International Considerations In IP Portfolio Management: Business, Legal, and Procedural Perspectives

Charlie Everitt is an IP professional with a track record of developing and leading IP/legal functions within global brands-focused businesses. He is results driven with a breadth of experience in implementing effective IP development, protection, enforcement and monetization strategies across a diverse range of industries; managing change within in-house IP/legal teams to align to business structure/strategic goals; implementing/refining IP processes and procedures, and driving integration of IP/legal functions within businesses; coaching/mentoring team members; driving revenue growth through IP licensing programs; cost effective management of internal and external resource; and wider commercial, governance and company director responsibilities. His specialties include trademarks and branding, designs, copyrights, patents and IP/commercial agreements.

Diane Gabl Kratz is a six-time IAM Strategy 300 World's Leading IP Strategist and 2024 ACC Global Top 10 30-Somethings awardee. A USPTO-registered patent attorney, she leads an 18-person global team, developing and executing patent filing strategies. She also heads Dolby’s worldwide trademark portfolio; WTR honored Dolby as 2025’s “Technology & Consumer Electronics Trademark Team of the Year.” Diane has guest lectured at Stanford, University of California-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and serves as PLI faculty. She has been quoted in Law360, American Lawyer, IAM, Managing IP, and WIPR and is a founding board member of CAIPA. Previously, Diane managed patent portfolios, IP transactions, and trademarks at a Fortune 500 tech company in Silicon Valley. A four-time Super Lawyers Rising Star, she began as an IP litigator at Morrison & Foerster and Sidley Austin in industries such as semiconductors, software, telecom, consumer electronics, and medical devices. She received her J.D. from the University of Chicago and Physics degree from Cornell University.

Andrew Levitt has a background in biotechnology research and has experience in many phases of United States and foreign intellectual property practice. As a patent associate, Mr. Levitt has experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications, and counseling clients regarding patentability, patent infringement, freedom-to-operate, and inventorship.