Agenda

LOT NETWORK BRIDGE

MEMBER MEETING

Speakers

Judge Alan Albright

United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

Judge Alan Albright

United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

Judge Alan Albright is the federal district judge for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division. He was nominated by President Trump in January 2018, Judge Albright earned his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law where he was a member of the Texas Law Review. He clerked for The Honorable James R. Nowlin in Austin, Texas. From 1992–99, he served as a Magistrate Judge. In 2016 he was admitted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is also a member of the American Law Institute. Prior to taking the district court bench in 2018, Judge Albright practiced IP litigation as a partner in the Austin office of Bracewell, LLP. He has run 26 marathons. Judge has two sons and he some day aspires to write his first novel.

Mauricio Uribe

Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine

Mauricio Uribe

Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine

Mauricio Uribe is a strategic advisor to companies at the forefront of technology and innovation, leveraging three decades of industry-recognized experience in intellectual property law. He provides comprehensive counseling across all aspects of IP law, including patent prosecution, portfolio development, trade secrets protection, and enforcement. Mauricio’s business-focused approach is further informed by eight years of experience as an in-house attorney, where he guided clients from the earliest rounds of financing through IPOs and beyond.

Repeatedly named to IAM’s lists of “The World’s Leading IP Strategists,” among other recognitions, Mauricio develops patent and trademark portfolios for a diverse clientele, from individual inventors to the top of the Fortune 500 list, covering industries from financial services and software to consumer electronics, automotive, and medical devices. He counsels clients on patentability, due diligence, complex litigation, and global licensing. A trained computer and electrical engineer, Mauricio understands both the business and technical sides of virtualization, network communications, content distribution and streaming, AI/ML, and distributed ledger technology, among others.

Mauricio has represented clients before the USPTO for 25+ years, focusing on inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) strategies and filings. He has supported litigation and enforcement matters in federal district courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and International Trade Commission (ITC). He is a thought leader and frequent lecturer on IP topics, including patent subject matter eligibility, trade secrets protection, copyright registration, and licensing. Before joining DWT, Mauricio co-founded the Seattle office of an IP law firm where he chaired practice groups focused on data privacy and protection, software, IT, and electrical issues. He also led initiatives in AI and open-source tech.

Evan Gourvitz

Counsel, Ropes & Gray

Evan Gourvitz

Counsel, Ropes & Gray

Evan Gourvitz has been involved with cutting-edge Internet, digital, and tech issues for almost 35 years.

He litigates and counsels clients on intellectual property issues, and has handled copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, false advertising, and right of publicity disputes, as well as First Amendment and general commercial litigation, for clients in a variety of industries, from private equity to comic books.

As a recognized thought leader on IP, social media, and tech-related topics, Evan has written and been quoted in publications including The New York Times, World IP Review, Bloomberg Law, and Law360, and has presented in venues including the MIT Sloan School of Management, the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy Annual Conference, International Trademark Association Annual Meeting (INTA), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Annual Conference, among others.

Tracy Durkin

Practice Leader, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

Tracy Durkin

Practice Leader, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

Tracy-Gene Durkin is the practice leader of Sterne Kessler’s Mechanical & Design Practice Group and a member of the Trademark & Brand Protection Practice. With more than thirty-five years of experience obtaining and enforcing intellectual property rights, she is sought out by leading consumer product companies, and by colleagues around the world for her deep understanding of utility and design patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Tracy is widely recognized for her work in design patent law, with acknowledgments from Financial Times, Chambers & Partners, IAM Patent 1000, and WTR 1000.

Shannon King

VP and AGC, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Shannon King

VP and AGC, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Shannon King serves as the Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Chief IP & Marketing Counsel at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. since November 2018, providing lead counsel for intellectual property and various e-commerce matters across nine brands. Previously, Shannon held positions at PwC from November 2016 to October 2018, including Vice President and Associate General Counsel focusing on intellectual property and technology. Experience at Chevron from May 2013 to October 2016 included oversight of a global trademark and copyright portfolio, as well as anti-counterfeiting efforts. Earlier career roles include IP litigation associate positions at prominent law firms. Shannon King earned a BA in English Language and Literature from Yale University and a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley – School of Law.

Russell Levine

Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Russell Levine

Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Russell Levine is a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP where he has spent his entire 38+ year career. He currently is a member of the Board of LES International and is a Past-President of LES (USA and Canada). He is co-editor of International Licensing and Technology Transfer: Practice and the Law, on WIPO’s List of Mediators and Arbitrators, registered to practice before the USPTO, and is a Certified Licensing Professional. He also has earned the Six Star Medal for having run all six World Marathon Majors (Chicago, New York, Boston, London, Berlin, and Tokyo), and has completed 22 career marathons.

Tim Pohlmann

Managing Director, LexisNexis

Tim Pohlmann

Managing Director, LexisNexis

Tim Pohlmann is the Managing Director for the Americas at LexisNexis Intellectual Property, a position he assumed following the company’s acquisition of IPlytics in 2022. Prior to that, Tim was the founder and CEO of IPlytics, leading the company for a decade. He holds a doctorate in economics from the Berlin Institute of Technology.

Lew Zaretzki

Managing Director, Hamilton IPV

Lew Zaretzki

Managing Director, Hamilton IPV

Lew founded Hamilton IPV and is recognized as an industry leading IP strategist who has appeared in leading business publications and academic journals such as the Wall Street Journal, spoken at major IP industry events on the subject of SEPs, and published a number of relevant studies of the mobile licensing industry and also of the patent transaction market.

Lew has worked on cellular SEP IP strategy, licensing, transactions, and valuation matters for two decades, including engagements involving many of today’s leading market participants as well as those of the past. In these engagements, Lew has worked with leading licensors, patentees, technology developers, technology adopters, and hedge fund and private equity investors.

Lew has also worked across SEP fields such as Digital Video, Digital Audio, Connectivity and more, including co-developing Cipher’s “Whitworth” AI/ ML-based HEVC and H.264 SEP landscaping services.

For large tech operating companies, Lew develops corporate, IP department, and transaction/ dispute strategies, as well as the valuation and evaluation of IP transactions including licenses, acquisitions and divestitures. For major tech investors, Lew focuses on buy and sell-side IP due diligence and transaction execution for major M&A transactions and investments.

Steven Geiszler

U.S. Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Huawei

Steven Geiszler

U.S. Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Huawei

Steven is U.S. Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for Huawei. Based in Dallas, he leads a team responsible for patent licensing, prosecution, litigation, and transactions.Steven practiced for 15 years at international law firms, handling patent litigation in venues such as the Eastern District of Texas, District of Delaware, and International Trade Commission. He received recognition in Chambers USA and Best Lawyers in America. He has appeared on Bloomberg TV and been quoted in IAM, IPWatchdog, Corporate Counsel, and Managing IP.

Steven has appeared as counsel of record in more than 160 patent lawsuits and managed more than 75 cases for Huawei, including FRAND patent-licensing disputes and trade-secret matters. Steven has been involved in numerous 8- and 9-figure licensing deals. A native of Snyder, Oklahoma, Steven is a graduate of Baylor University and the University of Virginia School of Law. He is a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group 9 on Patent Damages & Remedies and lectures on the use of data analytics in litigation management at Baylor Law School.

Gail Su

Senior Counsel, Google

Gail Su

Senior Counsel, Google

Gail Su is Senior Counsel on the Patent Transactions Team at Google. She has experience in all forms of patent-related and intellectual property-related transactions, including inbound and outbound licensing, standard essential patent licensing, video and audio patent pools, complex technology transactions, cross-border transactions, and M&A. Gail is also a co-founder of ADAPT.legal where she works to support the next generation of intellectual property professionals.

Paul Lee

CEO & Co-Founder, Patlytics

Paul Lee

CEO & Co-Founder, Patlytics

Paul Lee is the Co-Founder and CEO of Patlytics, a cutting-edge patent intelligence platform using generative AI to reshape the way IP professionals work. With a background in venture capital and engineering, Paul brings a unique blend of strategic vision, technical fluency, and entrepreneurial drive to the IP and legal tech space.

Prior to founding Patlytics, Paul was a Partner at Tribe Capital and an Advisor at 8VC, where he invested in and supported early-stage startups across fintech, enterprise, and frontier tech. He began his career studying Chemical Engineering and Economics at the University of Waterloo, where he also met his future co-founder.

Under Paul’s leadership, Patlytics has quickly emerged as a leader in patent lifecycle automation—from search and drafting to enforcement and litigation readiness. The company recently closed a $4.5M seed round led by Gradient Ventures, and is scaling globally with customers ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Known for his collaborative leadership style, Paul is passionate about building scalable AI tools that amplify human intelligence and streamline complex legal workflows. Outside of work, he’s a cold-plunge enthusiast, a global traveler, and—by his own admission—a professional foodie at heart.

Jeff Carter

CEO & President, HTS

Jeff Carter

CEO & President, HTS

Jeff has 29 years of experience in intellectual property. Before founding HighTech-Solutions (HTS), he served as a Program Manager in Motorola’s Semiconductor IP Department.

HTS specializes in patent analysis, providing technical due diligence (e.g., portfolio mining, invalidity, non-infringement, claim charting), financial due diligence (e.g., royalty rate assessments, exposure analysis), and offers licenses to the CyberMetric System. The firm supports Fortune 500 technology companies across the U.S., Europe, Japan, and China, and is recognized for its integrity and expertise.

Jeff holds an M.S. in Telecommunications from Southern Methodist University, a Graduate Certificate in Telecommunications Management from the University of Dallas, and a B.A. in Japanese from Brigham Young University.

Austin Walters

CEO & Co-Founder, IP Copilot

Austin Walters

CEO & Co-Founder, IP Copilot

Austin Walters is the Co-founder & CEO of IP Copilot. Austin is an ML researcher, engineer & prolific inventor with 600+ granted patents. Austin has successfully launched multiple generative AI products, led open source projects, and managed applied research teams for Fortune 100 companies.

Agenda: Wednesday, September 3, 2025

8:15 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM	Check-in
9:15 AM	Remarks from the CEO Ken Seddon, CEO, LOT Network
9:30 AM	Keynote Address Judge Alan Albright, U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas Mauricio Uribe, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine (Presented by Davis Wright Tremaine)
10:30 AM	Networking Break
10:45 AM	Generative AI: How to Cut Through the Hype and Get the Most Bang for Your Buck (Presented by Ropes & Gray)
11:45 AM	Lunch
12:30 PM	Expert Insights for Navigating the Complexities of Design Patents Tracy Durkin, Practice Leader, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox Shannon King, VP and AGC, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (Presented by Sterne Kessler)
1:30 PM	Networking Break
1:45 PM	Top 10 Cases Affecting Licensing Russell Levine, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis (Presented by Kirkland & Ellis)
2:45 PM	Networking Break
3:00 PM	SEPtember Insights: Data and Trends in SEP Licensing & Litigation Tim Pohlmann, Managing Director, LexisNexis Steven Geiszler, U.S. Chief IP Counsel, Huawei Lew Zaretzki, Managing Director, Hamilton IPV (Presented by LexisNexis)
4:00 PM	IP Spotlight ADAPT – Stronger Together: Defining Our Future Patlytics HTS CyberMetric IP Copilot
4:45 PM	Closing Remarks + Champagne and Bon Bons
4:55 PM	Networking Reception