Speakers

John Mulgrew

IP Policy

Lenovo
Personal Profile

John Mulgrew has a mechanical engineering degree from Rice and a JD from GW Law. He started his legal career at several prominent law firms in New York and DC.  At Microsoft, John led teams handling a wide variety of licensing, litigation support, and other IP transactional related matters, and for two years he also served in a broader role for Microsoft Research in EMEA where he drafted multi-party agreements with companies, universities, governments and research organizations.  

 

John joined Uber in 2017 to lead the IP team, including through the company’s IPO in early 2019.  Over time, his responsibilities also included leading the Privacy Legal team during GDPR compliance, helping to reorganize the legal department to form multiple client-facing legal teams, and managing the marketing legal team.  After leaving Uber, John joined Lenovo as VP of Intellectual Property where he focused on IP strategies and policy efforts that best served the business. John stepped down from leading the IP team but continues his work on IP policy for Lenovo.