Past AIPLA CLE Events
The Austin Intellectual Property Law Association has three types of memberships--Active, Associate, and Student. We may also, from time to time, elect judges or other public officials as honorary members.
2012
January 31
Update from the USPO - Trademark News and Initiatives Download materials (.pptx)
Deborah S. Cohn, Commissioner for Trademarks
2011
November 15
The America Invents Act
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Poll Questions 2 & 4 results (.pdf)
Jeffrey D. Mills, King & Spalding
Dean Munyon, Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
October 18
Confessions of a Former Magistrate Judge
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Chad Everingham, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
September 20
Intellectual Property Cases Before the Western District of Texas
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Hon. Lee Yeakel, U.S. District Judge, Western District of Texas, Austin Division
August 16
Inequitable Conduct After Therasense
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David Parker, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Michael A. Valek, Vinson & Elkins LLP and Darryl Adams (moderator), Baker Botts LLP
Patent Reform Legislation Update
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Brian Oaks, Baker Botts LLP
No July meeting.
June 21
Trademark Developments Including Trademark Bullying
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Christopher Graff, Pirkey Barber
May 17
Random Sampling and E-Discovery: Lessons From the Ancient Greeks and Colt McCoy
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Hon. Paul Grewal, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Northern District of California
April 19
Drafting the Best Possible Claims
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Andrew J. Dillon, Of Counsel, Dillon & Yudell LLP
March 22
Federal Circuit Review
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Gale R. (Pete) Peterson, Cox Smith
February 15
"Functional Language in Claims"
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David O'Dell, Haynes & Boone
January 28, 2011
The Inequitable Conduct Doctrine
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John Whealen, George Washington School of Law
2010
October 19
"Joint Defense Agreements"
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Brian Erickson, DLA Piper
September 21
"The Impact of Bilski v. Kappos on Prosecution and Litigation"
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Jennifer Kuhn: Moderator, Robert Kowert: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel P.C., Brian Nash: Bracewell & Giuliani
August 17
"The Written Description Requirement and Ariad"
Guy Birkenmeier, King & Spalding LLP
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June 15
"Recent Developments in Patent Damages"
Bart Showalter, Baker Botts LLP
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May 18
"Trademark and Copyright Issue Recognition for the Non-Specialist"
Susan Hightower, Pirkey Barber; Dana Jewell, Dell; Bill Raman, Wong Cabello
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March 23
"Patent Operations: Updates & Highlights"
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"Worksharing: A Cooperative Approach to Patent Workload Management"
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Charles Eloshway, Patent Attorney, Office of External Affairs, USPTO
February 16
"Venue Selection in Patent Cases Post In re Volkswagen"
Michael C. Smith, Siebman, Reynolds, Burg, Phillips & Smith, LLP
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January 19
"Recent Developments in Patent Law (2009 Federal Circuit Highlights - Year in Review)"
Gale R. Peterson, Cox | Smith
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2009
October 20
"Isn't This Obvious?"
Kevin Meek, Baker Botts LLP
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September 15
"Inter Partes Reexamination"
David McCombs, Haynes & Boone, LLP
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April 21
"Avoiding Fraud on the Trademark Office: Latest Chapters in the Medinol Odyssey"
Susan Hightower, Pirkey Barber LLP
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March 24
"Patent Eligibility After In Re Bilski"
Mark T. Garrett, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
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February 17
"When Oversight Becomes Inequitable Conduct--Have the Evidence Rules Shifted?"
Paul M. Janicke, Professor, University of Houston Law Center
Course Number: 901173044
January 15
"Changing Times: What Does A New Administration Mean for the Future of IP?"
Q. Todd Dickinson, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Course Number: 901171574
2008
October 21
"Intellectual Property License Agreements"
Ed Cavazos, Fish & Richardson
Keith Witek, AMD
Course Number: 900050393
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September 23
"Patent Litigation Surveys"
Robert Cote, McKool Smith
Course Number: 900049596
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August 12
"Quanta-fying Patent Exhaustion: Impact on Patent Litigation and Licensing Strategies"
Amber Rovner, Weil Gotshal & Manges, and Jennifer Wuamett, Freescale Semiconductor
Course Number: 900047647
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June 17
"Perspectives on IP Litigation"
Hon. Lee Yeakel, W.D. Texas
Course Number: 900045488
May 20
"Software, Business Methods and the Subject Matter of Patents"
Brian Nash, Fish & Richardson
Course Number: 900044413
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April 22
"Ethical Issues for Patent Prosecution Attorneys and Patent Litigators Related to the Duty of Candor and Inequitable Conduct" -- Darryl J. Adams, Dewey Lebouf
Course Number: 9000042102 (includes 1.0 hour ethics)
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March 25
"Recent Developments in Trademark Law and the Internet"
Wendy Larson, Pirkey Barber
Course Number: 900040075
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February 26
"Willfulness and Opinions of Counsel after In re Seagate"
H. Kenneth Prol, Vinson & Elkins
Course number: 900039089
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January 29 Annual Meeting and CLE Lunch
"2007 -- The Year in Review in Patent Law"
Bart Showalter, Baker & Botts
Course Number: 900037674
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2007
October 23 CLE Lunch
"New Rules at the USPTO"
James W. Babineau
Course number: 900032659
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July 31 CLE Lunch
Panel Discussion on Obviousness after KSR v. Teleflex
Course Number: 900027829
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June 26 CLE Lunch
"Injunctions After eBay"
Alan Albright, Fish & Richardson
Course number: 900025718
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May 22 CLE Lunch
"Perspectives on Patent Licensing Language in Free/Open Source Software Licenses"
Prof. Greg Vetter, University of Texas (visiting), and University of Houston
Course Number: 900024734
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April 24 CLE Lunch
"Top 10 Mistakes that Patent Practitioners Make"
Robert E. McLaughlin, Fields, Howell, Athans & McLaughlin, LLP
Course Number: 900022976
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March 27 CLE Lunch
"Licensing & Assertion Challenges for Patentees Post-MedImmune"
David L. Fox, PhD, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Course Number: 900021030
February 28 CLE Lunch
"A Room with a View: A Jury Consultant's Perspective on Big Ticket Patent Trials"
Dr. Don Nichols, Courtroom Intelligence
Course Number: 900019186
2006
October 17 CLE Lunch
"Panel Discussion: “Opinions of Counsel & Waiver of Privilege After EchoStar"
Trent Campione, Pete Roossien, and Michael Cannatti
Course Number: 900012515
May 24 CLE Lunch
"Claim Construction Update: Phillips and Beyond,"
David O'Brien (Zagorin O'Brien Graham LLP), Ranjeev Singh, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., and Amber Rovner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Course Number: 000099947
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April 20 CLE Lunch
"The Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005"
Susan Hightower, Fulbright & Jaworski
Course Number: 000098474
March 22 CLE Lunch
"Has 35 USC 120 Been Misconstrued for Fifty Years?"
Darryl Adams, Dewey Ballantine LLP
Course Number 000096403
2004
July 2004 CLE Lunch
"A Perspective From the Bench,"
Hon. Lee Yeakel, W.D. Texas
Course Number 000067000
May CLE Lunch
"Inter Partes Reexamination"
Pierre Hubert
Course Number 000065087
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April CLE Lunch
"The Not-So Secret Forum: How the U.S. International Trade Commission Became a Prime Venue for Intellectual Property Litigation"
Bryan Schwartz
Course Number 000063562
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March CLE Lunch
"Visual Communications Throughout Multi-Stage Intellectual Property Litigation"
Jason Barnes
Course Number 000061819
February CLE Lunch
"Protection from Trade Dress and Trademark Copycats"
Trevor Choy
Course Number 000059933
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2003
July CLE Lunch
"Section 112 Written Description"
Peter Ayers
Course Number 000050307
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May CLE Lunch
"Trademarks 2002-2003: Lingerie to Lawn Care"
Course Number 000047534 (1.0 Hour of Texas MCLE Credit)
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April CLE Lunch
"The Use of Dictionaries in the Federal Circuit"
Jen Kuhn
Course Number 000047023 (1.0 Hour of Texas MCLE Credit)
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March CLE Lunch
"Strategic Role of IP in Company Valuation"
Course Number 000045052 (1.0 Hour of Texas MCLE Credit)
February CLE Lunch
"Fundamentals of Electronic Discovery"
Course Number 000043822 (1.0 Hour of Texas MCLE Credit)
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2002
November CLE Lunch
"How To Obtain a European Patent"
Course Number 000040729 (1.0 Hour of Texas MCLE Credit)
September CLE lunch
"Covenants Not To Compete"
Course Number 000038113 (1.0 Hour of Texas MCLE Credit)
May CLE Lunch
"Ethical Considerations in Prefiling Investigation"
Course Number 000033127 (1.0 Hours of Texas MCLE Credit)
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April CLE Lunch
"Ethical Considerations in Drafting Opinion Letters"
Course Number 000032079 (1.0 Hours of Texas MCLE Ethics Credit)
March CLE Lunch
"Symbol Technologies and the Doctrine
of Prosecution Laches"
Course Number 000031219 (1.0 Hours of Texas MCLE Credit)
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February CLE Lunch
"Taking
Design Patents to the Next Level"
Course Number 000029414 (1.0
Hours of Texas MCLE Credit)
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2001
September CLE Lunch
"Current Ethics Topics-Roundtable Discussion"
Course Number 000023611 (0.75 Ethics CLE Credit)
July
Markman's discussion of Protecting a Brand Name with IP Investigations
Course Number 000021283 ("Detectives in The Digital Age...")
May
Professor Nimmer's discussion of UCITA
April
DSI Technology Escow's discussion of technology escrow)
(0.75 CLE credit)
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March
Discussion of Impact of Recent Patent Statute & Rule Changes on Prosecution Practice
(1.0 hour CLE credit)
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February
Panel Discussion of the Festo Decision)
(1.0 hour CLE credit)
2000
September
Napster and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Course Number 000009692 (1.0 hour CLE credit)
July
Trends in Patent Damage Awards
Course Number 000008096 (1.0 hour CLE credit)
May
Judicial Perspective on Intellectual Property Cases
Course Number 000006112 (1.0 hour CLE credit)
April
Overview of Online Music Issues for the General IP Practitioner
Course Number 000005388 (1.0 hour CLE credit)
March
Investigating Industrial Espionage
Course Number 000004608 (1.0 hour CLE credit)
February
Presentation by Commissioner Dickinson
Course Number 000003928 (1.0 hour CLE credit)