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2024 Legal Secretaries & Administrators Conference
May 21 to 22, 2024
Location
VIRTUAL
Contact
Email: meetings@aipla.org
Registration
Fee: FREE - Registration Required
Registration closes May 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Increase Your Expertise in Navigating USPTO Operations
It can be hard to stay on top of the latest news, procedures, and tools. The Legal Secretaries and Administrators conference can assist. This conference is designed for paralegals, administrators, and other office specialists to hear directly from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This two-day virtual program provides a comprehensive overview of new features and services, best practices for streamlining procedures, and opportunities to ask questions and hear directly from the USPTO.
This program is presented by AIPLA and the USPTO. This event is a key resource to keep you up-to-date on operational matters at the Office and may assist you in your everyday tasks and responsibilities.
Will include presentations from the following USPTO organizations:
Office of Information Technology for Patents (OITP)
Office of Patent Application Processing (OPAP)
Office of Data Management (ODM)
Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA)
Office of Administrative Services (OAS): Assignment Recordation Branch (ARB)
Office of Petitions (OPET)
Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks (TM)
Office of International Patent Cooperation (OIPC): International Patent Legal Administration (IPLA)
Office of International Patent Cooperation (OIPC): International Outreach and Administration (IOA)
Office of Patents Stakeholder Experience (OPSE)
News
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AIPLA Comments on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting
July 12, 2024
Arlington, VA. July 9, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO in response to their Notice of Proposed Rule Making on terminal disclaimer practice to obviate nonstatutory double patenting. -
AIPLA Comments on the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on the Design Law Treaty
June 28, 2024
Arlington, VA. June 25, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO in response to the USPTO’s March 27, 2024 Notice on the WIPO Diplomatic on the Design Law Treaty (“DLT”). -
AIPLA Files Amicus Brief in Support of Certiorari with the US Supreme Court in Cellect v. Vidal
June 25, 2024
Arlington, VA. June 21, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) filed an amicus brief in support of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in Cellect, LLC v. Vidal. -
AIPLA Comments on Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues
June 21, 2024
Arlington, VA. June 17, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement. -
AIPLA Comments on Rules Governing Director Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions
June 18, 2024
Arlington, VA. June 17, 2024 - The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the USPTO on Rules Governing Director Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions.