49th IP Institute
March 20 – 21, 2026 | The Clift Royal Sonesta
495 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
The Intellectual Property (“IP”) Law Section of the California Lawyers Association will host its 49th Annual IP Institute March 20-21, 2026, in person at the Clift Royal Sonesta in San Francisco, California. Our event is one of the nation’s premier IP conferences, offering access to top industry leaders and sessions. It will cover a wide range of cutting-edge and compelling topics of intellectual property law and feature our popular IP Vanguard Awards event.
The Institute event is attended by members of both large and small leading California IP law firms, various in-house legal counsel, members of the judiciary, and academic professionals practicing in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, litigation, trade secrets, international law, licensing, entertainment and sports law, technology law, social media, and privacy.