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Silicon Valley Chapter: U.S. IP Year in Review: Looking Back at 2025

  • 28 Jan 2026
  • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • NEDO

In-person Silicon Valley event:
"U.S. IP Year in Review: Looking Back at 2024"

Wednesday, January 28, 2024

11:00am-12:00pm: Registration, Lunch & Networking
12:00pm-1:30pm:   Program
1:30pm-2:00pm:     Networking

Location:
NEDO
3965 Freedom Circle, Santa Clara
Santa Clara TowersSeminar Room, 1st floor of Tower 2

Thank you to our meeting sponsors:

   

DETAILS & REGISTRATON
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PROGRAM:
This marks the 12th annual U.S. IP Year-in-Review, presented by the Licensing Executives Society Silicon Valley Chapter. Our content-packed program will review the most significant IP legal developments of 2025, highlight critical takeaways, and provide actionable tips for everyday application. Whether you are involved in obtaining IP rights, negotiating deals, drafting agreements, enforcing rights, or defending against IP challenges, this program is designed for you!

Key takeaways:

  • Insights for dealmakers on strategizing, structuring, and drafting IP agreements (licenses, JVs, etc.).
  • Lessons learned from recent landmark U.S. IP court cases regarding enforcement and defense.
  • Best practices for effective IP protection.
  • USPTO developments.

PANEL:

Mary Fuller, Regional Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Silicon Valley Regional Office   LinkedIn

Michael Zachary, Partner, Bunsow De Mory LLP   LinkedIn

Joseph Yang, Partner, PatentEsque Law Group LLP   LinkedIn

Industry Affiliate Partners:

The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) is a nonpartisan nonprofit established in 2016 that raises awareness about the impact of IP on people, business and society. CIPU provides outreach to improve familiarity with IP rights and promote sharing. It holds events, such as the annual IP Awareness Summit®, curates IPBasics.org, an information portal, and produces ‘Understanding IP Matters,’ a critically-acclaimed podcast series that has generated more than 10,000 downloads. UIPM enables successful creators, entrepreneurs and strategists to share their IP story. For more information, visit understandingip.org.

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