On Saturday, March 2, 2024, 18 members of the IP Section of the Georgia Bar volunteered at PAWS Atlanta. PAWS Atlanta is Georgia’s oldest no-kill animal shelter having started in 1966 as the DeKalb Humane Society. The shelter has found homes for more than 49,000 dogs and cats in the past almost 60 years!

Section members rolled up their sleeves to help the PAWS Development Team with their St. Pittie’s Day campaign. Section members also picked up branches and sticks on the walking trail and throughout the shelter, which allows the PAWS volunteers and staff to walk the dogs safely and provides adopters and fosters a nice environment to meet their new best friend.

Check out PAWS Atlanta here . . . https://www.pawsatlanta.org/

Mark your calendars. The 2024 INTA Annual Meeting will take place in Atlanta on May18, 2024 – May 22, 2024.

For more information visit https://www.inta.org/events/2024-annual-meeting/

Section Members:

Make plans now to attend the 2023 North American Law Summit in Riviera Cancun, Mexico November 8 – 12, 2023. See below for additional information.

Click here for additional information and to register.

Section Members:

Please join the In-House Committee of the IP Section of the State Bar of Georgia for the 2023 In-House Law Update. Joe Staley (Partner; Perilla, Knox & Hildebrandt), Justin Charles Ward (General Counsel; Blue Force Gear, Inc.), Robert Gravois (Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property; ADT, Inc.) and Michael Sochor (Senior Lead IP Counsel; Dexcom, Inc.) will be discussing some of the most important in-house law updates from the last year and the impact each has on their practices. 

1 hour of general CLE will be provided (pending approval).

Date: October 30, 2023

Time: 12 noon

Location: Zoom

Click here to register. After registering, Zoom will email you the meeting credentials. If not in your inbox, please check your spam folder.

Chris Lightner
Chair, Intellectual Property Law Section
State Bar of Georgia

Congratulations to our IP Section Scholarship Winner: Kristen Van Dyke!

Kristen is a 3L at the University of Georgia. The IP Section scholarship awards $5,000.00 to a deserving law student based on several considerations, including a nominee’s personal statement, resume, GPA, involvement in IP organizations, involvement in IP scholastic initiatives, and prior IP experience. We are very excited to award this scholarship to Kristen, and we wish her the best with her future in the field of intellectual property.

Become an IP Section 2020 Sponsor!  For details on annual sponsorship levels and benefits.

Click here for details on annual sponsorship levels and benefits.

A special thanks to Alston & Bird for becoming a 2020 IP Section sponsor.

This is a great way for patent agents to benefit from the IP Law Section’s educational and pro bono opportunities and networking events throughout the year. 
To register: https://georgiaip.org/livesite/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IP-Patent-Agent-Form.pdf.

Please consider volunteering at the upcoming Saturday Lawyer Program Clinic at the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation.
This Nov. 23rd event (from 9 am-12:30 pm) is co-sponsored by the IP Section and the YLD Committee and will be held at the offices of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation.

Please contact Jason Cooper (jason@sladlaw.com) for event details.

Reminder: The IP Law Section’s Annual IP Gala will be held February 22, 2019.  Registration is open!

Click here to purchase a table or individual tickets.

For additional help in reserving a table please contact Lane Sosebee at lanes@gabar.org.

Registration is officially open for the 2018 IP Institute, to be held September 20-22, 2018 in Amelia Island, Florida!

Take advantage of the Early Bird rate of $395 by registering prior to Aug. 1, 2018. The registration fee after Aug. 1, is $470. 

Click here to register for the program.