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2025 Design Rights Summit

October 29, 2025 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Location

The Westin DC, Downtown
999 9th St., NW

Washington, DC

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Credits

CLE calculations pending

Registration

Fee: AIPLA Member: $145; Non-Member: $395; AIPLA Govt: $95; AIPLA Students: $25

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Its more than just design patents

Join AIPLA for its first design rights summit and get insights from leading practitioners from around the world on the latest developments in copyright, trade dress and design patents.  In this online age, protecting the appearance of products has never been more important. 

This Summit is being held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting. 

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Agenda:

8:30 to 9:00 Registration
9:00 to 9:10 Opening remarks
9:10 to 9:45 Update on Recent Developments in European Design Copyright
9:45 to 10:00 Break
10:00 to 10:35 Changes to EU design registration and recent cases
10:35 to 11:10 US Trade Dress Case Law Update
11:10 to noon
  		Case Law and Prosecution Updates Related to the Title Trifecta of Curver, Columbia, and Surgisil
Noon to 1:30 Lunch break -attendees on their own
1:30 to 2:05 Updates on Written Description and Enablement 7 years after Maatita
2:05 to 2:40 Japan’s Related Design System
 
2:40to 2:55 Break
3:00 to 3:35 Hague System
3:35 to 4:10 Updates on the Design Law Treaty, including timelines for implementation and possible changes to international practice
4:10 to 5:00 Panel Discussion:  Claiming Strategies for Multiple Countries  

Registration Rates:

AIPLA Member: $145
AIPLA Student: $25
Government/AIPLA Academic: $95

Non-Member: $395

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