Intellectual Property Committee

The IP Committee is dedicated to providing career growth and professional development for IP attorneys. The Committee hosts several continuing legal education events during the year on current topics in IP law. The IP Committee aims to provide a platform for networking and continuing education of IP lawyers, aspiring IP lawyers, and APABA members.

For more information on our events or to get involved with the IP Committee, please contact the IP Committee co-chairs.

CO -CHAIRS

Arpita Bhattacharyya

Arpita Bhattacharyya, Ph.D., is a partner at Perkins Coie, LLP. Arpita focuses on patent and trade secret litigation, post-grant proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and strategic IP counseling for both startup and established companies across industries.

Tony Chen

Vice President, External Affairs

Tony is the founder of Chen IP Law. He focuses his practice on the development and enforcement of intellectual property. He helps clients develop patents in various technology areas ranging from simple mechanical devices to complex areas such as artificial intelligence/machine learning, generative artificial intelligence, distributed computing, wireless technologies, multimedia, processor architecture, virtual computing, and storage systems.

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.

Ken Kumayama

Ken Kumayama is a partner at Skadden, where he represents clients in a range of technology and commercial transactions relating to the ownership, protection and exploitation of intellectual property, including IP monetization strategies, development and license agreements, co-development agreements, pharmaceutical collaboration agreements, patent and other technology license agreements, trademark and copyright license agreements, and patent and other intellectual property asset sales and acquisitions. He has been honored as a Top Intellectual Property Lawyer by The Daily Journal and recognized as a Technology MVP by Law360.

Joseph Yang

Joe is a partner at PatentEsque Law Group, LLP, specializing in patent/tech transactions & JVs, and an expert witness for high-stakes IP/licensing disputes. Previously, Joe was VP/GC at Cryptography Research, Inc., and Counsel at Skadden (Palo Alto) where he co-founded and later led the IP strategy/transactions practice. He has also been an arbitrator and managed litigation & corporate IP portfolios. Joe co-chairs the “Advanced Licensing” & “Advanced Patent Licensing” courses at PLI, teaches the “Patent & Technology Licensing” class at Stanford, and has taught “Patent Law & Policy” at Boalt. His recognitions include Chambers, SuperLawyers, IAM (Global Leaders; Strategy 300; IAM Patent 1000), and Marquis (Who’s Who in American Law). Joe has a JD from Stanford and a PhD from Caltech.