2025 Women in IP Law Global Networking Event
April 3, 2025
Registration
Fee: FREE
The annual Global Networking Event connects intellectual property practitioners from around the world for a day of networking, education, and creating meaningful connections. This year’s theme, Innovation and Collaboration, is an opportunity for the AIPLA Women in IP Law Committee to come together and discuss how women drive innovation and foster collaboration in their workplace.
Events will be taking place on April 3, 2025 in the following locations:
USA
- Boston, MA - Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo (April 16 instead of April 3)
- Chicago, IL- Leydig, Voit & Mayer
- Des Moines, IA - McKee Voorhees & Sease
- Detroit, MI - Miller Johnson
- Denver (Colorado) - Holland & Hart and Polson Intellectual Property Law
- Greenville, SC- Dority & Manning
- Houston, TX – StoneTurn
- Indianapolis, IN - Peele Law Group
- New York City, NY- Baker Botts
- Oklahoma City, OK - Dunlap Codding
- Portland, OR- Klarquist Sparkman
- Raleigh, NC- Myers Bigel
- Rochester, NY- Harter Secrest & Emery
- Washington, DC - Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
- Atlanta, GA– Ballard Spahr
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN– Robins Kaplan
- Philadelphia, PA – Howson & Howson
- San Diego, CA – Knobbe Martens
Outside US
- Toronto (Canada) - Smart & Biggar
- Ottawa (Canada) - Marks & Clerk
- Hong Kong (Hong Kong) - Eagle IP
- Hangzhou (China) - Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton
- Taguig (Philippines) - Hechanova & Co
- Jakarta (Indonesia) - Prawiranegara Intl Patent & Trademark Law Office
- Mumbai (India) - Krishna & Saurastri Associates
- New Delhi (India) - LexOrbis
- Chennai (India) – LexOrbis; (April 8 instead of April 3)
- Hyderabad (India) – LexOrbis; (April 9 instead of April 3)
- Ahmedabad (India) – LexOrbis; (April 5 instead of April 3)
- Mangalore (India) - DuxLegis Attorneys; (April 5 instead of April 3)
- Varanasi (India) - DuxLegis Attorneys;
- Pune (India) – LexOrbis; (April 4 instead of April 3)
- Bangalore (India) – LexOrbis; (April 7 instead of April 3)
- Dublin (Ireland) - FR Kelly
- Dusseldorf (Germany) - Hoyng Rokh Monegier
- Kyiv (Ukraine) - IPStyle Patent Law Company
- Leeds (United Kingdom) - Page White
- London (United Kingdom) - Collyer Bristow
- Manchester (United Kingdom)- Mewburn Ellis
- Madrid (Spain) - Denae
- Milan (Italy) - Società Italiana Brevetti S.p.A (SIB) and Jacobacci Avvocati
- Amsterdam (Netherlands) - Hogan Lovells
- Paris (France) - Gowling WLG
- Vienna (Austria) – CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz
- Tel Aviv (Israel) - Zilber IP and Magnus Metal and Fischer FBC and Bold Marketing!
- Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Berken IP
- Bogotà (Colombia) - Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas
- Lima (Perù) - Barreda Moller
- Montevideo (Uruguay) - Cervieri Monsuarez
- Rio De Janeiro (Brasil) - Di Blasi Parente
- Sao Paolo (Brasil) - Daniel Law
- Mexico City (Mexico) – Becerril
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If you are interested in hosting an event, please contact Benedetta Soranzo (Benedetta.Soranzo@sib.it) or Amie Peele Leake (apeele@peelelawgroup.com). In particular, we are still looking for hosts in Montreal, California, Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas (Dallas).
Please note that local hosts will be sending invitations to AIPLA members in their locale with details on the events. If you plan to be traveling and would like to attend in a different location, please contact us.
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