The Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association is holding its annual Year-in-Review meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 3:00 pm.
Location: Online
(via Microsoft Teams); Link and instructions provided upon registration
3:00 PM: Litigation
Melissa Gibson (Akin
Gump)
Karina Moy (Akin
Gump)
Anthony Sierra (Akin
Gump)
4:00 PM: Copyrights
Lisa Bollinger Gehman
(BakerHostetler)
4:15 PM: Trademarks
Jacqueline M. Lesser
(BakerHostetler)
4:30 PM: Patents
Greg Grissett (Offit |
Kurman)
5:00 Announcement
of the 2020 PIPLA Distinguished Intellectual Property Practitioner Award
(to be presented in our September meeting)
5:05 PM: Elections
The Articles of Association require yearly elections for positions on the Board of Governors. Officer positions are filled annually and Members at Large positions are filled bi-annually. In accordance with Article 4, notice is hereby given to the membership of the following slate of nominees submitted by the Nominating Committee (Jay Halt, John Simmons, and Robin Quartin):
The Articles of Association require yearly elections for positions on the Board of Governors. Officer positions are filled annually and Members at Large positions are filled bi-annually. In accordance with Article 4, notice is hereby given to the membership of the following slate of nominees submitted by the Nominating Committee (Jay Halt, John Simmons, and Robin Quartin):
Secretary: Andrew Koopman (RatnerPrestia);
Board of Governors: Thomas Gushue (Volpe and Koenig);
Joseph Mathew (Offit | Kurman);
Kristel Tupja (Ballard Spahr).
The current Officers will advance as follows:
President: Touhey Myer
President Elect: Lesley Grossberg
Vice President: Joseph Boos
Immediate past President: Steve Weed
The following Office and Members of the Board will complete their two-year terms:
Treasurer: Melissa Gibson
Board Member: Lisa Bollinger Gehman (2019-2021)
Board Member: Jessica Watkins (2019-2021)
The
cost is free for PIPLA members and $20.00 for guests/non-members.
Two hours of Pennsylvania and Delaware CLE credit has been requested.
Please
note that both PA and DE has removed the limit for distance learning. Please
click here for
information for PA. Please click here for
information for DE.
Please
RSVP by May 6, 2020 by e-mail to jboos@vklaw.com. Please
make checks payable to “PIPLA.” Checks can be mailed to: Melissa Gibson
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | 2 Commerce Square | 2001 Market
Street – Suite 4100 |Philadelphia, PA 19103. Also, we have set up a Venmo
account to accept payment. If you wish to pay via Venmo, our user name is:
@PhiladelphiaIPLawAssoc-PIPLA.