For the benefit of the APA and legal community, APABA Silicon Valley’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee drives D&I projects within the bar, in concert with NAPABA and its regional affiliates, and in partnership with law firms, companies, government and public interest organizations, and local law schools. Additionally, the D&I Committee spearheads APABA Silicon Valley’s annual law firm and corporation diversity awards, which recognize organizations for their outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and greater legal community.
For more information, please contact us at diversity@apabasv.com.
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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.
Subroto Bose
Subroto Bose is Head of IP at Astera Labs, where he manages Astera’s patent and trademark portfolio, domain names, customs enforcement, invention harvesting, and patent strategy. Prior to joining Astera Labs, he was Assistant General Counsel, IP Strategy and Development at Marvell Semiconductor, and Senior Director, Global Patent Strategy and IP Operations at Dolby Laboratories. Subroto’s in-house experience includes global patent and trademark portfolio strategy, European patent prosecution, patent acquisitions, and global IP operations. He also advises on patent issues in licensing transactions, open source issues, and issues related to standard setting organizations and standard essential patents. His prior experience also includes working at several law firms, where he represented both plaintiffs and defendants before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and federal district courts.
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