American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

08/28/2026

⏰ Time is running out to secure the best rate for the 2026 AIPLA Annual Meeting!

Join the IP community October 29–31 in Washington, DC for three days of connection, conversation, and professional growth.

Whether you're looking to expand your network, reconnect with colleagues, or become more engaged with the broader IP community, make plans to be part of .

🎟️ Pre-registration ends August 31. Don't miss your chance to save the most.

👉 Register today: https://www.aipla.org/home/meetings-education/2026-annual-meeting

08/26/2026

What makes the patent agent profession unique, and where is it headed?

Join Wade Lin, Brian Trotter, and Alexandra Smythe of the AIPLA Patent Agents Committee for Patent Agents: Practice, Profession, & Community, a LinkedIn Live conversation on the evolving role of patent agents, career development, and the importance of community.

📅 September 15, 2026
⏰ Noon ET
👉🔗https://www.linkedin.com/events/7498391004526579713?viewAsMember=true

We hope you'll join the discussion!

08/25/2026

✍️ Have an IP insight worth sharing?

Submissions are open for INNOVATE Volume 21, and we’re looking for fresh perspectives, practical insights, and forward-looking ideas from across the IP community.

Whether you’re an experienced author or considering publishing for the first time, INNOVATE is an opportunity to share your expertise, build your professional profile, and contribute to conversations moving the IP profession forward.

💡 Have an idea? Start writing!

👉 Learn more and submit: https://www.aipla.org/innovate

INNOVATE is the online magazine by and for AIPLA members from IP law students all the way through retired practitioners. Designed as an online publication, INNOVATE features magazine-like articles on a wide variety of topics in IP law.

08/25/2026

⏰ Only 6 days left to save the most on the 2026 AIPLA Annual Meeting!

This October, IP professionals will come together in Washington, DC to connect, exchange ideas, and build relationships that extend well beyond the meeting.

📅 October 29–31
📍 Washington, DC
🎟️ Pre-registration ends August 31.

Don’t miss the best available rate!

👉 Register today: https://www.aipla.org/home/meetings-education/2026-annual-meeting

08/24/2026

⏰ One week. Three AIPLA deadlines.

Don’t miss these opportunities to grow your involvement, invest in your career, and connect with the IP community:

📘 Quarterly Journal Editorial Board — Apply to help shape AIPLA’s flagship legal publication while building your network and professional experience. 🔗https://www.aipla.org/home/news-publications/journal-issues/expand/Editorial-Board

🏆 Maurice Klitzman Award — Corporate practitioners who have never attended an AIPLA Stated Meeting can apply for the opportunity to attend hashtag free of charge and be paired with an experienced AIPLA member as a mentor. 🔗 https://www.aipla.org/resources/programs-awards/maurice-klitzman-award

🎟️ 2026 AIPLA Annual Meeting — Register by August 31 to take advantage of the best available rates for this year’s meeting in Washington, DC.
🔗 https://www.aipla.org/home/meetings-education/2026-annual-meeting

All three deadlines are August 31!

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08/19/2026

Stay ahead of what’s next in IP.

The 2026 AIPLA Annual Meeting brings the IP community together for three days of timely education, practical learning, and meaningful connections.

Explore emerging issues shaping the profession, hear perspectives from leading IP practitioners and thought leaders, and take your learning further through interactive Skills Workshops designed to build practical, career-ready skills.

One meeting. Countless ways to move your practice—and your career—forward.

📍 Washington, DC
📅 October 29–31, 2026
⏰ Register by August 31 for the best available rates.
🔗 Register today: https://www.aipla.org/home/meetings-education/2026-annual-meeting

08/18/2026

There's still time to register for tomorrow's CLE webinar ⤵

What happens when a leader sees that a colleague’s drinking is affecting their work—but isn’t sure what to do next?

Join AIPLA on August 19 for Rethinking Alcohol in Legal Culture: A Leadership Framework, presented by Melissa Silverstein, Senior IP Counsel and Founder & CEO of The Healed Professional.

This CLE webinar moves beyond awareness to offer a practical framework for navigating the space between silence and formal escalation. Through real-world workplace scenarios, attendees will explore how thoughtful leadership can strengthen professional responsibility, inclusion, and organizational stability.

📅 August 19 | 12:30–2:00 p.m. ET
⚖️ Up to 90 minutes CLE eligible
💡Free for AIPLA members not requesting CLE credit

👉 Register: https://www.aipla.org/detail/event/2026/08/19/default-calendar/aipla-cle-webinar--rethinking-alcohol-in-legal-culture-8-19-26

08/18/2026

📬 The latest AIPLA Notes + News is here!

Discover new ways to learn, connect, and grow with upcoming programs, professional development opportunities, member insights, and the latest from across the AIPLA community.

📩 Check your inbox to read the newest edition!

08/17/2026

AIPLA is pleased to feature Joseph Re in our August member spotlight. Joe is a former President of AIPLA, has been at Knobbe Martens in California since 1987, the year he became an AIPLA member. Joe wrote his first amicus brief for AIPLA in 1989 and has been writing them ever since. Throughout his career, Joe has been successfully trying high-stakes patent and medical device cases to juries, having obtained for his clients several nine-figure jury awards. That success before juries and the Federal Circuit has earned him countless awards, including being listed among the “100 Most Influential Lawyers in America” by The National Law Journal. Before joining Knobbe, Mr. Re served as a law clerk for the Honorable Howard T. Markey, the first Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit. He also served as President of the Federal Circuit Bar Association. Get to know Joe:

❓What is your hobby/what do you like doing outside of work?
💡I love to travel with my family and see old friends. I really enjoy going to Europe and visiting Salina, Italy, a small island off the coast of Sicily where my father and his ancestors were born.

❓What is your favorite part about being an AIPLA member?
💡Getting to know its members. Now I look back and appreciate all the close friends and colleagues I have because of being active in AIPLA for so long.

❓Why did you choose to become an IP practitioner?
💡Both my parents were lawyers and thus I always suspected I would become a lawyer. But I had a great headstart when exposed to patent litigation as a 12-year old when my father would hear patent cases when sitting by designation as a federal judge. He brought home the devices at issue, one being a foldable hanger. I went to engineering school hoping I would become a patent litigator.

❓What advice would you give to younger members/new practitioners?
💡Volunteering is how you get to know people, develop relationships, and learn about the profession. I am most grateful for exactly that. I have learned so much by participating in AIPLA, becoming an officer, and staying active with AIPLA.

08/12/2026

⚖️ Recent blockbuster trade secret verdicts are facing a new level of appellate scrutiny. What can practitioners learn from the reversals?

Join AIPLA on September 9 for Latest Developments in Trade Secret Damages, an online CLE examining recent decisions in Appian, Trinseo, and CODA and what they mean for trade secret litigation strategy.

The panel will explore three issues courts are scrutinizing closely: specificity in identifying trade secrets, jury instructions on the burden of proof for unjust enrichment damages, and apportionment of damages across multiple trade secrets.

Featuring:
• Benjamin Fink, Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.
• John Marsh, Bailey Cavalieri LLC
• Dawn Rice Hall, FTI Consulting
• Stephanie Southwick, Burford Capital

Gain practical insights to help build damages theories that can withstand post-trial and appellate scrutiny.

🎟️ Register today: https://www.aipla.org/detail/event/2026/09/09/default-calendar/aipla-cle-webinar--latest-developments-in-trade-secret-damages