Silicon Valley IP Forum aims to foster discussion and collaboration among IP professionals in the Silicon Valley area (and beyond).  The conference will feature insightful discussions among judges, law firm and in-house counsel, and academics who practice at the forefront of IP law. 

We are excited to share that Kathi Vidal, Partner at Winston & Strawn and former Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and Director of the USPTO, will be this year’s keynote speaker. Confirmed speakers for the conference include:

Veronica Ascarrunz, Perkins Coie
Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Bethany Bengfort, Turner Boyd Seraphine
Jeremiah Chan, Meta
Paul Gugliuzza, University of Texas School of Law
Matthias Kamber, Paul Hastings
Jaehwan Kim, Samsung
Thomas Krause, Former USPTO Solicitor
Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School
Joseph Matal, Clear IP; Former USPTO Acting Director and Acting Solicitor
David O’Brien, Haynes and Boone
Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Stanford Law School
Matthew Powers, Tensegrity Law Group LLP
Ashok Ramani, Davis Polk
Meghana RaoRane, Samsung
Teresa Rea, Crowell & Moring; Former USPTO Acting Director
Lara Rogers, Amazon
Jonathan Stroud, Unified Patents
Sarita Venkat, Cisco
Brad Waugh, TP-Link