European In-house Counsel Summit 2021

Angela Wilson

Assistant general counsel, IP & licensing, Hallmark Cards

Angela Wilson is Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property and Licensing at Hallmark. In this role, Angela supports the global licensing business for Hallmark and Crayola. She also has responsibility for Hallmark’s trademark and copyright portfolio and advises the international business on a variety of IP and business issues.

Previously, Angela was senior counsel at GlaxoSmithKline where she managed a global trademark portfolio and managed GSK’s global anti-counterfeiting enforcement program in the Americas. Before joining GSK in 2013, she practiced in a boutique IP firm in Atlanta and during that time, was seconded to Coca-Cola for several extended stints.

Angela received her undergraduate and law degree from the University of Arkansas, receiving her JD in 2007. She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Outside of the office, Angela enjoys reading, volunteering, traveling and spending time outdoors.

 Speaking session 

Navigating your IP portfolio in the digital world

Wednesday, February 24 - 09.20 - 10.00 PST

Jayanthi Simha

Patent engineer, Invensense

TBC

 Speaking session 

Navigating your IP portfolio in the digital world

Wednesday, February 24 - 09.20 - 10.00 PST

Kelly McCarthy

Partner, Sideman Bancroft

Kelly McCarthy represents clients in relation to brand protection issues, trademark enforcement and portfolio management. Her clients include public and private entities, from emerging regional companies to global industry leaders.

Ms. McCarthy advises clients on a variety of trademark and brand protection issues, including matters involving product and corporate name selection; trademark availability and clearance; worldwide branding strategies; trademark related agreements including licenses; management and prosecution of worldwide and US trademark portfolios; disputes before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; domain name disputes and cybersquatting concerns; foreign, domestic and online anti-counterfeiting and enforcement measures; advertising, claims and promotions, and social media and Internet marketing issues.

Ms. McCarthy specializes in the development and implementation of customized and comprehensive brand protection programs that focus on global trademark portfolio growth while combatting product counterfeiting concerns and other infringements.

Prior to joining Sideman & Bancroft LLP, Ms. McCarthy was Of Counsel at Tomlinson Zisko LLP.

 Speaking session 

Diversity and inclusion in IP

Wednesday, February 24 - 10.20 - 11.00 PST

Misha De Larkin

Senior director IT legal, Flex

Misha De Larkin is Senior Director of IT Legal Compliance and is based out of Flex’s corporate office in San Jose. Misha manages a PMO team responsible for implementation of Enterprise IT solutions for teams such as the security operations center, data loss prevention, and network and telcom; as well as a global IT asset management that is responsible for license compliance, investigations, and remediation. Additionally, she is a member of the Flex Global Inclusion Council and leads the Global Employee Resource Group for “Women in Tech”. Prior to joining Flex, Misha spent 10 years at Cisco Systems and 10 years at Adobe Systems leading legal operations teams. Misha holds a Masters’ degree in Clinical & Counseling Psychology, with a certification in substance abuse and she volunteers her time working with clients who are victims of domestic violence.

 Speaking session 

Diversity and inclusion in IP

Wednesday, February 24 - 10.20 - 11.00 PST

Lyndsey Heaton

Partner, Sideman Bancroft

Lyndsey C. Heaton is a partner in the Brand Integrity and Innovations Group, the Litigation and Appeals group, and the Intellectual Property group. Ms. Heaton specializes in high stakes intellectual property litigation involving, trade secrets, trademarks, unfair competition, copyrights, patents, counterfeiting, and intellectual property theft. She also has a broad range of experience prosecuting and defending complex, commercial litigation. She has tried both bench and jury cases in the state and federal courts of California and New York and has handled appeals to the Ninth and Second Circuits.

Ms. Heaton counsels clients on strategies to protect their brands through unique and effective enforcement mechanisms. Ms. Heaton’s work focuses on trademark infringement, the sale of counterfeit goods, and employee frauds. Ms. Heaton has experience working with clients across all industries including: enterprise technology, networking, consumer electronics, wearable technology, internet service providers, textile manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, securities, and financial payments technology.

Prior to joining Sideman & Bancroft, Ms. Heaton was an associate at Hosie Rice LLP and Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP, in San Francisco, where she concentrated on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. While at Morgan Lewis, Ms. Heaton was a key member of a trial team that succeeded in obtaining a $70 million judgment for her client, one of the top 10 jury verdicts in California for 2016.

Ms. Heaton earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and then graduated from Columbia University School of Law, where she served as an editor for the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. While in law school, Ms. Heaton also served as a judicial extern for the Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Bankruptcy Court.

Ms. Heaton is admitted to practice in California and New York.

 Speaking session 

Diversity and inclusion in IP

Wednesday, February 24 - 10.20 - 11.00 PST

Lindsay White

Director, global litigation & investigations & IP, Applied Materials

Lindsay is a Director of Global Litigation, Investigations & IP Protection at Applied Materials. She manages a broad range of litigation and works with internal stakeholders regarding a variety of internal / external investigations and insider / data security risks. She also leads Ops and eDiscovery for the Litigation team. Prior to Applied Materials she was a Senior Associate at Paul Hastings in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group managing complex cases involving patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and breach of contract claims across a variety of technologies. She has litigated in various district courts and at the ITC. She has handled appeals to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and IPR/CBM proceeding at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Lindsay earned her B.S. in Materials Engineering from California Polytechnic State University SLO, and her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. While in law school, she externed for Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker and interned at Sun Microsystems.

 Speaking session 

Leadership and managing your IP career during a pandemic

Wednesday, February 24 - 13.40 - 14.25 PST

Helen Tieh

Former director, legal, Looker

TBC.

 Speaking session 

Leadership and managing your IP career during a pandemic

Wednesday, February 24 - 13.40 - 14.25 PST

Kanda Ishihara

Director – IP,, Veritas Technologies

Kanda Ishihara is director of IP at Veritas Technologies LLC, an enterprise data protection software company based in Santa Clara, California. At Veritas, Kanda’s responsibilities include patent portfolio development, risk mitigation, client counseling, patent portfolio review and classification, management of outside counsel, education of engineering teams, and trademark portfolio review.

Previously, she was a partner at Patent Law Works LLP, an IP boutique law firm specializing in patent, trademark, copyright, domain name procurement and strategic counseling. There, her practice focused on patent prosecution, client counseling and patent management, including all stages of the patent prosecution process, as well as management of patent portfolios and performing due diligence for patent assets. Her practice also involved patent licensing and infringement analysis. In earlier positions, Kanda has worked as an associate at Fenwick & West as well as Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

Kanda has also worked in-house in the legal departments of Ariba, Inc. and Genentech. Her law practice covers a wide range of technology areas including computer software, web-based software applications and telecommunications.

As co-founder and past president and board member of Leading Women in Technology, a non-profit organization dedicated to unleashing the potential of professionals who advise technology businesses and executives, Kanda is also dedicated to helping empower female professionals in the tech industry through mentorship, skills development and networking.

 Speaking session 

Leadership and managing your IP career during a pandemic

Wednesday, February 24 - 13.40 - 14.25 PST