Anne Fiero Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Wa

• Advising technical start-ups how to leverage and protect IP, including acting as GC, Board Member and/or Corporate Secretary for firms such as medical software innovator, Intelligent Locations. • Utilizing 25+ years experience with intellectual property to work as "of counsel" for several AmLaw 100 firms, including Littler Mendelson, Stroock and Stroock, and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, and in- house corporate departments, including State Farm Insurance Companies. Emphasis on advising on and resolving issues involving trademark, trade secret and patent disputes concerning invalidity and non-infringement.• Successfully resolving licensing, acquisition and litigation issues for U.S. and international clients focused in software, life sciences, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications industries• Researching trends in emerging market IP and competition in Russia, China and CIS Countries• Developing IP and innovation training materials for Russian Association of European Businesses• Conference Panelist on IP-related issues including: Emerging Strategies for Emerging Markets, The University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, and Women and Technology Law: Is there a Silicon Ceiling?, The University of Chicago Law School• Drafting white papers and articles, including upcoming The U.S. and Russian Patent Systems: Recent Amendments and Global Implications for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (RIPL, 2015) and Leveraging Intellectual Property in Emerging Markets (2012).

United States

• 10+ years advising on technical engineering and competition issues for North American market• Developing and overseeing implementation of five broad scale quality and safety specifications for North American market

United States, Russia

• Coordinated with team of U.S. and Russian attorneys on Phase 1 of project in drafting and editing U.S. and Russian laws focused on Research & Development, specifically in life science devices and clinical trials area• Worked with Russian colleagues at Skolkovo on Phase 2 of project to develop and monitor crowd- sourcing website aimed at promoting Innovation in Russia (innovate4russia.sk.ru)

San Francisco Bay Area And Telecommuting

• Acted as liaison between legal team and technical, economic and financial experts in disputes involving competition law and intellectual property with emphasis on pharmaceuticals, life sciences and telecommunications industries for clients including GSK, Siemens and Visto Corporation.• Trial team member (and primary drafter of successful brief) in Supreme Court case of Eastman Kodak v. Image Technical Services• Successfully resolving intellectual property and competition law issues for U.S. and international clients with highlights including negotiation of $28 million dollar license for retired NFL players, resolving patent and licensing dispute for Siemens, and establishing unique design patents for global transportation company.

J.D.

A.B., Russian And Political Science, 3.82, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: • Phi Beta Kappa • MacAnderson Scholarship Recipient for study at Ленинградский Государственный Университет.

Certification In Russian Studies, Russian Studies