Past Events
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2025 Women in IP Law Global Networking Event
April 3, 2025
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. -
Two-Day AIPLA CLE Web Series: Hot Topics in Chemical & Biotech Patent Practice
April 2 to 3, 2025 | 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 resounding success of the Chemical Practice and Biotechnology Committees’ joint program at the 2024 AIPLA Spring Meeting in Austin, AIPLA and the Committees will host a two-day program where world-class experts will dive into some of the latest developments in chemical and biotech patent practice. -
2025 Trade Secret Summit
March 27 to 28, 2025
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. CLE credits will be available. -
2025 WIPO Global Databases Seminar
March 20, 2025 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
This live, in-person one-day event hosted at AIPLA Headquarters will walk you through the different WIPO databases, from the experts who manage them day-to-day, including: PATENTSCOPE; WIPO Lex - WIPO's on-line database; Global Brand Database; Global Design Database; Featuring presentations from WIPO representatives. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Practical and Ethical Considerations for Attorneys when Building or Buying AI-Tools
March 13, 2025 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | Up to 90 Mins Ethics CLE Pending
This webinar will cover various ethical issues with AI for patent attorneys, including a summary of state bar and ABA guidance on Ai ethical issues. We will also cover an overview of PTO guidance on patent practitioners’ use of AI tools and various practical consideration with the use of AI tools in patent practice. -
2025 Patent Prosecution Boot Camp - Arlington, VA
March 5 to 7, 2025 | Up to 1235 minutes, including 60 Ethics minutes
Register today and don't miss out! The 2025 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: Damages 2024 Year in Review: Lessons and Litigation Strategies
February 26, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM | Up to 90 Mins CLE Pending
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 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 2024’s most interesting IP damages cases. Among other topics, our panel will discuss recent developments regarding expert admissibility, use of prior agreements, extraterritorial damages, and trade secret damages. -
AIPLA Diversity in IP Law Committee: Navigating the State of DEI in 2025
February 25, 2025 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM | No CLE
The AIPLA Diversity in IP Law Committee will be holding a webinar where we will hear from labor and employee attorney Alexandra Barnett for a review of the current state of the DEI landscape. Alexandra will discuss the current state of play and share practical considerations for legal professionals, both in law firms, corporations, and other sectors. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Practitioner Harmonization: Now and the Future
February 19, 2025 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM | Up to 90 Mins Ethics CLE Pending
AIPLA's Patent Agent Committee presents the AIPLA CLE Webinar: Practitioner Harmonization: Now and the Future. This webinar presents a panel discussion over partnership, fee sharing, and forming a law firm between patent attorneys and patent agents, as authorized practitioners of law, and patent agent-client privilege from a global perspective. The panel will revisit ABA Model Rule §5.4 and USPTO Rule 37 CFR §11 and relevant case laws. The discussion will also cover efforts of the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP) for the Patent Practitioner Harmonization, the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Resolution supporting such harmonization and its advocacy on global privilege harmonization., and the 2021 changes in the regulation of legal practice in Arizona. The panel will discuss the status quo, challenges, and how the legal society and stakeholders can benefit from Patent Practitioner Harmonization. -
2025 Leadership Forum
January 29 to 30, 2025
AIPLA Leadership Forum – Elevate Yourself, Inspire the Future. This invitation-only two-day program will address building strong leadership skills for all levels of experience. See the program page for important event details. -
2025 IP Practice in Japan Pre-Meeting - Rancho Mirage, CA
January 27 to 28, 2025
The IP Practice in Japan Committee is planning a pre-meeting before the 2025 Leadership Forum. The program will run a full-day on Monday, January 27 and in the morning for half-day on Tuesday, January 28. -
AIPLA Direct Live Webinar: Updated Patent and Trademark Fees
January 13, 2025 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | No CLE
Join AIPLA’s Committees for Patent and Trademark Relations with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to discuss the USPTO fee schedule, which will take effect on January 19, 2025. During the webinar, we will provide an overview of the fee increases and discuss a number of changes associated with the fee schedule. For instance, we will discuss the 7.5% across-the-board increase in fees, as well as fees associated with timing thresholds for continuing applications. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Astro-Intellectual Property: A New Frontier for Innovation
November 20, 2024 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | Up to 90 Mins CLE Pending
Join us for an interactive and engaging panel on Intellectual Property and its application in the NewSpace frontier. We’ll navigate the complexities of IP law in the dynamic realm of commercial space exploration and utilization. As private enterprises and nations push the boundaries of innovation beyond Earth, safeguarding advancements—from satellite technology to extraterrestrial mining systems—has never been more essential. Our discussion will delve into the delicate balance between transparency, collaboration, and protecting intellectual property, while examining the limits of current legal frameworks. We’ll also explore the need for new approaches to harness human ingenuity and pave the way for humanity’s evolution into a truly multiplanetary species. -
AIPLA Committee Webinar: Intellectual Property, Technology and International Dispute Resolution
November 13, 2024 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM | No CLE
AIPLA Member Exclusive Webinar! This webinar will explore the importance of considering different dispute resolution options in resolving high stakes intellectual property and technology disputes, which is often overlooked. In particular, the speakers will discuss the benefits of choosing Singapore (whether arbitration, mediation or litigation) to resolve your IP and Tech disputes. The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has been ranked as the most preferred arbitral institution in Asia Pacific and 2nd among the world’s top five arbitral institutions. The webinar will delve into IP dispute resolution in SIAC, as well as via the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC), and the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). -
Partnering in Patents - Mechanical Arts
November 13, 2024 8:30 AM to 4:45 PM | No CLE
Learn and share ideas about mechanical disciplines at the Technology Centers (TC) 3600 and 3700 and American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Customer Partnership Meeting on Wednesday, November 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. ET, at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting will feature perspectives from USPTO examiners, practitioners, and the industry, focusing on better examiner-practitioner interactions for high-quality patents. We'll address topics such as: Artificial intelligence (AI) subject matter eligibility USPTO search tools Drafting patent specifications Approaches to examiner interviews in the mechanical arts -
AIPLA 2024 Annual Meeting
October 24 to 26, 2024
Join us as we bring IP professionals together to learn and connect. More information coming soon! The 2024 Annual meeting will take place at the Gaylord National Harbor Resort. Leadership Meetings on Wednesday, October 23. Programming scheduled October 24-26. -
2024 Annual Meeting- On-Demand
October 24 to 26, 2024
Join us as we bring IP professionals together to learn and connect. More information coming soon! The 2024 Annual meeting will take place at the Gaylord National Harbor Resort. Leadership Meetings on Wednesday, October 23. Programming scheduled October 24-26. -
AIPLA 2024 Annual Meeting On-Demand
October 24 to 26, 2024 | CLE Varies by State, so please check with your States CLE requirements.
AIPLA's 2024 Annual Meeting is now available on-demand. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Are You Writing Enough? Drafting Requirements in Europe for Software Inventions and Chemical Inventions
September 26, 2024 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM | Up to 90 Mins CLE Pending
The European Patent Office (EPO) has a number of subtleties when it comes to the question of sufficiency of disclosure/enablement. Often a lack of detail can cause a number of downstream problems – particularly the dreaded ‘non-technical’ objections for computer software and objections regarding lack of information/data to support a particular technical effect, for example a medical use, for chemical related inventions. In this webinar, we will share our insights in this area together with our suggested best practices in which you can help to avoid these issues from arising when drafting while still keeping best US practices in mind. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Trade Secret Protection in Germany: The First Cases after the EU Trade Secrets Directive
August 22, 2024 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM | Up to 90 Mins CLE Pending
Our speaker, Thomas Schmitz, will provide an overview on German/European trade secret law and the case law since the EU trade secret regulation was incorporated into German national law. Thomas handled the successful argument in one of the first appellate decisions in Germany on their relatively new trade secret law.