Cantor Colburn Partner David Hudyma will attend IAM Live: Auto IP USA 2026 on April 16, 2026, at The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit.

David is Partner and Automotive Practice Chair at Cantor Colburn. He joined the firm after working at General Motors LLC for 17 years. His career there culminated as Senior Executive Counsel – Autonomous Vehicles, serving on the GM autonomous vehicle legal team. For six years he provided cross-functional leadership to address a broad range of complex legal, regulatory, and business issues arising from the design, development, sale, and safe commercial deployment of fully autonomous “driverless” vehicles by GM and its subsidiary Cruise LLC, and various partners and suppliers, for Cruise’s “robotaxi” fleet and for GM retail sale. He was closely integrated with the GM leadership, engineering, and purchasing teams responsible for developing AVs and the automated driving systems, software stack, related technologies (sensors, compute, silicon, telematics, etc.) and infrastructure (simulation, data, AI/ML, remote assist). Dave was a trusted business partner who provided creative, holistic legal solutions, frequently on aggressive timelines, to address unique legal and business issues, partner with tech start-ups, and collaborate with non-traditional suppliers to solve complex technical challenges.

The event brings together automotive industry leaders and intellectual property professionals to examine evolving patent strategies, emerging technologies, and the rapid transformation shaping mobility and automotive innovation. Discussions will focus on how companies can navigate change and protect innovation in an increasingly complex IP landscape.

Cantor Colburn looks forward to participating in these important conversations on the future of automotive intellectual property.