OCIPLA September 2019 Luncheon

OCIPLA’s September 2019 Luncheon
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2019
Time: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Location: Andrei’s Conscious Cuisine, 2607 Main Street, Irvine, CA 92614

Topic: IP in a Decentralized World: Protecting and Enforcing Intellectual Property for Blockchain Technologies

Summary

OCIPLA is kicking off its fall luncheon schedule! Please join us for an exciting panel discussion and business-oriented look at the protection, enforcement, and commercialization of intellectual property in relation to blockchain technologies.

Panelists

Sarah E. Bro, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

Sarah Bro is the office managing partner for the Firm’s Orange County office. She focuses her practice on trademark prosecution, enforcement and brand portfolio management, as well as licensing, due diligence, copyright, right of publicity and domain name matters. See full bio page

Jason Civalleri, Chief Compliance Officer, MyCrypto

Jason Civalleri is a data privacy and cybersecurity attorney with deep legal and industry experience with the blockchain ecosystem. He serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for MyCrypto (formerly MyEtherWallet). He holds a CIPP-US designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and also teaches Data Privacy & Cybersecurity and Blockchain as an Adjunct Professor at the Franklin Pierce School of Law at the University of New Hampshire. He was a founder at Spl.yt, a growing blockchain-based decentralized retail inventory service, and now advises high-tech clients of all sizes in tackling legal and business issues involving privacy, security, and blockchain related matters.

Ahsan A. Shaikh, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

Ahsan A. Shaikh focuses his practice on strategic patent portfolio management and client counseling in the areas of software, computer hardware, internet technologies and medical devices. See full bio page