BIPLA Newsletter Spring 2025

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Message from the President Emily Whelan

Message from the Editor

The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court: A New Era for European Patent Litigation

BIPLA Fifth Annual Symposium

Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition

Batman v Superman v Copyright v Trademark: The Future of the Public Domain & Source Identification

In-House Practice Committee Roundtable Discussion

Panel Discussion with UPC Technically Qualified Judge

IPBC Global

2025 Annual Celebration in Honor of the Judiciary

International and Foreign Practice Committee Virtual Event

LES Announcement

2025 BIPLA Annual Student Writing Contest

2025 Annual Meeting Save the Date

List of Officers and Board of Governors

Job Listings

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Volume 56, Issue 2

SPRING 2025 NEWSLETTER

Volume 56, Issue 2

President's Message

By Emily R. Whelan

Message from the Editor

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the Spring 2025 Edition of the BIPLA Newsletter.

The BIPLA had an exciting spring program headlined by our 5th annual symposium. Our spring program had a strong focus on international practice, including a brown-bag event sponsored by the In-House Practice Committee on international patent prosecution and a panel discussion including a Technically Qualified Judge at the Unified Patent Court. The BIPLA also sponsored the regional round of the AIPLA Moot Court Competition.

This issue of the newsletter includes an article from the UK firm of Potter Clarkson on changes in European Patent Litigation as a result of the UPC. In addition, we are delighted to publish one of the winning essays from the 2024 writing contest, examining the impact of the recent expiration of copyright terms connected with well-known fictional characters.

I would like to thank BIPLA’s Events and Communications Manager Spencer Jawitz and the staff at READZ for their help in compiling and publishing this issue of the Newsletter. The deadline for submissions for the summer issue will be mid-late August. In addition to contributions from the BIPLA community, it will also include a recap of the Celebration of the Judiciary coming up on June 26. More details of this program are available on our website at bipla.org.

Valarie Rosen Editor

The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court: A New Era for European Patent Litigation