Marshall Gerstein is pleased to announce that Partners Pamela Cox and Ryan Phelan, along with Special Counsel Kwanwoo Lee, have been recognized in the IAM Strategy 300: The World's Leading IP Strategists. Pam and Ryan have been ranked in Legal, and Kwanwoo has been ranked in Software. The annual guide highlights individuals identified by market sources and members of the global IP community for their strategic insight and ability to create and implement intellectual property strategies that maximize portfolio value.
Pam’s practice focuses on unraveling complex deal structures and devising creative agreement solutions as well as IP protection strategies and alternative dispute resolution for clients ranging from multinational corporations to non-profit institutions. As a patent attorney who has worked in-house, Pam is a long-time active supporter of advancing the licensing profession and governance. Pam is Past Corporate Secretary and seven-year Member of the Board of the Licensing Executive Society International (LESI), Co-Founder and Chair of the Women in Licensing Alliance (WILA), the former President of the Certified Licensing Professionals, Inc., and multi-term former Member of the Board, frequent invited international presenter and instructor including for AUTM, and an adjunct professor of Intellectual Property Licensing at Northwestern School of Law.
Ryan represents numerous startup and Fortune 500 clients with patent matters in technical areas and industries including artificial intelligence and machine learning, blockchain and cryptocurrency, medical devices, biometrics data and services, virtual reality, imaging, internet and e-commerce, computer networking, data storage and management, encryption and security, mobile telecommunications, consumer electronics, insurance and finance applications, mechanical devices, among others. Ryan regularly publishes thought leadership articles and speaks on IP law and modern technologies. He frequently writes on the subject of AI on his blog PatentNext at patentnext.com. Ryan also teaches at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, including coursework on Patenting Software Inventions in the United States.
Kwanwoo is a registered patent attorney who helps Fortune 500 companies, universities, and other innovation-driven clients develop, protect, and leverage intellectual property assets in complex and rapidly evolving technology sectors. As Special Counsel in Marshall Gerstein’s Electrical & Computer Technologies Group, he counsels clients on patent procurement, portfolio development, freedom-to-operate considerations, due diligence, and intellectual property strategy across the United States and international markets.
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