm's legal practice. Richard studied law at the University of Southampton in England, where he was awarded the Winston Churchill Prize for best academic performance. In 1986 he founded Luthi+Co., which, under his leadership, quickly grew to become one of Israel’s leading intellectual property firms.

As partner and member of our Intellectual Property Practice Group, I advise an international range of clients, with a special focus on life sciences and telecommunications technology. Since joining our firm in 2011, I have constantly broadened my practice from patent litigation, which still makes up the major part of my work, to protection and enforcement of trade secrets and know-how and contractual IP work.

Dr. Lea Marash is a licensed Israeli patent attorney and partner at Meitar Patents Ltd. Lea specializes in the field of pharma, biotech, medical, various aspects of AgTech & FoodTtech. Lea has over fifteen years of hands-on experience in strategic management of intellectual property portfolios, patent drafting and prosecution, infringement analysis, patentability analysis, validity and freedom to operate opinions.

Laura is a partner in Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP’s Washington, DC office. She is an experienced first-chair litigator with more than 25 years of practice in federal and state courts. Laura concentrates on patent infringement and trade secret cases across a wide range of technologies, due diligence investigations and strategic counseling for portfolio growth. With a focus on the biomedical and chemical industry, Laura is an active member of Finnegan’s Israel practice.

Malcolm T. “Ty” Meeks is President Director General and General Partner of Valotoire Ventures. Valotoire Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Paris focused on investing in early-stage (seed and series A) French companies in the deep tech space having the ability to generate multiple high-quality patents per year.

Dr. Moritz Meckel focuses on patent litigation and appeals in Germany. He holds a Ph.D. in physics and is one of the few lawyers in Germany admitted as an attorney at law, a German patent attorney, and a European patent attorney. He represents clients in contentious matters relating to a wide range of technologies such as optics, materials science, medical devices, automotive, and mechanics.

Micaela Modiano is a senior partner at Modiano & Partners. She is a qualified European patent and trademark attorney. Micaela holds a BSc in chemistry from Harvard University (USA), an MSc in IP law from Queen Mary University of London (UK) and a post-graduate degree in European patent litigation from the University of Strasbourg (France). Micaela is a member of the EPI Council (Council of the Bar Association of European Patent Attorneys) and of the European Patent Practice Committee.

Ms. Natland is Co-chair of the firm’s Trademark and Brand Protection group and Chair of the firm’s Data Privacy and Security group, handling all aspects of domestic and international trademark procurement and enforcement, including litigation, as well as data privacy compliance. Ms. Natland is also the immediate past Chair of the USPTO’s Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC), where she directly advised the Director of the USPTO on trademark policy, regulations, and budget matters.

Dr. Yoav Oestreicher is a partner in Meitar's Litigation Group, and is responsible for the firm’s intellectual property and technology litigation practice. Yoav has substantial experience in commercial, business and intellectual property litigation and arbitration and was recommended as a litigator by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, WTR 1000 and IAM Patent 1000.

Kristen Jakobsen Osenga is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Austin E. Owen Research Scholar & Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law. She teaches and writes in the areas of intellectual property, patent law, antitrust, law and language, and legislation and regulation.

Tilman Pfrang, LL.M. is a German and European patent attorney and partner at Meissner Bolte, holding master’s degrees both in physics and law. He has extensive experience in national and cross-border IP litigation with a focus on nullity proceedings and oppositions at the patent offices. His clients are mainly active in the fields of material sciences and mechanics.

Rimma is the Chair of the Israeli Patent Attorneys Association (IPAA), the Director of Intellectual Property at Landa Digital Printing and IP consultant to start-up companies. Rimma is a highly experienced Patent Attorney with over 15 years of expertise in various areas of Intellectual Property and has a strong track record in managing and strategizing IP portfolios for large enterprises, SMEs, and start-up companies.

Philipp Rastemborski, LL.M. (Edinburgh) is a German-qualified Attorney-at-Law, Certified Specialist for IP law and a Partner at Meissner Bolte in Munich. Following a law degree from the Free University of Berlin, Mr. Rastemborski completed a master’s degree in EU Competition Law from the University of Edinburgh with a master thesis on compulsory licensing under Article 102 TFEU.

Dr. Tamar Raz has nearly two decades of experience in technology transfer and an impressive track record of bringing medical innovations from the lab to the marketplace. Prior to joining Hadasit, she served as VP of Marketing and Strategy at Ramot, the technology transfer company of Tel Aviv University. Tamar was the founder and CEO of Allergene Ltd, an Israeli drug development start-up company. She received her MSc and PhD in cell biology from the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine.

Mrs. Riemer is a partner in FBC's Litigation Department. She specializes in intellectual property litigation, data and privacy protection, commercial disputes, and class actions. Mrs. Riemer provides legal counsel to individuals, private companies, and public companies with respect to intellectual property, information technology, and Internet law, including with respect to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, privacy protection, and database usage.

I am one of the founding partners of Bird & Bird Germany. As a patent litigator, my practice focuses on patent law. For years now I have been active in all technical areas and advised on all manner of patent law issues, in particular patent litigation before civil courts and arbitration on complex licensing agreements.

Mark Ruberto is an experienced Patent Agent with 20 years of industrial experience. He drafts and prosecutes patents, conducts patentability assessment, and prepares Office Action responses. Mark handles patents in microelectronics, packaging, integrated circuit design, radio-frequency (RF) and millimeter-wave design, communications, optoelectronics, wireless, networking, medical devices, bioelectronics, computer systems, petrophysics, cryptography, and security systems.

Adam’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation. He handles patent, trademark, and trade secret matters on behalf of innovators and investors in a range of industries. His core practice includes patent and trade secret litigation involving complex technologies in the pharmaceutical, medical, high-tech, and defense industries.

Barry J. Schindler is the Chair of Greenberg Traurig's Global Patent Prosecution Group -- a group of over 100 attorneys/agents, who are registered with the USPTO, and handling over 4,000 domestic and foreign applications. Barry has over 30 years of legal experience in all aspects patent prosecution and IP protection, representing numerous major companies and start-ups regarding patents/trade secrets relating to AI in such relevant areas of AgriTech, FinTech, Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Medical.

Saleit Shahar is a Partner at the Reinhold Cohn Group (RCG), specializing in building effective IP portfolios for clients, from startup companies to multi-national companies, which serve the clients’ dynamic business goals, while increasing their commercial value.

Adv. Nadav Katzir​ - Portfolio Manager & In-House Counsel, Awz X-Seed (Awz ventures early stage fund). Supports the IP and legal matters for Awz X-Seed fund and portfolio companies.

Simon Walker is a European Patent Attorney and technical expert in video coding, working for Nokia Technologies in Finland. He has a Ph.D in physics from Imperial College and was previously Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Tampere University. He was recently appointed as Technically Qualified Judge at the UPC.

Koenraad Wuyts graduated in Physics in 1992 and became Bachelor in Philosophy in the same year. He entered the intellectual property arena in 1994 and qualified as European Patent Attorney in 1999. Nowadays Koenraad Wuyts is Chief Intellectual Property Officer of the KPN Group companies. The group develops ICT operations mainly in the Netherlands. Before working with KPN, Koenraad Wuyts was the head of Patents and Licensing at the Research Center IMEC (Belgium).

Dr. Matthias Zigann Presiding Judge and Legally Qualified Judge Higher Regional Court Munich and UPC – Munich Local Division