We are pleased to announce our third meeting in the 2014-2015 schedule. We are welcoming Michael Gilleran, partner with Alder, Pollock & Sheehan P.C. Mr. Gilleran will speak on: Seven Years After KSR – The Federal Circuit Test for Nonobviousness.

We are pleased to announce our first meeting in the 2015-2016 schedule. We are welcoming Michael Levine, from The United States Department of Justice. Mr. Levine will speak on IP Theft and Cybercrime: A Team Effort.

The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce that the 2016 CIPLA Lobster Bake and Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at Penfield Pavilion II (Jacky Durrell Pavilion) on Penfield Beach in Fairfield, CT. The Lobster Bake will serve as CIPLA’s Annual Meeting and Election of Officers. The […]

The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its fourth meeting in the 2015-2016 schedule. We are welcoming Tracy G. Durkin, from Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C., Washington D.C. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at the Graduate Club in New Haven. Ms. Durkin will speak on: Current Hot […]

The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its first meeting in the 2016-2017 schedule. We are welcoming two speakers from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Our keynote speaker will be Maria Nuzzolillo, Legal Advisor at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Ms. Nuzzolillo will be speaking about: Recent Guidance from the USPTO Regarding […]

The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its second meeting in the 2016-2017 schedule. We are welcoming Robert Raskopf of Quinn Emanuel. Mr. Raskopf has been chief outside intellectual property, litigation and licensing counsel to the NFL and its member clubs for more than three decades. He will be speaking about: Registration […]

The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its third meeting in the 2016-2017 schedule. We are welcoming author, lawyer, and producer, Ron Fierstein. Mr. Fierstein has enjoyed a long career in the entertainment industry managing recording artists and the business and legal interests of his brother Harvey Fierstein, and co-producing the hit Broadway musical Kinky […]

The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its fourth meeting in the 2016-2017 schedule. We are welcoming David Kappos of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Mr. Kappos served as the Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office from 2009 to 2013. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, […]

The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its fifth meeting in the 2016-2017 schedule. We are welcoming James Dabney of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLC. Mr. Dabney is counsel for the petitioner in the Supreme Court case TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, No. 16-341.  The question presented […]