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2nd Annual Ken Port Memorial Lecture “Trademark Ethics in the U.S. and China”

Posted: June 5, 2024
REGISTER HERE *The IP Institute is also hosting an on campus watch party for those of you who wish to come and watch in person. Please indicate if you during registration if you would like to be in person or Zoom.

2nd Annual Ken Port Memorial Lecture “Trademark Ethics in the U.S. and China”

The IP Institute Hosts CLE on the PCT

Posted: May 2, 2024
The IP Institute of Mitchell Hamline School of Law presented a successful CLE session on law and practice under the Patent Cooperation Treaty on April 18. Speakers at the session were Professor Emeritus Jay Erstling, and Mitchell Hamline graduate Megan Miller ’21, now an attorney with Winthrop and Weinstine. Both Erstling and Miller are experts …

The IP Institute Hosts CLE on the PCT

The Intellectual Property Institute Partners with the US Patent and Trademark Office to Provide Educational Presentations

Posted: May 2, 2024
On April 30th, the Intellectual Property Institute of Mitchell Hamline School of Law completed a month-long series of “Lunch & Learn” educational presentations to employees of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).  The invitation to present to USPTO staff came from the USPTO’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, which has responsibility for …

The Intellectual Property Institute Partners with the US Patent and Trademark Office to Provide Educational Presentations

2023 Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner’s DEI Keynote Address Co-Sponsored by MHSL IP Institute

Posted: October 19, 2023
  October 24 at 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. CT    Speaker: Judy Hissong: https://nessostrategies.com/about-us/judy-hissong/    Minding Your Business: How Belonging Matters   Description: Understanding Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging is now an essential business need. Clients are more and more diverse, and looking for lawyers who understand their unique needs. Belonging is crucial to retention …

2023 Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner’s DEI Keynote Address Co-Sponsored by MHSL IP Institute

The Law of Psychedelics Continuing Legal Education (CLE) & Fall Reception

Posted: October 16, 2023
  The Law of Psychedelics Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Description: Drug policy in this country is rapidly evolving. As attitudes towards drug policy shift, laws prohibiting the use of psychedelics are being reexamined. Several state and local governments have decriminalized the use of psychedelics. As laws liberalize, industry is taking advantage of these shifting attitudes …

The Law of Psychedelics Continuing Legal Education (CLE) & Fall Reception

Mitchell Hamline clinic helps family secure patent after inventor’s death

Posted: January 27, 2022
Mircea Toma was a self-taught engineer and computer aficionado who was constantly tinkering and thinking of new ideas and inventions. “I don’t think he thought of himself as an inventor,” said Toma’s daughter, Anca. “I think he invented because he wanted to. His mind was going, and it was keeping him busy, and the ideas …

Mitchell Hamline clinic helps family secure patent after inventor’s death