2024 Membership Dues Now Being Collected

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As a Member of CincyIP, you will enjoy access to discounted registration rates for our monthly CLE luncheons and for our annual Premier Conferences.  You will also receive our CincyIP newsletter!

Annual membership dues are an essential element of the budget that enable CincyIP to operate throughout the year and host CLE events of premium quality.  They help to bridge the gap between the programming costs that we incur and registration fees paid by attendees, and they ultimately allow us to provide you with engaging and educational events worthy of your valuable time and attention.

Our membership categories are as follows:

Active-Professional: $85 ($75 EARLY BIRD THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2024)
The majority of our Members are legal practitioners in private practice or corporate environments and fall within the “Active-Professional” category.

Active-Academic: $55 ($45 EARLY BIRD THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2024)
We recognize that law professors and similar academics may not receive reimbursement for their registration fees through their employer, and thus we reserve a discounted “Active-Academic” category for these individuals.

Associate-Professional: $55 ($45 EARLY BIRD THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2024)
This category encompasses non-lawyer individuals such as interested business persons, patent agents, paralegals, legal assistants, etc.

Honorary/Student: $5
This category encompasses Judges, other distinguished persons, and students.  Please note that this category of membership does not carry voting rights.

If you have questions regarding which category of membership you qualify for, please contact us at president@cincyip.org.

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IP Principles Can Provide for a Cause of Action in Personal Injury Cases

– Ken Germain

Join CincyIP for an IN-PERSON lunch event where Ken Germain of Wood, Herron & Evans LLP will speak on whether IP should provide a new cause of action in personal injury cases against ride-sharing companies for the tortious conduct of their “independent contractor” licensee. Ken says, “Definitely, YES!”

Ken Germain has more than 50 years of varied experience in the TM/unfair competition field and is a former law professor.

Registration and lunch will begin at 11:30, with the presentation from 12 to 1:15, and 1.25 General CLE credit in Ohio.

The event will be hosted by Dinsmore & Shohl, 255 E. Fifth St. Suite 1900, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Registration closes at 5 pm September 20 and is limited to 48.

Registration is:

  • $15.00 for CincyIP members,
  • free for students and academics, and
  • $20.00 for non-members.

Register here by Friday, September 20, 2024, at 5 pm.


Supreme Court and Federal Circuit Review – Intellectual Property

Please register to join us IN-PERSON on July 16th, 2024, for our next event. We are excited to offer this in-person event as FREE, a special rate to kickstart our in-person meetings. We anticipate 1.00 General CLE credit in Ohio. This event is capped at 40 registrants.

Matthew Molloy
Oleg Khariton

Our presenters will be Matt Molloy and Oleg Khariton, both from Dinsmore & Shohl, presenting on recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit cases to give insights and guidance for both litigators and prosecutors.

Registration and lunch will begin at 11:30 am, with the presentation at 12 pm.

Registration closes 5 pm Friday, July 12.

Registration is:

  • free for CincyIP members,
  • free for students and academics, and
  • free for non-members.

Register here by Friday, July 12, 2024, at 5 pm.

Professional Responsibility and Practice Before the USPTO

Please register to join us on May 14, 2024, for our next webinar. We anticipate 1.00 Attorney Professional Conduct CLE credit in Ohio for this event.

Our speaker will be Dahlia Girgis (USPTO’s Office of Enrollment and Discipline).

This presentation will cover aspects of professional responsibility and practice before the USPTO and related ethical matters including enrollment, Design Patent Practitioner Bar, AI, Discipline and investigation processes, Ethics scenarios, Signature requirements, and MORE.

This event will be held by webinar. Registration closes 5 pm Friday, May 10.

Registration is:

  • free for CincyIP members,
  • free for students and academics, and
  • $15.00 for non-members.

Register here by Friday, May 10, 2024, at 5 pm.