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10/27 - Opening Plenary

October 27, 2022 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Location

Potomac AB


Join AIPLA President Patrick Coyne as we kick off the Annual Meeting. Get a preview of the week

ahead and hear about our efforts to commemorate AIPLA’s 125th Anniversary.

Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Kathi Vidal, UnderSecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Law and Director, US Patent & Trademark Office
Alexandria, VA




Speakers

  • Coyne, Patrick

    Finnegan | Partner

    Patrick is a trial and appellate attorney. His litigation experience includes patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret claims; licensing; related antitrust and unfair competition issues; general commercial litigation; products liability; and domestic and international arbitration. He also assists clients with strategic portfolio development and management.
  • Vidal, Kathi

    United States Patent and Trademark Office | Director

    Kathi Vidal serves as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – America’s Innovation Agency. As the chief executive of the USPTO, she leads one of the largest intellectual property (IP) offices in the world, with more than 13,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $4 billion. She is the principal IP advisor to the President and the Administration, through the Secretary of Commerce, and is focused on incentivizing and protecting U.S. innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity. She leads an agency whose mission is to help American workers and businesses compete and collaborate, especially in ground-breaking technologies and across all demographics. As Director of the USPTO, Vidal is working to expand American innovation for and from all, and to bring more ideas to impact, including serving as the Vice Chair of the Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2), alongside Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo and the Council members.