Expert Contributor

CPPC – TOKYO 2023
Dr. Seong-Soo Park (Kim & Chang) / 박성수 (김·장 법률사무소)
  • Attorney, Intellectual Property, IT & Entertainment, and Litigation Practice, Kim & Chang, Seoul
  • 16 years of judicial experience, including as an associate district court judge and presiding judge, as well as a judge at the Patent Court and an IP research judge at the Supreme Court
  • Extensive litigation experience across a broad range of matters
  • International affairs experience as Director General for International Affairs at the Supreme Court

Speakers / 연사

CPPC – Seoul 2026
Dr. Eva Gjuzi / 에바 규지
  • Senior Associate, Chemistry Practice Group, Hoffmann Eitle, Hamburg / Munich
  • Dr. rer. nat., M.Sc. (Chemistry), German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
  • Prosecution, litigation, opposition and appeal proceedings; covering all areas of chemistry
CPPC – Seoul 2026
Dr. Daniel Grohs / 다니엘 그로스
  • Partner, Chemistry Practice Group, Hoffmann Eitle, Munich
  • Dr. rer. nat. (Chemistry), Dipl.-Chem., European and German Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
  • Practice focus on patent litigation and validity proceedings before Courts in Germany, the UPC and at the EPO
  • Litigation experience with patents involving inter alia pharmaceuticals, microorganisms, functional polymers, batteries, packaging material, food products and e-readers
CPPC – TOKYO 2026
Gerald Hrycyszyn / 제랄드 흐리치신
  • Shareholder, Litigation Practice, Wolf Greenfield
  • J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law; M.S. Civil and Environmental
  • Engineering, Stanford University; B.S., Materials Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Practices before district courts throughout the US, the Federal Circuit, the ITC, and the PTAB
  • Experience includes patent, trademark, and trade secret litigation, licensing, and post-grant proceedings
CPPC – TOKYO 2022
Dongman Kim / 김동만
  • Partner, Mechanical Engineering Practice Group, Hoffmann Eitle, Munich
  • M.Sc. (Computational Mechanics), British, Irish and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
  • Extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications, oppositions before the EPO and freedom to operate opinions
  • Areas of expertise include medical devices, automotive technology, air conditioning, sealing systems for extreme conditions, hygiene articles and wingtip devices of fixed-wing aircraft
CPPC – TOKYO 2023
Scott McKeown / 스콧 맥큐언
  • Shareholder, Post-Grant Proceedings Practice, Wolf Greenfield
  • J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law; B.S., Electrical Engineering, Temple University, with honors
  • Practice focuses on post-grant patent counseling and litigation matters at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and related appeals to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)
  • Recognized as one of the top PTAB trial attorneys in the US, having handled more than 400 PTAB matters since 2012, including those in which more than $500 million was at stake
CPPC – TOKYO 2026
Dr. Michael Pfeifer / 미하엘 파이퍼
  • Partner, Patent Litigation & Licensing Practice Group, Hoffmann Eitle, Munich
  • German Attorney-at-Law; Dr. jur., Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Practice focus on patent litigation and employee inventions law
  • Advises clients in the pharmaceutical, life sciences and electrical engineering sectors
  • Fluent in Japanese and regularly advises in Japanese
CPPC – TOKYO 2023
Edward Russavage / 에드워드 러세비지
  • Shareholder, Electrical & Computer Technologies Practice, Wolf Greenfield
  • JD, Suffolk University Law School, cum laude; MS, Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, high honors; MS, Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, high honors; BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
  • Significant experience advising clients on intellectual property matters including patent protection, licensing, freedom-to-operate and invalidity studies, licensing and transactions, litigation support, and post-grant proceedings
  • Has substantial knowledge in the software development and network communications space
CPPC – TOKYO 2025
Eric Rutt / 에릭 럿
  • Counsel, Litigation Group, Wolf Greenfield
  • J.D. Boston College Law School, cum laude; B.S., Chemistry, Eastern Mennonite University, magna cum laude
  • Practice focuses on patent and trade secret litigation, covering all aspects of litigation including pre-suit investigation, discovery, trial, appeal, and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings
CPPC – TOKYO 2022
Dr. Roland Schieren / 롤란트 쉬렌
  • Partner, Electrical & IT Practice Group, Hoffmann Eitle, Munich
  • Dr. rer. nat., M.Sc. (Physics), German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative
  • Practice focuses on patent litigation proceedings, nullity proceedings and nullity appeal proceedings before German Courts and the UPC, as well as opposition and opposition appeal proceedings at the EPO
  • Experience in international patent infringement and nullity proceedings, particularly in telecommunications, software and medical devices
CPPC – TOKYO 2025
Dr. Lasse Weinmann / 라세 바인만
  • Partner, Biotechnology Practice Group, Hoffmann Eitle, Munich
  • Dr. rer. nat. (Biology), Dipl.-Biochem., European and German Patent Attorney and UPC Representative
  • Prosecution, litigation, opposition and appeal proceedings, with a focus on pharma (e.g., therapeutic antibodies, CAR T-cells and small RNA-based drugs) and biotech (e.g., sequencing technologies)