Protecting Your IP & Patents from Cyber Threats

Keir Loiacono is currently the Director of Intellectual Property at Advaxis Immunotherapies. Advaxis is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company focused on the development of cancer vaccines. Prior to Advaxis, Keir spent seven years as an intellectual property attorney at the Lerner David law firm, where he focused his practice on litigation and portfolio management of molecular diagnostics and medical device companies. He has been involved in numerous PTAB proceedings and has frequently counseled clients on strategies involving both PTAB actions and civil litigation.

Moshe Malina is Associate General Counsel at Citi, with responsibility on a global basis for Citi’s intellectual property matters and information security and cyber legal issues. Mr. Malina also serves as General Counsel to Citi Ventures & Innovation, which partners with and invests in firms developing innovative financial solutions and technology, and supports internal innovation initiatives.

Before joining Citi in 2004, Mr. Malina was an associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton working on both transactional and litigation IP matters.

Mr. Malina simultaneously received a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science as part of Columbia’s Accelerated Interdisciplinary Legal Education Program.

Mr. Malina is a member of the bar in New York and a registered patent attorney.