Christopher C. Bouquet
Managing Member, The Law Office of Christopher C. Bouquet, PLLC Chris Bouquet is an experienced businessman and government contracts lawyer with a sub-specialty in the rules governing federally funded intellectual property. After college, he spent 11 years in business, serving most of this time as a Project Manager and Director of Government Operations for a […]
Evan Diamond
Special Counsel, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Evan Diamond is a highly regarded IP trial attorney and advisor known for his successful representation of clients in high-stakes IP and licensing disputes in the US and international jurisdictions. Evan has a strong record of success protecting clients’ products with hundreds of millions or […]
Harrie Samaras
President, ADR Office of Harrie Samaras Harrie Samaras is a full-time neutral in the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practice she founded – ADR Office of Harrie Samaras. She focuses her practice on mediating and arbitrating commercial disputes (domestic and international) involving intellectual property and business and technology issues. Harrie is a Fellow of both the […]
Michael A. Fisher
Counsel, Dechert, LLP Michael A. Fisher, Ph.D. draws on his extensive background in electrical engineering to represent medical device, electronics, computer, and semiconductor companies in complex patent and trade secret litigation matters. He also devotes part of his practice to patent licensing, patent counseling, and software copyright matters. Prior to his legal career, Dr. Fisher […]
Sandeep Agarwal
CEO, XLSCOUT Sandeep Agarwal is the CEO of XLSCOUT, a SaaS platform for AI based patent Drafting, Searching, Portfolio Analysis, and ClaimCharting. Prior to XLSCOUT, Sandeep spent a decade at Adeia/Xperi/Tessera as Vice President of patent acquisitions, portfolio development and licensing support. Earlier he was CEO and President of Clairvolex Inc., an IP services company […]
Jack Lu
Partner & Chief Economist, IPMAP, LLC Jack Lu, PhD, CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) is the founding partner and chief economist of IPMAP, where he specializes in IP valuation, damage estimate and royalty determination for IP transaction, licensing, litigation, and corporate transactions (including M&A, divestiture, venture capital, equity investment and distressed assets investment). He has delivered […]
Bob Held
President, Held Intellectual Property, LLC (LinkedIn) With over 20 years of experience as a licensing executive, Bob Held has extensive experience in many facets of intellectual property (IP), including monetization, strategy, management, acquisitions, expert witness, contracts, negotiations, IP in government contracting & the FAR/DFAR, people management, budgets, IP infringement damage estimate, including reasonable royalty determination […]
Paul Lekas
Senior Vice President, Head of Global Public Policy & Government Affairs, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Paul Lekas is an experienced advocate and thought leader in technology policy, national security, and other areas with over two decades of experience advising leaders and organizations in government and the private sector. Currently, Paul heads public policy […]
Ariel Soiffer
Partner, Wilmer Hale Ariel Soiffer is a partner in WilmerHale’s Boston office. Ariel regularly negotiates intellectual property licensing and other commercial transactions and advises clients on technology matters. One key area of focus is artificial intelligence, where Ariel has advised on applications of AI to drug discovery, medical diagnosis, mutual funds, and fraud detection, among […]
Jason C. Gish
Partner, TLG Law LLC Jason Gish has over 25 years of experience helping clients negotiate complex commercial transactions involving technology and intellectual property. His clients rely on him for advice on licensing, SaaS, distribution, development, collaboration, joint venture and other agreements. Jason spent the early part of his career at two leading AmLaw200 firms (Wilmer […]
