Join us for a Rapid Response webinar focused on the new USPTO Sequence Listing rules. Learn about the new process BEFORE it goes into effect July 1. We will be joined by speakers from the USPTO and WIPO, as well as experienced practitioners to provide guidance on how to submit a compliant sequence listing in U.S. patent applications and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications

AIPLA is hosting a two-day Virtual Corporate Practice Institute with limited unique sponsorship opportunities for our exhibitors. The Institute is designed for Corporate in-house counsel, including attorneys and patent agents. The program will run from 12 noon to 5:30 and include 3 one-hour CLE sessions and a one-hour networking session each day. Registration coming soon!

Engage Directly with PTAB Leaders and Judges. Gain an edge by learning about the latest at the PTAB. Registration Coming Soon!

This live multi-day webinar series offers a deeper “nuts and bolts” introduction to the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Learn about recent updates and frequently performed tasks, tools and resources, strategies, and best practices. Perfect for Paralegals, docketing specialists, and other legal staff. Become an AIPLA member and save on the registration fee.

This webinar will focus on the best practices for surveys in trademark infringement and false advertising litigation. We will review the court-approved methodologies for the various types of surveys often used in trademark infringement and false advertising litigation. We will then present the recent case law discussing survey evidence, the pitfalls that often lead to a survey being excluded or accorded little weight, and the best practices for increasing the likelihood that surveys will be admitted and used persuasively to help prove your case. This webinar is a must not just for trademark litigators but also in-house counsel who want to make sure that the expense of a survey is well justified.

A spinoff of the a live program at the recent AIPLA 2022 Spring Meeting, this program discusses the UPL issues related to remote practice (including the status of the rules nationwide) as well as the ethical considerations when working remotely. Hear from both the practitioner perspective and the academic perspective from two presenters who were both formerly attorney regulators. They will discuss your obligations when “working from home” and how best to comply with them.

On June 23, 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 the World Trade Organization's (WTO) decision regarding the proposed TRIPs waiver compromise.

AIPLA files a brief in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith, a case that addresses the role of transformativeness in the copyright fair use analysis.

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.

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.

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.

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.