Ronald E. Myrick is a partner with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP in Cambridge, Mass. He has more than 35 years of experience in the intellectual property field, serving as in-house counsel, private practitioner, consultant, and IP bar leader. He focuses his practice on counseling, negotiations, IP asset management and strategy, IP litigation and litigation management and dispute resolution, quality methodology applied to legal services, transactions and licensing, and IP issues relating to international relations.

While in private practice, Mr. Myrick has served as advisor to many Fortune 500 companies and as “virtual” chief IP counsel or as senior IP advisor to smaller companies in the U.S. and abroad. He has published a multivolume treatise and many papers on international litigation, and is a frequent speaker at meetings and seminars on a wide range of IP legal topics.

Mr. Myrick earned his J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law in 1974, his M.S. from Arizona State University in 1968 and his B.S. from the University of Louisville in 1966. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts and Texas, as well as before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Supreme Court, and numerous state and federal district and appellate courts.

Buckmaster (Buck) de Wolf is senior counsel for litigation and legal policy for the General Electric Company, focusing on intellectual property litigation. Prior to joining G.E., he was a partner in the San Francisco Office of Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, LLP.

Mr. de Wolf earned his J.D. from Boston College Law School, magna cum laude, and was elected to Order of the Coif. He earned his B.A., cum laude, in economics from Middlebury College and also attended The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mark Rachlin is senior patent counsel specializing in litigation for GlaxoSmithKline in King of Prussia, Pa. He manages all aspects of pharmaceutical and biotech litigation and advises on due diligence projects. Before joining GSK, he was senior litigation counsel with the Dow Chemical Company and Union Carbide Corporation.

Before going in-house, Mr. Rachlin was an associate with Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C. and New York. He was also a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, where he was selected under the Attorney General’s Program for Honors Law Graduates. He began his career as law clerk to the Hon. Jane A. Restani of the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Mr. Rachlin graduated from New York Law School, magna cum laude, in 1984 and was a member of the Law Review. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to the bars of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia.

Chris Schlicht is a partner with Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick in Melbourne, Australia. He joined the firm in 1992, qualified as a Patent and Trade Mark Attorney in 1994, and became a partner in 1999. He is also a member of the firm’s management committee and a partner of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick Lawyers.

Mr. Schlicht has wide experience in conducting litigation in Australia, acting for both Australian and overseas clients. He has conducted cases concerning the validity and the enforcement of patents, trademarks and designs, as well as the obtainment of rights in appeals from the Australian Intellectual Property Office. He has conducted matters in the Victorian Supreme Court, as well as the Federal and Full Federal Court of Australia.

One of the more significant matters on which Mr. Schlicht has worked involved acting on behalf of Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd against Doric Products Pty Ltd. In this case, Doric was found to infringe Lockwood’s patent for a deadlatch. It is a particularly important case in Australian jurisprudence, having gone to the High Court on Appeal twice on the issues of fair basis and inventive step. Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick Lawyers’ work on this case was recognized by the publication Managing Intellectual Property when the firm received that publication’s Case of the Year Award for Asia-Pacific 2008.

Mr. Schlicht earned both his B.S. and LL.B. from the University of Melbourne in 1989. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria as a barrister and solicitor in 1991.

David M. Schnorrenberg, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Crowell & Moring LLP, specializes in complex commercial litigation, particularly antitrust and intellectual property disputes, although he has considerable experience litigating in a variety of other substantive areas of the law, including securities, contracts, consumer protection, product liability, insurance coverage, civil rights and the First Amendment. He has litigated in numerous venues throughout the United States, including federal and state courts, trial and appellate courts, arbitration panels, and administrative agencies. He has extensive experience in complex, multiforum litigation, including large multidistrict litigation (MDL) and class actions, as well as governmental enforcement proceedings.

Mr. Schnorrenberg received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina in 1986 and his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1989. He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and the State of New York, as well as various federal district and appellate courts.