Subroto Bose

Subroto Bose is Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property at Marvell Semiconductor, where he manages Marvell’s global patent and trademark portfolio, domain names, customs enforcement, invention harvesting, and patent strategy. Prior to joining Marvell, Subroto was Senior Director, Global Patent Strategy and IP Operations at Dolby Laboratories, where he managed Dolby’s global patent and trademark portfolio, European patent prosecution, patent acquisitions, and global IP operations. He also advises on patent issues in corporate transactions, open source issues, and issues related to standard setting organizations and standard essential patents. His prior experience includes working at a number of law firms, where he represented both plaintiffs and defendants before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and federal district courts.

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Iris Chiu

Ms. Chiu regularly litigates and counsels clients on issues pertaining to wage-and-hour class actions and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), cases involving discrimination, retaliation and harassment, compliance with employment discrimination laws, the hiring and termination of employees, negotiating and drafting employment agreements, covenants not to compete, confidentiality agreements, unfair competition, and related matters.

Ms. Chiu is also Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) who has counseled clients on issues relating to state and federal data protection laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), surveillance of employees’ electronic communications, workplace investigations and searches, and the protection of trade secrets and confidential information.

Through her incredible work ethic and commitment to the law, in 2022, Ms. Chiu was recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyers "Rising Star" by Thomson Reuters.

Rosaleen Chou

Intellectual property counselor Rosaleen Chou is a partner in the San Francisco office of Knobbe Martens, where she advises on brand protection and strategy. With clients that include famous brands across a broad array of industries, Fortune 50 and smaller, fast-growth companies alike, she has managed extensive global trademark portfolios across 200+ countries. Notably, Rosaleen spearheads global policing and enforcement programs that protect her clients’ IP rights against infringement and dilution while furthering and safeguarding competitive advantage. This includes multi-country opposition and infringement actions, domain name disputes and UDRP proceedings, TTAB opposition and cancellation proceedings, copyright strategy, customs enforcement, and online marketplace and social media brand protection. Having worked at Facebook as a full-time secondee, Rosaleen managed and developed trademark and copyright portfolios for Facebook, Instagram, Oculus, and WhatsApp. She also developed brand guidelines and managed brand licensing of these properties. Rosaleen also serves on the firm’s Diversity Committee and on INTA’s Anti-Counterfeiting Committee. 

Cloris Cui

Cloris works as a Senior IP Counsel for Futurewei Technologies, where she handles transactional IP matters, especially standard essential patent licensings. Additionally, she counsels businesses on open source licenses, IP policies in standard setting organizations, and supports IP litigations. She enjoys the interaction of business, technology, and law, and how deals are made by the synergy of the three.

Melanie Frakes

Melanie Frakes is an associate attorney at a law firm in San Francisco. She practices employment law and civil litigation. She received her J.D. from Berkeley Law School.

Chris Han

Chris Han practices patent prosecution and patent litigation at Baker Botts LLP in Palo Alto. Chris received his JD in 2013 from NYU School of Law, where he served as Co-President of the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Society and as Articles Editor for the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. Chris also received a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Yvonne Ho

Yvonne Ho is Senior Counsel at Walmart, where she manages and advises on complex technology transactions and product development related to eCommerce and data management. Her background includes cross-border transactions, corporate and IP affairs, regulatory matters, and policy development. Prior to her legal career she worked in business with entrepreneurs and technology start-ups throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

Neal Jagtap

Neal Jagtap is Senior Product Counsel at eBay, where he supports the shopping experience and mobile product teams for the core eBay Marketplaces business.  He advises on marketing, privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory matters on a global basis.  Prior to eBay Neal served as in-house counsel to several e-commerce and enterprise technology companies in Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area.  Neal began his legal career as a commercial litigator at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago.  Between college and law school he served as an officer in the United States Air Force.  Neal earned a BSE from Princeton University and a JD and MPP from the University of Michigan.

Jeffrey Liang

Jeff is a partner in the Intellectual Property group at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, & Hampton LLP. Jeff combines his extensive engineering background and litigation experience to provide clients with an integrated, strategic approach to IP litigation. He has represented companies in all phases of patent disputes, including pre-suit investigation, negotiations, discovery, depositions, oral hearings, and trials. His practice includes district court litigation, IPR proceedings, and Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission, and he has represented clients in cases involving a wide range of technologies including computer architecture, IC design, cryptography, artificial intelligence, streaming media, networking, and wireless communications.

Eric Lin

Eric Lin is Senior Patent Counsel in the Personalized Healthcare and Informatics group at Genentech, where he advises the business on all intellectual property matters, from portfolio management to IP licenses to due diligence around collaborations. Prior to Genentech, Eric built his in-house practice at Immersion and at Molecular Devices, a Danaher company. He also spent many years learning at an IP boutique before making the move in-house.

Jennifer Murakami

Jennifer Murakami is Managing Counsel at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. (MBRDNA), where she also serves on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. Prior to joining MBRDNA, Jennifer worked as a trial lawyer on employment, commercial, and civil rights cases. Jennifer received her JD from Berkeley Law and her bachelor’s degree from UCLA. During law school, Jennifer was editor-in-chief of the Asian American Law Journal and externed for the Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Jennifer is a recipient of the Pro Bono Award from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) and previously co-chaired its Diversity & Inclusion committee.

Jack Shaw

Jack is a Partner at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP. He focuses on intellectual property and commercial litigation, representing clients in industries including software, mobile app technologies, digital media & entertainment, machine learning, consumer electronics, semiconductors, telecommunications, mobile payment, internet, network, medical, and mechanical engineering. Along with patent litigation, his other IP experience includes copyright/DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), trade dress, and trade secret matters. He has represented U.S. clients as well as clients headquartered in Asia and Europe. Jack’s commercial litigation experience includes unfair competition and breach of contract actions.

Tej Singh

Tej Singh is a counsel at Hogan Lovells US LLP, where he focuses his practice on patent and trade secret litigation and counseling. He received his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law and his B.A. (computer science & cognitive science) from the University of California, Berkeley.

Joseph Yang

Joe is a partner at PatentEsque Law Group, LLP, specializing in patent/tech transactions & JVs. Previously, he was VP/GC at Cryptography Research, Inc., and Counsel at Skadden (Palo Alto) where he led the IP strategy/transactions practice.  Joe has also been an expert witness, an arbitrator, and managed litigation & corporate IP portfolios.  Joe co-chairs the “Advanced Licensing” & “Advanced Patent Licensing” courses at PLI, teaches "Patent & Technology Licensing" at Stanford, and has taught “Patent Law & Policy” at Boalt. He is profiled in Marquis’ “Who’s Who in American Law,” and as a “World’s Leading IP Strategist” by Intellectual Asset Management magazine.  Joe has a JD from Stanford and a PhD from Caltech.