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Upcoming AIPLA Events
Conquer The New Design Frontier
Strengthen your design rights skills with our virtual program.
The program has lessons for both beginning practitioners and experienced practitioners that want to know more about the increasingly important area of design rights, which covers copyright, trade dress and design patents.
"The content was very good. I wish I could have been in two tracks at once." ~ 2018 Attendee
Who Should Come?
Beginning practitioners and experienced practitioners that want to know more about the increasingly important area of design rights. There will be sessions on applying for and obtaining copyright registration of designs, trade dress in designs and filing for US design patents. There is also a session on design rights in the EU, where there have been important developments in copyright of designs, registered community designs and unregistered designs. Any design question your client have has potential implications in all of these area, make sure you do not miss a chance to protect your clients’ important design rights.
What We Cover
- European Union Design rights, including copyright, registered community designs and unregistered community designs.
- Drafting and filing a design patent and responding to rejections
- Drafting and filing a trade dress application, and responding to rejections
- Drafting and filing a copyright application, responding to rejections and Information on Content Management Information (CMI) and ways it allows you to protect copyrights that were not registered prior to infringement
Event Program
Design Protection in Europe - September 3rd
- Registered Community Designs
- European Copyright in Designs
Moderated by: Elizabeth Isaac, Dunlap Codding, P.C.
Speakers:
Dr. Henning Hartwig, Bardehle Pagenberg
Dr. Peter Schramm, Meyerlustenberger Lachenal AG
Copyright in Designs - September 10th
- Copyright 101 – including preparing and filing a copyright application
- Advanced Copyright in Designs including responding to rejection
Moderated by: Pina M. Campagna, Carter, DeLuca & Farrell LLP
Lauren Emerson, Leason Ellis
Garfield Goodrum, Goodrum Design Law
Design Patents - September 17th
- Design patents 101- including the basics of drafting and filing a design patent application
- Advanced design patent prosecution including responding to objections and rejections
Moderated by: Trevor Copeland, Brinks Gilson, & Lione
Speakers:Craig Mueller, FisherBroyles
James Aquilina, Quarles & Brady LLP
Trade Dress in Designs - September 24th
- Preparation and filing of a trade dress application at the USPTO
- Advanced trade dress prosecution including responding to a USPTO rejections
Moderated by: Robert L. Lichter, Lando & Anastasi, LLP
Darren S. Cahr, Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
Sarah Schneider, Sheridan and Ross
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IP Event Calendar
2024
SEPTEMBER
- September 18-21: GRUR Annual Meeting, Augsburg, Germany
- September 22-24: IPO Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
- September 25-28: 22nd FICPI Open Forum, Madrid, Spain
- September 25-27: IPIC Annual Meeting, St. John’s, Newfoundland
- September 26: ACHPI Conference 2024, Santiago, Chile
OCTOBER
- October 19-22: AIPPI Congress, Hangzhou, China
- October 20-23: LES US/Canada Annual, New Orleans, LA
- October 24-26: AIPLA Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD
NOVEMBER
- November 11-22: WIPO – Riyad Diplomatic Conference – Design Law, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- November 14-16: ABA Inaugural Joint Conference, Las Vegas, NV
- November 12-15: INTA Leadership Meeting, New Orleans, LA
- November 18-21: Asian Patent Attorneys Association, Pasay City, Manila, Philippines
- November 29: WIPO GRTK – Intergovernmental Committee, TBD
DECEMBER
- December TBD: ASIPI XXIII Congress, TBD
2025
JANUARY
- January 29-30 - AIPLA LEADERSHIP FORUM, Rancho Mirage, CA
APRIL
- TBD - AIPLA Moot Court Finals
- April 26 - World IP Day
- TBD - USPTO/AIPLA/IPO Design Day
MAY
- May 13-15: AIPLA 2025 Spring, Minneapolis, MN
- May 17-21: INTA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
SEPTEMBER
- September 13-16: AIPPI World Congress, Yokohama, Japan
- September 18-21: GRUR Annual Meeting, Augsburg, Germany
OCTOBER
- October 8-11: GRUR Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany
- October 30 - November 1: AIPLA 2025 Annual Meeting, Westin City Center, Washington, DC
2026 and Beyond
MAY
- May TBD: AIPLA 2026 Spring- Location TBD
OCTOBER
- September 30 - October 3, GRUR Annual Meeting, Hamburg, Germany
- October 29 - 31: AIPLA Annual Meeting 2026, Westin City Center, Washington, DC
- October 28 - 30, AIPLA Annual Meeting 2027, Westin City Center, Washington, DC