Jeffrey Waters will speak on the panel, "Aligning Your Portfolio & IP Strategy with The Business" at the IP Strategy Summit: New York City, presented by CenterForce, on November 20, 2024.  Partners Phil Colburn and Howard Levy will also attend.

David Kincaid, Partner and Co-Chair of the firm's AI Practice Group, will be a panelist at the Strafford CLE webinar, “Protecting Artificial Intelligence-Related Inventions: Patent Eligibility, Written Description, Obviousness” on November 14, 2024, with Alexander Korenberg, Partner, Kilburn & Strode.

Brad Lawrence will speak on the panel, "Aligning Your Portfolio & IP Strategy with The Business" at the IP Strategy Summit - Palo Alto on November 12, 2024. Brad, a Partner co-chairs the Electrical Engineering Practice Group and chairs the Additive Manufacturing Practice Group.

The INTA 2024 Leadership Meeting will take place November 12-15, 2024 in New Orleans. This annual conference brings together INTA’s volunteer leaders and committee members to advance the Association’s support of trademarks and related intellectual property. Michael Cantor, Phil Colburn, Michelle Ciotola, Ali Caless, Ben Cantor, Sara Colburn, Soomin Kim, and Crysta Lemon are attending the conference and serve on INTA committees.

Cantor Colburn's Eric Baron, Nick Herrel, and Michelle Ciotola will participate in a Connecticut Invention Convention,(CIC) event, Push For Entrepreneurship, a fitness fundraising event to raise money to help the CIC, a 501c(3) charity supporting more than 11,000 young inventors in the state.

Jeff Waters will attend The 2024 Annual Corporate IP Institute, presented by the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance and the Atlanta Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section. This collaboration is for the educational benefit of corporations interested in maximizing the value of their intellectual property assets.  The annual two-day annual event is to be held at the Georgia State University Knowles Conference Center, October 29-30, 2024, and features a Keynote Fireside Chat with Elizabeth Dougherty, Director of the USPTO Northeast Regional Outreach Office.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of the Dress for Success Hartford Capital Catwalk 2024 on October 28, 2024. Dress for Success’s mission is to invest in the ability of a woman to become and remain gainfully employed and thereby provide for herself and her family and with that financial independence, build strong communities and collectively contribute towards a stronger global economy.

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will hold its annual meeting on October 24-26, 2024, at Gaylord National Resort in the Washington, D.C. area. Jenae Gureff, Partner in Charge of the Washington, D.C. Office, will attend the meeting. Jenae is currently serving on a Task Force with AIPLA Past Presidents and current leadership.

Crysta Lemon will speak at the INTA webinar, Mentors and Managers: Essential Leaders for Advancing Your Career” on October 23, 2024. Also on the panel are Carla Lee at Mewburn Ellis and Stacy Puelo at Merck.

Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) presents the 2024 Korea-US IP Forum and PCT Roundtable on October 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Cantor Colburn's Sung Wook Kooh and Soomin Kim will attend.

Cantor Colburn hosts the INTA Roundtable discussion, "Enforcement: AI & Fair Use," on October 23, 2024 in its Hartford office. Trademark & Copyright Practice Chair Michelle Ciotola will facilitate the discussion, which will cover artificial intelligence (AI) and the Fair Use Doctrine; recent precedent and pending cases regarding company rights in AI, and happenings at both the state and federal levels of government with respect to enacting AI-related legislation. Registration in advance is required at https://www.inta.org/inta-events/.

Farzad Panjshiri will attend C-IP2's 2024 Annual Fall Conference: The Importance of Exclusive Rights.  This is the annual program at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School produced by Center for the Intellectual Property x Intellectual Property (C-IP2). Farzad is a graduate of the school. 

David Bomzer speaks at the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) IP Transactions Bootcamp. This program is a webinar occurring on October 8, 15, and 21, 2024.

Koichiro Nakamura is attending the Carolina Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Association Fall Meeting 2024 on October 4th - 5th at Kiawah Island near Charleston, South Carolina. Ko has over 18 years of experience in intellectual property, including performing and managing patent prosecution, IP counseling, invalidity and non-infringement opinions, and clearances for both domestic and international clients in a broad range of industries.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor The 2nd Annual IDiyas Innovation Summit Celebrating the Innovation Ecosystem - a gathering of patent attorneys and innovators in the Charlotte metro area on September 26, 2024. Koichiro Nakamura and Christine Beninati are attending, and Ko will participate in the Patent Attorney Roundtable.

Michelle Ciotola, Thomas Mango, and Alison Caless, attorneys in Cantor Colburn's Trademark & Copyright Practice Group, will attend The MARQUES 38th Annual Conference, September 24-27, 2024.

The 2024 Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) Annual Meeting takes place September 22-24, 2024, in Chicago. Partners David Bomzer and Chris Boehm will attend. 

Cantor Colburn Trademark & Copyright Paralegals Jenna McManamon and Crysta Lemon will attend 2024 Trademark Administrators & Practitioners (TMAP) Meeting, September 22-24, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cantor Colburn's Trademark & Copyright Practice is ranked #11 in the country.

BioCT’s Annual Bioscience and Beer Mixer + Special Edition Collaborative CT will be attended by Anne Maxwell, Bryan Zerhusen, Nick Herrel, and Todd Garabedian on September 19, 2024.

David Bomzer is a Patent Clinician at the PLI Patent Fundamentals Bootcamp 2024: An Introduction to Patent Drafting, Prosecution, and Litigation, a virtual program on September 17, 2024. David will speak on Patent Claim Drafting.

Cantor Colburn Partner David Bomzer is a featured speaker at the Joint Patent Practice Continuing Legal Education’s (JPPCLE) annual one-day seminar in New York City. David will be on the High Tech, Legislation, and Policy Panel, speaking on Pitfalls in Claim Drafting for AI Inventions.

Cantor Colburn Partner Sung Wook Kooh will attend the Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) Seminar on August 28, 2024, featuring a lecture by Mr. Michael Kim, Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, on recent trends at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including hearings, rulemaking, and artificial intelligence. 

The alumni of UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, in partnership with UNH Franklin Pierce, are holding a kickoff event on August 27, 2024, for Atlanta area alumni. Partner in Charge of the Atlanta Office and Chair of the Computer Science Practice Jeff Waters '03, will attend. 

Michelle Ciotola will be panelist for the CLE webinar "Trade Dress Rights Enforcement: Prosecuting Infringement Claims: Proving Protectable Trade Dress and Likelihood of Confusion, Defeating Defenses," on August 20, 2024, from 1-2:30 p.m. ET, presented by Strafford.

Phil Colburn and Chris Boehm will attend the Michigan Bar Intellectual Property Summer Law Institute on Mackinac Island in Michigan, July 18-20, 2024.

Trademark & Copyright Practice Partner Michelle Ciotola and Associate Ben Cantor will attend the ECTA (the European Communities Trade Mark Association) 42nd Annual Conference on June 19-21, 2024 in Antwerp, Belgium. Ben is Vice-Chair of the ECTA Programme Committee.

Cantor Colburn attorneys are active Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) members, and regularly serve as the organization's officers. Joe Romagnano is Vice President and David Bomzer is Treasurer. They will attend the CIPLA Lobster Bake and Annual Meeting 2024.

Partner Brad Lawrence will speak on the panel, "Navigating Intellectual Property Challenges in AI-Driven Innovations," at The AI Strategy Summit: IP, Data and Compliance – NYC on June 6, 2024.  

The International Trademark Association (INTA) 2024 Annual Meeting will take place in Atlanta from May 18-22, 2024. Thousands of intellectual property professionals from around the world will attend, including a large delegation from Cantor Colburn.   

The 17th Annual USPTO Design Day is on May 9, 2024. Jenae Gureff, a Cantor Colburn Partner and experienced design patent attorney will attend the event. Cantor Colburn is ranked #4 U.S. design patents in the last year, and has been in the top ten for more than a decade.

Dan Lent will attend the U.S.-Japan Society Conference: Navigating Business, Economy & Technology, presented by the Japan Society, on May 2, 2024, in New York City. 

Cantor Colburn Trademark & Copyright Attorney Farzad Panjshiri was a guest on the video podcast, Legal Innovation & Technology. On episode 10 of the series, Safeguarding Intellectual Property in the Digital Era & the Emerging AI Related Challenges, Farzad and host Barrister Tasnuva Shelley discussed the impact of technology - specifically AI - on IP.

Pharmaceutical Litigation Chair Steve Coyle and Vice Chair Nicholas Geiger are attending at the Paragraph IV Disputes Conference in New York City, April 25-26, 2024.  

Georgia Intellectual Property Association (GIPA) presents the Corporate IP Roundtable on April 25, 2024. GIPA members benefit from discussing best practices on key topical issues with other corporate IP leaders from global corporations. Cantor Colburn's Jeffrey Waters and Alex Tucker will attend. 

Brad Lawrence speaks on Integrating IP into your Business Culture at the IP Leadership Executive Summit 2024 in San Jose, California, April 24-25, 2024. 

The Women’s Initiative employee resource group (ERG) at Cantor Colburn LLP hosted the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Hartford gathering for the Women in IP Global Networking Day. Our gathering was one of a hundred around the world taking place on April 18, 2024 celebrating women in IP. Dean Eboni Nelson of University of Connecticut School of Law hosted us at the beautiful UConn Law campus in Hartford and spoke to the group on this year’s theme, Cultivating Leadership.

Partner Christine Beninati, a ChIPs chapter leader for the Carolinas, will attend the ChIPs Carolinas Chapter Leadership Retreat in Charlotte on April 17-18, 2024.

Cantor Colburn Partner David Bomzer will be a panelist in the live interactive CLE webinar, "Protecting IP in Joint Ventures and Collaborations: Key Considerations, Management of IP, and Structuring Agreements" on April 11, 2024 from 1-2:30 PM. This CLE webinar will guide counsel to IP owners on protecting IP in a joint venture (JV) or collaboration. 

Nancy Kennedy will attend Women Law Students' Association Community Luncheon at the William F. Starr Hall at University of Connecticut School of Law on April 2, 2024. Nancy is a partner in Cantor Colburn's top ranked Trademark & Copyright Practice and a Visiting Professor from Practice at UConn School of Law.

The 102nd Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary will be held on March 22, 2024 in New York City. Cantor Colburn has sponsored the event for more than a decade.

Partner Sung Wook Kooh will attend the Biotech Intellectual Property Forum on March 21, 2024 in the greater Washington, D.C. area. This event is co-hosted by the Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA), the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) DC Chapter, the Korean-American Women in Science (KWiSE) NIH Chapter, and is sponsored by the Korea Intellectual Property Protection Agency (KOIPA) Washington, DC IP Center. 

Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Chair of the Trademark & Copyright Practice Group at Cantor Colburn, will attend The Business of AI on March 20-21, 2024 in New York City, presented by INTA, the International Trademark Association. This conference offers programming to gain a comprehensive understanding of the intersection between Artificial Intelligence (AI), Intellectual Property (IP) rights, and brand management, with unique insights into the challenges and opportunities presented by AI technologies and how they practically impact the protection, enforcement, and commercialization of intellectual property assets.

Cantor Colburn Partners Michael Cantor and Nancy Kennedy and Director of Marketing Jessica Lister will attend the Hartford Youth Scholars Annual Meeting on March 13, 2024 at the Trinity College Innovation Center in Hartford. 

IPOwners Spring Summit will take place on March 7, 2024 in Washington, D.C.  Cantor Colburn David Bomzer, a member of the IPO IP Licensing and Related Issues Committee.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the 13th Annual Pharma IPR Conference in Mumbai, India, on March 5-7, 2024. Steve Coyle, Anne Maxwell, and Nick Geiger of the Pharmaceutical Practice will attend and Steve will present, Improperly Listed Orange Book Patents – Recent FTC Scrutiny and Strategies for ANDA Filers to Take Advantage. The Pharma IPR conference is India's largest global pharm IP conference, and Cantor Colburn has sponsored and attended for many years. 

Cantor Colburn Trademark & Copyright Partner Nancy Kennedy will be part of a UConn Law panel, "Different Paths to IP," on February 29, 2024. 

Dr. Leslie-Anne Maxwell, Partner and Chair of Pharmaceutical Patent Practice Group at Cantor Colburn LLP will be the guest of the American Chemical Society, New Haven and Connecticut Valley Sections, presenting, "When Intellectual Property is Your Only Property – Strategies for New Companies," on February 27, 2024. Dennis Jakiela, Ph.D., Patent Agent with Cantor Colburn, chairs the 2024 ACS–New Haven Executive Board, and Cantor Colburn is a sponsor.

KAIPBA's New Year’s Party with special guest Mr. Hyun-suk Lim, Intellectual Property Attaché at the Korean Embassy, takes place on January 25, 2024 in Vienna Virginia.

Cantor Colburn Partner Sung Wook Kooh will be in attendance. Cantor Colburn has been a steadfast sponsor of the Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA), supporting various events throughout the year.

Jeffrey Waters will speak on the panel, "The 3 Pillars of your Patent Prosecution: Innovation, Insights & Strategy" at the IP Strategy Summit: Seattle on January 23, 2024.  

Cantor Colburn Partner David Bomzer speaks on the live Strafford CLE webinar panel, Enforceable Nondisclosure Agreements: Protecting Trade Secrets and Other Confidential Business Information, on January 17, 2024. 

This CLE course will guide business counsel in drafting nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) before engaging in confidential business negotiations. David will be a part of a panel of experts outlining best practices for negotiating and drafting NDAs based on their extensive experiences with these types of agreements. The panel will examine key contract provisions and exclusions, common negotiation challenges, and best practices to minimize the risk of litigation for misappropriation of confidential information.

Cantor Colburn Partner Eric Baron, Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Practice, moderates the discussion, Ethics Check-In! – USPTO Insight and Practical Implications of AI,  presented by the Connecticut Bar Association's the IP Section on December 12, 2023 at Cantor Colburn's Hartford office.

BioCT's 10th Annual Holiday Party is on December 11 in New Haven. BioCT supports the needs and serves as the unified voice of the bioscience community in our state.

The New York City Bar CLE Programs presents the Trade Secret Symposium 2023, a two-day program, focusing on trade secret law, will examine some of an organization’s most valuable assets, from cutting edge technologies to profit-enhancing improvements and beyond. Cantor Colburn Partner David Bomzer is on the speaking faculty.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be the Diamond Sponsor the 2023 IPO Education Foundation Awards Celebration which recognizes the Inventor of the Year,  Executive of the Year, and the IP Champion. Cantor Colburn is a long time supporter of the IPO Education Foundation.

The INTA 2023 Leadership Meeting will take place November 14-17, 2023 in Houston, Texas. Michael Cantor, Phil Colburn, Ali Caless and Ben Cantor are attending the conference and serve on INTA committees. Cantor Colburn's Trademark Practice is ranked #8 in the U.S.

Cantor Colburn Partner Jeff Waters will attend The 2023 Annual Corporate IP Institute, presented by the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance and the Atlanta Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section. This collaboration is for the educational benefit of corporations interested in maximizing the value of their intellectual property assets.  The annual two-day annual event is to be held at the Georgia State University Knowles Conference Center, November 14-15, 2023.

Sung Wook Kooh will attend Standards, Patents, & Competition program presented by IP Watchdog that will cover the latest developments in the Standard Essential Patents industry today, from global attempts to regulate SEPs, to FRAND, unwilling licensees, patent pools, multi-jurisdiction enforcement strategies, the role of the ITC, standardization of critical and emerging technologies and much more. 

Daniel Lent and Ko Nakamura will attend and present to officials from the Japanese Patent Office at the JPO - US Bar Liaison Council meeting on November 8, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

Charlie O'Brien discusses Invalidity Opinions in Patent Litigation: Shielding Against Liability and Reducing Exposure to Enhanced Damages, Attorney-Client Privilege Implications, a live 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A, presented by Strafford. This CLE course will provide patent counsel with guidance on using invalidity opinions in defense of patent infringement claims. The panel will discuss the issue of waiver of the attorney-client privilege and other factors when considering invalidity opinions. The panel will provide best practices for obtaining and using invalidity opinions.

Cantor Colburn's Eric Baron and Nick Herrel  will participate in a Connecticut Invention Convention,(CIC) event, Push For Entrepreneurship (PFE), a fitness fundraising event to raise money to help the CIC support student inventors who may have trouble accessing invention education programming.

Jeffrey Waters will speak on the panel, "The 3 Pillars of your Patent Prosecution: Innovation, Insights & Strategy" at the IP Strategy Summit: New York City on November 1, 2023.  

UCONN Law Recognizes Michael Cantor as Distinguished Graduate Award 2023 at an event on October 26, 2023. 

Brad Lawrence will speak on the panel, "The 3 Pillars of your Patent Prosecution: Innovation, Insights & Strategy" at the IP Strategy Summit: Palo Alto, California, on October 25, 2023.  

Steve Coyle and Nick Geiger, Chair and Vice Chair of Cantor Colburn's Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Practice Group, will attend the 9th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium on October 24 – 25, 2023 in Chicago. The annual symposium gathers the leading pharmaceutical patent litigators for brand name and generic drug companies to receive up-to-the-minute information on the latest developments affecting Hatch-Waxman litigation and participate in significant peer-to-peer networking opportunities.

Dress for Success Hartford holds its annual Capital Catwalk event on October 23, 2023. Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning Catwalk Sponsor and strongly supports Dress for Success’s mission of investing in the ability of a woman to become and remain gainfully employed and thereby provide for herself and her family and with that financial independence, build strong communities and collectively contribute towards a stronger global economy.

The Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Summit: The Collaborative Blueprint is a live event designed to empower leaders in the legal profession to take action toward making Connecticut a more diverse and inclusive bench and bar, taking place on October 20, 2023 at the University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford. Presented by the Connecticut Bar Association, the Summit features exceptional guest speakers, including Dr. Robert Livingston of the Harvard Kennedy School and the Hon. Karen L. DeMeola and the Hon. Cecil J. Thomas of Connecticut Superior Court. Cantor Colburn's Nancy Kennedy will attend. Cantor Colburn is a Bronze Sponsor.

Jenae Gureff is part of the panel discussion, Ethical Legal Practice in a Hybrid Work Environment, at the 2024 AIPLA Annual Meeting, October 19-21, 2023. 

On October 17, 2023, INTA Roundtable Discussions on the Commercialization of Brands will take place all around the country.  Trademark attorneys Michelle Ciotola and Ali Caless and practice manager and senior paralegal Crysta Lemon will attend the Hartford event and Farzad Panjshiri will attend the Washington, D.C. event. 

Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) presents the 2023 Korea-US IP Forum and PCT Roundtable on October 11, 2023, in Alexandria, Virginia. Cantor Colburn is a sponsor of the event, which features several distinguished speakers. Cantor Colburn attorneys Sung Wook Kooh, Howard Levy, and Farzad Panjshiri, will attend.  

Cantor Colburn Partner Duane Minley hosts a Roundtable Discussion on Mentorship and Sponsorship at the Driving Diversity in Law & Leadership conference October 5, 2023, in Seattle.  

The MARQUES 36th Annual Conference takes place in Berlin, Germany on September 20-23, 2023. This year's conference theme is "CELEBRATING MARKS: How sustainability and technology will shape the future of brands." 

Farzad Panjshiri will attend IP Watchdog LIVE Conference in Herndon, VA.

Charles Kim, Director of the Office of Petitions, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will speak on Recent Development of AI IP Policy in the USPTO. This live session is sponsored by Cantor Colburn and presented by the  Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) and will take place in Washington, D.C. Sung Wook Kooh, Counsel at Cantor Colburn, will attend.

David Bomzer will speak at PLI's Patent Fundamentals Bootcamp 2023: An Introduction to Patent Drafting, Prosecution, and Litigation via Live Webcast on September 12, 2023. PLI’s Patent Bootcamp offers a comprehensive and interactive environment about the basics of patent application preparation, claims drafting, and prosecution, as well as recent developments in the law. 

The Intellectual Property Owners Association 2023 Annual Meeting takes place September 10-12, 2023 in Boston.

Cantor Colburn Trademark & Copyright Practice Chair Michelle Ciotola is a featured speaker at the Joint Patent Practice Continuing Legal Education’s (JPPCLE) annual one-day seminar that gathers legal industry professionals to discuss recent cases, legislation, and regulations involving intellectual property law and practice. Michelle will be on the Supreme Court and Legislative panel, speaking on Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int'l, Inc. - Extraterritoriality of U.S. Trademark Protection: How Far Does it Go? 

Cantor Colburn attorneys are active Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) members, and regularly serve as the organization's officers. Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. is President and David Bomzer is Program Chair. They will attend the CIPLA Lobster Bake and Annual Meeting 2023.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the Michigan Bar Intellectual Property Summer Law Institute on Mackinac Island in Michigan in July 2023.

Michelle Ciotola will attend the New York Intellectual Property Law Association's Half-Day CLE Program, "Hot Topics in Trademark & Copyright Law" on July 20, 2023 in New York City. Michelle chairs Cantor Colburn's #8 ranked trademark & Copyright Practice Group. 

Thomas Mango, Partner and Trademark Litigation Chair and Trademark & Copyright Practice Associate Ben Cantor will attend the ECTA (the European Communities Trade Mark Association) 41st Annual Conference. Ben is Vice-Chair of the ECTA Programme Committee and will present a session on bad faith and morality. 

Karl Vick will attend the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel (ACPC) Summer Meeting, June 25-27, 2023 in Chicago. The two day, in-person conference gathers the Chief Patent Counsel community for a program of substantive presentations balanced by opportunities to network and interact with colleagues.

The 2023 Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (NERM 2023) will be organized by NESACS and will be hosted at Northeastern University in Boston. An all-star panel from Cantor Colburn LLP will discuss patent protection for innovative products or processes, which excludes others from making and selling the same products or using the same processes, can be critical to the profitability of tech companies. Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor this meeting. 

Brad Lawrence will speak on a panel entitled, "The 3 Pillars of your Patent Prosecution: Innovation, Insights & Strategy" at the Center Force IP Strategy Summit: Boston on June 15, 2023. 

The Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC) Finals take place Saturday, June 10, 2023 at UConn's Storrs campus. During the judging of the student inventions, parents are invited to a presentation by Cantor Colburn attorneys Michelle P. Ciotola, chair of the Trademark & Copyright Practice, and Brad Lawrence, co-chair of the Electric Engineering Practice, called, "Options & Realities - Protecting Your Kids' IP." Eric Baron, patent attorney and chair of Cantor Colburn's Artificial Intelligence Practice, chairs the CIC board of directors, and will present the Cantor Colburn award for the Most Patentable Invention to a student inventor at the ceremony after the judging. Ali Caless and Jim Merrick are Volunteer Judges. 

The BIO International Convention 2023 is in Boston, June 5-8, 2023. Thousands of biotechnology and pharma leaders will come together for intensive networking to discover new opportunities and partnerships. Cantor Colburn partners Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. and Todd Garabedian, Ph.D. will attend. 

The UConn School of Law presents a thought-provoking panel discussion on the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI), its ethical implications and its impact on society. Recently, the Future of Life Institute open letter, signed by Elon Musk and other influential figures, called for a pause on all AI experiments. Eric Baron, Partner and Chair of Cantor Colburn's Artificial Intelligence Practice Group and UConn Law '07, is on the panel of distinguished UConn alumni and faculty who will discuss this emerging and rapidly evolving technology.  

Cantor Colburn is proud to support the 2023 Foodshare Walk Against Hunger on May 20, 2023. Cantor Colburn is a longstanding sponsor of Foodshare and supports its mission to bring awareness to the issue of food insecurity in Connecticut and benefits the work of Connecticut Foodshare as well as other partner programs throughout the state. 

Michael Cantor, Phil Colburn, Michelle Ciotola and Dan Drexler will be joining trademark,  brand professionals, and intellectual professionals from around the world at the annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) in Singapore in May 2023. 

The 16th Annual USPTO Design Day is on May 4, 2023. Partner and experienced design patent attorney Jenae Gureff will attend the event, which offers a day of lively and thought-provoking discussion about various aspects of design patents, hosted at the USPTO, which will feature insights from design managers, design patent practitioners, and industrial designers.  

Cantor Colburn is pleased to host the AIPLA's Women in IP Law Global Networking event for Hartford women professionals on April 27, 2023. Empower Happy Hour will feature a short discussion around women in leadership.

To learn more or register, contact events@cantorcolburn.com.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor Hartford Hospital’s premier gala, Black & Red at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford on April 22, 2023.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the New Haven American Chemical Society's 7th Annual Student Research Symposium. The annual event will take place at the University of New Haven. Dennis Jakiela, Ph.D., a senior patent at Cantor Colburn, is a volunteer leader and former officer of the Chapter.

The Future Climate Venture Studio brings together UConn, CT Next, and additional partners from energy finance, venture capital, and technology to identify, support, and collaborate with the startups addressing the most critical dimensions of the climate challenge. An April 20, 2023 Showcase event will feature presentations from the six inaugural companies, a welcome address from UConn President Radenka Maric, and a networking reception with partners, including sponsor Cantor Colburn LLP.

Todd Garabedian, Partner and Vice Chair of the Life Sciences Practice at Cantor Colburn LLP, and other IP lawyers will participate in Diverse Careers in IP, a live panel at Quinnipiac University School of Law presented by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) on April 19, 2023. The panel will discuss opportunities for lawyers in today's intellectual property marketplace. 

Howard Levy will attend the Korea American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) session on IP Protection for cutting edge technology, particularly directed toward the use of patents v. trade secrets, presented by Hongjun Ha, Senior IP Counsel at Aurora, to be held April 19, 2023. 

The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) is hosting a discussion of Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, led by Susan Kohlmann, Partner at Jenner & Block on April 17, 2023 at the Elm City Club in New Haven, Connecticut.

Cantor Colburn hosts IP Year In Review: Hot Topics in Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law presented by the Connecticut Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section for CLE credit on March 29, 2023. This discussion takes place in person at Cantor Colburn's Hartford office and via Zoom.

Michael Cantor will moderate the panel, "Managing IP in Time of Recession," with speakers Sharon Hausdorff, Vice President Corporate Intellectual Property TEVA, Mayan Calev, Intellectual Property Manager, Strauss Group Inc., and Cary Levitt, Former Chief IP Officer, DOW Chemicals and Corning, at the Best Practices in Intellectual Property conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 20, 2023.

IPOwners Spring Summit™ will take place on March 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. The conference is designed for IP attorneys, with topics directly relevant to in-house counsel, and information for outside counsel that will enhance relationship building and productivity with their corporate clients.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the 12th Annual Pharma IPR Conference in Mumbai, India, on March 1-3, 2023. Steve Coyle and Nick Geiger, litigators in the Pharmaceutical Litigation Practice, will attend.

Charlie O'Brien will be a panelist for the webinar "Evaluating and Acquiring Patent Portfolios: Key Considerations: Structuring the Transaction, Conducting Due Diligence, Drafting and Negotiating Key Provisions" on February 23, 2023, presented by Strafford. This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the key considerations for evaluating and acquiring patent portfolios and provide insight into strategic considerations and transaction structures as well as the key issues to consider when conducting patent portfolio due diligence.

AUTM’s Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of technology transfer professionals. This annual, international meeting is a chance to connect, and gain insights from world-class speakers and panels from more than 90 educational sessions. The 2023 meeting will be held on February 19-22, 2023 in Austin, Texas.

UConn Technology Commercialization Services present "Patent Eligible Subject Matter in the Life Sciences - Interpreting 35 USC 101" with Cantor Colburn attorneys Bryan Zerhusen, Ph.D., chair of Cantor Colburn's Life Sciences Practice Group, and Nicholas Herrel, Ph.D.

Michelle Ciotola will be panelist for the CLE webinar "Sustainability in Trademarks: Leveraging Marks to Convey Eco-Friendly Brands, Avoiding Potential Pitfalls" on January 31, 2023, from 1-2:30 p.m. ET, presented by Strafford. She will be part of a panel discussing the impact of sustainability on brands and how they message their eco-friendly brands and offer best practices for brand owners to consider when using marks to communicate the brand's eco-friendly initiatives.

Karl Vick will attend the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel Winter Meeting, January 22-25, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. 

Partner Bud Bedingfield will attend the Savannah Bar 2023 Hot Topics Seminar on January 20, 2023. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to be the Diamond Sponsor the 2022 IPO Education Foundation Awards Celebration which recognizes the Inventor of the Year,  Executive of the Year, and the IP Champion.

The Patents & IP Summit in Arlington, Virginia on December 7-8, 2022, will delve into the recent legal decisions, emerging technologies, and entrepreneurial momentum that are changing the IP and Patent landscape for in-house corporate counsel. Cantor Colburn partners Phil Colburn, Brad Lawrence, and Howard Levy will attend.

Cantor Colburn attorneys Michelle Ciotola and Ali Caless and Warner Music Group Vice President, Senior Trademark & Domain Name Counsel Sofya Nadgorny will be panelists for the webinar "Trademark Enforcement Outside the Courtroom: Customs, Watches, and Leveraging Online Platform Solutions: Exploring Options for Early, Effective, and Budget-Conscious Strategies" on December 6, 2022, from 1-2:30 p.m. ET, presented by Strafford.

Trademark Counsel Ali Caless and Patent an IP Transactions Partner David Bomzer will speak at an Ethics CLE roundtable, Ethical Practices for Communications with Clients, Opposing Parties, and the USPTO, a discussion presented by the Connecticut Bar Association's Intellectual Property Section on December 1, 2022. 

Eric Baron speaks with students in the UCONN Operations and Information Management (OPIM) program for a virtual coffee chat on November 16, 2022. Eric will discuss intellectual property and how it fits into the life of an engineer. 

The INTA 2022 Leadership Meeting will take place November 17, 2022 in Miami, Florida. This annual conference brings together INTA’s volunteer leaders and committee members to advance the Association’s support of trademarks and related intellectual property. Michael Cantor, Phil Colburn, Michelle Ciotola, Ali Caless and Ben Cantor are attending the conference.

Brad Lawrence will speak on the panel, "The Foundation of your IP Strategy: Innovation, Prosecution and Portfolio Management"at the Center Force IP Strategy Summit: East in New York City on November 15, 2022.  

The New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) presents a One-Day Patent CLE Seminar. Cantor Colburn Partner David Bomzer will lead an interactive session on ethics. The program will cover significant emerging issues in patent law, maintaining and enforcing trade secrets, negotiating commercial agreements, recent Federal Circuit decisions and more.

Cantor Colburn's Eric Baron, Nick Herrel and James Wimpe will participate in a Connecticut Invention Convention,(CIC) event, Push for Entrepreneurship on November 5, 2022, where participants will have two hours to do as many push-ups as possible with unlimited breaks. 

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) presents the 2022 Design Rights Boot Camp in a virtual format  taking place in November 2022. Cantor Colburn Partner and design patent attorney Jenae Gureff is moderating a panel on International Design Rights and the Hague on November 9, 2022. The Firm's Design Patent Practice Group is ranked #4 in the U.S., and our team has drafted successful patents for a diverse group of products and technologies ranging from automotive to chewing gum and candy. 

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will hold its annual meeting on October 27-29, 2022, at Gaylord National Resort in the Washington, D.C. area. Jenae Gureff, Partner in Charge of the Washington, D.C. Office and Chair of the AIPLA Membership Committee, will attend the meeting.

Michelle Ciotola will attend World Trademark Review's live back-to-back USA 2022 conferences in New York City: Brand Protection Online on October 19, 2022 and Managing Trademark Assets USA on October 20, 2022.

Ali Caless and Michelle Ciotola will attend The Aurora Foundation for Women and Girls event, "Cocktails for Community," at Dunkin’ Donuts Park on October 12, 2022.Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the event and support the nonprofit's mission to empower low-income women, women of color, and first-generation college students to earn a college degree. 

Brad Lawrence will speak on the panel, "The Foundation of your IP Strategy: Innovation, Prosecution and Portfolio Management" at the Center Force IP Strategy Summit: West in Palo Alto on October 11, 2022. 

Susan Zerull will be a panelist for the webinar "University Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreements" on October 11, 2022 from 1:00-2:30pm EDT, presented by Strafford. This CLE course will guide counsel in drafting university technology transfer and licensing agreements. The panel will discuss key contract clauses and best practices for negotiating the agreements and avoiding pitfalls unique to the university context. Susan is Counsel in the firm's Detroit office. She joined Cantor Colburn after 25 years as in-house counsel at The Dow Chemical Company, Imation, and 3M.

The 36th MARQUES Annual Conference will focus on celebrating marks. Cantor Colburn trademark attorneys Michelle Ciotola, Tom Mango, and Ali Caless will attend. 

David Kincaid, Partner and Co-Chair of the firm's AI Practice Group, will be a panelist at the session, “Protecting AI-Related Inventions: Best Practices and Impacts on Life Sciences and Software Related Technologies” on September 19, 2022 at the 2022 Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) Annual Meeting. The conference take place on September 18-20, 2022 in Los Angeles. 

The 2022 Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) Annual Meeting takes place September 18-20, 2022, in Los Angeles. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA) Gala on September 15, 2022 at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

Michelle Ciotola will speak on "Developing and Implementing a Brand Protection Strategy" at IP Watchdog LIVE 2022 in Dallas in September 12, 2022. 

Ali Caless, Trademark & Copyright Counsel, Crysta Lemon, Trademark & Copyright Manager, and Soomin Kim, Paralegal, will attend the 2022 Trademark Administrators and Practitioners (TMAP) Meeting, September 11-13, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia.

The AIPPI World Congress 2022 takes place September 10-13, 2022 in San Francisco, California.

Jeffrey Waters will be a panelist for the webinar "Structuring Non-Infringement Opinions and Reducing Risk of Patent Infringement: Key Considerations and Provisions" on August 23, 2022, presented by Strafford for CLE credit.

Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., Esq., Partner and Chair of the firm's Pharmaceutical Patent Practice, will attend the Women Leaders in Life Sciences Law Conference in Boston on July 27-28, 2022.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the Michigan Bar Intellectual Property Summer Law Institute on Mackinac Island in Michigan in July 2022.

Trademark & Copyright attorney Ben Cantor will attend the ECTA's 40th Annual Conference in Copenhagen. ECTA (the European Communities Trade Mark Association) promotes the knowledge and professionalism of members and owners alike in the fields of trade marks, designs, copyright and other IP rights within the European Union.

UConn Law celebrate its past, present, and future at its Centennial Gala on June 11, 2022 in Hartford. The Gala is a culmination of centennial celebration events, at which the important work alumni have done thought the state, country and world will be recognized.

Michelle Ciotola will attend the Managing IP Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit taking place on May 24, 2022. 

Leslie-Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., Esq. will attend The Yale Innovation Summit, on May 17-18, 2022 in New Haven, Connecticut. Anne is a Partner and chairs the firm's Pharmaceutical Patent Practice.

Jenae Gureff, Partner in Charge of the Washington, D.C. Office at Cantor Colburn and Chair, of the AIPLA Membership Committee will attend the AIPLA Spring Meeting 2022 in New Orleans, May 17-19, 2022. 

Cantor Colburn LLP's Charles O'Brien presented a webinar on Inventorship - its requirements, its relationship to assignments and licenses - in collaboration with UConn Technology Commercialization Services on May 12, 2022.

INTA’s Annual Meeting Live+ is in-person and virtual.  Taking place over April 30–May 4, 2022 in Washington, D.C., the annual conference of the International Trademark Association brings together the most influential brand and intellectual property professionals from across the globe and across industries.

Georgia Intellectual Property Association (GIPA) presents the Corporate IP Roundtable on April 28, 2022. GIPA members benefit from discussing best practices on key topical issues with other corporate IP leaders from global corporations. Cantor Colburn's Phil Colburn and Jeffrey Waters will attend. 

Pharmaceutical Litigation Chair Steve Coyle will be a panelist at the Paragraph IV Disputes Conference in New York City, April 26-27, 2022.  

Michelle Ciotola is panelist in the webinar, Brands in the Virtual World, hosted by S. Majumdar & Co. Patent & Trademarks, and features panelists from leading law firms in Japan, France, and India.

The 15th Annual Design Day will take place virtually this year on Thursday, April 21, 2022 from 1:00p.m.-4:30p.m. ET, followed by a networking opportunity. The USPTO program, co-sponsored by IPO, will cover various aspects of design patents and offer insights from USPTO design examiners and managers, design patent practitioners, and industrial designers. 

Cantor Colburn is pleased to host the AIPLA's Women in IP Law Virtual Global Networking event on April 7, 2022. The event, Power Happy Hour: Finding Balance, Building Community, will feature a short discussion around the important issue for women of feeling empowered and engaging in community. 

The Connecticut Entrepreneurs Forum is hosting a four-part series examining different aspects of Connecticut’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and how they work together to support our vibrant and growing startup community. Our next session will be a case study in innovation, resilience, and success–with some great lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs in our state. Session # 2 is A Smart Tech Success Story, a conversation with Chris Allen, founder of iDevices. 

The 100th Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary will be held on March 25, 2022 in New York City.

Susan Zerull will speak at the Spring 2022 National Meeting: Bonding through Chemistry on March 22, 2022. Her topic is, "Intellectual Property Strategy as a Critical Component of Investment Protection and Value Creation."

The IPOwners Spring Summit™ is March 9-10, 2022 in San Diego, California. 

Michelle Ciotola, Chair of the Cantor Colburn Trademark & Copyright Practice, will speak at the Connecticut Bar Association CLE Webinar, NFTs, Fine Art, and Software: The Many Faces of Copyright Fair Use on March 8, 2022.

Cantor Colburn attorneys David Bomzer and Sara Colburn will present the basics of intellectual property - patents, trademarks, and copyrights - and transactions relating to the transfer and development of intellectual property rights on February, 24, 2022 at a webinar presented to the Inventors Association of Connecticut.

The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Annual Meeting takes place February 20-23, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Todd Garabedian will participate in a panel discussion of Ethics in IP Law on December 7, 2021, presented by the IP section of the Connecticut Bar Association.

Michelle Ciotola, Phil Colburn will attend the INTA In-Person Mini-Conference in New York City on November 16, 2021.

INTA's 2021 Annual Meeting will be virtual and take place November 15-19, 2021.

Pharmaceutical Litigation Chair Steve Coyle will be a panelist at the Paragraph IV Disputes Conference in New York City, November 9-10, 2021.  Also attending the conference are Michael Cantor and Nick Geiger.

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will hold its annual meeting on October 28, 2021, at National Harbor in the Washington, D.C. area. Jenae Gureff will attend the meeting.

The Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA) honored the Georgia bench's newest Asian American women jurists at GAPABA's Reception for Georgia's Newest AAPI Women Judges on October 27, 2021. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the 7th Annual John G.L. Cabot Award Dinner presented by and in support of The New England Legal Foundation, a non-profit public interest law firm focusing on policy and constitutional concerns related to free enterprise.  

Michael Cantor, co-managing partner of Cantor Colburn, will be part of a panel discussion on IP Landscaping and Competitor Analysis at the Best Practices in Intellectual Property (BPIP) Annual Conference on October 25, 2021, which brings global decision makers and international IP practitioners together with updates and analysis on IP global issues, trends and legislation.

Cantor Colburn is a sponsor of the Aurora Women and Girls Foundation Luminary Luncheon on October 22, 2021, a virtual event. The luncheon will feature women and girls who have benefited from the foundation's work, community partners, and leaders.

Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Vice Chair of Cantor Colburn's Trademark & Copyright Department, will attend the ECTA's 39th Annual Conference in Vienna, Austria. ECTA (the European Communities Trade Mark Association) promotes the knowledge and professionalism of members and owners alike in the fields of trade marks, designs, copyright and other IP rights within the European Union.

From October 19-20, 2021, The Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance's Corporate Intellectual Property Institute will take place virtually. Partner Jeff Waters will attend.

Cantor Colburn's Eric Baron and Nick Herrel will participate in a Connecticut Invention Convention,(CIC) event, Push for Entrepreneurship on October 16, 2021, where participants will have two hours to do as many push-ups as possible with unlimited breaks. 

Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., Esq., Chair of Cantor Colburn's Pharmaceutical Patent Services Practice, will speak on at the Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA Passport to Proficiency Series, a virtual three-week program designed to provide new lawyers and executives for the life sciences industry with a solid foundation for understanding the essentials as well as the intricacies of Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA litigation and regulation. Dr. Maxwell speak on The Purple Book, focusing on generic pharmaceuticals. 

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Light The Night Walk funds treatments that are saving the lives of patients today. LLS is making cures happen by providing patient support services, advocating for lifesaving treatments and pioneering the most promising cancer research anywhere. Team Cantor Colburn is honored to raise funds and come together to light the night for cancer patients and their loved ones. 

David Bomzer, an active member of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA), currently serving as Programs Planning Committee Chair of the Transaction and Patent Practice Committees, is one of the coordinators of the NYIPLA IP Transactions Bootcamp, taking place virtually in October and November 2021. 

Shari and Michael Cantor will be recognized as 2021 Human Relations Honorees at the National Council for Community and Justice (NCCJ) Annual Human Relations Awards Banquet on October 13, 2021 in Hartford. 

UConn Law alumni Nancy Kennedy and Ali Caless will attend the UConn Law Intellectual Property and Technology Law Society Student-Practitioner Meet & Greet on October 7, 2021. 

Trademark Counsel Ali Caless will be part of a panel discussion on Effectively Proving Trademark Use, presented by the Fairfield County (CT) Bar Entertainment/Media/IP Committee on October 7, 2021, a virtual program.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Pro Bono Partnership’s 2021 Annual Gala Celebration which marks the organization’s 24th anniversary of providing free legal services to nonprofits in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. The event will be virtual.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning Gold Sponsor of the CIP CUP® 2021 Charity Intellectual Property Golf Tournament on October 4, 2021 in Johns Creek, Georgia.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a Silver Sponsor of the 7th Annual GAPABA (Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association) Gala on September 30, 2021 at the Georgia Aquarium. 

Litigation partner Michael Rye is a speaker at the 28th International Association of Korean Lawyers Conference as part of a panel discussion, Why are Korean companies suing in the US? on September 30, 2021.

Brad Lawrence will speak at the CenterForce virtual conference, IP 2022: New Beginnings on September 23, 2021, as part of a panel discussion of Portfolio Management & IP Strategy in the Realities of a New Business Environment along with Lucy Lubashev from Raytheon, Wei Campbell from Akebia Therapeutics, and Tao Zhang from Ansys.

Cantor Colburn partner Ali Hayter was named one of the Hartford Business Journal’s 2021 40 Under Forty. She and the 25th annual class of 40 outstanding young professionals in the Greater Hartford area will be recognized at the official awards ceremony on September 21, 2021 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut. 

IPO will hold a LIVE (September 19-21 in Austin, TX) + Virtual Annual Meeting + Virtual (September 28-30), 2021.

The MARQUES Annual Conference takes place on September 14-17, 2021 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

IPR Connexion: Intellectual Property Rights Conference for the Pharmaceutical Industry virtual conference will bring together pharmaceutical industry and intellectual property law experts, like Pharmaceutical Litigation Chair Steven Coyle, to deliberate on strategies to infinitely deliver efficient patent protection for new drugs and treatments in the competitive marketplace.

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Diverse Inventors subcommittee of the Women in IP Committee is proud to launch a new and updated Law Firm Toolkit that assists legal professionals in law firms to team with their corporate and university clients to increase the diversity in the innovation ecosphere of their clients.  

Trademark and copyright Counsel Nancy Kennedy will attend the forum, The Business of Cannabis: Cultivating a Ninety-Million Dollar Market in the Nutmeg State, presented by the Hartford Business Journal and New Haven Biz. This forum will focus on the business in this emerging industry that faces unique issues, especially while the consumption of marijuana remains prohibited at the federal level, and explore how Connecticut businesses can capitalize on this emerging industry while navigating the constantly evolving matrix of state compliance regulations.

Partner Eric Baron delves into "Who is the Inventor When AI Conceives? Dr. Thaler's Dabus" as a part of the Joint Patent Practice Continuing Legal Education (JPPCLE)'s Webinar series on June 10, 2021.

David Bomzer will speak at PLI's Patent Fundamentals Bootcamp 2021: An Introduction to Patent Drafting, Prosecution, and Litigation via Live Webcast on June 2-4, 2021.

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) is bringing together a diverse, global community of law firms, companies, and institutions involved in the practice of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and other unfair competition laws at AIPLA's 2021 Virtual Spring Meeting.  Scheduled from Monday, May 10 to Friday, May 14, the Spring Meeting has topics of interest to a wide range of IP practice.  

Thousands of women IP professionals are gathering virtually on Tuesday, May 4, 1:30-2:30 PM to discuss themes of optimism and hard work from Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming. Cantor Colburn is proud to host a discussion group hosted by partners Jenae Gureff and Michelle Ciotola. RSVP: contact@cantorcolburn.com.

Pharmaceutical Litigation Chair Steve Coyle will be a panelist at the Paragraph IV Disputes Conference in New York City, April 26-27, 2021.  

During the Connecticut Invention Convention, more than 500 engineers, academics, scientists, entrepreneurs, and legal professionals will judge students' inventions and inspire young minds to pursue science and engineering studies and careers.

The New York Intellectual Property Law Association's 99th Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary is virtual on April 22, 2021. 

David Bomzer spoke about patents versus trade secrets at the New York City Bar webinar, “An Introduction to IP Law for the Small Law Firm Practitioner: When Might Your Client Have an IP Issue and How to Start to Think About It,” on April 21, 2021.

The 4th Annual IPO Spring Summit is April 20-21, 2021. The conference is designed for mid to senior level IP attorneys with topics directly relevant to in-house counsel and provides outside counsel information that will enhance relationship building and productivity with their corporate clients. This year's Summit features North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis and Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization Daren Tang. 

Partner and Trademark & Copyright Vice Chair Michelle Ciotola will speak on the Trademark Modernization Act at The Managing IP annual Global Trademark Forum on April 14, 2021.

The Association of University Technology Managers' Annual Meeting in March 15-18, 2021. The event convenes technology transfer, industry, legal, and academic professionals. 

Cantor Colburn Partner Karl Vick will be a panelist for the Lexology webinar, Discussing the IP Industry Outlook for the U.S. in 2021, on March 3, 2021 at 1PM ET. Using NovumIP's global IP industry benchmarking report released earlier this year as the discussion starting point, Karl and the other experts on the panel will delve into major themes including COVID-19 resiliency, adapting to industry consolidation, IP protection concerns, reconsidering IP strategy, communicating value, technology challenges and the role of IP service providers. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to continue its sponsorship of the IPO Education Foundation Awards Celebration, December 8-10, 2020.

The International Trademark Association (INTA)'s Annual Meeting and Leadership Meeting will take place from November 16-20, 2020 online.

The Connecticut Technology Council and Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. will honor 50 outstanding women in STEM at Women of Innovation, a virtual event, on November 12, 2020 from 12-1PM is free.

From October 28-29, 2020, The Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance's Corporate Intellectual Property Institute will take place virtually. Partners Peter Hagerty and Jeff Waters will attend.

Brad Lawrence will be on the Patent Prosecution Update Panel at the New York City virtual summit Risk & Uncertainty: The New Normal for IP on October 29, 2020.

Team Cantor Colburn is returning to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Hartford Light The Night Walk, having been the 2019 #1 Corporate Team. 

AIPLA’s Annual Meeting is virtual in 2020, taking place from October 22-30, 2020. Partner Jenae Gureff, who chairs AIPLA's Mentoring Committee, will attend.  

Brad Lawrence will be a panelist at the virtual IP Strategy Summit, "Risk & Uncertainty: The New Normal for IP" on Thursday, October 15, 2020. Register here.

Georgia IP Alliance (GIPA)'s Corporate IP Roundtable takes place on October 6, 2020, featuring Phyllis T. Turner-Brim, Vice President and Asst. General Counsel IP and Technology at Starbucks Coffee Co. Jeffrey Waters, Partner in Charge of the Atlanta Office and Co-Chair of the Computer Science Practice Group will attend the virtual event. 

The AIPPI World Congress goes virtual from October 5 to 14, 2020, and it’s free for all 9,000 AIPPI members.

Cantor Colburn is hosting an AIPLA women's networking and bourbon tasting event via Zoom on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 from 6-7 PM EST, “Building Bonds Over Bourbon: Conversations with IP Colleagues.” Our program will enhance networking skills: we’ll have a bourbon tasting, learn and practice techniques for building relationships, and discuss IP issues in breakout groups. 

IPO has decided that the 2020 Annual Meeting will take place virtually on September 21, 2020 on a secure and engaging virtual platform.

Join us for complimentary webinar, U.S. Design Patents, Quickest, Easiest, and Cost-Effective, on June 17 at 9 AM EDT, led by Cantor Colburn's Co-Managing Partner Michael Cantor and Design Patent Practice Co-Chair Daniel Drexler.

Michelle Ciotola will be a panelist for the webinar, "Global Trademark Portfolio ... expert tips to lower cost and risk," presented by Novagraaf on May 28, 2020. 

Cantor Colburn copyright attorneys will present the complimentary webinar, "Creativity and the Law: A Webinar for Artists on What Every Artist Should Know About Copyright," on May 28, 2020 at 5:30 PM in partnership with the  Greater Hartford Arts Council. Michelle Ciotola, Ali Caless, Benjamin Cantor and Crysta Lemon Schmidt will review copyright law and how artists can protect their creative works. 

Cantor Colburn partners and former in-house IP counsel Karl Barr and Karl Vick will be panelists on a webinar, "Plan, Don't Panic! Effectively Managing Your Patent Portfolio," on May 7, at 9 AM EDT. The webinar on effective portfolio management is presented by Novagraaf. Portfolio alignment, budget management, best practice tips for remotely managing portfolios will be the focus of discussion.

Jenae Gureff will attend AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association) Virtual Spring Meeting on May 6-8, 2020. Jenae chairs the AIPLA Mentoring Committee and will co-host a networking event. Jenae has been hosting networking events at each of AIPLA's annual and spring meetings since October 2018.  

Trademark and Litigation Partner Tom Mango will be a panelist discussing Online Brand Protection on Thursday, April 30, at 9 AM EDT, in a webinar presented by Novagraaf along with Lia Young from Caterpillar and Anca Draganescu-Pinawin from Novagraaf. The focus of their discussion will be on the impact of COVID-19 for brand owners. 

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the 9th Annual Pharma IPR Conference in Mumbai, India, on March 4-6, 2020. Steve Coyle and Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., Esq., co-chairs of the Pharmaceutical IP Services Practice Group, will attend, as will Nick Geiger.

Partner Jenae Gureff will attend the American Intellectual Property Law Association Mid-Winter Institute, January 28-31 in Phoenix. She is an active member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and is in her third year as Chair of the Mentoring Committee. 

Cantor Colburn will sponsor the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel (ACPC) 2020 Winter Meeting in Austin, January 26-29, 2020. ACPC is a membership association of Chief Intellectual Property Counsel of businesses operating in the United States. Partner Karl Vick will attend.

Cantor Colburn is a proud sponsor of the 21st Annual Children's Charity Ball event on January 18, 2020 in West Hartford at The Bridge Family Center. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 2019 IPO Education Foundation Awards Dinner which recognizes the 46th Inventor of the Year,  IP Video Contest Winners, and more. The event takes place on December 12, 2019 in Washington, D.C. 

Bryan Zerhusen, Ph.D., Esq. will attend Yale Lifesciences Pitchfest on December 6, 2019. Last year, more than 400 people attended the event, which includes a Shark-Tank style pitch competition to pharmaceutical representatives, venture capital firms, angel investors, and entrepreneurs.

Leslie-Anne Maxwell, Partner and Chair of Cantor Colburn's Pharmaceutical Patent Practice will attend the 2019 New England Venture Summit on December 4th, 2019 in Boston.

Alison Caless will participate on an IP Ethics CLE panel for the IP section of the Connecticut Bar on December 3, 2019; 2 CLE Ethics credits are available in CT and NY. Alison is a member of the CBA's IP Section.

Phil Colburn will speak on a panel entitled, "Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management: U.S. & International" at the Center Force IP Strategy Summit: Global & Domestic in Silicon Valley on December 3, 2019. 

The INTA 2019 Leadership Meeting will take place November 19-22, 2019 in Austin, Texas. This annual conference brings together INTA’s volunteer leaders and committee members to advance the Association’s support of trademarks and related intellectual property. Michael Cantor, Phil Colburn, and Michelle Ciotola will be attending the conference.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit: Seattle on November 13, 2019, at which Brad Lawrence will be part of a panel discussion entitled, "Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management: Inconsistency, Complexity & Budgets."

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the Georgia Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA) Women’s Leadership Network 2019 Annual Signature Dinner on November 13, 2019.

Cantor Colburn partner Eric Baron will participate in a Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC) event, Push for Entrepreneurship on November 9th, 2019, where participants will have two hours to do as many push-ups as possible with unlimited breaks. The event will take place Saturday morning, November 9th at Fairfield University, John Barrone Campus Center. This event is open to anyone between the ages of 5 and 70 who believes innovation is the key to the future and loves challenges.

Cantor Colburn is a proud sponsor of the 2019 Connecticut Children's Gala. Co-Managing Partner Michael Cantor and Partner Charles O'Brien will attend the gala on November 2, 2019
at the Connecticut Convention Center.

Nursing is central to the high-quality, patient and family care experience at Connecticut Children's. Money raised will provide extraordinary support for the nurses and their innovative research and ensure a strong future for nursing at Connecticut Children's.

Michelle Ciotola will attend the Annual Meeting of the Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (“Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property” or “ASIPI”) in Lima, Peru, October 27-30, 2019. 

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will hold its annual meeting October 24-26, 2019, near Washington, D.C. in Fort Washington, Maryland. Jenae Gureff, Partner at Cantor Colburn and Chair of the AIPLA Mentoring Committee, will attend.

Trademark attorneys Alison Caless and Benjamin Cantor will present an introductory workshop on trademarks to the Greater Hartford Chapter of SCORE on October 23, 2019 from 1-3 PM at the Noah Webster Library in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor The JAX Healthcare Forum presented by The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on October 23-24, 2019, at the Jackson Laboratory's Farmington, Connecticut headquarters. The Forum will focus on emerging science and technology that will change the future of healthcare, and innovations in healthcare.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Hartford Light The Night Walk and biotech associate Nicholas Herrel, Ph.D., Esq. is the Cantor Colburn liaison. The event takes place at Bushnell Park on Thursday, October 17, 2019 from 5-8:00 pm. Team Cantor Colburn and many other corporate and community teams will come together as a community to honor survivors, raise awareness of blood cancers, and remember those who have lost their battle.  

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of the Pro Bono Partnership Gala. This is the 22nd anniversary of providing free legal services to nonprofits in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. 

Alison Caless and Benjamin Cantor will attend UCONN's Law School Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on Tuesday, October 15, 2019.

Charles O'Brien will present an introductory workshop on IP Basics and Agreements to the Greater Hartford Chapter of SCORE on October 9, 2019 from 1-3 PM at the Noah Webster Library in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning Gold Sponsor of the CIP CUP® 2019 Charity Intellectual Property Golf Tournament on October 3, 2019.

The Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium will take place in Chicago on October 3-4, 2019. Litigation Practice Co-Chair and Pharmaceutical Litigation Practice Chair Steve Coyle will attend.  

The Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) 47th Annual Meeting takes place September 24-26, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Michelle Ciotola, Tom Mango, and Ali Caless will attend The MARQUES 33rd Annual Conference that takes place on September 17-19, 2019 in Dublin, Ireland. This year's conference theme is "Brands Confronting Change." 

The AIPPI World Congress 2019 takes place September 15-18, 2019 in London, United Kingdom.

AIPPI, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, was founded in 1897 and is dedicated to the development, improvement, and legal protection of intellectual property.

Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., Esq. will attend the Women Leaders in Life Sciences Law conference in Boston on July 25-26, 2019. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The 16th Annual Protecting Innovations for Financial Services Industry Summit on July 24-25, 2019 in New York City. Partner Brad Lawrence will moderate the panel, "Understand the Impact of FinTech Partnerships on the IP Climate." 

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the ICLE's 45th Annual Intellectual Property Law Summer Institute, taking place on July 18, 2019 on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

Cantor Colburn partners Brad Lawrence and Jeff Waters will be panelists discussing "Patent Prosecution Sourcing Models: Best Practices in Driving Quality Patents on Strategy and Budgets." This webinar is presented by Derwent and IPWatchdog and airs live on July 16, 2019 at 12 PM Eastern. 

Brad Lawrence will attend the IPBC Global conference on June 16-18, 2019 in Boston.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor 2019 ScaleUP CT on June 6, 2019 at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Presented by the Connecticut Technology Council, ScaleUP CT is designed to support companies that are beyond the startup phase. ScaleUP CT is an event built to educate and invigorate the leaders of Connecticut's growing tech-oriented companies. Now in its third year, the event will support companies in the tech sector at every stage of their growth and development. Co-managing partner Michael Cantor is on the CTC board of directors and will be a part of the program. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The 5th Annual IP Strategy Summit: Chicago on June 5, 2019, where partner Brad Lawrence will be a featured speaker. Brad will be part of a panel discussion entitled, "Prosecution and Portfolio Management: Inconsistency, Complexity & Budgets," and will lead a roundtable discussion.

Michael Cantor will speak at the TransPerfect Legal Solutions and Suffolk University Law School Boston IP Forum on June 5, 2019 on foreign filing strategies.

The BIO International Convention 2019 is in Philadelphia on June 3-6, 2019. More than 16,000 biotechnology and pharma leaders will come together for intensive networking to discover new opportunities and  partnerships among a wide spectrum of life science and application areas, including drug discovery, biomanufacturing, genomics, biofuels, nanotechnology and cell therapy.  

The 141st annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) will take place in Boston, Massachusetts from May 18-22, 2018. Nearly 10,000 intellectual property professionals from around the world will attend, including a large delegation from Cantor Colburn. 

The Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance presents the 15th Annual IP Hot Topics Luncheon, "The Future of Autonomous Vehicles & Luxurious Mobility" on May 9, 2019, in Atlanta. 

Several Cantor Colburn attorneys will be judges at the regional and statewide Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), competitions, including Eric Baron, who is also a CIC board member. Michael Cantor will attend to represent the firm during the program, which will recognize Cantor Colburn's support. This year's convention will take place on May 4, 2019 at the UConn Storrs campus.

Pharmaceutical Litigation Chair Steve Coyle will be a panelist at the Paragraph IV Disputes Conference in New York City, April 29-30, 2019.  Cantor Colburn has a dedicated Pharmaceutical Practice Group comprised of experienced litigators, Ph.D. chemists, and patent attorneys expert in other supporting technologies. Also attending from Cantor Colburn are Michael Cantor and Nicholas Geiger. 

Members of Cantor Colburn's Design Patents Practice Group will attend USPTO Design Day on April 25, 2019 in Alexandria, VA. Cantor Colburn is the #3 largest filer of design patents in the country and several of our attorneys attend Design Day every year. Partner Jenae Gureff gave the presentation, "Report from the Front Line: PTAB Decisions."

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Boys & Girls Club of Hartford's 2019 GREAT Futures Celebration on April 18, 2019 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

Trademark and copyright attorney Alison Caless attended the Asociación InterAmericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI) Sports Law Conference on April 12, 2019 in New York City. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit: Boston on April 11, 2019, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. Phil will be part of a panel discussion on patent prosecution and lead a roundtable discussion on "Unintended Consequences of Nautilus, Highmark, Octane & ALICE for Patent Owners." Brad Lawrence, a partner at Cantor Colburn will also attend.

Daniel Drexler will speak at the 7th Annual Best Practices in Intellectual Property Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 8-9, 2019.  

Partner Jeffrey Waters presents the webinar, "Information Disclosure Best Practices: Navigating Risks of IDS Filings" on April 4, 2019, with Michael Rau, Director IP Technical Services at Clarivate Analytics and Gene Quinn, IP Watchdog Founder. 

The Corporate IP Counsel Forum takes place in New York City on March 28-29, 2019. Partners Brad Lawrence and Howard Levy will attend.

The 15th Annual Women of Innovation awards gala on March 27, 2019 recognizes women accomplished in science, technology, engineering, math and those who are involved in their community. It is presented by the Connecticut Technology Council, which Cantor Colburn has supported for many years.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the New York Intellectual Property Law Association's 97th Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary on March 22, 2019. The firm is a longtime sponsor of the Judges' Dinner.

Phil Colburn will attend the IP Owners Spring Summit in Austin, Texas on March 6-7, 2019.  

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the 8th Annual Pharma IPR Conference in Mumbai, India, on March 6-8. 2019. Steve Coyle, who leads the Pharmaceutical IP Services Practice Group and co-chairs the Litigation Department, will speak on "ANDA Filing and Litigation: Procedures to Respond."

The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) will hold its Annual Meeting, February 10-13, 2019, in Austin, Texas. More than 1,700 technology transfer professionals from around the world participate in the AUTM Annual Meeting, which features networking, professional development and sessions to keep you up-to-date on trends in technology transfer. Cantor Colburn partners with many public and private university technology transfer offices to protect their IP.

The Copyright Team at Cantor Colburn will present, “Creativity and the Law: What Every Artist Should Know About Their Creations,” presented in partnership with the Greater Hartford Arts Council. This session is a copyright basics seminar for artists in all media. 

Presenting are Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Trademark & Copyright Department Vice Chair, Associates Ali Caless and Ben Cantor, and Senior Trademark paralegal Crysta Lemon Schmidt. 

Partners Phil Colburn, Charlie O'Brien, Bud Bedingfield and Jenae Gureff will attend the American Intellectual Property Law Association MidWinter Meeting, January 30-February 2, 2019 in Tampa. 

The Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Association is hosting the Pro Bono Hour, a short presentation style forum for organizations to share information with each other about their programs and volunteer opportunities with pro bono organizations, taking place on January 22, 2019 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm at Herd Restaurant in Middletown. 

Jared Howenstine will attend the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at UMass January 18-20, 2019. The UMass Amherst site is one of 12 different conferences taking place in various locations around the country over that same weekend. Attendees of the conference are generally regional, and are coming together to present information on their physics research, network with their community, and learn more about career prospects in local companies.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 2018 IPO Education Foundation Awards Dinner which recognizes the 45th Inventor of the Year,  IP Video Contest Winners, and more. The event takes place on December 11, 2018 at the National Building Museum in Washington. D.C. Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the Welcome Reception for all awards dinner guests for the third consecutive year. 

Transactional Practice Group Chair Charlie O'Brien will speak on Monetizing Intellectual Property Assets Using Effective Licensing Strategies at a program presented by the Connecticut Bar Association Business Law Section On December 11, 2018 at the Quinnipiac Club in New Haven, Connecticut. 

Cantor Colburn's David Bomzer is a speaker at the New York City Bar and MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC program "Blockchain IP: Innovation and the Distributed Ledger Revolution," on November 29, 2018, a program for members and non-members alike. 

Bryan D. Zerhusen, Ph.D., Esq., will attend the Life Sciences IP Due Diligence Forum on November 29-30, 2018 in Boston. Bryan chairs the Cantor Colburn Life Sciences Practice Group. 

Michelle Ciotola will attend ASIPI Rio 2018. She is a partner and Vice Chair of Cantor Colburn's Trademark & Copyright Department. She is an active member of INTA, ECTA, and MARQUES, and her practice encompasses all aspects of trademark and copyright law. ASIPI is the Asociación Interamericana de Propiedad Intelectual.

Co-Managing Partner Phil Colburn and Brad Lawrence will attend the IP Strategy Summit: New York on November 13, 2018. Phil will lead a panel discussion, "Prosecution and Portfolio Management; Inconsistency, Complexity & Budgets." 

Charlie O'Brien and David Bomzer will present "What Non-IP Attorneys and Business Professionals Need to Know About IP Transactions," with West LegalEdcenter, a Thomson Reuters Webinar. This session will provide attorneys and business professionals with an overview of the basic categories of intellectual property and describe the various structures of typical IP transitions.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Connecticut Children's Medical Center Gala on November 10, 2018 in Hartford, Connecticut. 

Cantor Colburn Partner Charles O'Brien will present an introductory workshop on IP basics for business owners, "Intellectual Property for Business Owners," coordinated by the Greater Hartford Chapter of SCORE on November 7, 2018 in Simsbury, Connecticut.

The INTA 2018 Leadership Meeting will take place November 6-9, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It brings together INTA volunteer leaders once a year to advance the Association’s objectives and goals.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a Magic Moments Sponsor of the Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, Start Something Big Gala being held at The Society Room at 6:00PM

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor ScaleUP CT on October 30, 2018 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Presented by the Connecticut Technology Council, ScaleUP CT is designed to support companies that are beyond the startup phase. ScaleUP CT is a half-day event built to educate and invigorate the leaders of Connecticut's growing companies.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 13th Annual Aurora Signature Breakfast at the Hartford Marriott Downtown, Hartford, Connecticut on October 26, 2018. 

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will hold its Annual Meeting October 25-27, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Partner Jenae Gureff, chair of the AIPLA Mentoring Committee, will attend the event.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to be a returning sponsor of The 5th Annual JAX Healthcare Forum, which focuses on emerging science and technology that will change the future of healthcare, and innovations in healthcare. Todd E. Garabedian, Ph.D., Partner and Vice Chair of the Life Sciences Practice Group, is on the planning committee for this forum and will attend the event.

The 2018 IP Legends Awards Luncheon, honoring Lonnie Johnson, Larry Nodine, and Ambassador Andrew Young. This event is presented by the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance, the Georgia State University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the IP Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association. Cantor Colburn is a Georgia State University College of Law IP Sponsor of many years. 

Quinnipiac University School of Business and People’s United Bank are re-opening the People’s United Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at a reception on October 24, 2018. Cantor Colburn attorneys Todd Garabedian, Ph.D. and David Bomzer are adjunct professors at Quinnipiac School of Law.

Dennis Jakiela, Ph.D. will speak at the Inventors Association of Connecticut on "U.S. Patent Law - A Brief History," on October 23, 2018 at Fairfield University. Dennis is a patent agent who writes and prosecutes U.S. and international patent applications and is an advisor to foreign associates all over the world on his clients’ foreign patent filings and prosecution.

Cantor Colburn, a Premier Sponsor of the Georgia State University College of Law Intellectual Property Program, is pleased to support The Annual Corporate IP Institute®, presented by the university's College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, and the Atlanta Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section. This collaboration is for the educational benefit of corporations interested in maximizing the value of their intellectual property assets.  The annual two-day annual event is held at the Georgia State University Student Center, October 22-23, 2018.

VentureClash takes place on October 18, 2018 at the Yale School of Management in New Haven, Connecticut. It brings together the most promising early-stage companies, experts, investors, customers and educators. Finalists among the early stage companies will compete in Connecticut’s global venture challenge, with investment awards totaling $5 million from Connecticut Innovations (CI). Michael Cantor is the Chair of CI, the state's strategic venture capital arm and the leading source of financing and ongoing support for innovative, growing companies. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Hartford Light The Night Walk and biotech associate Nicholas Herrel, Ph.D., Esq. is the event chairperson. The event takes place at Bushnell Park on Thursday, October 18, from 5-8 in the evening. Team Cantor Colburn and many other corporate and community teams will come together as a community to honor survivors, raise awareness of blood cancers, and remember those who have lost their battle.  

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Pro Bono Partnership’s 2018 Gala which marks the organization’s 21st anniversary of providing free legal services to nonprofits in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. 

The LES (Licensing Executives Society) Annual Meeting takes place October 14-17, 2018 in Boston. Cantor Colburn's Transactional Practice Group assists clients with sophisticated IP-related transactions.

The Connecticut Bar Association is offering a CLE, "A Lawyer's Primer on Blockchain and Smart Contracts," on October 12, 2018. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning Gold Sponsor of the CIP CUP® 2018 Charity Intellectual Property Golf Tournament (9th Annual) on October 4, 2018 at St. Ives Country Club in Johns Creek, Georgia.

David Kincaid will attend the Southern Automotive Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, October 3-5, 2018. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit: Houston on October 2, 2018 at the Hotel Derek, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker.

Phil will be part of a panel discussion on “Portfolio Management and Patent Prosecution: Going Beyond Quality.” He will also lead a roundtable discussion on "Unintended Consequences of Nautilus, Highmark, Octane & ALICE for Patent Owners." 

The 6th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium will take place in Chicago on October 1-3, 2018.  Cantor Colburn has a dedicated Pharmaceutical Practice Group comprised of experienced litigators, Ph.D. chemists, and patent attorneys. Litigators Steve Coyle and Nicholas Geiger will attend.  

Houston Intellectual Property Law Association and the University of Houston Law Center Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law present the Fall Institute of Intellectual Property Law 2018 on September 27, 2018. 

The Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) 46th Annual Meeting takes place September 23-25, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

The AIPPI World Congress 2018 takes place September 23-26, 2018 in Cancun, Mexico.

AIPPI, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, was founded in 1897 and is dedicated to the development, improvement, and legal protection of intellectual property.

Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Trademark & Copyright Department Vice Chair, Thomas Mango, Trademark Litigation Partner, and Alison Caless, Trademark Associate, will attend The MARQUES 32nd Annual Conference that takes place on September 18-21, 2018 in Paris, France.  This year's conference theme is "Branding Style: Appearance, Aesthetics and Éclat." Many sessions will focus on topics such as branding, design and luxury goods.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Michigan Association of Corporate Counsel Golf Outing on September 17, 2018 at Plum Hollow Country Club in Southfield, Michigan. Proceeds go to a scholarship fund supported by the Michigan ACC.

Pharmaceutical Practice Group Co-Chair and partner Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. will attend the Managing IP Life Sciences Forum on September 12, 2018 in New York City. The conference brings together industry leaders, inhouse and outside counsel, and members of the judiciary to discuss the latest decisions and significant changes affecting the life sciences industry today. 

Dennis Jakiela, Ph.D. will present, "Protecting your Invention: A Patent Primer," at the American Chemical Society, New Haven Chapter's General Meeting on September 12, 2018 in New Haven, Connecticut. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the 15th Annual Patents for Financial Services Summit on July 25-26, 2018 in New York City. Partner Brad Lawrence will moderate a panel discussion on patent matters and AI - artificial intelligence. Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will also attend the summit.

Cantor Colburn is proud to support the United Way Women's Initiative event Power of the Purse Luncheon and Silent Auction on Thursday, June 14, 2018. This annual event benefits women and families by providing them with resources and means to help become financially stable. Alicia Hayter will attend.

Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner, and Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Vice Chair of the Trademark & Copyright Department, will attend the ECTA's 37th Annual Conference in Athens, Greece. ECTA (the European Communities Trade Mark Association) promotes the knowledge and professionalism of members and owners alike in the fields of trade marks, designs, copyright and other IP rights within the European Union.

The 2018 BIO International Convention will take place on June 4-7, 2018, in Boston, Massachusetts. Cantor Colburn attorneys Todd Garabedian, Ph.D. and Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. will attend the 25th annual event. More than 16,500 life sciences professionals will flock to Boston for the convention.

Cantor Colburn is proud to have been a returning sponsor of the The National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Expo (NICEE) May 31 - June 2, 2018, at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. Cantor Colburn sponsors the Most Patentable Award, and provides pro bono legal assistance to the winner, which includes a patent search, patent filing, and prosecution of a patent application.  

Attorney Eric Baron is Vice President on the Board for The Connecticut Invention Convention and is a volunteer judge at the National competition.

Cantor Colburn attorneys and Western New England University (WNEU) Alumni Phil Colburn, Pamela Curbelo, Jim Merrick and Jim Wimpe will attend the 50th Annual WNEU Alumni Golf Tournament at the Country Club of Wilbraham in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Cantor Colburn is a long-time supporter of the tournament, which benefits the WNEU Alumni Association Golf Tournament Endowed Scholarship.

Cantor Colburn Partner Charles O'Brien and Henkel Patent Counsel Taylor Coon will present an introductory workshop on IP basics to the Greater Hartford Chapter of SCORE on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 from 9-11AM at the Institute of Technology & Business Development in New Britain, Connecticut.

The 140th annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) will take place in Seattle, Washington from May 19-23, 2018. Nearly 10,000 intellectual property professionals from around the world will attend, including a large delegation from Cantor Colburn.   

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit: Boston on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. Phil will be part of a panel discussion on "Prosecution and Portfolio Management: "Going Beyond Quality" and lead a roundtable discussion on "Unintended Consequences of Nautilus, Highmark, Octane & ALICE for Patent Owners." Brad Lawrence, a partner at Cantor Colburn will also attend.

Jenae Gureff will attend AIPLA Spring Meeting in Seattle on May 14-17, 2018.

Cantor Colburn is proud to support the Atlanta Community Food Bank in the 7th annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy.

Several Cantor Colburn attorneys will be judges at the regional and statewide Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), competitions, including Eric Baron, who is also a CIC board member, Lynn Stewart, Dennis Jakiela, Ph.D. This year's convention will take place on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at UConn's Storrs campus.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit: Atlanta on April 25, 2018 in Atlanta where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. 

Members of Cantor Colburn's Design Patents Practice Group will attend USPTO Design Day on April 25, 2018 in Alexandria, VA. Cantor Colburn is the #3 largest filer of design patents in the country and several of our attorneys attend Design Day every year. Design Practice Co-Chair Dan Drexler will be a panelist at the event. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the Paragraph IV Disputes conference in New York City on April 23-25, 2018.  Cantor Colburn has a dedicated Pharmaceutical Practice Group comprised of experienced litigators, Ph.D. chemists, and patent attorneys.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit Defense: Silicon Valley on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. Phil will be part of a panel discussion on "Prosecution and Portfolio Management: International Growth & Domestic Uncertainty" and lead a roundtable discussion on "Unintended Consequences of Nautilus, Highmark, Octane & ALICE for Patent Owners."

The Organic Chemistry Symposium will take place on April 12, 2018 presented by the Yale University Department of Chemistry. 

Cantor Colburn Co-Managing Partner Michael Cantor will speak at the Hartford Business Journal event, “90 Ideas in 90 Minutes,” on April 3 at the Hartford Club along with eight other successful executives, all sharing their 10 top business and leadership insights.

The Women of Innovation® awards gala on March 28, 2018, celebrates the women who make Connecticut's businesses and institutions strong leaders on the cutting edge. The event is presented by the Connecticut Technology Council.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the New York Intellectual Property Law Association's 96th Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary on March 23, 2018. The firm is a longtime sponsor of the Judges' Dinner.

Cantor Colburn is the Platinum Sponsor for the UConn Innovation Workshop & Patent Celebration on March 19, 2018 at the UConn Law Reading Room. This event will celebrate the UConn/ UConn Health Faculty innovations that have recently been issued patents from the USPTO.

Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will be a featured speaker. Michael is an Alum of the School of Engineering and the Law School. He has been an adjunct professor teaching at the Law School for more than 20 years.

Michael Cantor is chair of the 2018 United Arts Campaign, in support of the Greater Hartford Arts Council, which kicks off on March 15, 2018 with the event, "Big Red for the Arts," which Cantor Colburn is also sponsoring. 

Howard Levy will lead a roundtable discussion, "Explore the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Accelerated Patent Examination," at the 10th Annual Corporate IP Counsel Forum in New York City on March 14, 2018.

Charles O'Brien and Taylor Coon will present an introductory workshop on IP basics to the Greater Hartford Chapter of SCORE on March 14, 2018 from 10AM-12PM in East Hartford, Connecticut.

Michael Cantor will speak on "Bringing Down the Costs: IP Budget Planning- Tips and Tricks" at the 5th Annual Best Practices in Intellectual Property Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel on March 12-13, 2018.  

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the 7th Annual Pharma IPR Conference in Mumbai, India, on March 7-9. 2018. Cantor Colburn's Pharmaceutical IP Services Practice Group handles litigation, patent prosecution, inter partes reviews and other Patent Office review proceedings, opinions, landscapes, competitive intelligence, transactional services, portfolio management, biosimilar and interchangeable biological drugs, and more. Steve Coyle, who leads the Pharmaceutical Litigation Group, will speak on "ANDA filling and litigation: strategies to respond."

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) is holding the IP Owners Spring Summit on March 7-9, 2018 in Washington, D.C. This is a conference focusing on corporate IP best practices.  

The Association of University Technology Managers will hold its Annual Meeting on February 18, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) presents the workshop, “How IP Motivates Investors and Helps Price Drugs” on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at the Graduate Club in New Haven, which includes a pre-event workshop for investors, entrepreneurs and attorneys.

Partner Jenae Gureff will attend the American Intellectual Property Law Association MidWinter Meeting, January 24-27 in Palm Springs. She is an active member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and is the current Chair of the Mentoring Committee, having recently served as Vice Chair.  

Partner Karl Vick will attend the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel (ACPC) 2018 Winter Meeting in Palm Springs on January 21-24, 2018. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to support the Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) and its 10th Year Anniversary Gala. 

Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin will speak at the MetroHartford Alliance Rising Star Breakfast on January 9 in Hartford.

Cantor Colburn's copyright attorneys are pleased to partner with the Greater Hartford Arts Council and present a copyright basics seminar for artists in all media. This session will  inform artists about the rights and protections available to them regarding their creations.

Phil Colburn will be a part of the panel presentation and discussion, "Portfolio Management & Patent Prosecution in the Era of IPRs, ALICE & OCTANE" at the IP Strategy Summit: Boston on November 15, 2017.  Phil also led a roundtable discussion on "Unintended Consequences: What Patent Owners Need to Know about Nautilus, Octane, Highmark and Alice." 

CURE, BioscienceClubhouseCT, and the UConn Technology Incubation Program present "Lessons in Herding Cats: Strategic Opportunities for Life Science Companies" on November 14 at the Grossman Auditorium, Cell & Genome Sciences Building at UConn Farmington.

Daniel P. Lent, partner and Chair of Cantor Colburn's Japanese Practice, has been invited by the Intellectual Property Division of the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, a part of the Japanese government, to give a seminar to 100 patent attorneys, IP professionals, and local enterprises in Nagoya, Japan on November 14, 2017.

Hartford Chapter area alumni of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, including Cantor Colburn partner David Fox, will meet on November 13, 2017 for a career management and networking event, attended by industry leaders from aerospace, IT, insurance, and Executive Recruiting, among others.

David Bomzer will present a professional development workshop on Intellectual Property to the Professional Activities Committees for Engineers (PACE), the grassroots network of Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) volunteers and committees, on November 11, 2017, at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut. 

The Women in Law and IP Summit: Seattle conference will take place on November 9, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. Partner and Co-Chair of the Chemical, Materials, and Life Sciences Department Pamela Curbelo will attend. 

Cantor Colburn, a Premier Sponsor of the Georgia State University College of Law Intellectual Property Program, is pleased to support The 11th Annual Corporate IP Institute®.

The 2017 INTA (International Trademark Association) Leadership Meeting, November 7-10, 2017 in Washington, D.C., brings together INTA volunteer leaders once a year to advance the Association’s objectives and goals. It offers them an advanced-level educational program and the opportunity to conduct business and network with colleagues from around the world.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor ScaleUP CT on November 2, 2017 in New Haven, Connecticut. Presented by the Connecticut Technology Council, ScaleUP CT is designed to support emerging growth companies that excel in innovation and entrepreneurship. Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn and Chairman of Connecticut Innovations, will moderate a panel discussion, "War Story of Growth - Perspectives on Managing Growth."

The Summit on IP Due Diligence: Comprehensive and Practical Tips for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device Professionals will take place on November 2-3, 2017, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Women in Law and IP Summit: NYC conference will take place on November 2, 2017 in New York, New York. Partner and Co-Chair of the Chemical, Materials, and Life Sciences Department Leah Reimer, Ph.D., will attend. 

Co-Managing Partner Phil Colburn will attend the IP Strategy Summit: New York on November 1, 2017, where he will lead a discussion on "Unintended Consequences of Nautilus, Highmark, Octane & ALICE for Patent Owners." 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor The 4th Annual Forum on Healthcare Innovation presented by The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on October 25-26. 2017, at the Jackson Laboratory's Farmington, Connecticut headquarters. The Forum will focus on emerging science and technology that will change the future of healthcare, and innovations in healthcare.

Phil Colburn will be a part of the panel presentation and discussion, "Prosecuting and Portfolio Management: Crafting and Managing Enforcable Patents" at the IP Enforcement: Silicon Valley on October 24, 2017.  Phil will also lead a roundtable discussion on "Unintended Consequences of Nautilus, Octane, Highmark and Alice for Patent Owners." 

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) held its annual meeting October 19-21, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Jenae Gureff, Counsel in the D.C. office, became Chair of AIPLA's Mentoring Committee. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the CIP CUP Charity Intellectual Property Golf Tournament on October 17, 2017, at the St. Ives Country Club in Johns Creek, Georgia.

AIPPI World Congress takes place October 13-17, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the 2nd Annual IP Strategy Summit: Houston on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at the Derek Hotel where partner Karl A. Vick will be a featured speaker. 

Patent attorney Alicia Hayter has been recognized as a New Leader in the Law by the Connecticut Law Tribune. She will be honored at an awards dinner on October 3 in Hartford as one of only 25 lawyers selected as a New Leader.

The AUTM 2017 Eastern Region Meeting, to be held in Boston, will gather to discuss best practices and strategies for industry-academia partnerships that culminate in successful product commercialization through company formation or licensing and other agreements.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Justice Jam Karaoke & Lip Sync Battle 2017 at the Brickyard in Marietta, Georgia, in support of the Legal Aid of Cobb County and Cobb Justice Foundation.

Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Trademark & Copyright Department Vice Chair, will attend The MARQUES 31st Annual Conference that takes place on September 19-22, 2017 in Prague, the Czech Republic.  This year's conference theme is "Brands and Culture."

The Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) 45th Annual Meeting takes place in San Francisco, California, September 17-19, 2017.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the ICLE's 43rd Annual Intellectual Property Law Summer Institute for the sixth consecutive year.

The New York Intellectual Property Law Association presented Hot Topics in IP Law, Trademark Ethics 101: Investigations, Advance Consents and Terminating Client Relationships at the Princeton Club in New York City on July 19, 2017.  Gerard F. Rogers, Chief Administrative Judge of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, spoke at the event.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office marks the 5th anniversary of the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Office and celebrates the success of the first regional office in the U.S. patent system's 227 year history with an event on July 14, 2017 at the Midwest Regional Office.

Michelle P. Ciotola, Partner and Vice Chair of the firm's Trademark & Copyright Department, attended the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) 34th Annual Conference in Budapest, Hungary, on June 28, 2017.

Charlie O'Brien presented a webinar on Artifex Software, Inc. v. Hancom, Inc. to the Intellectual Property Owners Association's Open Source Committee.

Cantor Colburn is proud to have been a returning sponsor of the The National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Expo (NICEE) on Saturday, June 3, 2017, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Cantor Colburn sponsored the Most Patentable Award, and provided pro bono legal assistance to the winner, which includes a patent search, patent filing, and prosecution of a patent application.  

The 139th annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) took place in Barcelona, Spain from May 20-24, 2017 and was attended by more than 9,500 trademark professionals including a large delegation from Cantor Colburn. 

Cantor Colburn attorney Jenae Gureff attended the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) 2017 Spring Meeting.  Gureff is Vice Chair of the Mentoring Committee and is Chair of the Pairings Subcommittee.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association's Judge's Dinner on May 11, 2017.  Michael Rye is a past president.

Cantor Colburn is a gold sponsor of the 4th Annual IP Think Tank and the 13th Annual Intellectual Property Hot Topics Luncheon presented by the Georgia State University College of Law.

Cantor Colburn is proud to support the Atlanta Community Food Bank in the Annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy.

Several Cantor Colburn attorneys were judges at the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), an award winning, internationally recognized, 501(c)(3) educational organization open to K-8 students statewide, and is designed to develop, encourage, and enhance critical thinking skills through invention, innovation and entrepreneurship.  

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of SpringPosium, an annual Intellectual Property CLE conference co-sponsored by Georgia State University Foundation, Atlanta Bar CLE, and the Atlanta Bar's IP Section.

Cantor Colburn sponsored The IP Strategy Summit Defense: New York City on Thursday, April 27 at the W Hotel - Union Square where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II was a featured speaker. Conference topics addressed Defensive Strategy, 2017 Defensive Perspectives on Post Issuance Proceedings, NPE Defense, Strategic Defense Against Rivals & Operating Companies, Risk Management & Avoiding Litigation and Ethics in IP.

Stem Conn is Connecticut’s largest scientific conference, with 500 participants from academia, industry, and government. The 2017 event took place on April 27 at the Omni in New Haven.

USPTO Design Day took place on Tuesday, April 25 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Alexandria, Virginia. Cantor Colburn is one of the largest filers of design patents in the country and our attorneys attend Design Day every year.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor a CURE BioHaven event, "The Biopharmaceutical Industry’s Challenges in Drug Pricing" with Dr. John LaMattina, about drug pricing transparency.   

Cantor Colburn is a member of CURE, Connecticut’s bioscience network. Dr. John LaMattina is currently a Senior Partner at PureTech Health, and is the former Senior Vice President of Pfizer Inc. and former President of Pfizer Global Research and Development.

Cantor Colburn litigation partner Steve Coyle moderated the panel "The Ongoing Jurisdiction Debate: From Mylan to TC Heartland" at the Paragraph IV Disputes Conference in New York City, which the firm also sponsored.  Cantor Colburn has a dedicated Pharmaceutical Practice Group comprised of experienced litigators, Ph.D. chemists, and patent attorneys.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the New York Intellectual Property Law Association's 95th Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary on March 31, 2017.

The Connecticut Technology Council presented the Women of Innovation Awards Dinner, held on March 29th. This prestigious award program recognizes the energy, creativity and remarkable capabilities of women working in Connecticut's science and technology community.

Phil Colburn, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn LLP, attended the IPO Committee Leadership Meeting in Washington, D.C. on March 15, 2017.  Phil is the Vice Chair of the IPO Open Source Committee.

On January 26, 2017, Daniel Lent, Cantor Colburn’s Japanese Practice Group Chair, spoke to  50 members of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) in Osaka regarding: Technology Transfer Strategies for Universities, Useful USPTO Pilot Programs, and Recent Rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit.

With the first four U.S. biosimilars approved and many more in the FDA pipeline, it is critical that pharmaceutical companies develop strategies at a business operations level to comply with evolving regulations, mitigate risk and execute long-term decisions to prepare for success. At the 12th Biosimilars Summit, industry experts spoke about the tools and strategies needed to prepare for the impending changes impacting all elements of the healthcare industry.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to support the Auto Show Charity Preview on January 13, 2017, the proceeds of which directly benefit a wide range of children's charities.

Leslie-Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., Partner and Co-Chair of the Pharmaceutical IP Services Practice, spoke on "Pharma Patent Battles" at the Pharma and IP Legal Summit in Morristown, New Jersey on December 7th.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 2016 IPO Education Foundation Awards Dinner which recognized Inventor of the Year, Distinguished IP Professional, IP Video Contest Winners, and a grant to a team of high school inventors.

The Innovation Summit is the largest networking event for Launch, Growth and Proven companies, featuring workshops,  Lunch with an Angel, Company Showcase, and more! Perfect for entrepreneurs, businesses, venture capitalists, angel investors, and members of the public. Cantor Colburn is the founding sponsor of this event.

The 2016 INTA Leadership Meeting, November 15-18 in Hollywood, Florida, brings together INTA volunteer leaders once a year to advance the Association’s objectives and goals. It offers them an advanced-level educational program and the opportunity to conduct business and network with colleagues from around the world.

INTA is a global association of trademark owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and related intellectual property in order to protect consumers and to promote fair and effective commerce. 

Cantor Colburn sponsored The IP Defense Summit: Boston on Thursday, November 3, in Boston, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II was a featured speaker. Conference topics addressed defense and litigation. Phil was a part of a panel discussion entitled “The 3 Ps of a Defense Strategy-Prosecution, Portfolio Management & People” and led a roundtable discussion entitled "Unintended Consequences: What Patent Owners Need to Know about Nautilus, Octane, Highmark and Alice." 

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) held its annual meeting October 27-29, 2016, in Washington, D.C. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the China Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit in Shenzhen, China, October 27-28, 2016.

Cantor Colburn sponsored The IP Strategy Summit: New York on Thursday, October 27, 2016 in New York City where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II was a featured speaker. Phil led a panel discussion entitled "The Pillars of an Aligned IP Strategy: Prosecution, Portfolio Management, Competitive Intelligence & Business Goals." 

The 2016 Forum on Healthcare Innovation was presented by The Jackson Laboratory in collaboration with the Connecticut Health Council. The Forum focused on two specific topics: coverage decisions for biomedical innovation  and emerging science and technology that will change the future of healthcare.

The Licensing Executives Annual Meeting takes place on October 23-26, 2016 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and will host more than 1,000 industry leaders from more than 800 companies. Cantor Colburn partner Charlie O'Brien is a presenter.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Defense Summit: Seattle 2016 on Thursday, October 20, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seattle, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. 

Cantor Colburn presents a seminar for artists on copyright law through our partnership with the Greater Hartford Arts Council, entitled "Creativity and the Law." Cantor Colburn attorneys will show the importance of using intellectual property law, especially copyright law, to protect artists.

CURE presents a deeply experienced panel of bioscience investors as they explain the venture capital trends of 2016 as well as discuss a look into the future as to where the capital will be flowing in 2017.  

The Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) 44th Annual Meeting takes place September 22-24, 2016, in New York City.  

The AIPPI World Congress takes place in Milan, Italy on September 16-20, 2016.

Co-Managing Partners Michael Cantor and Phil Colburn will attend.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning silver sponsor for the 6th annual Sikorsky Homerun for Heroes fundraiser. The fundraiser is to honor Connecticut military veterans and their families and funds raised benefit military veterans organizations in Connecticut.

Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Trademark & Copyright Department Vice Chair, will attend The MARQUES 30th Annual Conference that takes place on September 20-23, 2016 in Alicante, Spain.  This year's conference theme is BRANDS versus TRADEMARKS - TRADEMARKS versus BRANDS. Many of the sessions will address different aspects of this question, focusing on the legal issues and challenges of brands vs trademarks. 

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the ICLE's 42nd Annual Intellectual Property Law Summer Institute for the fifth consecutive year.

Todd Garabedian, Ph.D. will present a seminar entitled, "Patent Law as a Career Path" at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Okinawa, Japan on July 6, 2016. Todd will discuss his career in patent law, as well as recent changes in patent law, including the importance of legal protection for novel intellectual assets that could have commercial implications.

Biosimilars, a forum on legal, regulatory, commercial, and patent strategies for the emerging U.S. biosimilars landscape, will take place on June 13-14, 2016, in New York City.  

Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. and Todd Garabedian, Ph.D. are attending the BIO International Convention (BIO) in San Francisco, June 6-9, 2016.

Partner Jeffrey Waters will speak on “IP creation: The process of patenting” at the 25th International Conference for Management of Technology in Orlando, Florida on May 18, 2016. The theme for the conference is Technology – Future thinking, where researchers, scholars and industry participants from all over the world will explore ideas, innovations, and technologies that change lives, and transform the world.  Jeff concentrates his practice on drafting and prosecuting patents for mechanical and electrical innovations.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring  The IP Strategy Summit: Houston on May 12, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. 

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the IP Think Tank and 12th Annual Intellectual Property Hot Topics Luncheon presented by the Georgia State University College of Law. Partners Peter Hagerty and Jeffrey Waters will attend. 

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the 2016 Connecticut-Israel Innovations Showcase will feature leading-edge Israeli companies whose work dovetails with Connecticut's major industries. Brief presentations will be followed by an opportunity to meet the presenters and uncover synergies, customer opportunities and investment possibilities.

Several Cantor Colburn attorneys will be judges at the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), an award winning, internationally recognized, 501(c)(3) educational organization open to K-8 students statewide, and is designed to develop, encourage, and enhance critical thinking skills through invention, innovation and entrepreneurship. 

On April 29, 2016, seniors at UConn's School of Engineering will participate in Senior Design Day at UConn's Gampel Pavilion, followed by a reception for UConn's Engineering Alumni to mark the school's centennial. Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will offer remarks to his fellow alumni at the reception.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of the UConn Health White Coat Gala, which honors the “white coats” worn by the men and women breaking new ground in the lab and providing exceptional, personalized patient care.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Enforcement & Monetization Summit: Silicon Valley 2016 on April 21, 2016, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker.

This year is the 10th Anniversary of the USPTO Design Day.  Design Day is on April 19 and takes place at the PTO. The free seminar is attended by United States Patent and Trademark Office Design Examiners, Managers, Design Patent Practitioners and Industrial Designers from across the country.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of SpringPosium, an annual Intellectual Property CLE conference co-sponsored by Georgia State University College of Law and the Atlanta Bar's IP Section. Co-Managing Partner Phil Colburn will be on a panel discussing Subject Matter Eligibility.

The Women of Innovation® awards gala on April 6, 2016, recognizes women accomplished in science, technology, engineering, math and those who are involved in their community. It is presented by the Connecticut Technology Council, which Cantor Colburn has supported for many years.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the New York Intellectual Property Law Association's 94th Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary on April 1, 2016. The firm is a longtime sponsor of the "Judges' Dinner" event.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit: Atlanta on March 1 at the Twelve Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 2015 IPO Education Foundation Awards Dinner which will recognize Inventor of the Year, Distinguished IP Professional, IP Video Contest Winners, and a grant to a team of high school inventors.

The INTA Leadership Meeting brings together INTA volunteer leaders once a year to advance the Association’s objectives and goals. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Innovation Summit, presented by the Connecticut Technology Council.  

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor The Corporate IP Institute®, presented by the Georgia State University College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business. This collaboration is for the educational benefit of corporations interested in maximizing the value of their intellectual property assets.  The annual two-day annual event is held at the Georgia State University Student Center, on October 27 & 28, 2015.

The Licensing Executives Society (LES) Annual Meeting is on October 25-28, 2015 in New York City.

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will hold its annual meeting October 22-24, 2015, in Washington, D.C.

Daniel Lent, partner and chair of the firm's Japanese Practice Group, will attend the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) IP Practice in Japan Pre-Meeting on October 20-21, 2015 in Washington, D.C.

AIPPI World Congress is on October 10-14, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Cantor Colburn's Trademark & Copyright Department hosted The International Trademark Association (INTA) Roundtable "Due Diligence in IP Transactions" from 12-2 PM on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Cantor Colburn's Hartford office. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor reSET Impact Awards Night on October 29, 2015.  The reSET Impact Awards Night celebrates the most innovative and viable early stage ventures and start-ups from all industries, and for the first time this year the Challenge competition was opened to all of New England. Honorees will receive unrestricted seed capital, pro bono professional services, and public recognition at the event.

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) 43rd Annual Meeting offers a mix of educational programs led by distinguished presenters, committee meetings, exhibits, and networking functions.

Michelle Ciotola, Counsel in the firm's Trademark & Copyright Department, will attend the 29th MARQUES Annual Conference in Vienna, Austria in September 2015.  The theme of the conference is “Mind the Brand! Psychology of Brands.” 

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning silver sponsor for the 5th annual Sikorsky Homerun for Heroes fundraiser. The fundraiser is to honor Connecticut military veterans and their families and funds raised benefit military veterans organizations in Connecticut.

Charles O'Brien presented a webinar for the California State Bar Intellectual Property Section, entitled, "What’s the Deal? What In-House Counsel Need to Know About Intellectual Property Transactions" on August 19, 2015.

Partner Charles O'Brien presented "How to Value Your Innovation" to members of the Connecticut Inventors Association on July 28, 2015 at Fairfield University.

Mr. O'Brien chairs the firm's IP Transactional Practice Group and concentrates his transactional practice on the exploitation, transfer and licensing of technology, and IP rights through various IP related transactions. He has extensive experience in all aspects of complex IP licensing.

Cantor Colburn Trademark Counsel Michelle P. Ciotola will attend the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) 34th Annual Conference in Hamburg, Germany on June 10, 2015.

Cantor Colburn LLP is proud to sponsor the upcoming Georgia State Law Hot Topics Luncheon "IP Strategies in Our New, New World" on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at the Georgia State University Student Center.  Cantor Colburn has been a Premier Sponsor of the Georgia State University College of Law Intellectual Property program since 2012.

Partner Leslie-Anne Maxwell will present a session at the American Conference Institute's 6th Annual Summit on Biosimilars, a forum on the legal, regulatory, patent, and commercial realities of follow-on biologics, June 1-3, 2015, in New York City.  Maxwell, who holds a PhD in chemistry from Yale University as well as a legal degree, co-chairs the firm's Pharmaceutical Practice Group.

The IP Inn of Court for Connecticut was inaugurated on May 13, 2015. The Inn was inaugurated when Federal Circuit Judge Richard Linn presented District of Connecticut Judge Janet Bond Arterton with the charter of the Inn.  

Cantor Colburn's Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner, and Nicholas Geiger, Litigation Associate, are officers of the IP Inn.  Other Cantor Colburn attorneys who are charter members are Bud Bedingfield and Christopher Boehm.

Trademark Counsel Michelle Ciotola gave a presentation entitled “What They Didn’t Teach You in Law School about Trademark Law” during the International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting 2015 Career Development Day.

The 137th annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) takes place in San Diego, California and will be attended by more than 9,500 trademark professionals including a large delegation from Cantor Colburn. 

Several Cantor Colburn attorneys will be judges at the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), including Counsel Eric Baron, who is also a CIC board member.

The annual convention gives students and parents an introduction to careers in engineering with exhibits staffed by UConn's students and professors which showcase engineering subjects, including civil, mechanical and chemical engineering – helping students discover engineering and science as real possible careers, definitely within reach.  

Cantor Colburn litigation partner Steve Coyle will present at the Paragraph IV Disputes Conference in New York City, which the firm is also sponsoring.  Cantor Colburn has a dedicated Pharmaceutical Practice Group comprised of experienced litigators, Ph.D. chemists, and patent attorneys.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the 2015 DC Korean-American Attorneys’ Gala, co-hosted by the Korean-American Bar Association of Washington, DC (KABA-DC) and Korean-American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA), celebrating the achievements of its members.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of the UConn Health White Coat Gala.

Litigator Nicholas Geiger will be a part of the panel discussion "How to Break Your Adversary without Breaking the Bank: IP Litigation Strategies" at the Connecticut Bar Association IP Law Section Spring Meeting and Networking Event on April 22, 2015 in Hartford.

Cantor Colburn partner Todd Garabedian, Ph.D. will speak at the University of New Haven as part of their Alvine Engineering Professional Effectiveness and Enrichment Program, Spring 2015, Speaker Series.  

Phil Colburn, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will host a roundtable discussion on the Alice ruling and its implications at the IP Strategy Summit in Atlanta on April 14, 2015.

Co-Managing Partner Phil Colburn will be a panelist discussing international IP protection at the 2015 Intellectual Property SpringPosium, which the firm is also sponsoring.

At the New York Intellectual Property Law Association's 93rd Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary, former United States Secretary of State Keynote Speaker Madeleine K. Albright will be the keynote speaker and Honorable James D. Smith, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, United States Patent and Trademark Office, will receive the Outstanding Public Service Award.  

Cantor Colburn's Trademark & Copyright Department hosted The International Trademark Association (INTA) Roundtable "Lean and Mean – Effectively Managing a Global Trademark Practice" from 12-2 PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Cantor Colburn's Hartford office.

Phil Colburn, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will be a part of the panel discussion "Patent Prosecution & Monetization - Ensuring Future Revenue Stream" at the IP Strategy Summit - Monetization:  Harvesting Your IP in Silicon Valley, California, in January 2015.

Washington, D.C.-based Cantor Colburn associate Jenae Gureff attended the AIPLA 2015 Mid-Winter Institute meeting in Orlando. Gureff serves on the AIPLA Mentoring Committee and chairs the Pairings Subcommittee.

The North American International Auto Show 2015 takes place the week of January 12, 2015, showcasing the next generation of transportation.  Cantor Colburn is pleased to support the Auto Show Charity Preview on January 16, the proceeds of which directly benefit a wide range of children's charities.

Leah Reimer, Ph.D., Partner and Co-Chair of the firm's Chemical, Material, and Life Sciences Department, will speak at the International Intellectual Property Law Association (IIPLA) Annual Congress 2015 during January 5-6, 2015 at Le Méridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  She will present the topic "Prior Use Rights – Established Worldwide, but Assert Only with Caution in the U.S."

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 2014 IPO Education Foundation Awards Dinner.

Cantor Colburn is the founding sponsor of the Connecticut Innovation Summit, the state's largest tech networking event, where innovative, emerging, and disruptive companies, premier service providers, and elite technology leaders meet and celebrate innovation. The event concludes with an Awards Ceremony, hosted by Co-Managing Partner Michael Cantor, which will recognize the next generation of high-growth companies in Connecticut.  

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a gold sponsor of the Licensing Executive Society Asia-Pacific's 5th Annual Regional Conference.  Partner and Korean Practice Group Chair Jim Merrick and Associate Jaehoon Kim will attend the event. 

Cantor Colburn will host the October 2014 International Trademark Association (INTA) roundtable, Are you up-to-date with the latest legal issues in social media?, in the firm’s Hartford office.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring reSET’s 4th Annual Social Enterprise Awards, a celebration of Connecticut social entrepreneurs with the most viable, sustainable, market-based solutions for some of our state’s most pressing social problems. 

Cantor Colburn partners Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., Esq. and Christopher Boehm, Esq. will present "Understanding and Valuing Intellectual Property" to the Connecticut Chapter of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts on Thursday, October 23rd at the New Haven Realtors Association in North Haven, Connecticut.  

Cantor Colburn will host the September 2014 International Trademark Association (INTA) Trademark Assistant (TMA) roundtable, The Office Action:  A Challenge or a Cinch?, in the firm’s Hartford office on September 11th.

The IPO Annual Meeting takes place on September 7-9, 2014 in Vancouver, Canada.

Cantor Colburn partner and Japanese Practice Group Leader, Daniel P. Lent, will speak at the meeting.

On Saturday, May 3, 2014 at UConn's Storrs Campus, more than 600 young inventors will come together for the 30th annual state-wide Connecticut Invention Convention  hosted by UConn's School of Engineering.  Several Cantor Colburn attorneys are volunteer judges at the event.

Cantor Colburn partner Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. will speak on Patent Invalidity Due to the On Sale Bar - Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Sunbeam Products, Inc. during the 30th annual Joint Patent Practice Continuing Legal Education on April 23, 2014 in New York, New York. 

The Keynote Speaker will be Hon. Alan D. Lourie of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Key government officials from the USPTO and FTC have been invited to join the program to discuss the latest developments in IP law. These include Drew Hirshfeld, USPTO Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy; Markus Meier, FTC Assistant Director; Janet Gongola, USPTO Patent Reform Coordinator and Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy; Nathan Kelley, USPTO Solicitor and Deputy General Counsel for IP; and Hon. Thomas  Giannetti, USPTO Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Patent & Trial Board. 

Cantor Colburn partner Todd Garabedian, Ph.D., will speak on patent law and intellectual property to engineering students at the University of New Haven's the Alvine Engineering Professional Effectiveness and Enrichment Program Speaker Series.

USPTO offers its annual Design Day.

Cantor Colburn partner Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., joins a panel discussion of the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics decision and its impact on entrepreneurship In diagnostics and customized medicines at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven on Tuesday, March 25, from 4-6 PM. This BioHaven seminar has convened a panel of experts from various sectors of the biotech and pharmaceutical industry to discuss the business implications of cases such as Myriad.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring two intellectual property (IP) symposia in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, India on Strategies for Managing Pharma, Biotech & Chemical Patent Portfolios attended by research and development scientists and IP professionals from India, presented by the Institute of Intellectual Property Research & Development. Co-Managing Partner Michael Cantor and Pharmaceutical Litigation Practice Group Chair Steve Coyle will lead a team to make presentations on strategic generic pharmaceutical patent portfolio issues.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring two intellectual property (IP) symposia in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, India on Strategies for Managing Pharma, Biotech & Chemical Patent Portfolios attended by research and development scientists and IP professionals from India, presented by the Institute of Intellectual Property Research & Development. Co-Managing Partner Michael Cantor and Pharmaceutical Litigation Practice Group Chair Steve Coyle will lead a team to make presentations on strategic generic pharmaceutical patent portfolio issues.

Cantor Colburn partner and Japan Practice Group Leader Daniel P. Lent attended the American Intellectual Property Law Association Mid-Winter meeting, where he gave two presentations to the Japan Practice Committee. The first was on the new USPTO Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs (PPH) and the second was on the Patent Law Treaty (PLT).

Cantor Colburn is a platinum sponsor of the Connecticut Innovation Summit, a day-long program for executives, entrepreneurs, rising technology leaders, and investors to come together to share ideas and promote innovation. The program includes mentor meetings, a funding fair, a sales pitch competition, a poster expo, and an awards ceremony.

Cantor Colburn will host The International Trademark Association (INTA) Roundtable "WIPO’s Madrid and OHIM’s CTM and RCD Systems" on October 31, 2013 at Cantor Colburn's Hartford Office.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to once again be a sponsor of the 39th Annual Intellectual Property Law Summer Institute, co-sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Trademark Counsel Michelle Ciotola gave a presentation entitled “What They Didn’t Teach You in Law School about Trademark Law” during the International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting 2013 Career Development Day.

Phil Colburn, speaker, "America Invents Act - Practical Implications of New First to File Provisions"

Presenter: "Third Party Pre-Issuance Submission and Public Forums: The tension between sections 122(c) and 122(e) and whether an examiner is permitted to search for public forum discussions of a pending application (such as Stack Exchange)"

Presenters: Steven Coyle, Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., David Rodrigues, Ph.D.

Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. presented "Kyocera Wireless Corp. v. ITC" at the 25th Annual JPPCLE Conference.