CURRICULUM VITAE OF MARILEE OWENS

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE OF MARILEE OWENS PERSONAL STATEMENT A solicitor with 3 years UK experience in Commercial Law. Dual qualified lawyer (New York Bar). EDUCATION August 2009: Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in England & Wales March 2007: Admitted to Practice in New York PhD Student Queen Mary s, University of London September 2010 Present 2 year student Thesis entitled The Collateralization and Securitization of Intellectual Property Assets Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT) College of Law, London April 2009 Pass (Results either pass or fail) LLM Commercial Law, Merit Queen Mary s, University of London Class: Merit Subjects included: Trade Marks, Arbitration and Commercial Law. Dissertation Title: The Arbitrability of Intellectual Property Disputes. Juris Doctor (LLB equivalent), Commendation Franklin Pierce Law Center, New Hampshire, USA Focus of study was Intellectual Property and Commercial Law, with the Law School ranked in the top 5 for IP Law in the USA. GPA 3.1 Studied at the University College London for 1 semester studying Comparative Law. Awarded Merit Scholarship (5/150 students awarded this). Editor for school s IP blog: MSc (Hons) Information Sciences, First Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA GPA 3.6 Modules included: HTML, XML, data architecture, Java, with dissertation on XML databases. BA (Hons) English, 2:1 Columbia University, New York (Ivy League)

2 GPA 3.45 Majored in English. Also completed 2 years of Computer Science Courses Awarded Merit Scholarship. Founded and ran e-commerce dot.com with friends from BS Biochemistry (incomplete) Tulane University, New Orleans years of Biochemistry courses. However, decided the career was not for me, and took a year out to work on a kibbutz amongst other things before transferring to Columbia. Klamath Union High School, Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA High School Diploma (A Level equivalent) Grade A student. CAREER HISTORY Antenna International US General Counsel June 2011 to Present Antenna International is the provider of media and media solutions to museums and historical sites. It is most well-known for audio and multimedia players available at cultural sites throughout the world. Managing legal issues for North and South America Drafting and managing all commercial agreements. Ad hoc advice and risk management. Management of the intellectual rights portfolio for the Americas. Advising board on risk throughout the Americas. Betbrain Ltd. and the EveryMatrix Group, London General Counsel December 2009 to June 2011 BetBrain Ltd. is the parent company of 5 companies incorporated throughout the world which provide a variety of software. Advising on all commercial legal issues including cross border contracts anddisputes. Drafting and managing all commercial agreements. Ad hoc advice and risk management. Arbitration and litigation in commercial disputes. Trade Mark portfolio management including filings and renewals. IT contracts including licensing, MOU s, JV s, hosting, bandwidth and white label agreements. Various Consulting Activities, London Consultant Advice on a variety of contentious and contractual matters. Advising on using IP rights as collateral for rights holders. Contract drafting and advice. Work includes licensing, procurement and website terms

3 and conditions. Azrights Solicitors, London August 2008 to April 2009 Azrights are a small boutique practice established by a former city lawyer, specialising in Commercial law and Intellectual Property. The client base ranges from small SME s and business start ups through to multinational businesses which include Lycatel, a large telecom, and Prada, the international fashion house. There are two lawyers and a number of non-qualified fee earners within the practice. Advising and drafting commercial contracts including NDA s, joint ventures, procurement, and supply contracts for a wide range of industries. UK, European, Canadian and US trade mark prosecution including refusals and oppositions. Commercial litigation experience includes advising in the settlement of a franchising dispute, assisting in a passing off case action, defense in a product recall and advising in a copyright ownership dispute between a two publishing companies. Advising several clients in the fashion industy or trade mark and design protection. Advising on contract terms including terms of use for websites and terms of business. Redundancy due to firm wide layoffs. Global Technology Transfer, London Legal Consultant March-July 2008 Company acting as an IP brokerage, buying and selling IP and advising on IP monetization. Served as a part time consultant while studying for LLM. Valuation of IP for venture capital and monetization purposes Specializing in technology driven companies. Assisting in IP portfolio transfers Adlex Solicitors, London US Lawyer Feb-Nov 2007 Adlex Solicitors are a small practice established by a former City partner with one partner and two solicitors. They specialize in Intellectual Property and Ecommerce. The firm has three main large clients in the online gaming, dating and loan sectors. Work involved: Managed the UK end of US litigation including a prominent case which focused on the offline selling of virtual goods. Contract drafting and negotiation. Arbitration and dispute resolution. Negotiating settlements in patent and trademark infringement disputes. Drafting and filing UDRP complaints. Managing domain disputes, issuing take down notices. Trade mark fillings and management across a range of jurisdictions. PRE-QUALIFICATION WORK EXPERIENCE International Bar Association, Intern Commercial Law Group, London Legal Intern

4 Jan-May 2006 Assistant researcher to staff lawyers. Edited and contributed to submission to the US Federal Trade Commission on international comity (recognition of court decisions from overseas jurisdictions). Drafted report on amendments to European Patent Laws. Hogarth Chambers, London Intern to Roger Wyand Q.C. April-May 2005 Work experience with a Legal 500 IP lawyer. Drafted portion of skeleton argument for High Court application. Researched and contributed to advice on goodwill in passing off case. Shadowing in court and conferences. Center for Disease Control, Knowledge Management, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Knowledge/IT Manager Sept 2001 July 2003 Electronic journal management and acquisition including negotiations with publishers. Copyright licensing management. COMPUTER & LANGUAGE SKILLS Basic language skills - German French Intermediate currently attending an intensive French Course at the Institut Francais Full working knowledge of Microsoft Word & Office products, website development (html and xml), search engines and legal research packages. Advanced knowledge of the operation of a range of databases and programming languages. TEACHING AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Queen Mary University of London, Postgraduate MSc course, Lecturer during school year. Queen Mary, University of London, TA for Angie Raymond Forthcoming article to be published on Comparative Advertising, written with Spyros Maniatis. International Gambling Law Summit 2010, 22 nd and 23 rd September 2010, London Speaker: Changes to US online gaming regulation. Global Forum on Intellectual Property th and 7 th of January 2011, Singapore Speaker: Monetizing IP Assets. International Technology Summit th and 14 th of April 2011, London Speaker: Ensuring privacy and data protection compliance in commercial contracts. ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS Working with the Free Representation Unit and assisting with Social Security Appeal tribunals. Member of the Scottish Malt Whisky Association attending regular tasting sessions.

5 Squash playing regularly on a social basis. REFERENCES Available upon request