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HIPLA Annual Meeting and Elections

  • March 18, 2021
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
  • Online via Zoom (link provided upon registration)

Registration

  • Special registration code required.
  • HIPLA membership is just $90/year for active members, $45/year for retired members, and $25/year for student affiliates. HIPLA membership qualifies you for the member price for HIPLA events. To join, visit https://hipla.org/join
  • HIPLA members enjoy complimentary registration for this program.
  • As a courtesy, HIPLA extends complimentary registration for this program to current law students.

Registration is closed

 

2021 Annual Meeting and Elections

  • Meeting opens at 11:45 AM for networking.
  • Program begins at 12:00 noon and adjourns no later than 12:45 PM
  • Meeting login information will be sent to registered attendees via e-mail before the event.
  • To invite friends or colleagues to this event, please share the general event link from the HIPLA events calendar.
  • If you have any questions, please contact George Webb, HIPLA Meeting Arrangements & Programs Chair, at (713) 269-5061 or gwebb@rice.edu


2021 Officer and Director Nominees

Please join us to vote on the 2021 slate of officers and directors: 

  • Vice President (starting April 1, 2021 for one-year term):

Dwayne Mason, Greenberg Traurig LLP

  • Treasurer (starting April 1, 2021 for one-year term):

Brigitte Echols, Schlumberger

  • Secretary (starting April 1, 2021 for one-year term):

Leisa Peschel, Jackson Walker LLP

  • Directors (starting April 1, 2021 for two-year terms):

Parul Anderson, Chevron

Rob Green, Winston & Strawn LLP

Thomas Rooney, Halliburton

  • Tax and Compliance Director (starting April 1, 2021 for three-year term):

Matt Prater, SABIC

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The remaining members of the Board of Directors that are not up for election this year are as follows:

  • President (starting April 1, 2021 for one-year term):

Tammy Pennington Rhodes, Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack LLP

  • President-Elect (starting April 1, 2021 for one-year term):
Lee Eubanks, Eubanks PLLC
  • Immediate Past President (starting April 1, 2021 for one-year term):

Jason Sander, LyondellBasell

  • Directors (two-year terms ending March 31, 2022):
Lisa Hasenberg, ExxonMobil
Palak Shah, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Mike Stonebrook, LyondellBasell

For a roster of the current officers and directors, please visit https://hipla.org/Officers

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Save the Date: 

For our next CLE on Tuesday April 20, HIPLA is pleased to welcome two speakers from the International Trademark Association, which will hold its Annual Meeting in Houston for the first time in November 2021: 

  • The Trademark Monetization Act of 2020 and the USPTO's new procedures

Anne Gilson LaLonde

Author of the treatise Gilson on Trademarks

U.S. Subcommittee Chair, INTA Legislation and Regulation Committee

  • Preview of INTA's 2021 Annual Meeting

Scott J. Palmer

Beijing Office Managing Partner, Perkins Coie

Chair, INTA Trademark Office Practices Committee

1 hour of CLE credit pending

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Have an idea for HIPLA's next CLE?

HIPLA welcomes members to submit proposals for future CLE programs:

  • Proposed topics should be authoritative, timely, and of practical interest to IP attorneys and patent agents who are HIPLA's members.  
  • For details and to submit a proposal, please visit our new portal at https://forms.gle/rKhBr6rMafbw1RVEA 

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