Tag: CIPLA

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.

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.

HOT, CURRENT, REAL IP ISSUES INVOLVING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY FORMER USPTO UNDERSECRETARY DAVID KAPPOS!

Yesterday I attended a Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) presentation.  Former USPTO Undersecretary David Kappos spoke about Artificial Intelligence and how the USPTO may deal with this new technlogy.   He gave a great talk, and it was nice to see other Connecticut patent and trademark lawyers.   For more information on CIPLA, go here.

The Truth about Design Patents–Conneticut Intellectual Property Association meeting

I attended CIPLA’s dinner and meeting on The Truth about Design Patents last night at the Elm City Club in New Haven.   Professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Director, IP and Information Law Program at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law talked about incorrect conventional wisdom regarding the grant rate of Design Patents and  invalidation rates of Design Patents during litigation.   It was nice to meet fellow Connecticut IP attorneys and see some old friends.