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IP Webcast Series Kicks Off on April 1

Posted by: Jamie Rhode on Mar 12, 2026

The TBA Intellectual Property Section will present its 2026 CLE offerings as a series of one-hour webcasts scheduled throughout the spring. The series kicks off on April 1 with a session on post-grant patent strategies. Rhett Sexton of Merchant & Gould will discuss the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)'s recent procedural updates, which introduced director-centric institution decisions and new rules aimed at curbing parallel validity challenges, and will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different post-grant proceedings at the USPTO considering these changes. The series will continue on April 8 with Elizabeth Shah of Bookoff McAndrews discussing the changes to the obviousness test for design patents in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Tech. Operations LLC. Additionally, save the date for current section chair Ryan Levy's session on zombie trademarks on April 29. Sessions on copyright issues with AI deepfakes and an IP 101 presentation are expected to be scheduled in May; keep an eye out for more information to be announced. As a reminder, all section members receive a discount on all section-sponsored CLE, so be sure to take advantage of those savings!