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Barry L. Cohen focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, unfair competition, business and commercial disputes, and trade secret litigation. He proudly represents clients across many industries, including technology, food and beverage, software, media, retail, footwear and apparel, manufacturing, distribution, and transportation. Barry is currently the vice chair of the Trademark Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL). He is also the current chair of the Law Firm Committee of the International Trademark Association. Barry has been ranked by Chambers USA as a leading Intellectual Property attorney and is listed as AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. Additionally, he is recognized by WTR1000 for enforcement and litigation, the Legal Elite 500 for IP, Best Lawyers in America, and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers.

For more than 40 years, Nancy Rubner Frandsen has guided clients not only through the core areas of trademark and copyright strategic counseling and portfolio management but also through the more complex areas of the practice, including enforcement before the federal courts and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Nancy’s in-depth knowledge of her clients’ businesses, from individual entrepreneurs to major corporations, enables her to support and advance their unique objectives and goals and has made her their trusted trademark lawyer. She is the co-founder, along with Barry Cohen, of IP Philly, the only in-person full-day CLE program dedicated to intellectual property issues.  She is a founding member of the Philadelphia Chapter of ChIPs and serves on the Pro Bono Committee for the International Trademark Association (INTA).  She is also a past chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Copyright Society of the USA and served on the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Advisory Committee. She is recognized by numerous publishers, including Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, WTR1000, WIPR, The Legal 500, and is designated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.

Judge Goldberg, now Sr. Counsel at Blank Rome LLP, was appointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on October 31, 2008and became Chief Judge in March of 2024.He had previously served on the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Goldberg’s career as a practicing attorney started at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office where he worked in both the trial and appellate divisions. He later joined the law firm of Cozen O’Connor, where his practice focused on commercial litigation. Judge Goldberg was eventually promoted to senior partner, and also served as the manager of Cozen’s Arson and Fraud Unit. Judge Goldberg returned to the public sector in1997, serving as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania where he handled mostly white collar crime cases, both before the District Court and the United Stated Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Judge Goldberg isa graduate of Temple Law School (1986) where he was a member of Temple’s first trial team. He presently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Temple Law teaching federal law and civil/criminal advanced trial advocacy. Judge Goldberg has handled over one hundred patent cases as a visiting judge in the District of Delaware.

Judge Catherine Henry took the oath of office as a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on December 12, 2024, following nearly three decades of distinguished service as a career public defender. She brings to the bench a depth of professional experience, including civil and criminal constitutional advocacy. A proud graduate of Drew University and the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, Judge Henry began her career advancing gender equality as a staff attorney at the Feminist Majority Foundation. She then arrived in Philadelphia to begin three decades defending indigent clients, first at the Defender Association of Philadelphia and later at the Federal Community Defender Office. Over her 24years in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, she litigated many complex criminal cases, including over 30 trials to verdict. Since 2008, she was the office’s Senior Litigator, a role in which she continued trial practice while also mentoring junior attorneys and leading training in trial advocacy, sentencing strategy, and federal criminal procedure. Judge Henry’s service extends beyond the courtroom. She taught Trial Advocacy at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Temple University Beasley School of Law, and she served as an instructor in Temple’s LL.M. program and federal criminal clinic. Nationally recognized for her legal insight, she regularly trained federal defenders and Criminal Justice Act attorneys, and she was appointed Chair of the Public Defenders Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2023. She served as the volunteer Defender representative for the STAR Program, a reentry initiative aiding formerly incarcerated individuals in their return to society—a role that reflects her enduring commitment to justice with compassion.

John F. Murphy is a Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  He has also served as a visiting judge in patent cases with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the District of Delaware, and the District of New Jersey.  Before being appointed to the court in 2022, Judge Murphy was an IP litigation partner at BakerHostetler in Philadelphia, where he focused on patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property disputes.  He teaches patent litigation and strategy as an adjunct professor at Villanova Law School and Rutgers Law School.  Judge Murphy is co-author of the sixth edition of Patent Litigation and Strategy (West 2025) along with Federal Circuit Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore, Professor Timothy Holbrook, and Andrew Sommer.  Judge Murphy also clerked for Chief Judge Moore.  He attended Harvard Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology.  Before that, he obtained a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Caltech and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.

Judge Wolson was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in May 2018.  He was renominated in May 2019, confirmed by the Senate on May 2, 2019, and received his commission on May 28, 2019.  Judge Wolson earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, and his B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.  After graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk for Hon. Jan E. DuBois of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  He then maintained a commercial litigation practice, including antitrust, RICO, intellectual property, class action, First Amendment, and commercial contract disputes, first as an associate with Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., and then as a partner with Dilworth Paxson in Philadelphia.

Alexis Arena is Deputy General Counsel at Comcast, where she focuses on trademarks, copyrights, rights of publicity, and emerging issues involving AI. She brings over two decades of experience in intellectual property counseling and litigation, including prior experience as a partner at Flaster/Greenberg, where she served as a first-chair litigator in complex trademark and copyright matters in Federal court, managed global IP portfolios, and handled UDRP and TTAB proceedings. At Comcast, she oversees the management of Comcast’s global trademark portfolio and provides advice and counsel on a wide variety of matters involving trademarks, copyrights, and the intersection of intellectual property and AI.

Karen J. Bernstein is the Principal of Bernstein IP, a trademark, copyright, and Internet law firm based in Manhattan. She brings years of experience as a party representative for clients in litigation, arbitration, and Internet/domain name/UDRP matters. She also is a UDRP Panelist for several ICANN-approved Providers.

Karen grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs. She is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New York, and Colorado (inactive).

Diane Siegel Danoff is a nationally recognized litigation partner in the Intellectual Property Group of Dechert LLP, based in Philadelphia. She chairs Dechert’s award-winning, global Trade Secret Litigation Practice. She has extensive litigation experience with trade secret, non-compete, trademark, patent, copyright, unfair advertising, and invasion of privacy matters. Diane has been named eleven times as a leading litigator by Chambers USA, a referral guide to leading lawyers in the United States. Chambers has called her “superb, thorough and decisive” and “recommended for her courtroom skills.”  She is listed in The Legal 500 US, is recognized by Best Lawyers in America, and in 2017, earned the “Lawyer of the Year” distinction for Trade Secrets law. Diane is also recognized by the World Trademark Review in its “WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Practitioners.” In 2015, Diane was named a BTI Client Services All-Star, recognized as one of 25 IP lawyers nationwide for excellence in client service and “having a deep awareness of the interplay between the complicated technical, legal and business issues facing IP clients.” Since 2020, she has been named an “IP Star” for both trademark and copyright by Managing Intellectual Property.  Diane has successfully represented Microsoft, WebMD, Sheetz, Bank of New York Mellon, Kellogg’s, Tanger and many other companies in intellectual property litigation across the country.

Diane received her A.B. from Harvard University and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.

Laura A. Genovese co-founded K & G Law LLC to focus on her experience in copyright and trademark law. She is a trusted counselor and advocate for the firm’s clients, which range from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. In those roles, she develops and helps implement and manage strategic IP protection plans, counsels clients in adversarial matters, and represents them when necessary in litigation before the courts and in inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and domain name panels. Laura also taught copyright law at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law for nine years.

Lesley Grossberg is a partner in Ice Miller’s Philadelphia office, where she leads the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group. She focuses her practices trademark, copyright and patent litigation, and trademark counseling and prosecution. Lesley represents clients in intellectual property disputes in the U.S. International Trade Commission, federal trial and appellate courts, and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She is a past president of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association and serves as senior editor of the International Trademark Association’s peer-reviewed journal The Trademark Reporter. She is a frequent speaker on intellectual property topics including online enforcement strategies, postmortem IP rights, fair use, trademark searching, bad faith filings, litigation of fraud claims in trademark cases, and defenses to trademark infringement. Lesley is an adjunct professor of law at Temple University Beasley School of Law, where she teaches Trademarks and Unfair Competition. Lesley began her career as a judicial law clerk in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia and the District of New Jersey. She received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Richmond and her B.A., magna cum laude, in political science and history from Tulane University.

John Hillman is a patent litigation associate at Duane Morris LLP.  He previously served as a judicial law clerk to Judge John F. Murphy in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  John earned his J.D. from Emory University School of Law with honors and served as an executive managing editor of the Emory International Law Review.  He holds technical degrees in Engineering Physics and Applied Physics, including a B.S. from Washington and Lee University and a M.S. from New York University.  He is originally from Moorestown, NJ, and lives here in Philadelphia.

David S. Hollander focuses his practice on a broad array of intellectual property related complex litigation services, representing companies and individuals on both sides trademark, trade secret, unfair competition, copyright, and restrictive covenant matters and disputes, often on behalf of international clients. He also advises clients on trademark clearance, counseling, and portfolio management, and serves as outside counsel advising businesses on employment law and general corporate policies and related issues. David has represented clients across many industries, including technology, fashion, tourism, ballet, food and beverage, outdoor advertising, and cannabis. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and his B.A., in Criminology, from Pennsylvania State University.

Matthew Homyk serves as strategic trademark counsel to multinational corporations and emerging growth brands, focusing on the commercialization and protection of intangible assets. A partner in Blank Rome’s Intellectual Property group, he focuses on global trademark portfolio architecture, “bet-the-brand” litigation, and complex disputes involving trademarks, copyrights, domain names, and other IP assets. His leadership in the field has earned him widespread recognition, including being named a WTR Global Leader and an International Trademark Association(“INTA”)”Rising Star”—a distinction reserved for individuals demonstrating exceptional commitment to the advancement of the IP profession. He also draws on deep doctrinal knowledge from his time serving as an Adjunct Professor of Trademark Law at Villanova University.

Professor Kenneth A. Jacobsen is a Practice Professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law and Director of its Sports Law Program, where he teaches amateur, professional, and international sports law as well as advanced sports contract negotiation. A nationally recognized expert in name, image, and likeness (NIL) issues in college athletics, he has organized and spoken on numerous panels for the ABA and Philadelphia Bar Association and led the Temple Law Review’s 2024 Symposium on college athletics. He is a frequent lecturer in the U.S. and abroad and provides expert analysis to major media outlets. Beyond academia, Jacobsen is an entrepreneur and co-owner of the Wilmington Blue Rocks, and he has advised professional athletes—including Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Michael Vick, and Shane Victorino—on sponsorship, marketing, and philanthropic initiatives, as well as supporting social justice efforts through organizations such as the Malcolm Jenkins Foundation and the Players Coalition.

Anna Johnson represents clients in intellectual property disputes at the trial and appellate levels, primarily in the areas of patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation. She litigates a variety of technologies, ranging from computer software to consumer products. Anna clerked for Judge Kara F. Stoll at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Judge Paul S. Diamond at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Before law school, she worked for a large consulting firm and a fintech startup.

Will Kehoe is an Associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Baker & Hostetler, where he prepares and prosecutes patent applications across a wide range of technologies, including telecommunications, software, medical devices, sportswear, and mechanical systems. He received his J.D. from Villanova Law, where he concentrated in Intellectual Property Law and served as an Extern for the United States Senate Judiciary Committee’s IP Subcommittee.

Kimberly C. Kelleher serves as Acting Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline and Acting Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In these capacities, she leads a team of attorneys and support staff in executing the Office’s multifaceted mission, including ensuring practitioners are of good moral character and act in compliance with applicable rules. Ms. Kelleher joined the Office in October 2012 as an Attorney Advisor, where she investigated practitioner misconduct grievances, evaluated applications, conducted moral character investigations for applicants seeking USPTO registration, and supported stakeholder outreach. Before joining the USPTO, she practiced intellectual property law at a general-practice firm in Washington, D.C., taught high school biology and research in New York, and conducted research as a neurobiology laboratory scientist. She holds a B.A. in Biology from the University of Virginia, an M.S. in Physiology and Biophysics from Georgetown University, and a J.D. from Fordham University, and is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.

Julie Latsko focuses her practice on intellectual property and complex commercial disputes. In addition to litigation, Julie regularly provides trademark clearance and counseling, as well as general guidance regarding intellectual property portfolio management. She has represented clients across many industries, including technology, health care and life sciences, fashion and design, finance, hospitality, food and beverage, and cannabis. Julie was recognized by Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch,” in 2024.  She serves as the Vice Chair of the Trademarks and the Internet Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law.  Julie earned her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and B.A. from The College of New Jersey.

Chanel Lattimer-Tingan is an intellectual property attorney whose practice focuses on trademark and copyright prosecution, enforcement and litigation, and intellectual property transactional matters, including licensing. Currently, Chanel is IP Counsel at Major League Baseball, where she focuses on protecting the intellectual property of the 30 Clubs and MLB in the marketplace, at trademark offices worldwide, and with licensees. Before that, she was a Staff Attorney in the IP Group at Royer Cooper Cohen and Braunfeld and a freelance IP attorney. Chanel began her legal career as an IP associate at Cozen O’Connor, a top 100 law firm, where she also served as Co-Chair of the Associates’ Committee and a member of the Diversity Committee. Chanel earned her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Sport Management from the University of Tennessee, and her B.A., in Sociology from Princeton University. She currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband and three kids.

Benjamin E. Leace has over 30 years experience in intellectual property law and is a shareholder and co-leader of the IP Litigation Group at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney. He has represented clients in a wide range of intellectual property areas, including litigation, licensing, opinions/counseling, and patent and trademark procurement. Benjamin focuses his practice in litigating intellectual property disputes in federal courts and before the Patent and Trademark Trial and Appeal Boards of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He has been active in a number of professional organizations over the years, including the Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court (past president); the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (past president); the Licensing Executive Society (past chair of the Philadelphia Chapter); and the International Trademark Association. Benjamin has taught seminars and been a panelist and presenter on various programs involving intellectual property and litigation. He has been honored each year as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine in the area of Intellectual Property Litigation and has been recognized in Chambers and Best Lawyers in America. He holds a J.D. from the Temple University School of Law and a B.S. in Computer Engineering (with a minor in International Relations) from Lehigh University.

Noah M. Leibowitz is a Partner at Dechert LLP in New York. He is an experienced first-chair trial lawyer, focusing on intellectual property and complex litigation involving scientific, technical and medical expertise. Mr. Leibowitz has led trial teams in numerous cases, including acting as lead counsel in winning two back-to-back jury verdicts within a month. He regularly represents companies in the pharmaceutical, financial services, healthcare and high-tech sectors in trade secret, patent and trademark litigation, as well as in litigation and arbitration over licensing and development deals. IAM Patent 1000 has praised Mr. Leibowitz as “one of the very best” and noted that he is “hailed for the business sense he brings to litigation.” Mr. Leibowitz graduated from Columbia Law School and is admitted to the New York and New Jersey State Bars

Matt Lin is an associate in Akin’s intellectual property practice advising clients on patent litigation matters with a particular focus on the life sciences.  His representation involves a range of technologies, including small molecules, biologics, and medical devices.  Matt is also actively engaged in pro bono work, where he provides counsel on a variety of matters, including child advocacy in family court and assisting with an Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act petition.  Matt received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School, and his B.S. summa cum laude in biology at Drexel University.

Luke Reilly is an associate in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group at Dechert LLP, based in Philadelphia.  He has litigated cases across all areas of intellectual property, including matters involving trade secret misappropriation, covenants not to compete, patent, trademark, and copyright infringement, and false advertising.  Luke’s work covers a wide range of technologies.  He has litigated cases involving pharmaceutical products, digital payments, software licensing, materials science and manufacturing, digital security, telecommunications, advertising, and more.

Steve Rocci, an experienced intellectual property lawyer with over 40 years of technology and technology law expertise, transitioned to solo practice in 2020. He represents clients across various technological fields, including computer software, hardware, internet, telecommunications, semiconductor manufacturing, e-commerce, medical devices, and mechanical technologies. With a focus on patent and trade secret litigation, procurement, counseling, dispute resolution, and licensing, Steve has served major national and international technology companies, as well as start-ups. For nearly 25 years, he taught law school courses in intellectual property law and patent litigation, serving as Distinguished Practice Professor at Drexel University. Additionally, he acted as a neutral for the American Arbitration Association. Recognized as a Fellow Emeritus of the Litigation Counsel of America, Steve holds AV-rating in Martindale Hubbell and is honored as one of Pennsylvania’s “Super Lawyers” in intellectual property. He is also listed in Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America.

Leigha R. Santoro is a partner at K & G Law, focusing her practice on trademark, copyright, and advertising matters, including prosecution, enforcement, and licensing. She counsels clients on trademark clearance and global portfolio management, and she represents clients in inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Leigha also has experience with enforcement matters specifically in the internet space including monitoring for unauthorized use, initiating and defending takedown notices, and pursuing legal actions such as domain name dispute proceedings under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) system. Leigha understands business, coming from a retail background with her family’s flower shop in her native Connecticut. She relocated to Philadelphia to attend the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University, where she served as Staff Editor of the Drexel Law Review. After two judicial clerkships, she joined K & G Law in 2021. As of 2026, Leigha is also an adjunct professor teaching copyright law at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.