AIPLA 2021 Spring Meeting

May 10 to 14, 2021

Location

Virtual

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Registration

Fee: Various Member and Non-Member Rates

Registration closes May 14, 2021 at 12:00 AM

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We're looking for a great week of learning, sharing, and connecting. We are bringing together a diverse, global community of law firms, companies, and institutions involved in the practice of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and other unfair competition laws at AIPLA's 2021 Virtual Spring Meeting. Scheduled from Monday, May 10 to Friday, May 14, the Spring Meeting has topics of interest to a wide range of IP practice. And don't worry, we'll be back in Seattle for the 2023 Spring Meeting.

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Topics and sessions include:

Filing Requirements with Inventors in Multiple Countries
An Update on Special Programsfrom the USPTO
Patent Prosecution: PCT, Ex Parte Appeals, and Overcoming Obviousness
Copyright and Music Sampling,
Trademark Application Best Practices
The Intersection Between Patent Prosecution and Patent Litigation
IP Lessons of the Pandemic and Leading Your Team and Litigating Cases in a Post Covid-19 World
IP in the Supreme Court: A Review of Recent Decisions
Design Patent Litigation in District Courts
Interplay between District Court and PTAB Litigation
ETHICS: Cannabis and the Law
Who Decides Role of Judges and Juries in IP Cases
Patent Pools in the Age of IoTs, 5G and NextGen Video Codecs: The Impact of FTC v. Qualcomm
Copyright and Fan Fiction Cosplay
Recent Impact of Supreme Court Trademark Decisions, and the USPTO’s Use of Failure-to-Function and Ornamentation Refusal
ETHICS: Civility, Professionalism and Mental Health in Difficult Times
Trade Secret: Using Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright to Preserve and Protect Trade Secrets and Balancing Privacy and Protection
Biotechnology and Chemical Arts Patent Law Update
Corporate Practice: Remote Notary Services, IP Protection in a Work-From-Home World, IP and Distressed Companies, and Data,Data Everywhere

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