I was able to attend the annual meeting and lobster bake for the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) this Wednesday. I skipped the lobster though, and had swordfish! It was great seeing my patent and trademark friends at Penfield Pavillion II in Fairfield for a nice evening. More information on CIPLA can be found here.
Category: Blake’s Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
Inventors Association of Connecticut Meeting
I was able to attend the Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT) meeting by zoom Wednesday evening. Dallas, TX patent litigator Kirby Drake presented on what Inventors Should Know about Patent Litigation. It was nice to see Connecticut inventors and old friends at the meeting. For more information on IACT, go here.
I attended the Joint Patent Practice CLE conference yesterday in NYC!
Yesterday I took the train to NYC, to attend the Joint Patent Practice CLE conference (JPPCLE) yesterday. It was eight hours of learning the latest in patent law. We had a Federal Circuit Judge give a presentation. A Patent Trial and Appeal Board judge also spoke, as did a Federal Trade Commission attorney! It was great meeting new friends in the patent world, and seeing a few faces from the past! More information the JPPCLE can be found here.
Attending a Connecticut Intellectual Property Association meeting tonight!
I am happy to announce I will be attending another CIPLA meeting tonight at the Elm City Club in New Haven. The presentation will be a panel discussion on the future of AI Authorship and Inventorship of intellectual property in view of the Supreme Court’s recent cert denial in Thaler v. Perlmutter. More information can be found here.
The Milford Bar Association presents LAW DAY!
I will be attending the MBA’s Law Day today at 1 pm at Stonebridge Restaurant.
The 2026 Law Day theme is “The Rule of Law and the American Dream.” The rule of law—the idea that no person is above the law—is what ensures the rights of the people to live their lives as freely as possible and to pursue their dreams. The ABA encourages all Americans to recognize Law Day on May 1, 2026, and to reflect on how the rule of law ensures all Americans have the ability to fulfill their dreams.
More info on the MBA can be found here.
Connecticut Bar Association Business Law Section meeting tonight! Baseball Law 101
I will be attending tonights CBA Business Law Section on Baseball Law 101!
Bill O’Sullivan, of O’Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC, will be presenting. Bill says: “Like other sports leagues – and unlike most industries – major league baseball’s “product” is competition. As such, the owners of the competing businesses have good cause to closely collaborate in gathering and allocating such precious resources as talent, territory and money. And they have strong incentives to overreach, which has spawned a fascinating legal history at the intersection of contract law, antitrust law and labor law. This program will provide an overview of that body of law, seasoned with relevant (and hopefully, entertaining) baseball references.” More information can be found here.
Looking forward to the Connecticut Intellectual Property Association Meeting on Thursday, April 9, 2026
I will be attending the CIPLA meeting at the Elm City Club in New Haven tomorrow night.
Elizabeth Jackson, acting director of the USPTO’s Northeast Regional Outreach Office will provide an update on USPTO activities, including new and upcoming pilot programs, substantive changes within the USPTO as it relates to examining procedures, and will discuss how the USPTO is implementing the use of generative AI in patent and trademark examination. As a former senior trademark examining attorney, Ms. Jackson will be able to provide unique insights into trademark prosecution and how the new AI searching tools will affect trademark examination. The program will also cover updates and the use of AI with respect to patent examination.
For more information, go here.
Next Inventors Association of Connecticut Meeting Tomorrow Night!
Tomorrow evening, March 25, 2026, at 5:30 pm, we will be holding the next Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT) via zoom. Attorney Joseph LaRocco will be presenting on “Key Legal Agreements and Business Structures for Inventors: A Practical Overview”. More information can be found here.
Solo and Small Firm Section Meeting on Tuesday March 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM at the Connecticut Bar Association Offices!
Hi All, as the Chair for the Connecticut Bar Association Solo and Small Firm Section, I am happy to announce a networking opportunity for us solos and small firm attorneys. We will be having a Section Meeting of the Solo and Small Firm Section tomorrow, March 23, 2026, at 6 pm to 7:30 pm at the CBA offices at 538 Preston Avenue, 3rd Floor, Meriden, CT.
The meeting will be a “Grand Rounds” style with each attorney present talking about an interesting thing they worked on in the past year, with a time limit of 2 minutes. Questions may be asked immediately after each attorney, or after each attorney presents depending on the size of the group.
Food and Drink are included! More info and to sign up, go here.
Induced (PATENT) Infringement & Skinny (PATENT) Labelling presentation at tonight’s CIPLA meeting
I will be attending the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) meeting tonight. The talk will center around the Supreme Court case Hikma Pharmaceuticals v. Amarin Pharma, Inc. (No. 24-889), a case involving contentious issues surrounding induced patent infringement liability in the context of skinny labels. I will also get to meet with my fellow local intellectual property professionals. More information can be found here.