AI, Inventorship & the Future of Patent Law: Practical Strategies for In-House and Outside Counsel (RECORDING)

Brandon Clark is a legal professional with extensive experience in intellectual property and technology law. Currently serving as Chief IP Counsel & Legal Director at SLB, Brandon has previously held roles as General Counsel for Intellectual Property and for Artificial Lift & Completions at the same company. Brandon also worked as a Patent Attorney at Air Liquide USA LLC and began their career as an Engineer at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Educational credentials include a Juris Doctor in Intellectual Property from the University of Houston Law Center and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware.

Shruti Costales is the Owner & Founder at Shruti Law PLLC®. Shruti is a licensed US patent attorney and has worked in private practice, in-house, and with the Federal Government. She has 20+ years of deep legal experience in handling patent application drafting and prosecution, patent counseling, patent litigation, IP transactions, complex commercial transactions including drafting and negotiating XaaS agreements and handling FED/SLED agreements, supply chain agreements, product counseling, and due diligence and mergers& acquisitions related assessments. Her experience includes working in the electrical & computer technologies, mechanical technologies, chemicals/materials technologies, and life sciences/healthcare technologies. Shruti has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and a JD from Franklin Pierce Law Center (now the University of New Hampshire School of Law).She is the Vice Chair of the Patent Pathways® Board of Directors. Shruti is currently one of the Vice-Chairs of IPO's Artificial Intelligence (AI),Data, and New Emerging Technologies Committee. Over the last decade, Shruti has co-led IPO's DEI and Women in IP committees where she co-authored many white papers, guides, and toolkits. Recently, Shruti co-authored the Data Use Agreement Template for IPO's AI/D/NET Committee.

Sean Kim is a Corporate Counsel for Microsoft's Intellectual Property Group, supporting Microsoft’s Office Cloud and Apps business under Experiences and Device (E+D) division. Sean provides guidance on a broad spectrum of intellectual property matters including strategic patent portfolio development, IP ownership analysis, and assessment and management of IP-related risks. Beyond providing IP-related counseling, Sean is active in engaging Microsoft inventors and reviewing AI tools. Before joining Microsoft, Sean worked as an IP counsel at a medical device company treating heart diseases and as a patent attorney at a private IP law firm in Southern California. Prior to his legal career, Sean worked as an engineer for a renewable energy company and a wafer fabrication equipment company.

Edoardo Mirabella is a European patent attorney based in Germany. He is responsible for drafting and prosecution of German and European patent applications in the field of computer implemented inventions (hardware and software), inventions involving mathematical methods (including blockchains and artificial intelligence), and optics, mechanical and process engineering. He handles opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office. He also coordinates and assists in the prosecution of patent applications in the US. 

Lisa Ulrich works as an intellectual property attorney for IBM in North Castle, NY. Ms. Ulrich’s body of work encompasses standard-essential patents, policy issues related to artificial intelligence, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining IBM, Ms. Ulrich was a patent litigator and prosecutor for an intellectual property law firm in NYC. Ms. Ulrich serves as co-chair of IPO’s Standards Setting Committee and was a former chair of IPO’s Trademark Office Practice Committee.