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.
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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.
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Upcoming Programs
Executive Committee Elections
Election season is here! If you’re interested in applying to serve on your section’s executive committee, head over to the Elections page to see a list of open positions and how to apply.
If you have any questions, please email sections@wsba.org.
NEW! 29th Annual Intellectual Property Institute
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Presenting in partnership with the WSBA Intellectual Property Section
The 2024 IP Institute will be an in-person and online one-day event with faculty from across the country and the state presenting from the WSBA offices in downtown Seattle. We are pleased to welcome Cynthia Arato as this year's keynote speaker. Essential topics such as case law updates, AI and privacy concerns will be addressed. Join us for a reception downtown afterwards.
When: April 16, 2024
Time: 8:55 a.m.–4:30 p.m. PDT
Where: Washington State Bar Association, 1325 4th Ave Ste 600, Seattle, WA 98101-2539
Credits:
1.00 Ethics
5.00 Law & Legal Procedure
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Executive Committee
Chair: Rodney Tullett (2023-2024) Chair-Elect: Connie Wan (2023-2024) Immediate Past Chair: Dario Machleidt (2023-2024) Secretary/Treasurer: Syed Abedi (2023-2024) Young Lawyer Liaison*: Vacant Board of Governors Liaison*: Matthew Dresden (2023-2024) | At-Large Members: Carrie Lofts (2022-2024)
*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, Rodney Tullett.