Wayne Sobon

As President of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and a frequent speaker and lecturer on intellectual property issues, Wayne is at the center of what's happening in the IP world. Before joining Inventergy, he served as Vice President and Chief IP Counsel for Rambus Inc., where he led all global intellectual property development. From 2000 to 2011, he was Associate General Counsel, and Director of Intellectual Property for Accenture's global IP programs. Wayne has also been a key player at a number of notable Silicon Valley law firms – including Gray Cary Ware &a; Freidenrich LLP (now DLA Piper), where, as a partner, he specialized in patent prosecution, litigation and general intellectual property counseling. He is currently a member of the USPTO's Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) and a member of the board of InventNow.org of the National Inventor Hall of Fame.