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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
Contact
Email: membership@aipla.org
Credits
CLE calculations pending
Registration
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Design Rights Summit
Its more than just design patents
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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.
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 |
News
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AIPLA Comments on the UPC Mediation and Arbitration Centre’s Draft Mediation Rules
July 22, 2025
Arlington, VA. July 21, 2025 – The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments to the UPC Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC) regarding its proposed Mediation Rules. -
AIPLA Submits Letter to US Senate Judiciary Committee on Squires Nomination to the USPTO
June 16, 2025
Arlington, VA. June 11, 2025 –The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted a letter in response to the nomination of John A. Squires as Director of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”). In view of his impressive background, AIPLA believes Mr. Squires is fully capable of undertaking this important role and appreciates the Senate Judiciary Committee giving this nominee prompt consideration. -
AIPLA Comments on Draft NMPA Measures
June 9, 2025
Arlington, VA. May 17, 2025 –The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments in response to the National Medical Products Administration’s (NMPA) draft measures on the protection of drug trial data in China. -
AIPLA Comments to the Copyright Office on the CASE Act Study
May 12, 2025
Arlington, VA. May 9, 2025 –The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) submitted comments in response to the U.S. Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry and Request for Comments: CASE Act Study (the “Notice”) related to the Copyright Claims Board. -
AIPLA Files Amicus Brief in Pegasystems Inc. v. Appian Corporation
April 29, 2025
Arlington, VA. April 24, 2025 –The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of Virginia in Pegasystems Inc. v. Appian Corporation, an appeal concerning issues of trade secret misappropriation damages under the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act (VUTSA).