Enforcing IP Rights on Amazon and Other Platforms (RECORDING)

Syed Fareed is an IP trial lawyer who works closely with multinational clients on high-stakes intellectual property disputes and counseling, including serving as lead counsel in high-tech patent litigations. Syed has particular experience representing clients in high technology patent litigation matters before Federal district courts nationwide, as well as the International Trade Commission and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Syed's litigation practice also encompasses contested matters in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including inter partes reviews.

Julianne Hartzell is a litigation partner and chair of the firm’s medical device practice at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun. She is a trial lawyer handling intellectual property cases, including cases involving patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret. Julianne is also a mediator, serving on the International Trademark Association mediator’s panel and as a Lanham Act Mediator in the Northern District of Illinois. 

Monica Leenders is an engaged IP counsel at Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, where she is responsible for part of the trademark/design/copyright portfolio of Philips. Monica is admitted to the Dutch bar as attorney-at-law, having worked in private practice before joining Philips. 

Sanjiv Sarwate is Senior Legal Director - Trademarks with Dell Technologies and has been with Dell since April 2011. Before that, he was in private practice in Chicago specializing in trademark and copyright law. He is the primary attorney with responsibility over trademarks at Dell, with an emphasis on anticounterfeiting and online trademark enforcement. He is a frequent speaker on trademark issues, including before the US Patent and Trademark Office, the European Intellectual Property Office, and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, as well as a past chair and current member of IPO’s Anti-Counterfeiting Committee. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a masters’ degree from the University of Chicago.