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Officers Elected
CIPA elected new officers at its Annual Meeting. Mike Harlin, McAndrews Held & Malloy, is the new President.
Dolores Hanna Named to IP Hall of Fame
Dolores Hanna, one of the CIPA founders, has been elected to the IP Hall of Fame for 2008.
The formal ceremony was part of the annual IP Business Congress™ in Chicago, 22 June 2009.
IP Day in Chicago
CIPA hosted a very successful program on IP in the global economy at IP Day in Chicago in November 2009. A stellar group of presenters addressed a variety of issues of immediate concern to IP practitioners. More information is posted on the IP Day in Chicago web page.
CIPA now on LinkedIn
A CIPA group has been established on the LinkedIn website. This should facilitate communication about CIPA activities.
Science Fair Awards
Law students from CIPA founders Chicago-Kent and Loyola University teamed with attorneys from CIPA law firms and corporations for the fifth straight year to judge Chicago Science Fair Projects for the CIPA "Most Inventive" awards.
PCT Program (CLE)
CIPA, WIPO, and the Chicago-Kent Program in Intellectual Property Law under the auspices of the Chicago-Kent CLE Program presented a CLE program on the PCT on Friday, September 7, 2007.
CAFC
At the invitation of the Alliance, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sat in Chicago during the week of 7 November 2005.
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