Intellectual Property Network 2025 Legal Updates
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This presentation will cover recent developments in United States trademark and unfair competition law over the trailing twelve months.
This presentation will cover recent developments in United States trademark and unfair competition law over the trailing twelve months. Highlights will include the following:
- the Supreme Court’s great muddying of the waters in Vidal v. Elster;
- applications of the Court’s decisions in Jack Daniel’s Props., Inc. v. VIP Prods. LLC, 599 U.S. 140 (2023), and Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int’l, Inc., 600 U.S. 412 (2023);
- yet another accounting-of-profits dispute before the Court;
- strange goings-on in the Middle District of Pennsylvania; and
- the USPTO’s new fee schedule.
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Sponsored by: Kilpatrick Townsend
Ted Davis
Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend
Kilpatrick Townsend
Ted Davis, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton. Ted Davis is a partner in the Atlanta office of Kilpatrick Townsend, where he has assisted clients in trademark, copyright, false advertising, and unfair competition matters since 1990. He is a current member of the American Bar Association’s Board of Governors and the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Board of Directors; he also has served as Chair of the ABA’s Section of Intellectual Property Law and on the International Trademark Association’s Executive Committee. He frequently acts as an expert witness in trademark-related matters and is an adjunct professor at the Emory University School of Law.
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 08/15/2025 at 11:00 AM (EDT)
Summer events include cheese and condiments and snacks – many of which may be from the KraftHeinz Company. Come hear Margaret (“Peggy”) A. Herrmann, Senior Counsel – Global Patents, The Kraft Heinz Company, talk about how she began working there, what a global food and snacks company does in the patent realm.
Summer events include cheese and condiments and snacks – many of which may be from the KraftHeinz Company. Come hear Margaret (“Peggy”) A. Herrmann, Senior Counsel – Global Patents, The Kraft Heinz Company, talk about how she began working there, what a global food and snacks company does in the patent realm. Are there protections on the design of a bottle? Is Kool-Aid® powder patentable? Whether your cookout table is full of Oscar Mayer® products (from hot dogs to barbeque sauce) and the ubiquitous Kraft Singles®, if you wash down a Lunchable® with CapriSun®, or if you start a day with Maxwell House® or Gevalia® coffee and Philadelphia® cream cheese on a bagel, this is sure to be a delicious discussion.
Margaret (“Peggy”) A. Herrmann
Senior Counsel - Global Patents
The Kraft Heinz Company
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 08/12/2025 at 3:00 PM (EDT)
Nonprofits are generating more intellectual property than ever, including brand assets, digital content, and service materials, often without clear strategies to protect them. The rise of AI tools adds new complexity around ownership, copyright, fair use, and vendor practices. Join us for a practical legal update on how nonprofits can proactively manage IP, navigate AI-related risks, and strengthen contracts and content policies.
Nonprofits are generating more intellectual property than ever, including brand assets, digital content, and service materials, often without clear strategies to protect them. The rise of AI tools adds new complexity around ownership, copyright, fair use, and vendor practices. Join us for a practical legal update on how nonprofits can proactively manage IP, navigate AI-related risks, and strengthen contracts and content policies.
Moderator:
Nathan Pollard
Senior Associate General Counsel
PCORISpeakers:
Meaghan Kent
Partner
Venable LLPChristopher M. DiLeo
Associate General Counsel – Intellectual Property
BDCo-Sponsored by the IP Network
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This presentation will offer a concise overview of some of the most significant patent cases from 2024 decided by the Federal Circuit. Additionally, we will discuss the practical implications of these cases.
This presentation will offer a concise overview of some of the most significant patent cases from 2024 decided by the Federal Circuit. Additionally, we will discuss the practical implications of these cases.
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Sponsored by:
Steve Gardner
Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend
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We also will discuss the rescission of the Board’s Fintiv memo regarding discretionary denials based on co-pending litigation and several important new decisions relating to claim construction and PTAB estoppel.
In the last few months, there have been many developments at the PTAB. Join Justin Krieger for a discussion of some of these changes, including the Acting Director’s New Interim Guidance, which introduced a new bifurcated process that separates discretionary and merit considerations. We also will discuss the rescission of the Board’s Fintiv memo regarding discretionary denials based on co-pending litigation and several important new decisions relating to claim construction and PTAB estoppel.
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Justin Krieger
Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 08/13/2025 at 12:00 PM (EDT)
This session will provide strategic recommendations on protecting intellectual property by leveraging the combined benefits of trademark and patent rights, including trade dress and design patent protection. Our speakers will also address challenges associated with such combined protection and highlight common pitfalls to avoid.
This session will provide strategic recommendations on protecting intellectual property by leveraging the combined benefits of trademark and patent rights, including trade dress and design patent protection. Our speakers will also address challenges associated with such combined protection and highlight common pitfalls to avoid.
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Sponsored by:
Megan Bussey
Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend
Megan Bussey concentrates her practice on intellectual property law, with particular emphasis on patent prosecution, patent litigation, and opinion work. Her practice involves a wide range of technologies, including medical devices, mechanical devices, textiles, merchandising displays, and telecommunications. Megan is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and regularly prepares and prosecutes patent applications in the United States and internationally. Megan has also been involved in various aspects of patent litigation, including invalidity and infringement investigations, drafting written discovery, motions, claim construction briefs and appellate briefs.
Nicki Chollet
Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend
Nicki Chollet represents brand owners across a broad spectrum of industries in complex trademark and trade dress litigation. She also regularly practices before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Apart from litigation, Nicki has developed and directs intellectual property enforcement programs for some of the world’s best-known brands and regularly advises clients on a wide range of issues, including how to minimize the risk of disputes, how to strengthen their own intellectual property rights, and how to defend and respect the intellectual property rights of others on social media.
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 09/10/2025 at 12:00 PM (EDT)
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 10/08/2025 at 12:00 PM (EDT)
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 11/12/2025 at 12:00 PM (EST)
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 11/12/2025 at 12:00 PM (EST)
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The Intellectual Property network serves as a central resource for all ACC members with an expertise or interest in intellectual property law. The network provides a network for its members to promote the development of corporate legal practice in the area of intellectual property law and to keep current and consult on the latest case law and legislative and administrative actions affecting intellectual property law.
