Intellectual Property Section
The Intellectual Property Section strives to promote the practice of intellectual property law and focuses on patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and related matters. The Section promotes the development of industry and the useful arts by encouraging the establishment, maintenance, respect for, and utilization of intellectual property rights that fairly balance the limited monopoly enjoyed by the owner of intellectual property rights with the benefit to society derived from the creation of useful subject matter protectable by those rights.
The Section provides benefits to members by providing continuing legal education events, including the Intellectual Property Institute, and publishing a newsletter. The Section conducts outreach activities with members and law students providing financial support to law students attending law schools in Washington state. The Section reviews, comments on, and makes recommendations related to pending legislation, and proposes statutory enactments to improve and to facilitate the administration of justice.
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The Intellectual Property Section offers many resources and benefits for members. On this page you will find information about the section, their upcoming events and offerings, as well as information about the section's executive committee.
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Upcoming Programs
NEW Webcast: IP Timely Topics, Part I
Presented in partnership with the WSBA Intellectual Property Section
Join us for this year's IP—Timely Topics as a three-part series. Take one, two or all three installments. The first installment is in December, with the second and third in early 2025. The first installment focuses on AI and copyright law as well as patent disputes and mediation.
When: Dec. 4, 2024
Time: 8:55–11:15 a.m. PT
Credits: 2.00 Law & Legal Procedure
Executive Committee
Chair: Connie Wan (2024-2025) Chair-Elect: Syed Abedi (2024-2025) Immediate Past Chair: Rodney Tullett (2024-2025) Secretary/Treasurer: Jim Vana (2024-2025) Young Lawyer Liaison*: Heather Hedeen (2024-2026) Board of Governors Liaison*: Alain Villeneuve | At-Large Members: Vacant (2023-2025) *Nonvoting member |
Please contact subcommittee member for details on their upcoming meeting dates and locations.
To join the Section list serve and get general section questions, please send your email address and Bar number to sections@wsba.org. For more information and to get involved with the Section, please contact the Section chair, Connie Wan.
