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AIPLA 2021 Annual Meeting On-Demand!
May 28 to August 1, 2022 | Virtual Attendees can receive 1,140 CLE minutes, including 90 minutes of Ethics for the on-demand sessions.
AIPLA's 2021 Annual Meeting is now available on-demand. View all the sessions presented by some of the best IP professionals in the industry. -
2022 Mid-Winter Institute On-Demand
May 28 to July 31, 2022 | 915 on-demand CLE minutes, including 60 minutes of Ethics
AIPLA's 2022 Mid-Winter Institute is now available on-demand. In a fast changing world where technologies have followed suit, IP professionals around the world face the challenge of acquiring the right tools to fully protect cutting edge innovations. -
2022 Electronic and Computer Patent Law Virtual Summit
June 15 to 16, 2022 | TBD
The Electronic and Computer Law Committee’s June Roadshow has gone virtual! Join us June 15 & 16 as we explore topics relevant to electronic and computer patent law, and earn plenty of CLE credit along the way.
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2022 Mid-Winter Institute On-Demand
May 28 to July 31, 2022 | 915 on-demand CLE minutes, including 60 minutes of Ethics
AIPLA's 2022 Mid-Winter Institute is now available on-demand. In a fast changing world where technologies have followed suit, IP professionals around the world face the challenge of acquiring the right tools to fully protect cutting edge innovations. -
AIPLA Ethics Webinar: USPTO Response to Improper Behavior and Attorney Misconduct
June 8, 2022 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM | 1.0 Ethics Credits Available in most states. Virginia Ethics may not be approved.
The USPTO is seeing high levels of improper behavior, including from attorneys representing applicants before the USPTO in trademark matters. Hear how the USPTO has responded to such behavior through the Trademarks Organization’s Administrative Sanctions Program as well as through the USPTO’s Office of Enrollment and Discipline investigation and disciplinary actions taken against U.S.-licensed counsel violating USPTO Rules of Practice, rules on signatures and certification, and Rules of Professional Conduct. -
AIPLA Diversity in IP Law Webinar: OGs of IP - The Sequel
June 9, 2022 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM | No CLE
Please join us for another installment of our OGs of IP forum. This practical program is designed to provide candid, concrete advice for younger attorneys to follow in the footsteps of our OGs*, all of whom are esteemed diverse attorneys who have achieved uncommon levels of success and defied the odds.
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AIPLA Submits Comments to EPO on 2022 Revised Guidelines for Examination
May 13, 2022
On April 8, AIPLA Submitted comments to the European Patent Office (EPO) on their revised 2022 Guidelines for Examination. AIPLA welcomes the current effort of the EPO to collect comments from stakeholders regarding changes to said Guidelines. We hope that our views will assist the EPO in its process of revising its Guidelines to benefit all stakeholders rather than place unnecessary burdens on them. -
JOINT STATEMENT ON TENTATIVE TRIPS WAIVER COMPROMISE
March 28, 2022
On March 24, AIPLA, along with the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), Licensing Executives Society USA & Canada, and the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) issued a joint statement on the tentative TRIPs Waiver Compromise. -
AIPLA Submits Comments to the USPTO Notice of the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program.
March 8, 2022
On March 7, AIPLA submitted comments on the recent USPTO Notice of the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program. AIPLA provided a number of suggestions for the Office's consideration on improvements or clarifications to the pilot program.
AIPLA Direct More Updates
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Supreme Court Vacated and Remanded the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes and Mauritz, LP
February 24, 2022
On February 24, 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court Vacated and Remanded the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes and Mauritz, LP. This ruling is consistent with the amicus brief filed by AIPLA on August 10, 2021. -
Supreme Court Rules to Keep the Doctrine of Assignor Estoppel in Minerva v. Hologic
June 29, 2021
On June 29, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to keep the doctrine of assignor estoppel, but with limits on its application. This ruling is consistent with the amicus brief filed by AIPLA on March 1, 2021. -
Supreme Court Reverses and Vacates Federal Circuit in United States v. Arthrex, Inc.
June 21, 2021
On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed and vacated the Federal Circuit decision, dividing 5-4 on the judgment in United States v. Arthrex, Inc. In this majority opinion, the Supreme Court held that the unreviewable authority wielded by Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) during inter partes review is constitutionally incompatible with their appointment by the Secretary of Commerce to an inferior office.
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