President's Message

It was wonderful to see many of you at the Boston Intellectual Property Law Association’s 5th Annual Symposium in April! Our committees put together an excellent two days of programming – we heard from many interesting panels and speakers, including a fireside chat with David J. Kappos, former Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. We also had wonderful opportunities to connect with many members and colleagues from Boston and beyond.

BIPLA’s active 2025 continues with our annual Celebration of the Judiciary in June. Please join us for dinner at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse on Thursday, June 26, 2025 as we celebrate this year’s Honoree, The Honorable Leo T. Sorokin of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. After dinner, keynote speaker Dr. Traci Cipriano will speak on optimizing well-being and performance in the legal profession utilizing her Multidimensional Model of Well-Being. Special thanks to all of our event sponsors!

It is always a pleasure to connect with so many of our fellow intellectual property practitioners. BIPLA again has many exciting opportunities for you to get involved this year, from our larger events to committee meetings. We welcome everyone’s participation to help us continue BIPLA’s role in advancing intellectual property discourse and building community among intellectual property practitioners throughout the First Circuit.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions or suggestions. You can reach me at president@bipla.org.