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Join AIPLA President Barbara Fiacco for a conversation with the Honorable Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO as we welcome attendees to the first ever AIPLA Virtual Annual Meeting.

With thanks to the AIPLA Professional Programs Committee, coordinators, moderators, and speakers for helping put together these incredible CLE programs, and the AIPLA’s Committee Leadership and Sponsors for hosting a number of virtual networking meet ups, programs, happy hours, and other sessions.

We’re excited for an engaging fun 8 days, as we all connect from our remote locations, around the globe. If you miss a session, don’t worry. If you have the Full Meeting Package, you will have access to all of the recordings for every CLE session. Individual sessions remain available if you’d prefer to pick and choose sessions.

This session is not CLE accredited

Speakers

• Iancu, Andrei

  Sullivan & Cromwell | Partner

  Andrei Iancu was first an aerospace engineer at Hughes Aircraft, then a premier patent trial lawyer, later serving as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO. He is presently a litigation partner at Sullivan & Cromwell and a leading voice on IP policy. With David Kappos, he founded the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) and, with former NIST Director Walter Copan, founded the Renewing American Innovation project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
• Fiacco, Barbara A.

  Foley Hoag, LLP | Co-Chair, Patent Litigation Practice

  Barbara Fiacco is Co-Chair of the Patent Litigation Practice and represents clients in complex intellectual property and patent litigation matters. Her technology-related practice focuses on the biomedical field, including counsel to companies with activities focusing on recombinant DNA, monoclonal antibodies, small molecule compounds, drug delivery, molecular diagnostics, and medical devices. She has defended pharmaceutical and life sciences clients in significant patent infringement lawsuits that have resulted in summary judgment or other favorable outcomes for her clients. Barbara is also the Immediate Past President of AIPLA