Intellectual Property Law

The IP Law Section is excited to present its flagship The Patent Office Comes to California symposium on June 4, 2024, in-person at and via live-stream from the USPTO’s Silicon Valley Regional Office! Read more

Three law student reporters, Jasmine Bond, Devon Esguerra and Tereza Markova, were invited to the Institute to report on and summarize the event. Read more

Purchase Intellectual Property Law's Winter Package for $279! Read more

Purchase this AI Package and receive five (5) programs for $199! Offer ends 01/31/2024.  Read more

It’s 4:15 p.m., Saturday, November 4, 2023. Our last session, Rule 8.3, AI, and Other Hot Topics in Legal Ethics, concludes, and so does the 47th Annual IP Institute. Nearly a year’s worth of planning, and just like that, it’s over. Read more

Thank you to all who participated in the 2023 IP Institute for making it a huge success. Read more

Hello! As some know, I am the new chair of the Intellectual Property (IP) Law Section. My goals as chair are community, engagement, and value. In support of the first two, and perhaps the last one as well, I hosted our first virtual Office Hours with the Chair on October 6, 2023, noon–1 p.m. Pacific. For those who joined, thank you! It was great to see many familiar faces and some new ones as well, with members Zooming in from California (of course!), New York, and Italy, among other places, I am sure. Office Hours will be held on the first Friday of each month, from noon–1 p.m. Pacific, except in November, when we will have our Annual IP Institute. Read more

Please join members of the CLA IP Law Section for a networking mix and mingle on Thursday, October 19 at 6:00 PM! Read more

 The Intellectual Property (“IP”) Law Section of the California Lawyers Association will host its 47th Annual IP Institute November 2-4, 2023 in person at the Omni San Diego Hotel in sunny San Diego, 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.  Read more

Each year at the IP Institute, the Section honors outstanding legal professionals in the judiciary, private practice, in-house practice, academia, and public policy advocacy for their contributions to the advancement of intellectual property law. Read more