Understanding IP

Leadership

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Adam Mossoff **

Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and Visiting Fellow the Heritage Foundation. Leading expert on IP law; Senior Consultant, USPTO

Brian Hinman ***

Chief Innovation Officer, AON IP Solutions; ex-Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Philips; Vice President IP, Verizon; Vice President IP and Licensing, IBM; InterDigital; executive-advisor, Columbia University Technology Ventures

Bruce Berman (Chairman, Co-Founder)

Author and editor responsible for five IP business books; IP communications expert; IAM 300 Leading Strategist (13 years); member, IP Hall of Fame Academy; CEO, Brody Berman Associates; Host, Understanding IP Matters.

Jennifer Pariser (ret)

Vice President and Director of Academic Outreach, the Motion Picture Association (ret) ; former Vice President the Recording Industry Association of America; former Senior Vice President SONY Music Entertainment.

Keith Bergelt ***

CEO, Open Invention Network; former IP strategy executive, Motorola and SRI In(ret)ternational; Managing Partner, Paradox Capital (an IP monetization source); former career diplomat, U.S. State Department.

Terry Hart

GC the Association of American Publishers; former AGC the United States Copyright Office; publisher and editor, Copyhype.

Tiffany Norwood

Inventor, serial entrepreneur, innovation literacy advocate; CEO Tribetan; Cornell University Entrepreneur of the Year, 2022; author and lead performer Sexy, Black, Genius.

Manny Schecter

Chief Patent Counsel, IBM (ret); Past-President, IPO Association Education Foundation

Mickie Voges-Piatt *

Co-Director IP Management & Markets Program, Illinois Institute of Technology (ret); Deputy Director, Program in IP Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law

ADVISORS & COMMITTEE MEMBERS

James Pooley **

Trade secrets trial lawyer, scholar and diplomat; ex-Deputy Director General, WIPO; Former Chairman, Inventors Hall of Fame; author

Rafael Cardona *

Marketing strategist; IP Instructor Glendale Community College, Los Angeles

Stephen Key **

Inventor, leading product licensing expert, Forbes innovation columnist

Madeleine Key **

Senior Strategist for inventRight and Inventors Groups of America, Inc. intellectual property columnist; Forbes and Inc contributor; advisor to National Academy of Inventors.

Derek Morales *
Associate Counsel, Trademarks at the Estée Lauder Companies. Previously, he was Senior Director of the Intellectual Property Council at Ralph Lauren.
Hon. Paul R. Michel

Chief Judge and Member of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (ret). Co-Chair, United States Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA).

Marshall Phelps (Co-Founder)

Vice President of IP Strategy & Business, Microsoft Corp and IBM (ret); charter member IP Hall of Fame; visiting professor and lecturer Cornell, Duke and USC

Maysa Razavi

Director of Product Security Investigations and Intelligence at Johnson & Johnson; fmr Director Global Brand Protection and Supply Chain Security, Moderna Therapeutics; Anti-Counterfeiting Manager, International Trademark Association (INTA); Legal Intern, Chanel.

Jonathan Taplin

Award-winning film producer (Mean Streets, The Last Waltz, Shine, To Die For), Director Emeritus, the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the USC School for Communication and Journalism, author, four books.

*  Education Committee

** Communications Committee

*** Development Committee