2025 Women in IP Law Global Networking Event

April 3, 2025

Registration

Fee: FREE

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, Innovation and Collaboration, is an opportunity for the AIPLA Women in IP Law Committee to come together and discuss how women drive innovation and foster collaboration in their workplace.

Events will be taking place on April 3, 2025 in the following locations:

USA

Boston, MA - Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo (April 16 instead of April 3)
Chicago, IL- Leydig, Voit & Mayer
Des Moines, IA - McKee Voorhees & Sease
Detroit, MI - Miller Johnson
Denver (Colorado) - Holland & Hart and Polson Intellectual Property Law
Greenville, SC- Dority & Manning
Houston, TX – StoneTurn
Indianapolis, IN - Peele Law Group
New York City, NY- Baker Botts
Oklahoma City, OK - Dunlap Codding
Portland, OR- Klarquist Sparkman
Raleigh, NC- Myers Bigel
Rochester, NY- Harter Secrest & Emery
Washington, DC - Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Atlanta, GA– Ballard Spahr
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN– Robins Kaplan
Philadelphia, PA – Howson & Howson
San Diego, CA – Knobbe Martens
San Francisco, CA - Polsinelli

Outside USToronto (Canada) - Smart & Biggar

Ottawa (Canada) - Marks & Clerk
Hong Kong (Hong Kong) - Eagle IP
Hangzhou (China) - Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton
Taguig (Philippines) - Hechanova & Co
Jakarta (Indonesia) - Prawiranegara Intl Patent & Trademark Law Office
Mumbai (India) - Krishna & Saurastri Associates
New Delhi (India) - LexOrbis
Chennai (India) – LexOrbis; (April 8 instead of April 3)
Hyderabad (India) – LexOrbis; (April 9 instead of April 3)
Ahmedabad (India) – LexOrbis; (April 5 instead of April 3)
Mangalore (India) - DuxLegis Attorneys; (April 5 instead of April 3)
Varanasi (India) - DuxLegis Attorneys;
Pune (India) – LexOrbis; (April 4 instead of April 3)
Bangalore (India) – LexOrbis; (April 7 instead of April 3)
Dublin (Ireland) - FR Kelly
Dusseldorf (Germany) - Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Kyiv (Ukraine) - IPStyle Patent Law Company
Leeds (United Kingdom) - Page White
London (United Kingdom) - Collyer Bristow
Manchester (United Kingdom)- Mewburn Ellis
Madrid (Spain) - Denae
Milan (Italy) - Società Italiana Brevetti S.p.A (SIB) and Jacobacci Avvocati
Amsterdam (Netherlands) - Hogan Lovells
Paris (France) - Gowling WLG
Vienna (Austria) – CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz
Tel Aviv (Israel) - Zilber IP and Magnus Metal and Fischer FBC and Bold Marketing!
Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Berken IP
Bogotà (Colombia) - Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas
Lima (Perù) - Barreda Moller
Montevideo (Uruguay) - Cervieri Monsuarez
Rio De Janeiro (Brasil) - Di Blasi Parente
Sao Paolo (Brasil) - Daniel Law
Mexico City (Mexico) – Becerril

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If you are interested in hosting an event, please contact Benedetta Soranzo (Benedetta.Soranzo@sib.it) or Amie Peele Leake (apeele@peelelawgroup.com). In particular, we are still looking for hosts in Montreal, California, Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas (Dallas).

Please note that local hosts will be sending invitations to AIPLA members in their locale with details on the events. If you plan to be traveling and would like to attend in a different location, please contact us.

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