Past Events
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World IP Day 2024
May 1, 2024 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join AIPLA and partner organizations on May 1 in Washington, DC, for a special three-hour program to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day 2024. This annual international event is an opportunity to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity. The theme of this year’s celebration is “IP and the SDGs: Building Our Common Future With Innovation and Creativity.” -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Copyright Implications in Generative AI
April 23, 2024 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM | Up to 90 CLE Minutes
Join distinguished speakers Matt Castle from OpenAI and Chelsea Handler from Google AI, with Mark Schenkel of Sullivan & Cromwell as moderator, for an engaging session tailored to IP professionals seeking insight into the transformative impact of generative AI on the law and legal practice. Delve into the complexities surrounding the copyrightability of AI-generated works and stay updated on proposed legislation and other legal developments. The webinar will also provide practical insights into evolving market trends, strategies for negotiating AI-related contracts, and guidance on effectively leveraging generative AI tools in legal practice. -
2024 Women in IP Law Global Networking Event
April 18, 2024
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, Cultivating Leaders, is an opportunity for the AIPLA Women in IP Law Committee to help nurture and cultivate future leaders in the profession. -
2024 Trade Secret Summit
March 14 to 15, 2024
Registration is now Open! Please join the AIPLA Trade Secret Committee for the 2024 Trade Secret Summit, which is being held March 14-15, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. The AIPLA Trade Secret Summit is the leading trade secret conference in the nation, with speakers from across the spectrum of private practitioners, in-house counsel, government, and academia, as well as fantastic networking opportunities. Registration is now open! -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Damages 2023 Year-in-Review: Lessons and Litigation Strategies
March 12, 2024 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM | Up to 90 Mins CLE
This year’s panel of experts will leverage decades of deep litigation experience in patent- and other IP-related matters to provide webinar attendees with additional insight on recent cases from the perspectives of private practice litigators and testifying experts. In a conversational format, our panel will address issues of high importance from 2023’s most interesting IP damages cases. Among other topics, our panel will discuss recent developments in admissibility, apportionment, reliance on technical expert opinions, post-trial royalties, trade secret damages, and copyright statutory damages. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: En Banc Federal Circuit Case LKQ v. GM,
Design Patent Obviousness
February 8, 2024 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | Up to 90 Minutes CLE
Registration Closed - On February 5, 2024, the en banc Federal Circuit held oral argument for the appeal in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Tech. It is rare that the Federal Circuit takes a case en banc (the last time being 5 years ago), and even rarer that the court takes on a design patent case en banc; this marking only the third time in the history of the court. The central issue in the case is what should be the test for determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 in the context of design patents. Meet the Counsel! The expert panelists will discuss the issues at play in the case and potential outcomes and share insights and observations from the courtroom. -
2024 Patent Prosecution Boot Camp - San Jose, CA
February 7 to 9, 2024
Register today and don't miss out! The Patent Prosecution Boot Camp is a comprehensive, CLE-accredited seminar that includes instructional lecture-style sessions with practical tips on U.S. and international patent preparation and prosecution, as well as hands-on interactive workshops that will walk you through drafting claims and responding to office actions. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: How to get USPTO Examiners to Pay Attention to your Case
January 31, 2024 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | Up to 90 Minutes CLE
Registration Closed - Event Full --Have you ever been frustrated by an Examiner who ignored the arguments in your response? Are you interested in using innovative data driven strategies that ensure an Examiner really pays attention to your case and compacts prosecution to improve outcomes? Adam Stephenson and Ryan Pool discuss creative uses of petitions and negotiating using appeals including when and how to employ them with the right Examiners. This webinar aims to provide private practitioners and in-house counsel with novel prosecution strategies based on examiner data that can improve your practice and quality of examination for you or your client. -
2024 DEIA Colloquium
January 30 to February 1, 2024
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2024 AIPLA Virtual Corporate Practice Institute
January 9 to 16, 2024 | Up to 360 Minutes of CLE
Tuesday, January 9, 12:00 Noon - 5:00 PM - and Tuesday, January 16, 12:00 Noon - 5:00 PM -- The Corporate Practice Institute is a virtual event will take place on the 2nd and 3rd Tuesday of January, and will consist of 60 minute Sessions with 30 minute breaks in between. Each evening will end with an online networking event. Program Coming soon! Special registration rates for in-house corporate practitioners. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Shining a Light on Litigation Funding
December 13, 2023 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | Up to 90 Mins Ethics CLE
Join Emil J. Ali and Julia Haines as they shine a light on litigation funding and discuss the special implications on patent litigation. This ethics CLE will focus on the pros and cons of litigation funding, the ethics rules implicated with such relationships, as well as the recent interest and disclosure obligations in certain jurisdictions. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Software Claim Drafting-Comparison between USPTO and EPO
November 9, 2023 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | Up to 90 Minutes CLE
Registration Closed - The name of the game is the claim. Claim drafting is one of the foundational skills of every patent practitioner focusing on patent prosecution. While building global patent portfolios becomes more and more important to client’s businesses nowadays, knowing the nuances between practices in different jurisdictions is a key to procuring quality patent protection. Criticalities may arise especially in the field of software / computer-implemented inventions (CII). This webinar is Part II of a similar webinar to be held in October in the area of Bio-technology. The webinar takes a comparative approach to discuss claim drafting from the perspective of European practices and US practice. We have invited experts practicing in the respective regions to share their insights. This webinar will be centered on the aforementioned software/CII-related inventions, covering claim scope and inventive steps, clarity vs. sufficiency, and eligible subject matters in these two regions. -
2023 Annual Meeting On-Demand
October 19 to 21, 2023
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AIPLA 2023 Annual Meeting On-Demand
October 19 to 21, 2023 | CLE Varies by State, so please check with your States CLE requirements.
AIPLA's 2023 Annual Meeting is now available on-demand. -
2023 Partnering in Patents October- Virtual
October 18, 2023 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM | No CLE
Join a virtual round table with USPTO participants and a small group of patent practitioners for a guided discussion of topics focused on improving the working relationship between Examiners and practitioners. -
2023 AM IP Practice in Japan Pre-Meeting - National Harbor, MD
October 17 to 18, 2023
The Pre-Meeting is open to all and is a great event for networking with colleagues from Japan. There is an additional cost to attend the Reception and Dinner for IP Practice in Japan Committee Tentative: Fogo de Chao restaurant, at 6:30 pm on Tuesday. Note: You must be registered for the 2023 Annual Meeting to register for this event. (SOLD OUT!) -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Biotech Claim Drafting-Comparison between USPTO and EPO
October 4, 2023 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | Up to 90 Minutes CLE
The name of the game is the claim. Claim drafting is one of the foundational skills of every patent practitioner focusing on patent prosecution. While building global patent portfolios becomes more and more important to client’s businesses nowadays, knowing the nuances between practices in different jurisdictions is a key to procuring quality patent protection. This webinar takes a comparative approach to discuss claim drafting from the perspective of European practices and US practices. We invite experts practicing in the respective regions to share their insights. The webinar is being jointly hosted by the IP Practice in Europe Committee and the Patent Agents Committee and comprises two meetings in series. Part I of this webinar, held on October 4th, 2023, will be centered on biology-related and chemistry-related fields covering claim scope and inventive steps, clarity vs. sufficiency, and eligible subject matters in these two regions. Part II of the webinar will be held on November 9th, 2023, focusing on software patents. -
Two-Day AIPLA CLE Web Series: Hot Topics in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Patent Practice
September 20, 2023 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | Up to 180 Minutes Pending
Join us for this Members Only 2-Day CLE Webinar Series presented by the Chemical Practice and Biotechnology Committees. Following the wildly successful joint program of the Chemical Practice and Biotechnology Committees at the 2022 AIPLA Spring Meeting in New Orleans, AIPLA and the Committees will host a two-day program where an amazing selection of world-class U.S experts will discuss Hot Topics in Chem and Pharmaceutical U.S. Patent Practice. Day 1 will discuss Duty of Candor, genus and species claims, and Section 101 in chemical/pharma cases. Day 2 will discuss the Amgen v. Sanofi Supreme Court decision, means-plus-function claims in chem and pharma, red-hot legal issues in pharmaceutical labeling, with an emphasis on REMS claims, and obviousness-type double patenting. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Protecting Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
August 30, 2023 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | Up to 90 Minutes CLE
A noncompete agreement is one of several tools that businesses may use to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of confidential and trade secret information to competitors. In recent months, however, the Federal Trade Commission has proposed a new rule to ban noncompetition clauses, reasoning that such limitations restrict worker freedoms and harm competition. The FTC has scheduled a vote on this rule for April 2024. Several states already ban noncompetition agreements, and Minnesota officially joined that group in July of 2023. These changes provide businesses a good opportunity to assess their protection strategies employed for company trade secret and confidential information. -
Working in Patent Center
August 23, 2023 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | No CLE
Join us for an online presentation and live demo which will showcase Patent Center features such as: • Filing an application • Filtering applications and correspondence • Customizing views • Managing customer numbers • Sponsorships and more