Irah H. Donner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Irah Donner specializes in the counseling, acquisition and enforcement/litigation of all forms of intellectual property rights, with particular emphasis in computer software, Internet, biomedical devices, computer hardware, financial and electronics applications.

Before pursuing a career in law, Mr. Donner worked as a control engineer, designing software implemented controllers for functional neuromuscular stimulation of paralyzed muscle at the Cleveland Veterans Administration Hospital. He also designed software applications for large scale computer systems at Bell Communications Research (BELLCORE) in the facility analysis.

Mr. Donner is author of the books Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure, Seventh Edition, with 2012 Supplement and Constructing and Deconstructing Patents, published by Bloomberg BNA. He has published many articles, including articles on patenting computer software and hardware-related applications.

Mr. Donner earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he also served on the editorial board of the CWRU Law Review. He earned an M.S. in systems engineering and a B.S. with high honors from Case School of Engineering. Mr. Donner is registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and admitted in New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia.

Matthew W. Siegal, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Matthew W. Siegal, a partner in Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP’s intellectual property group, concentrates his practice on patent litigation, prosecution, opinions, licensing and due diligence activities for some of the largest companies in the world, as well as for individual inventors.

Mr. Siegal’s litigation practice has involved all aspects of discovery, pretrial, trial and appeal before the Federal Courts, the State Courts and the United States International Trade Commission. His patent prosecution experience includes prosecution of U.S. and worldwide patent applications in chemical, materials, pharmaceutical, electrical and mechanical fields, including the areas of insecticides, coatings and adhesives, printers, polymers and consumer products. Mr. Siegal has also been involved in both ex parte and inter partes reexaminations, including the appeal thereof.

A prolific author and speaker, Mr. Siegal has written and lectured on a wide variety of topics in both the United States and Japan, on topics relevant to both patent prosecution and patent litigation.

Mr. Siegal earned a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. He is admitted to practice before the Unites States Patent and Trademark Office and the Courts of the State of New York, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Southern and Eastern District Courts of New York and the U.S. Court of International Trade.