­­­2024

April 2024
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• • March 11-April 10 – Ramadan
  • 1 – Deadline to submit comments to USCO on Group Registration of 2D artwork NPRM
  • 2 – Virtual Legal Clinic (WALA + Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic): “Resolving Copyright Disputes Without Going to Court” – Virtual, 2-3:30 PM EDT
  • 4 – Bayh-Dole Coalition Webinar: “American Innovation in Peril: Misuse of the Bayh-Dole Act and Section 1498 Could Be a Knockout Punch” – Virtual, 1-2 PM EDT
  • 4-5 – 31^st Annual Fordham IP Conference
  • 4, 9, & 11 – CCC Advanced Copyright for Business Course – Virtual
  • 8 – 10^th Best Practices in Intellectual Property Conference – TBA
  • 9 – LeadershIP 2024 – Washington, D.C.
  • 10 – Fireside Chat with Chris Callison-Burch – PA (Duane Morris LLP) & Virtual
  • 15-19 – WIPO Standing Committee Meeting on Copyright and Related Rights – Geneva & Online (webcast)
  • 15 – USCO Public Hearings on Ninth Triennial Rulemaking (DMCA)
  • 17-18 – World Economy Summit 2024 – Washington, D.C.
  • 17-19 – ABA-IPL Annual Meeting – Bethesda, MD
  • 20 – WALA Special Session: “Copyrightability of AI-Generated Works” – Washington, D.C., 2-4 PM
  • 22-30 – Passover
  • 23 – WALA Copyright “Basics” – Virtual, 11 AM ET
  • 25 – CSUSA Roundtable: “Building Character: Opportunities and Challenges in the Field of IP Rights for Fictional Characters” – Virtual & in person; panel from 12:30-1:30 PM EDT
  • 25-26 – 2nd BCLT Advanced Life Sciences Institute – Berkeley, CA
  • 26 – World Intellectual Property Day
  • 26 – World IP Day Panel on Women in IP: “Opportunities & Challenges” – 12:30-2 PM EDT, online

May 2024

• • TBA – AAP Annual General Meeting
  • 1 – IPO World IP Day Event: “IP and the SDGs: Building Our Common Future with Innovation and Creativity” – 4-7 PM ET; virtual or in person, Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.
  • 1-5 – AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education – Louis, MO
  • 2 – New York Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLANY) Awards and Gala – NYC
  • 2 – Copyright Clearance Center Course on Copyright for Publishing – Online
  • 6 – CSUSA Program: “Labor Unions and Creators” – 6-8 PM EDT, GW Law
  • 9 – USPTO/AIPLA/IPO Design Day – Arlington, VA
  • 13-16 – Music Biz 2024 – Nashville, TN
  • 13-24 – Diplomatic Conference on Proposed Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge – WIPO Geneva Headquarters
  • 14 – Copyright Clearance Center Webinar on Copyright 101 – Online
  • 16 – California Lawyers Association Address by Register of Copyrights – CA & Online (Shira Perlmutter speaking)
  • 16-18 – AIPLA Spring Meeting – Hilton, Austin, TX
  • 21-23 – Department of States Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement (EB/TPN/IPE) Program
  • 23 – Eagle Forum 8^th Annual Patent Event: “Fork in the Road or Collision Course: Innovation vs. Government Constraint” – Washington, D.C., evening
  • 23 – GLIPA, USIPA, and GIPA Global IP Conference – Atlanta, GA
  • 27 – Memorial Day

June 2024

• • TBA – CIPIPL Annual Ethics in the Practice of IP Law Seminar
  • 3-14 – WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property – Virtual; hosted by C-IP²
  • 9-11 – CSUSA 2024 Annual Meeting – Cleveland, Ohio
  • 11-13 – Shavuot
  • 18-19 – OxFirst 9^th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum – Munich
  • 19 – Juneteenth
  • 19-20 – 2024 Bench & Bar® Conference – Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, South Carolina

July 2024

• • 4 – Independence Day
  • 18-19 – C-IP² Copyright Roundtable – Park City, Utah

August 2024

• • 31-August 6 – 2024 ABA Annual Meeting – Chicago, IL
  • TBD – 2024 Intellectual Property Scholars Conference (August 3-4 in 2023)
  • TBD (probably 19) – Start of Fall 2024 Scalia Law Semester

September 2024

• • TBA – Judicial Conference – Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • 2 – Labor Day (observed)
  • 22-24 – IPO 2024 Annual Meeting – Chicago, IL

October 2024

• • TBD – AIPLA Annual Meeting
  • TBD – Kernochan Symposium
  • TBD – Life Sciences IP Summit 2024 – Europe
  • TBD – Sixth Annual Intellectual Property & Innovation Conference (Last year was October 12 at Suffolk U Law School, Boston, MA)
  • TBD – IFRRO World Congress 2024 (copyright) – (Last year was October 2-5 in Reykjavík, Iceland)
  • TBD – Technology Patent Network North America – (Last year was October 11-12 in San Francisco)
  • TBD – LES 2024 Annual Meeting – (Last year was October 14-18 in Chicago, IL)
  • 2-4 – Rosh Hashanah
  • 11-12 – Yom Kippur
  • 14 – Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples Day
  • 16-18 – Sukkot (First Days)
  • 16-17 (tentative, backup) – CIP² Annual Fall Conference
  • 17-18 (tentative, backup) – CIP² Annual Fall Conference
  • 22-24 – IPO 2024 Annual Meeting
  • 23-25 – Simchat Torah
  • 24-25 – ALAI International Congress – Chile
  • 24-26 – AIPLA 2024 Annual Meeting – Gaylord, National Harbor, MD
  • 31 – Diwali / All Hallows’ Eve

November 2024

• • TBA – BIO | IP Counsels Committee Conference (14-16 in 2022)
  • TBA – Interpat Winter General Assembly Meeting (Interpat members & affiliates only) – In 2023, was Nov. 13-15 in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • TBA – Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute (Dec 8-9 in 2022; Nov 2-3 in 2023)
  • 2 – Daylight Savings Time ends
  • 11 – Veteran’s Day
  • 28 – Thanksgiving Day
  • 29 – Native American Heritage Day

December 2024

• • TBA – AIPLA 2023 Trade Secret Summit
  • 6 – Akron Annual IP Scholars Forum (Friday of 1^st full week in Dec.)
  • 3 – Giving Tuesday
  • 12 – Annual Technology Transfer Professionals Day
  • 25 – Christmas Day
  • 25-January 2 – Hanukkah
  • 26-Jan 1 – Kwanzaa

­­­2025

January 2025

• • TBA – Loyola Spring 2025 IP Seminar
  • TBA – AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute
  • TBA – AALS Annual Meeting
  • 1 – New Year’s Day
  • December 25-January 2 – Hanukkah
  • 20 – Inauguration Day
  • 20 – MLK, Jr. Day
  • 29 – Lunar New Year

February 2025

• • TBA – IPIRA conference
  • TBA – Mobile World Congress 2025 (MWC25) (Feb. 26-29 in Barcelona in 2024)
  • 17 – Presidents’ Day

March 2025

• • TBA – Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute
  • 1-31 – Ramadan
  • 5 – Ash Wednesday
  • 9 – Daylight Savings Time begins
  • 13-14 – Purim
  • 14 – Holi
  • 17 – St. Patrick’s Day
  • 30 – Eid al-Fitr
  • 25 – Akron Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy (last Monday in March)

April 2025

• • TBA – CIPU Annual IP Awareness Summit (IPAS)
  • TBA – LeadershIP
  • TBA – ABA-IPL Annual Meeting
  • TBA – Fordham Annual IP Conference
  • TBA – BCLT Advanced Life Sciences Institute
  • TBA – AIPLA Spring Meeting
  • 12-20 – Passover
  • 18 – Good Friday
  • 20 – Easter Sunday

May 2025

• • TBA – AAP Annual General Meeting
  • TBA – MusicBiz
  • TBA – AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education (April?)
  • 26 – Memorial Day

June 2025

• • TBA – C-IP² hosting WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property
  • TBA – CSUSA Annual Meeting
  • TBA – 2025 Bench & Bar® Conference
  • 1-3 – Shavuot
  • 16 – Eid al-Adha
  • 19 – Juneteenth

July 2025

• • TBA – CIPIPL Annual Ethics in the Practice of IP Law Seminar
  • 4 – Independence Day

August 2025

September 2025

• • TBA – Judicial Conference – Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • TBA – IPO 2025 Annual Meeting
  • 1 – Labor Day
  • 22-24 – Rosh Hashanah

October 2025

• • TBD – AIPLA Annual Meeting
  • TBD – Kernochan Symposium
  • TBA – Life Sciences IP Summit
  • 1-2 – Yom Kippur
  • 6-8 – Sukkot (First Days)
  • 13 – Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples Day
  • 13-15 – Simchat Torah
  • 16-17 (tentative, preferred) – CIP² Annual Fall Conference
  • 23-24 (tentative, back-up) – CIP² Annual Fall Conference
  • 24-25 – Daryl Lim’s roundtable (more info to come)
  • 31 – All Hallows’ Eve

November 2025

• • TBA – BIO | IP Counsels Committee Conference
  • 2 – Daylight Savings Time ends
  • 11 – Veterans’ Day
  • 27 – Thanksgiving Day

December 2025

• • TBA – AIPLA 2023 Trade Secret Summit
  • 5 OR 12 – Akron Annual IP Scholars Forum (Friday of 1^st full week in Dec.)
  • 12 – Annual Technology Transfer Professionals Day
  • 14-22 – Hanukkah
  • 25 – Christmas Day
  • 26-Jan 1 – Kwanzaa

­­­2026

January 2026

• • TBA – Loyola Spring 2026 IP Seminar
  • TBA – AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute
  • TBA – AALS Annual Meeting
  • 1 – New Year’s Day
  • 19 – MLK, Jr. Day

February 2026

• • TBA – IPIRA conference
  • TBA – Mobile World Congress 2026 (MWC26) (Feb. 26-29 in Barcelona in 2024)
  • 16 – Presidents’ Day
  • 18 – Ash Wednesday
  • 18-March 20 – Ramadan

March 2026

• • TBA – Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute
  • February 18-March 20 – Ramadan
  • 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

• • TBA – CIPU Annual IP Awareness Summit (IPAS)
  • TBA – LeadershIP
  • TBA – ABA-IPL Annual Meeting
  • TBA – Fordham Annual IP Conference
  • TBA – AIPLA Spring Meeting
  • 1-9 – Passover
  • 5 – Easter Sunday

May 2026

• • TBA – AAP Annual General Meeting
  • TBA – MusicBiz
  • TBA – AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education (maybe in April?)
  • 25 – Memorial Day

June 2026

• • 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
  • 19 – Juneteenth
  • 21-23 – Shavuot

July 2026

• • 4 – Independence Day

August 2026

September 2026

• • TBA – Judicial Conference – Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • TBA – IPO 2026 Annual Meeting
  • 7 – Labor Day
  • 11-13 – Rosh Hashanah
  • 20-21 – Yom Kippur
  • 25-27 – Sukkot (First Days)

October 2026

• • TBA – AIPLA Annual Meeting
  • TBA – Life Sciences IP Summit
  • 2-4 – Simchat Torah
  • 12 – Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples Day
  • 15-16 (tentative, preferred) – CIP² Annual Fall Conference
  • 22-23 (tentative, back-up) – CIP² Annual Fall Conference
  • 31 – All Hallows’ Eve

November 2026

• • TBA – BIO | IP Counsels Committee Conference
  • 1 – Daylight Savings Time ends
  • 11 – Veterans’ Day
  • 26 – Thanksgiving Day

December 2026

• • TBA – AIPLA 2023 Trade Secret Summit
  • 11 – Akron Annual IP Scholars Forum (Friday of 1^st full week in Dec.)
  • 4-12 – Hanukkah
  • 12 – Annual Technology Transfer Professionals Day
  • 25 – Christmas Day
  • 26-Jan 1 – Kwanzaa