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In the past year, WSBA Sections have sponsored approximately 70 CLE seminars and hosted multiple professional networking events around the state. Various sections offer a plethora of member benefits, including, but not limited to:

  • List serve communities
  • Newsletters, reports, deskbooks, and sourcebooks
  • Free and discounted CLEs
  • Opportunities to engage in the Washington state legislative process

...and more! Join a Section Today!

Interested in Section Leadership?

Each section is led by a group of volunteers who are elected to serve on the executive committee. Many find leading a section to be a rewarding experience because of the leadership growth, professional development, firsthand experience with the legislative process, and collegiality it offers. Executive committee discussions are productive and challenging, offering a unique opportunity to work with other legal professionals in a goal-oriented setting that benefits WSBA members and the greater legal community.

Executive committee terms begin Oct. 1, 2023, and sections accept applications for the following year in early spring. Consider applying to become a section leader!

For general sections questions, send an email with your Bar number to sections@wsba.org or call 800-945-9722.


WSBA Sections

 

Updated: Jan. 16, 2025

Intellectual Property Section

The Intellectual Property Section strives to promote the practice of intellectual property law and focuses on patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and related matters. The Section promotes the development of industry and the useful arts by encouraging the establishment, maintenance, respect for, and utilization of intellectual property rights that fairly balance the limited monopoly enjoyed by the owner of intellectual property rights with the benefit to society derived from the creation of useful subject matter protectable by those rights.

The Section provides benefits to members by providing continuing legal education events, including the Intellectual Property Institute, and publishing a newsletter. The Section conducts outreach activities with members and law students providing financial support to law students attending law schools in Washington state. The Section reviews, comments on, and makes recommendations related to pending legislation, and proposes statutory enactments to improve and to facilitate the administration of justice.

Annual Report  |   Budget  |   Bylaws  |  Year in Review  |  Elections

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The Intellectual Property Section offers many resources and benefits for members. On this page you will find information about the section, their upcoming events and offerings, as well as information about the section's executive committee.

Upcoming Programs

On-Demand CLE Programs

Executive Committee


Upcoming Programs

NEW Webcast! IP Timely Topics - Part II

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Presented in partnership with the WSBA Intellectual Property Section

Join us for this year's IP Timely Topics as a three-part series. This is the second installment and the third will take place on March 19, 2025. The second installment focuses on 35 U.S.C. § 101 as well as online enforcement of IP.

When: Feb. 12, 2025

Time: 1–3 p.m. PT

Credits: 2.00 Law & Legal Procedure

Register Online Now!

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On-Demand CLE Programs

The Intellectual Property Section has a great list of on-demand CLEs available. Click the following links to learn more.

TitleAgendaLaw & 
Legal
EthicsEquity
Ethics
OtherTotal
The 29th Annual Intellectual Property InstituteAgenda4.751.00  5.75
IP — LicensingAgenda4.5  1.005.50
IP Timely TopicsAgenda5.25 1.000.506.75
The 28th Annual Intellectual Property InstituteAgenda7.751.00 1.009.75
IP LicensingAgenda6.00   6.00
IP Timely TopicsAgenda6.50   6.50
The 27th Annual Intellectual Property InstituteAgenda5.502.00  7.50
IP Licensing in 2022Agenda5.25  1.006.25

 

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Executive Committee

ChairConnie Wan (2024-2025)

Chair-Elect: Syed Abedi (2024-2025)

Immediate Past ChairRodney Tullett (2024-2025) 

Secretary/TreasurerJim Vana (2024-2025) 

Young Lawyer Liaison*: Heather Hedeen (2024-2026)

Board of Governors Liaison*: Alain Villeneuve
(2024-2025)

At-Large Members:

Greg Plichta (2023-2025)
Sunah Lee (2023-2025)
Vacant (2023-2025)
Elizabeth Breakstone (2024-2026)
Nicholas Aldrich (2024-2026)

*Nonvoting member

Please contact subcommittee member for details on their upcoming meeting dates and locations.

To join the Section list serve and get general section questions, please send your email address and Bar number to sections@wsba.org. For more information and to get involved with the Section, please contact the Section chair, Connie Wan.

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