IP STRATEGY SUMMIT: NY 2013
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The IP Strategy Summit: NY has established itself as the East coast's leading conference focused on IP strategic issues. Every year, it brings together thought-leaders from a cross-spectrum of blue chip companies for a unique mix of insightful content, workshops, exclusive speakers, high power networking and real life, actionable cases studies.
Why Attend?
Intellectual property leaders are under increased pressure to deliver results, while also assuming multiple roles. This is a must-attend event for IP executives that will provide the knowledge needed to overcome these day-to-day and strategic challenges.
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- Building an IP Strategy
- Evaluate, monetize and enforce your IP
- Aligning IP strategy and company goals
- Dealing with internal and external actors
- NPE: friends, foes, or a new paradigm?
- Chief IP Counsel
- VP & Director of IP Strategy
- Chief, Deputy and Associate General Counsel
- Intellectual Property, Trademark and Copyright Counsel
- Head of Litigation
- Director of Business and Legal Affairs
- Director/VP of Intellectual Property
- Director/VP of Licensing
- IP Counsel
- Patent Counsel
- VP & Director of Intellectual Asset Management
Intellectual Property pattern and co-chair Jonathan S. Caplan represents clients in patent litigation, counseling and prosecution, as well as in general corporate matters involving the acquisition, sale or licensing of intellectual property rights.
Jonathan litigates patent infringement actions in federal district courts across the country, in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and in state courts, both representing patent owners seeking to enforce their rights and defending companies against allegations of infringement.
Ralph Gabric is a trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience handling patent matters, serving as lead counsel in numerous cases around the country including in the Northern District of Illinois, the District of Delaware, the Northern and Central Districts of California, the Eastern District of Texas and the District of New Jersey. He has successfully represented clients in both jury and bench trials, and appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as well as in post-grant review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, appearing as lead counsel in more than 20 inter partes review proceedings. Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine, Globe Business Media Group, 2017 writes that Ralph is “incredibly client-oriented” and “an awesome orator who instantly connects with juries.”
Ralph has extensive experience handling matters involving a variety of technologies, including software, medical devices, communications networks, cellular telephony, automotive, infrared cameras, and various internet-based technologies. Ralph also has substantial experience in Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical litigation, serving as lead counsel in cases involving numerous drug products.
Erika S. Wilson is a business attorney with 20 years domestic and international corporate counsel experience across multiple technology and industrial sectors. She is currently the Global Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary at Cabot Microelectronics. At Cabot Microelectronics, she is responsible for the worldwide capture, protection, and commercialization of Cabot Microelectronics’ intellectual property, as well as defining and promoting the best IP practices and processes for the company.
Prior to joining Cabot Microelectronics, Ms. Wilson worked as legal counsel for Honeywell International, Pfizer Inc. and ExxonMobil. Prior to moving in-house, she was a litigation associate with the Jones Walker law firm.
Ms. Wilson is a graduate of Tuskegee University’s Chemical Engineering program. She is also a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Louisiana, Illinois and the United States Patent & Trademark Office. She resides in Oak Park, Illinois with her husband and daughter.
