Rob Lalka

Albert R. Lepage Professor in Business , Tulane University, A. B. Freeman School of Business Rob Lalka is Professor of Practice in Management, the Albert R. Lepage Professor in Business at Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, and the Executive Director of the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He has received the […]

Ian Ho

Associate Professor, Tulane University, A. B. Freeman School of Business Ian Ho joined the Freeman School in 2023 from Penn State University, where he served as an assistant professor of Information Systems. He is interested in understanding the impacts of emerging information technologies. His current research focuses on location-based services and advertising, online platforms, and […]

David Powsner

Partner/Shareholder, Davis, Malm, D’Agostine, P.C. David Powsner has practiced intellectual property and patent law for 35+ years in Boston, where he represents a range of high-tech and life sciences companies.  Having dabbled in angel investing and podcasting, he appreciates the wisdom of that old saw, “don’t lose the day job.” You can read more about Dave […]

Christine Yiu

Partner, Bird & Bird I am an IP partner at Bird & Bird China.  Our firm has a leading team of lawyers who are experienced with standard essential patent litigations and are familiar with issues in FRAND valuation, ASI, infringement and invalidation proceedings.  We have handled some of the biggest SEP lawsuits in China in […]

Nels Pearsall

Director, Micronomics Mr. Pearsall has worked as an economic consultant for more than 35 years and has provided expert opinions in matters involving economic damages, proprietary control of assets, brand value, and very generally changes in markets where goods and services are transacted.  He has worked for clients active in a wide array of industries […]

Nicki Kennedy

Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Nicki Kennedy is a partner with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton in their Washington, DC office. Ms. Kennedy concentrates her practice on matters before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”). She represents and counsels clients during patent prosecution as well as […]

Merri Moken

Partner, Brown Rudnick LLP Merri Moken is a Partner in the New York office of Brown Rudnick, and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. Merri’s broad-based patent litigation practice includes the biotech, regenerative medicine, chemical and pharmaceutical fields, as well as the mechanical and electrical arts. Merri has appeared before federal district and […]

Sean Clark

Director of North America IPR & Licensing, Ericsson

J. Scott Evans

Senior Director, IP & Advertising Law, Adobe Inc. Scott is Sr. Director of IP, Advertising and AI Policy Law at Adobe, where he heads the legal team that advises on trademarks, copyrights, anti-piracy, internet policy, AI policy, and advertising issues. On four separate occasions, Managing Intellectual Property magazine voted J. Scott one of the 50 […]