The Evolution of Media Licensing

TJ Angioletti
T.J. Angioletti is Associate General Counsel, Technology & Transactions for Netflix, Inc. His responsibilities include technology licensing, management of Netflixs intellectual property portfolio and support for the companys business development and marketing efforts. Before Netflix, T.J. was Vice President, Chief IP Counsel for Oracle Corporation and he also worked for Apple Computer, Inc. and Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (now Pillsbury Winthrop). T.J. previously served on the Board of Directors for IPO (Intellectual Property Owners Association) and on the Advisory Board for the Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and UCLA.

Karen Kramer
Karen M. Kramer has been practicing law for 17 years in the media and technology sectors. Her career has focused on the needs of startups and established businesses bringing information, entertainment, advertising, news, video, and other content to consumers or businesses. Most recently, as founding attorney at Zing Legal, she provides in-house style advice to media and technology companies on a variety of media, content, and mobile issues. Her clients include TiVo Inc., Yahoo (mobile), and Nest (Internet controlled smart thermostat). She has served legal, executive roles at The Washington Post and TiVo Inc. While in in private practice at Baker & Hostetler, she worked with numerous Internet, startup, and media companies while serving as co-chair of the intellectual property group and a member of the firm's premiere First Amendment team. She graduated from Stanford Law School with Distinction.

John Park
Mr. Park's practice at Morgan Lewis focuses on corporate and securities laws, including private placements (including both debt and equity offerings), public securities offerings, recapitalizations and mergers and acquisitions. He also advises clients on inbound, outbound, and cross-border business transactions in the United States and Asia, with a particular emphasis on strategic investments, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions for major international investors and European, American and multinational companies. He has structured, negotiated, drafted, and implemented a wide range of international and U.S. business transactions, drawing upon his dealings with business formation, intellectual property protection, technology licensing, and environmental, corporate governance, executive compensation, labor and employment, and international tax law. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Park was with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP in Palo Alto. Mr. Park received his J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1997. He earned his M.P.P. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1993, and his B.A. from Williams College in 1991.

Riley Russell
Russell brings more than 14 years of direct experience working in the games and interactive entertainment industry. As head of third party relations and developer support, Russell is responsible for cultivating relationships and maintaining and growing content alliances with developers and publishers, as well as managing licensee relations and overall strategic product planning in support of all PlayStation platforms in North America, including the upcoming, much-anticipated PlayStation3 (PS3). Prior to joining the company, Russell held the positions of corporate counselor and director of business affairs for Sega of America. His diverse career experience also includes: videogames, television and theatrical production, patent and copyright litigation, technical asset licensing, and trial law. Russell received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, his master's degree in economics from the University of California at Davis and his juris doctorate from the University of Santa Clara in California.