About the Authors

• Author: Elizabeth Rodriguez - Sean Solberg
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Elizabeth D. Rodriguez (editor and author, chapter 9) is Senior Counsel for Research and

Intellectual Property for the University of Massachusetts with responsibility for intellec-

tual property, technology licensing, equity transactions, patent litigation management, and

research matters. Rodriguez advises on joint ventures, distribution, clinical trial agree-

ments, and complex commercial and corporate transactions. She supports the regulatory

compliance systems of UMass, including conict of interest, institutional review board,

and export controls. She is the chair of the ABA University Intellectual Property Law

Committee, a member and frequent speaker at the Association of University Technol-

ogy Managers (AUTM), and an instructor in continuing legal education in intellectual

property law at Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to joining

UMass, Rodriquez was in private practice in Washington, D.C. for ten years where she

served as outside corporate, securities, and licensing counsel to high-technology, IT, and

life sciences companies. Rodriguez earned her JD and a Master’s in Public Policy from

University of Michigan in 1993 and BA degree cum laude from Yale University in 1989.

Sean D. Solberg (editor and author, chapters 1 and 2) is a patent attorney at the Davis

Brown Law Firm in Des Moines, Iowa. For more than 13 years, he has counseled clients

ranging from start-ups and venture capital rms to universities and Fortune 500 compa-

nies. Solberg offers expertise in patent prosecution, patentability and freedom to operate

analyses, IP transactions, portfolio management, IP litigation, and IP due diligence, focus-

ing primarily on medical device, biotech, and agricultural technologies. In the area of

technology transfer, Solberg represents a number of major U.S. colleges and universities,

as well as several international universities. He currently serves on the Central Region

Planning Committee of the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM).

In 2000, Solberg was awarded a JD degree from the University of Iowa College of Law

and received his undergraduate degrees from Iowa State University and Grinnell College,

graduating with honors. Prior to joining Davis Brown, Solberg practiced for 12 years at

the two largest law rms in Minnesota.

Stephanie Adamany (chapter 7) is Associate General Counsel at the Wisconsin Alumni

Research Foundation (WARF) in Madison, Wisconsin. She helps to manage the legal

interests and affairs of WARF and its afliated organizations, drafts and negotiates legal

terms in intellectual property contracts, manages litigation, and provides legal counsel

on a variety of WARF’s business matters. Adamany spent several years in private practice

About the Authors