IP Law Relating to Technology (Technology Institute 2026 session)

Edward J. Howard, Esq., is the founder and managing attorney of Howard IP Law Group, PC, an intellectual property law firm based in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. His practice focuses on patent and trademark counseling and prosecution, and he works closely with product, R&D, and executive teams to align IP strategy with business and market objectives. Prior to founding the firm, Mr. Howard was a partner at Duane Morris LLP, where he also served on the firm’s Partners’ Board. Before beginning his legal career, he worked as an electrical engineer at GE and Lockheed Martin Corporation on satellite and undersea sonar systems.
A registered patent attorney, Mr. Howard has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications involving electronic, electromechanical, optical, computer, and fintech-related technologies. He has extensive experience in preparing non-infringement and invalidity opinions, competitive assessments, due-diligence analyses, invention harvesting, and cross-functional engineering collaborations. He also supports litigation teams in matters before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), including Inter Partes Review (IPR), ex parte reexaminations, and prosecution-related appeals.
Mr. Howard has presented on patent and intellectual property related topics for the Montgomery County Bar Association (MBA), Bucks County Bar Association (BCBA), Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA), and the Philadelphia chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He currently serves as Chair of the MBA Intellectual Property Committee and Vice Chair of the PBA Intellectual Property Law Section, is a past Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Government IP Rights Committee, and serves as Chair of the PBA Pro Bono Patent Committee.
Mr. Howard holds degrees in Physics from Franklin & Marshall College, in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, and received his J.D. from Widener University Delaware Law School.

Lewis Sorokin is an associate attorney at Wilftek, a boutique technology and intellectual property firm in Ardmore, PA, where his practice focuses on technology contracts, intellectual property licensing, and AI governance. A frequent speaker and writer at the intersection of tech, IP, and the arts, he has presented for PBI, Drexel University, West Chester University, WXPN’s Non-CommVention, the Trenton Computer Festival, and several bar associations. He has served as an adjunct professor at Drexel’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, teaching Music Industry Contracts and Legal Issues. He is also the author of This Week in AI, a newsletter covering developments in artificial intelligence. Lewis has received honors including Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, and the ABA Intellectual Property Law Section’s Young Lawyer Fellowship. He also serves on the ABA-IPL Content Advisory Board and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association IP Section board as Vice Chair and Copyright Committee Head.