Letter from the Chair

Dear IP Section Member,

I hope you and yours are doing well (and staying cool).

In the past few months, I have enjoyed meeting and seeing many of you in person (at the Patent Office Comes to California and the Copyright Office Comes to California programs, and our monthly Wellness Hikes, throughout the San Francisco Bay Area) and virtually, at our monthly Office Hours with the Chair meetings.

In the next week, our Executive Committee will meet to discuss Long Range Planning, for 2025. Our next Annual IP Institute (Long Beach, March 6-8, 2025) has already been scheduled. Please be sure to mark your calendars. Other fabulous programming has been under discussion, and I am confident that you will be pleased with our offerings for 2025.

For the second half of 2024, our programming will include more webinars, monthly Interest Group meetings, Wellness Hikes, and perhaps in-person mixers. The IPSection is, like any voluntary group, what you make of it. If you have time, please reach out, and I would be pleased to suggest ways to become (more) involved. If you do not have time, and simply enjoy our content, that’s okay too. IP law is as complex a practice area as any, not to mention adjacent areas, like privacy andcybersecurity. Fortunately, we have the benefit of experts among us, and I encourage you to take advantage of all that the IP Section has to offer.

Thank you,

John Pavolotsky

IP Section Chair