2025
February 2025
*Click here for various international IP conferences
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- January 30-February 1 – CSUSA Midwinter Meeting – New Orleans, LA & Virtual
- 31-Feb. 1 – WIPIP 2025 – Las Vegas, NV (typically first Friday and Saturday in Feb)
- 4 – IPWatchdog/LexisNexis Webinar: “Who Is Leading the 5G Patent Race?” – Virtual, 12-1 PM ET
- 6 – IPWatchdog Webinar: “Using AI to Uncover Patent Infringement” – Virtual, 12-1 PM ET
- 11 – Giles Rich ITC SEP Meeting
- 12 – C-IP2 High Tech Roundtable – GMU Scalia Law
- 13 – Hudson Institute Roundtable: “The Big Steal: Big Tech’s Theft of Intellectual Property” – 10-11 am ET; Washington, D.C. or virtual
- 13 – OxFirst 10th IP and Competition Forum Winter Colloquium – Oxford University, UK
- 13 – CSUSA Webinar: “Overview of the EU AI Act (Part 1)” – Virtual, 12-1 PM ET
- 15 – WALA @ DC Independent Film Festival 2025: “Contracts and Copyright 101 for the Film Industry: Understanding Your Rights and Creative Ownership” – Washington, D.C.
- 17 – Presidents’ Day (Federal Holiday – GMU staff does not have it off)
- 17-18 – Leahy Institute / Naples Roundtable – Naples, FL
- 17-20 – WIPO – Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group (18th Session) – Geneva, Switzerland
- 18 – WALA Copyright “Basics” Workshop – Online, 11am EST
- 20-21 – ACI Life Sciences AI Summit – NYC
- 20-21 – 2025 AIPPI Mid-Term Meeting – Zagreb, Croatia
- 21 – George Mason Law Review 28th Annual Antitrust Symposium: “Antitrust Cornucopia: AI, Ad Tech, Content Moderation, & What’s Next?” – Fairmont Washington, D.C. in Georgetown; Guest Speaker: FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak
- 27 – 7th Annual HBCU IP & Technology Law Summit
- 28-March 1 – Junior Scholars Conference – Northeastern Law
March 2025
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- Feb. 28-Mar. 1 – Junior Scholars Conference – Northeastern Law
- 1-31 – Ramadan
- 2-4 – IPWatchdog LIVE 2025 – Arlington, VA
- 2-5 – AUTM Annual Meeting – National Harbor, MD
- 3-6 – Mobile World Congress 2025 (MWC25)
- 3-7 – WIPO-GRTK – Intergovernmental Committee (50th Session) – Geneva, Switzerland/hybrid
- 3-16 – Scalia Law Spring Recess (just faculty and students)
- 5 – Ash Wednesday
- 5-6 – 8th Annual IPOwners Spring Summit – Washington, D.C.
- 5-7 – AIPLA 2025 Patent Prosecution Book Camp – Arlington, VA
- 9 – Daylight Savings Time begins
- 10-16 – GMU Spring Recess (no classes)
- 12 – Chamber of Commerce Event
- 12-13 – World IP Review Summit 2025 – Chicago, IL
- 13-14 – Purim
- 14 – Holi
- 17 – St. Patrick’s Day (Monday)
- 17-18 – USC Gould School of Law 2025 Intellectual Property Institute – Santa Monica, CA
- 18 – WALA Trademark “Basics” Workshop – Online, 11am-1pm ET
- 19-21 – PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference – Washington, D.C.
- 20 – First Day of Spring
- 20 – CSUSA Event: Copyright and the California Coast (Keynote by Register Perlmutter) – In person (CA) & virtual
- 20 – AIPLA 2025 WIPO Global Databases Division – Arlington, VA
- 20-21 – C-IP2 Edison Fellowship 2025-2026 Meeting 1 – TBD
- 20-21 – CITMA Spring Conference – Aldwych, London, U.K.
- 21 – NYIPLA 103rd Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary – New York, NY
- 24-27 – WIPO – Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (48th Session) – Geneva, Switzerland
- 25 – Akron Annual Symposium on IP Law and Policy – Akron, OH
- 26 – IP5 ICG/GDTF Working Group Meeting – Alexandria, VA
- 27-28 – AIPLA 2025 Trade Secret Summit – Nashville, TN
- 30 – Eid al-Fitr
- 31 – Akron Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy (last Monday in March)
April 2025
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- 1 – LeadershIP 2025 (was 4/9 in 2024)
- 3 – AIPLA’s Women in IP Law Committee’s Global Networking Event – location TBA
- 4 – 10th Annual Berkeley Law Sports & Entertainment Conference – Virtual
- 4-6 – Seventh IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Conference – Tokyo, Japan
- 7-11 – WIPO – Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Right (48th Session) – Geneva, Switzerland
- 12-20 – Passover
- 13 – Palm Sunday
- 15-16 – The IP Leadership Executive 2025 – San Jose, CA
- 16-17 – BCLT Advanced Life Sciences Institute – Virtual
- 18 – Good Friday
- 20 – Easter Sunday
- 23-25 – AIPLA Moot Court Finals – Washington, D.C.
- 24 – Scalia Law Spring Semester Classes End
- 24 – CIPU Annual IP Awareness Summit (IPAS) – San Francisco, CA / Dolby Laboratories Headquarters
- 24-25 – Fordham Annual IP Conference – New York, NY
- 24-25 – IP Leadership Executive North America – San Jose, CA
- 26 – World IP Day
- 26-29 – AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education – Baltimore, MD
- 27-29 – LESI 2025 – Singapore
- 29 – May 14 – Exams
- 29-30 – 21st Annual Paragraph IV Disputes – NYC
- 30-May 2 – ABA-IPL Annual Meeting – Arlington, VA
May 2025
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- TBA – Judicial Conference – Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- TBA – AAP Annual General Meeting
- TBA – Eagle Forum Annual Patent Event
- 30-May 2 – ABA-IPL Annual Meeting – Arlington, VA
- 2-4 – LAIPLA Spring Seminar 2025 – Laguna Beach, CA
- 8 – National Inventors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony – Washington, D.C.
- 12-15 – MusicBiz – Atlanta, GA
- 13-15 – 2025 AIPLA Spring Meeting – Minneapolis, MN
- 14-15 – OxFirst 10th IP & Competition Forum (Summer Edition) – Amsterdam
- 14-16 – IACC Annual Conference – San Diego, CA
- 15 – GMU Commencement
- 16 – C-IP2 / UAIP / Geneva Network Roundtable – Scalia Law School, Arlington, VA
- 17-21 – INTA Annual Meeting 2025 – San Diego, CA
- 19 – Scalia Law Summer Term Begins
- 26 – Memorial Day (Mason holiday)
- 30-June 5 – WIPO – GRTK – Intergovernmental Committee (51st Session) – Geneva, Switzerland
June 2025
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- May 30-June 5 – WIPO – GRTK – Intergovernmental Committee (51st Session) – Geneva, Switzerland
- 1-3 – Shavuot
- 2-4 – Patent Litigation Masters™ 2025 – Ashburn, VA
- 2-13 – (Tentative) C-IP2 Hosts the WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP
- 5 – NJIPLA 73rd Jefferson Medal Dinner – Berkeley Heights, NJ
- 5-7 – Copyright Society Annual Meeting – Cambridge, MD & Virtual
- 5-7 – CSUSA Annual Meeting – Cambridge, MD & Virtual
- 11-12 – Fifth Annual Virtual Scalia-Cardozo Deans Leadership Academy – Virtual
- 16 – Eid al-Adha
- 16-19 – BIO International Convention – Boston, MA
- 18-20 – ECTA 43rd Annual Meeting – Berlin, Germany
- 18-21 – 2025 Bench & Bar® Conference – Napa Valley, CA
- 19 – Juneteenth (Mason holiday)
- 23-25 – ACPC Summer Meeting – Atlanta, GA
- 23-26 – National Academy of Inventors Annual Conference – Atlanta, GA
July 2025
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- 4 – Independence Day (Mason holiday)
- 8-17 – WIPO General Assemblies – Geneva, Switzerland
- 23-25 – NAPP Annual Meeting & Conference – Washington, D.C.
- 29-31 – CPIP Summer IP Institute – Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, Colorado
August 2025
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- 6-12 – 2025 ABA Annual Meeting – Toronto, ON
- 7-8 – IPSC 2025 – DePaul University, Chicago, IL (welcome reception is on 8/6)
September 2025
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- TBA – C-IP2 Edison Fellowship 2025-2026 Meeting 2 – Scalia Law
- TBA – Judicial Conference – Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- TBA – Kernochan Center Annual Symposium – Columbia Law School (was Sept. 27 in 2024 – could land in October)
- TBA – Copyright Society 2025 Copyright + Technology Conference
- TBA – IFRRO World Congress 2025 (copyright) – Québec City, Canada
- TBA – Law Rocks DC
- 1 – Labor Day (Mason holiday)
- 7-9 – IPO 2025 Annual Meeting – San Diego, CA
- 11 – Law Rocks DC
- 11-12 – National Vaccine Law Conference 2025 – Washington, D.C.
- 13-16 – AIPPI World Congress – Yokohama, Japan
- 18-21 – GRUR Annual Meeting – Augsburg, Germany
- 22-24 – Rosh Hashanah
- 22-26 – WIPO – Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (23rd Session) – Geneva, Switzerland
October 2025
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- TBA – Ropes & Gray/BC Law Annual Intellectual Property & Innovation Conference (was Oct. 12-13 in 2023 but didn’t happen in 2024?)
- TBA – Technology Patent Network North America 2025 – San Francisco, CA (was Oct. 16-17 in 2024)
- TBA – 8th Annual Berkeley Law AI Institute (was 10/11-13 in 2023 but 9/25-27 in 2024)
- TBA – Annual Intellectual Property & Innovation Conference (not sure this was held in 2024; in 2023, it was 10/12)
- TBA – Mosaic IP Law and Policy Roundtable Conference (was 10/27-28 in 2023 & 11/1-2 in 2024)
- 1-2 – Yom Kippur
- 6-8 – Sukkot (First Days)
- 6-10 – WIPO – Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs (14th sessions) – Geneva, Switzerland
- 13 – Columbus Day
- 13-15 – Simchat Torah
- 14-16 – Life Sciences IP Summit – Munich, Germany
- 15-17 – GRUR Annual Meeting – Berlin, Germany
- 15-19 – Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 (AAP attending)
- 19-21 – CSUSA 2025 International Meeting in Dublin – Dublin, Ireland
- 19-22 – LES USA-Canada 2025 Annual Meeting – Boston, MA
- 23 – C-IP2 2025 Advisory Board Meeting
- 23-24 – CIP2 2025 Annual Fall Conference – Mason Square MPR & Auditorium
- 24-28 – APAA – Kuala Lumpur
- 27 – IFRRO World Congress 2025 (copyright) – Québec City, Canada
- 29-30 – IIPLA 2025 USA – Palo Alto, CA
- 30-Nov. 1 – AIPLA Annual Meeting – Westin City Center, Washington, D.C.
November 2025
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- TBA – C-IP2 Biopharma Roundtable – Scalia Law
- TBA – Interpat Winter General Assembly Meeting (Interpat members & affiliates only) – 13-15, 2023, in Copenhagen, Denmark
- TBA – BIO | IP Counsels Committee Conference (was Nov. 13-15 in 2023 & Nov. 18-20 in 2024) – Washington, D.C.
- 30-Nov. 1 – AIPLA Annual Meeting – Westin City Center, Washington, D.C.
- 2 – Daylight Savings Time ends
- 3-7 – WIPO – Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (37th Session) – Geneva, Switzerland
- 6-7 – UT Law Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute – Austin, TX
- 11 – Veterans’ Day
- 18-21 – INTA Leadership Meeting – Hollywood, FL
- 26-28 – Mason Thanksgiving Observance (University closed)
- 27 – Thanksgiving Day
- 30-Dec. 5 – ASIPI XXIII Congress – Buenos Aires, Argentina
December 2025
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- TBA – C-IP2 High Tech Roundtable – Scalia Law
- TBA – Copyright Alliance December Board Meeting
- TBA – Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute (was 12/7-8 in 2023 & 12/5-6 in 2024)
- 1-5 – WIPO – Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (47th Session) – Geneva, Switzerland
- 5 OR 12 – Akron Annual IP Scholars Forum (Friday of 1st full week in Dec.)
- 12 – Annual Technology Transfer Professionals Day
- 14-22 – Hanukkah
- 22-Jan 2 – GMU Winter Holiday
- 25 – Christmas Day
- 26-Jan 1 – Kwanzaa
2026
January 2026
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- TBA – Loyola Spring 2026 IP Seminar
- TBA – AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute
- TBA – AALS Annual Meeting
- TBA – CES® 2026 (was 1/7-10 in 2025 & 1/9-12 in 2024)
- TBA – PLI Artificial Intelligence Law 2026 (was 1/23-24 in 2025, 1/25-26 in 2024)
- TBA – IPIRA Conference (venue & dates still TBA as of Sept. 2024; was held Mar. 2023 & Jan. 2024 – maybe April?)
- Dec 22-Jan 2 – GMU Winter Holiday
- 1 – New Year’s Day
- 7-10 – AALS Annual Meeting – New Orleans, LA
- 19 – MLK, Jr. Day
February 2026
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- TBA – AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute (2/1-4 in 2023; wasn’t held in 2024; not sure if held in 2025)
- TBA – IPIRA conference
- TBA – WIPIP 2026 (typically first Friday and Saturday in Feb)
- TBA – Mobile World Congress 2026 (MWC26) (Feb. 26-29 in Barcelona in 2024)
- TBA – 8th Annual HBCU IP & Technology Law Summit (was 2/27 in 2025)
- 8-11 – AUTM Annual Meeting – Seattle, WA
- 16 – Presidents’ Day
- 18 – Ash Wednesday
- 18-March 20 – Ramadan
March 2026
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- TBA – Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute
- TBA – Mobile World Congress 2026 (MWC26) (all in Barcelona, typically last week of Feb/into March)
- TBA – AIPLA 2026 Trade Secret Summit (was 3/14-15 in 2024)
- February 18-March 20 – Ramadan
- 1-5 – AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education – Portland, OR
- 3-4 – Purim
- 8 – Daylight Savings Time begins
- 17 – St. Patrick’s Day
- 25 – Akron Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy (last Monday in March)
April 2026
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- TBA – CIPU Annual IP Awareness Summit (IPAS)
- TBA – LeadershIP 2026 (was 4/9 in 2024)
- TBA – ABA-IPL Annual Meeting
- TBA – Fordham Annual IP Conference
- TBA – AIPLA Spring Meeting
- TBA – LESI 2026
- TBA – 10th Annual Berkeley Law Sports & Entertainment Conference (4/4 in 2025)
- TBA – BCLT Advanced Life Sciences Institute (4/16-17 in 2025)
- 1-9 – Passover
- 3 – Good Friday
- 5 – Easter Sunday
- 26 – World IP Day
May 2026
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- TBA – AAP Annual Spring/General Meeting (was 5/9 in 2024)
- TBA – MusicBiz
- TBA – AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education (maybe in April?)
- 25 – Memorial Day
June 2026
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- TBA – C-IP2 hosting WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property
- TBA – CIPIPL Annual Ethics in the Practice of IP Law Seminar
- TBA – CSUSA Annual Meeting
- TBA – 2026 Bench & Bar® Conference
- TBA – BIO International Convention (was 6/16-19 in 2025 & 6/3-6 in 2024)
- TBA – National Academy of Inventors Annual Conference (was 6/23-26 in 2025 & 6/16-18 in 2024)
- TBA – Patent Litigation Masters™ 2025 (was 6/2-4 in 2025 & 6/24-26 in 2024)
- 19 – Juneteenth
- 21-23 – Shavuot
July 2026
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- 4 – Independence Day
August 2026
September 2026
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- TBA – Judicial Conference – Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- TBA – IPO 2026 Annual Meeting
- TBA – Law Rocks DC
- 7 – Labor Day
- 11-13 – Rosh Hashanah
- 20-21 – Yom Kippur
- 25-27 – Sukkot (First Days)
- 30-Oct. 3 – GRUR Annual Meeting – Hamburg, Germany
October 2026
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- TBA – AIPLA Annual Meeting
- TBA – Life Sciences IP Summit
- TBA – Technology Patent Network North America 2025 – San Francisco, CA (was Oct. 16-17 in 2024)
- 2-4 – Simchat Torah
- 7-11 – Frankfurt Book Fair 2026
- 12 – Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples Day
- 15-16 (tentative, preferred) – CIP2 Annual Fall Conference
- 18-21 – LES 2026 Annual Meeting
- 22-23 (tentative, back-up) – CIP2 Annual Fall Conference
- 29-31 – AIPLA Annual Meeting – Westin City Center, Washington, D.C.
- 31 – All Hallows’ Eve
November 2026
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- TBA – BIO | IP Counsels Committee Conference (was Nov. 13-15 in 2023 & Nov. 18-20 in 2024) – Washington, D.C.
- TBA – Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute (probably early Nov; was Nov. 2-3 in 2023 & Nov 6-7 in 2024) – Austin, TX
- TBA – BIO | IP Counsels Committee Conference (was Nov. 13-15 in 2023 & Nov. 18-20 in 2024) – Washington, D.C.
- TBA – Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute (probably early Nov; was Nov. 2-3 in 2023 & Nov 6-7 in 2024) – Austin, TX
- TBA – Antonin Scalia Law School Annual Voices for Liberty Symposium (11/15 in 2024)
- 1 – Daylight Savings Time ends
- 11 – Veterans’ Day
- 26 – Thanksgiving Day
December 2026
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- TBA – AIPLA 2023 Trade Secret Summit
- 11 – Akron Annual IP Scholars Forum (Friday of 1st full week in Dec.)
- 4-12 – Hanukkah
- 12 – Annual Technology Transfer Professionals Day
- 25 – Christmas Day
- 26-Jan 1 – Kwanzaa