– TO BE ANNOUNCED –
2024 Panelists, Speakers, & Special Guests
2024 EDTX Bench Bar Conference: October 23rd – 25th
District Judge, USDC S.D. Cal.
Judge Bencivengo was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California by President Barack Obama, and confirmed on February 10, 2012.
Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Deputy Head of Civil Justice
Colin Birss is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Deputy Head of Civil Justice. He was called to the English Bar in 1990 and practised in intellectual property law.
Circuit Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
TIFFANY P. CUNNINGHAM was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden in 2021 and assumed duties of her office on September 1, 2021. Prior to her appointment, she served as trial and appellate counsel for companies and individuals in complex patent and trade secret disputes.
Circuit Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Todd M. Hughes was appointed by President Barack H. Obama in 2013. Judge Hughes served as Deputy Director of the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice from 2007 to 2013.
Chief Circuit Judge
KIMBERLY A. MOORE was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and assumed the duties of Chief Circuit Judge on May 22, 2021. Prior to her appointment, Chief Judge Moore was a Professor of Law from 2004 to 2006 and Associate Professor of Law from 2000 to 2004 at the George Mason University School of Law.
Circuit Judge, US Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
Sharon Prost was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001. Judge Prost served as Chief Circuit Judge from May 31, 2014 to May 21, 2021.
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Judge Leonard P. Stark was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 2022. Previously, he sat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware as a magistrate judge (2007 - 2010) and district judge (2010 - 2022), including service as the District's chief judge (2014 - 2021).
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Judge Carl E. Stewart received his B.A. degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Dillard University and his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans.
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Judge Kara Farnandez Stoll was appointed by President Barack H. Obama in July 2015.
US Circuit Judge, CAFC
Richard G. Taranto was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack H. Obama, in 2013, confirmed by the Senate on March 11, 2013 and assumed the duties of his office on March 15, 2013.
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, USPTO
Kathi Vidal serves as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – America’s Innovation Agency.