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Message from the President Rebecca M. McNeill

Message from the Editor

Minutes of the Annual Meeting

Annual Symposium

BIPLA Annual Writing Competition

MTAS and the Common Law of Bailment

2023 BIPLA Comment on Expanding Criteria for Admission to Practice

2023 BIPLA Comment on Patent System Robustness and Reliability

Members on the Move

A Look At The Legal Intersection Of AI And Life Sciences

Optimising prosecution strategy for patent term extensions in Europe

What is the current threshold for support of a patent claim in New Zealand?

The Top Ten TTAB Decisions of 2022

List of Officers and Board of Governors

Job Listings

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Message from the Editor

By Emily R. Whelan, WilmerHale

Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the Winter 2023 Edition of the BIPLA Newsletter. Although the BPLA Newsletter has been a longstanding tradition, which many may remember back to its paper mailing days, I am excited to announce this first issue of our newsletter as the Boston Intellectual Property Law Association! At the 2022 Annual Meeting the organization voted resoundingly in favor of changing our name and we are thrilled to move forward as the BIPLA.

Our first newsletter of 2023 offers insights across a variety of topics in multiple areas of IP, including top TTAB decisions of 2022, AI and the life sciences, patent term extensions in Europe, and claim support in New Zealand. From the BIPLA subcommittees, the Patent Office Practice Committee discusses the organization’s recent submissions in response to USPTO requests for comments. We also congratulate our 2022 Writing Competition winners, Andrea McCollum (First Place) and Brittany Reeves (Second Place), both J.D. Candidates at University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law.

I would like to thank my Associate Editor, Elora Borkowski, the BIPLA’s excellent administrator, Constance Brennan, and the staff of Readz for their help in preparing this newsletter. If you have suggestions, requests, or submissions for a future issue, please feel free to reach out to us at newsletter@bipla.org.

Emily R. Whelan Editor