Pamela S. Chestek is the principal of -Chestek Legal in Raleigh, North Carolina. She counsels creative -communities on open source, brand, -marketing and copyright matters. Prior to returning to private practice, -she held in-house positions at footwear, apparel, and high technology -companies and was an adjunct law professor teaching a course on trademark -law and unfair competition. She is a frequent author of scholarly articles, -and her blog, Property, Intangible, -provides analysis of current intellectual property case law.
- -Pam has extensive experience in the open source community, in particular -dealing with the challenge of managing brand identity and consumer -expectation in a culture rooted in free access, collaboration and sharing. -
- -Pam has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Penn State and a Juris Doctor from -the Western New England University School of Law. She is admitted to -practice in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New York -and North Carolina.
Daniel B. Ravicher is a Lecturer in Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of -Law. He has published numerous legal articles and given dozens of -presentations regarding Free and Open Source Software legal issues and -served as lead counsel for free and open source software developers in the -only GPL enforcement lawsuits ever brought in the United States. -Professor Ravicher has been labeled a modern day ‘Robin Hood’ -by Science magazine, awarded an Echoing Green Fellowship for social -entrepreneurship, named to both Managing Intellectual Property magazine's -‘50 Most Influential People in IP’ list and IP Law & Business -magazine's ‘Top 50 Under 45’ list and twice invited to testify -before Congress on issues of technology legal policy. Professor Ravicher -received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, -where he was the Franklin O'Blechman Scholar of his class, a Mortimer -Caplin Public Service Award recipient and an Editor of the Virginia -Journal of Law and Technology, and his bachelors degree in materials -science magna cum laude with University Honors from the University of -South Florida. Professor Ravicher writes for The Huffington Post and -Seeking Alpha and is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the -Courts of Appeals for the Federal, 2nd and 11th Circuits, the District -Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the State of -New York, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. -Professor Ravicher is also the Executive Director -of the Public Patent Foundation. -
- -EIP is a leading Intellectual Property Law firm advising on all areas of -intellectual property. Founded in 2000, EIP has 23 partners and more -than 130 staff practicing from its four UK offices in Bath, Cardiff, -Leeds and London, its U.S. office in San Diego, California, and its -German office in Düsseldorf. EIP’s combination of patent, trademark and -design attorneys with specialist IP litigators is highly unusual in the -UK legal services market, and presents its clients with significant -advantages, including the ability to offer advice on all stages of IP -protection and rights enforcement, including cross-border litigation in -the UK and Germany, and prosecution in the UK and US. Attorneys and -litigators combine with in-house IP strategy and patent searching -capabilities to offer advice on the entire IP life cycle. EIP won the -Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2013, in the category of Outstanding -Achievement in recognition of having increased its overseas sales by -136% over a three year period. EIP is a Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, -and IAM Patent 1000 recommended firm.
Stormy Peter is passionate about open source software and educates -companies and communities on how open source software is changing the -software industry. She is a compelling speaker who engages her -audiences during and after her presentations and frequently speaks on -business aspects of open source software. Stormy worked for OpenLogic, -the GNOME Foundation and Mozilla.
-Peter Brown has worked in non-profit management and finance for more