CIPLA is proud to sponsor a range of interesting events that will appeal to members and others involved with intellectual property law. On this page you’ll find descriptions of events that we’ve held over the last few years.
For our next event, check out the sidebar to the right of this page. All scheduled upcoming events can also be found here.
CIPLA is excited to extend an invitation on behalf of the Joint Patent Practice Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (JPP) to the in-person JPP seminar September 10, 2024. CIPLA is proud to be a Founding Organization of the JPP.
Register now at 40th Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar - JPPCLE (eventsmart.com) More information available at https://jppcle.org/ LOCATION: New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 Earn 7.5 NY/ NJ (6.5 PA) CLE credits including 1 Ethics Keynote Speakers: Hon. Jacqueline Wright Bonilla, Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge and Senior Legal Advisor, USPTO Hon. Kathleen O'Malley (Ret.) Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Nicholas Leefer, Attorney, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission David J. Kappos, Former Undersecretary of Commerce and Director, USPTOCharles Macedo, Partner at Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein
The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association is pleased to announce its second in-person meeting in the 2021-2022 schedule. We are excited to welcome Charles Macedo, a partner at Amster Rothstein and Ebenstein, to present "Looking Forward to American Axle and Patent Eligibility at the Supreme Court." The meeting will be held on Wednesday June 22nd, 2022, at 5:30pm at the Graduate Club. Kindly RSVP by June 15th, 2022. We are excited to announce a beer tasting with Two Roads has been added to this event. Two Roads will be providing a tasting of four of their beers which will also be available for purchase at the event. This presentation will meet the requirements for CLE in Connecticut. We expect the presentation to run an hour. Please email CIPLA Program Chair: Melissa Tharp at melissa@tharplawfirm.com with Questions.Charles Kim, United States Patent and Trademark Office
The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its first meeting in the 2021-2022 schedule. We are welcoming Charles Kim, Director of the Office of Petitions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), who will speak about recent updates, issues, and trends involving artificial intelligence inventorship and protection. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 6:00pm virtually. Kindly RSVP by November 12th on the CIPLA website or by emailing CIPLA Program Chair: Melissa Tharp at melissa@tharplawfirm.comDavid J. Kappos, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its next meeting in the 2019-2020 schedule. We are welcoming former Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), David J. Kappos, currently of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, who will speak about important issues and trends involving artificial intelligence and IP from a global perspective. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 6:00pm at the Graduate Club in New Haven. Please RSVP by February 28 on the CIPLA website or by emailing CIPLA Program Chair Jeff Scepanski at jscepanski@ogrp.com.Tracy-Gene G. Durkin, Director, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its next meeting in the 2019-2020 schedule. We are welcoming Tracy-Gene G. Durkin, a Director of the law firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. in Washington DC, who will speak about hot topics in design patent law. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 6:00pm at the Graduate Club in New Haven. Please RSVP by January 24 on the CIPLA website or by emailing CIPLA Program Chair Jeff Scepanski at jscepanski@ogrp.com.RONALD D. COLEMAN, PARTNER, MANDELBAUM SALSBURG
The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its second meeting in the 2019-2020 schedule. We are welcoming Ronald D. Coleman, a partner at Mandelbaum Salsburg in New York, who will speak about the overturning of the Lanham Act’s provisions prohibiting the registration of disparaging, immoral, and scandalous trademarks with the USPTO. Mr. Coleman represented Simon Tam in his attempt to register the trademark “THE SLANTS” with the USPTO in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the seminal U.S. Supreme Court case Matal v. Tam, which overturned the provisions of the Lanham Act prohibiting “disparaging” trademarks on First Amendment grounds. The Tam case was highly influential in the subsequent Supreme Court case Iancu v. Brunetti, which also overturned the provisions of the Lanham Act prohibiting the registration of “immoral” and “scandalous” trademarks on the same grounds. Mr. Coleman will speak about both of these cases, including his experience in the Tam case, and provide his insights regarding the future of registration of these types of controversial trademarks with the USPTO. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 6:00pm at the Graduate Club in New Haven. Please RSVP by November 15, 2019 on the CIPLA website or by emailing CIPLA Program Chair Jeff Scepanski at jscepanski@ogrp.com.Jeffrey West, Senior Legal Advisor, USPTO Office of Patent Legal Administration
The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is pleased to announce its first meeting in the 2019-2020 schedule. We are welcoming Jeffrey West, a Senior Legal Advisor at the USPTO's Office of Patent Legal Administration. Mr. West will speak on the USPTO's new patent subject matter eligibility guidelines. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 6:00pm at the Graduate Club in New Haven. Please RSVP by September 20, 2019 on the CIPLA website or by emailing CIPLA Program Chair Jeff Scepanski at jscepanski@ogrp.com.Maja Szumarska of Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP
The Lanham Act authorizes courts to issue ex parte orders directing the seizure of counterfeit goods. By enacting this law, Congress recognized that, absent such ex parte relief, willful counterfeiters would likely destroy or transfer counterfeit merchandise and business records upon the filing of a lawsuit. Congress created a formal procedure for obtaining an ex parte seizure order. Ms. Szumarska will be speaking about recent cases and provide recommendations for increasing the likelihood of successfully obtaining an ex parte seizure order and minimizing the risks of liability while executing such an order. The meeting will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at the Graduate Club in New Haven. Please RSVP by May 13, 2019 on the CIPLA website or by emailing CIPLA Program Chair Ray Zenkert at zenkert@gtv-ip.com.Registration Form
Sponsorship Opportunities
We are pleased to offer several sponsorship levels for the event: • Gold Sponsor ($1,000): 8 tickets (incl. at least one seat at a judge’s table), full page in Program Booklet. • Silver Sponsor ($500): 4 tickets, half page in Program Booklet. • Bronze Sponsor ($250) 2 tickets, recognition in Program Booklet. If you are interested being a sponsor, please contact Ben White (bwhite@ssjr.com; 203-541-4503) or Ben Lehberger (blehberger@ssjr.com; 203-541-4540). To register and pay online without sponsorship, please complete the form below.Registration Form
We are welcoming Martin I. Kaminsky, the General Counsel of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the Graduate Club in New Haven.
Mr. Kaminsky will speak on: Conflicts of Interest in Patent Prosecution and Maling V. Finnegan.