User-Driven IP 4.0: High Stakes. High Rewards.

Key Reasons You Should Attend

• Join more than 100 corporate IP and business executives for interactive discussions
• Exchange insights with your peers and leave with strategies and protocols that can be implemented
• Earn 6.5 CLE credits

Specific topics to be addressed include: 

• Models for Innovation – A View From the Trenches
• Topics to Consider When Your Company Friends Social Media
• Wireless Delivery and IP Issues in the Cloud
• Managing the New Face of IP 
• From a Judge's Perspective: Handling IP Cases From Discovery to Settlement/Trial

Featuring a fireside chat with Richard Rainey, Executive Counsel, IP Litigation, General Electric, on managing global IP litigation.

Breakout Sessions

• Aesthetic Functionality – Practical Considerations for IP Owners 
• AIA Update and Implementation of New Strategies

Confirmed Speakers

• Sharon R. Barner, Vice President and General Counsel, Cummins Inc. 
• Michael Bishop, General Counsel, AT&T Intellectual Property Corp. 
• James G. Coplit, Senior Counsel – Intellectual Property/Information Technology, MetLife, Inc.
• Kevin Cranman, General Counsel, Ericsson Television Inc.
• Alyssa Harvey Dawson, Vice President Legal – Global IP, Harman International 
• Randall W. Fieldhack, Assistant General Counsel, Kimberly-Clark Corporation 
• Ted Gizewski, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation 
• Scott Hackwelder, Corporate Counsel – IP, Cummins, Inc. 
• Clinton Hallman, Chief Counsel, Patents, Kraft Foods Group 
• Fawn M. Horvath, Senior Counsel, Macy’s, Inc. 
• Karen Gale Kaiser, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Ingredion 
• Linda L. Kleinman, Esq., Deputy General Counsel, Southeast Toyota Finance 
• Kristen S. Knecht, Assistant General Counsel Trademarks, Nike, Inc.
• Elana Matt, Senior Corporate Counsel – Patent Litigation, T-Mobile USA, Inc.
• Carol Morita, Associate General Counsel, Jim Beam Brands Co.
• Nicole Morris, Patent Counsel, The Coca-Cola Company
• Laura Protzmann, Senior Counsel – Marketing, Unilever United States, Inc.
• Richard Rainey, Executive Counsel, IP Litigation, General Electric
• Jeremy Roe, Associate General Counsel, Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC
• Renee Rymarz, Senior Counsel, Patents, Kraft Foods Group
• Melissa Scanlan, Director of Business and Corporate Litigation, T-Mobile USA, Inc.
• Vanessa J. Cooper Soman, Vice President and Associate Counsel, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.
• David Strauss, Vice President – Head Marketing Group Counsel and Head IP Counsel, Experian
• Tricia McDermott Thompkins, Chief Intellectual Property and Licensing Counsel, Perry Ellis International, Inc.
• Julius Towers, Chief Home Care and Hill's Trademark Counsel, Colgate-Palmolive Company
• Ernest Tucket, General Counsel, DuPont Canada
• Wilson White, Litigation Counsel, Google, Inc.  

Foley Speakers

• Scott D. Anderson, Partner, Mechanical & Electromechanical Technologies Practice
• Pavan K. Agarwal, Chair, IP Department
• Andrew Baum, Partner, Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Practice
• Gina A. Bibby, Associate, IP Litigation Practice
• Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff, Partner, Chemical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice
• James C. Chapman, Partner, Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice
• Ary Chang, Associate, IP Litigation Practice
• James C. De Vellis, Senior Counsel, Electronics Practice
• Jeanne M. Gills, Vice Chair, IP Department and Conference Co-Chair
• Linda E.B. Hansen, Partner, IP Litigation Practice
• Michael R. Houston, Senior Counsel, IP Litigation Practice
• Toni Y. Hickey, Senior Counsel, Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Practice
• Matthew A. Karlyn, Partner, Information Technology & Outsourcing Practice
• Mark Kassel, Chair, Chemical, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Practice and Conference Co-Chair
• Debra A. Lange, Associate, IP Litigation Practice
• John D. Lanza, Partner, Electronics Practice
• Richard J. McKenna, Partner, Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Practice
• Jonathan E. Moskin, Partner, IP Litigation Practice and Conference Co-Chair
• Britton Payne, Associate, IP Litigation Practice
• Matthew A. Smith, Partner, IP Litigation Practice
• Aaron K. Tantleff, Senior Counsel, Information Technology & Outsourcing Practice
• Kelly M. Weiner, Associate, Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Practice
• Robert S. Weisbein, Partner, IP Litigation Practice

This conference is complimentary for in-house counsel guests of Foley, but advanced registration is required. 

Foley & Lardner LLP will apply for CLE credit after the program, wherever applicable. Foley & Lardner LLP certifies that this activity has been approved for California MCLE credits by the State Bar of California in the amount of 6.5 General credits. Foley & Lardner LLP is a State Bar of California MCLE approved provider. Please note that participants must be in attendance on the date of the event; credit may not be obtained by viewing and/or listening to a program recording after the event.