PIPLA Year-in-Review 2020 [Online: Free To PIPLA Members] May 13, 2020

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.