2025 IP Institute Bundle Package

Did You Miss the IP Institute? Don’t worry! You can catch all of the panels in our 48th Annual IP Institute Webinar Bundle! This bundle includes the Fireside Conversation with Kathi Vidal and specialty credits. Buy the entire bundle now for our members-only price of $299, a discount of more than 50%. Offer ends 12/31/2025.

Sessions

Dealing With Jerks and Bullies

Many attorneys engage in aggressive behaviors and tactics that they say are part of a “duty” of zealous advocacy.  But the ethics rules do not impose a “duty” of zealous advocacy and these jerks and bullies often cross ethics rules related to candor and misconduct and face potential sanctions, reputational injury, or discipline.  They certainly violate guidelines and norms of civility established by the Courts and bar associations. Speaker: Michelle Galloway.

Trademark Year in Review & Looking Forward

It is a brand new year for protecting the brands of your clients and trademark law continues to evolve before our eyes.  Join our incredible panel in unpacking this eventful year and understanding the impact it has had on the practice of trademark law. Speakers: Vijay Toke and Raffi Zerounian.

Patent Damages: A Deep Dive Into Assessing Damages in Patent Cases

Assessing and evaluating patent damages, including properly preparing experts, is an important issue that arises in every patent case. Understanding how to effectively assess the patent’s value, the infringing product’s market impact, comparable licensing agreements, and other damages considerations is a complex interplay of art, and science. Advising on this front is critical to litigation, trial, and settlement strategies, which can make or break a case. Speaker: Erin Crockett.

50 Shades of Gray Market: Combatting Gray Market Goods

The grey market has always posed a uniquely challenging IP problem for practitioners trying to ensure their clients’ control over their various distribution channels. While tools certainly exist to assist with curtailing the sale of grey market goods, developing a truly sound plan for combatting the grey market requires a great deal of vigilance and forethought when it comes to assisting your clients. Speakers: Deborah Greaves and Morgan Smith.

Keynote – A Fireside Chat with Kathi Vidal

Kathi Vidal has been at the forefront of shaping IP law and practice for many years now. The immediate past Undersecretary of Commerce for IP and Director of the USPTO, she is internationally recognized as one of the most influential individuals in our field. Now a Partner at Winston and Strawn, Ms. Vidal has recently returned to litigation practice to resume her decades of representation of high-profile clients in IP matters across the world. Join our keynote speaker for a frank discussion of her thoughts on the state of IP practice and law.

AI or Die: Embrace the Future

Lawyers and business professionals are at a pivotal moment where adapting to AI can define their future success. This presentation will guide you on how to embark on your AI journey.AI will profoundly disrupt every facet of the legal profession. Lawyers who don’t harness AI to deliver better services at a lower cost may be left behind. The question isn’t “”if”” but “”when”” AI will impact your practice. Understanding how AI is currently being used by your competitors will motivate you to stay ahead. AI should be seen as a powerful assistant capable of enhancing your practice. Just like you manage human assistants, you may provide AI with background knowledge, guide its work, and iterate to produce results that align with your clients’ needs.  Speaker: Enrico Shaeffer.

Advising Clients Regarding the EU AI Act

Regulatory and statutory compliance requirements in relation to AI have already begun to crop up across in multiple states within the U.S. However, the directives of the E.U. AI Act are likely the most substantive set of regulations on AI in the world right now, and the time has come to start preparing clients to comply where necessary. We have seen from past laws that these types of regulations out of the EU can also form the blueprint for future U.S. laws, especially in California. Speaker: Steve Millendorf.

Copyright/Fair Use: Year in Review & Looking Forward

The world of copyright law is ever-changing and those who do not keep up will fall behind. We are unbelievably lucky to be joined by two incredible minds in the copyright space–Prof. David Nimmer and former GC for the Copyright Office Jacqueline Charlesworth–to talk us through the most substantial changes in copyright law over the course of 2024. Speakers: David Nimmer and Jacqueline Charlesworth.

U.S. Privacy Law Update and Overview

US Privacy Law continues to grow at an exponential rate with federal privacy laws looking unlikely in the near future. We live in a data driven world and these new privacy laws are impacting more and more clients, with each new state privacy law requiring a new assessment to see how it’s terms overlap or differ from pre-existing laws. Understanding thresholds of application, what these laws expect of your clients, and how to prepare your clients for existing laws and future considerations has become absolutely mandatory. Speakers: Hanifa Baporia and Dave Navetta.

Patent Law Year in Review

Just as the emergence of new technologies constantly transforms everyday life, patent law changes and evolves year after year. Understanding the latest developments is critical to ensuring innovative companies have adequate protection for their cutting-edge inventions. Speaker: Jeffrey Lefstin.

Open Source Licensing in the Age of AI

Understanding the various open source licenses, and how integrating open source into a product impacts licensing and disclosure obligations, has been a tricky topic for many years now. This already complex topic has had some new twists and turns introduced as the explosion of artificial intelligence has, as it has with many IP issues, changed the way we need to think about open source. Speakers: Heather Meeker and Kate Downing.

Nuts and Bolts: Calculating Damages in IP Cases and Valuing IP

What are the damages?” This is, perhaps, the most fundamental question in any case of IP infringement. Without a proper understanding of what your client’s damages may be, it is nearly impossible to appropriately assess a best course of action. A well-reasoned and convincing summary of how those damage numbers are reached is also critical at the trial level. Similarly, understanding the value of a specific bit of intellectual property is critical in negotiations, mergers, and a wide range of transactions. Speakers: Nisha Mody and Doug Bania.