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Top Attorneys Will Start ChIPs General Counsel Boot Camp October 15

Sixteen top in-house counsel will start the fourth annual ChIPs Network General Counsel Boot Camp next month at the ChIPs Global Summit  in Washington, D.C. The lawyers are: Betul Ayranci, Senior Director, Legal and Business Affairs, FOX Sports; Sara Barnhart, Assistant General Counsel, Cox Enterprises; Megan Cesare, Associate General Counsel, Global Litigation, Airbnb; Evelyn Chang, […]

Supporting the Future, One Woman at a Time

ChIPs 2024 scholarship was presented to Monica Lee (right) by ChIPs Board members Karen Robinson and Stephanie Burns. Supporting the Future,  One Woman at a Time By Joan Toth Executive Director One of the most rewarding parts of being ChIPs Executive Director is meeting our ChIPs scholarship recipients each year. This year ChIPs is awarding […]

Experts Discuss U.S. Legislation That Impacts Innovation for All at CHIPS Global Summit

On November 10, 2023, ChIPS Global Summit featured a panel of distinguished women to discuss the current legislative landscape in intellectual property and technology. The panel was moderated by Cinnamon Rogers, Vice- President of Global Public Policy at Sony Interactive Entertainment and featured Karen Robinson, Vice-President and Associate General Counsel at Adobe, Tara Hairston, Senior […]

Hot Topics in IP Law at Global Summit

The Hot Topics in IP Law panel moderated by Dale Cendali, and featuring Yimeng Dou, Christen Dubois, Diana Torres, and Kimberly Schmitt, was substance laden. The conversation began discussing intellectual property (IP) litigation, particularly disputes driven by non-practicing entities (NPEs) or patent trolls. Data from the last decade charts a rise in costs and a […]

Federal Judges Offer Advice at ChIPs Global Summit

On November 10, 2023, ChIPs welcomed Chief Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer (N.D. Illinois), Senior Judge Barbara Lynn (N.D. Texas), and Magistrate Judge Nicole Mitchell (E.D. Texas) to ChIPs Global Summit 2023 for a judicial panel moderated by Professor Colleen Chien, faculty director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. The judges offered tips for practicing […]