Events
May 2025
AIPLA Spring Meeting - Minneapolis, USA
13 - 15 May
The AIPLA Spring Meeting is designed to explore the intersection of intellectual property, emerging technologies, and legal innovation, offering something for everyone in the IP community - where innovation, technology, and intellectual property come together to shape the future. The program spans a wide array of IP topics, from foundational principles to cutting-edge developments and also an expanded lineup of Skills Workshops, providing practical, hands-on training for practitioners at all levels. Representing HOFFMANN EITLE, Chloe Holloway will attend this year's Spring Meeting in Minneapolis.
INTA Annual Meeting - San Diego, USA
17 - 21 May
The International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting is one of the world’s largest and most influential gatherings for trademark and intellectual property (IP) professionals. This year, over 10,000 participants from more than 120 countries are expected to attend, including trade mark owners, IP experts, government representatives, judges and academics. The event features networking opportunities, educational sessions, and panel discussions covering topics like brand protection, trademark enforcement, and emerging legal issues. The 2025 INTA Annual Meeting will take place in San Diego, California. Click below to see who from HOFFMANN EITLE will be attending.
June 2025
Euro Law Conference and Training Course - Munich, Germany
2 - 5 June
Join us in Munich this summer for our Euro Law Conference and Training Course on European Patent Law! Taking place on June 4-5, the Euro Law Conference will delve into complex challenges across all areas of industrial property protection and their impact on IP portfolio management. This unmissable two-day event offers cutting-edge insights and expert-led sessions from leaders in IP law. Leading up to the conference, our Training Course on European Patent Law runs from June 2-3. This interactive course, open to a limited number of participants, offers in-depth training on key aspects of European patent law.
Past events in 2024
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12 December
Juracon is one of the leading career fairs for attorneys-at-law in Germany. It also serves as a popular platform for networking, knowledge exchange, and professional development. This year at BMW Welt in Munich, visit the Hoffmann Eitle stand to meet Isabelle Kuschel, Mike Gruber, Robin de Meyere and Eve O Connor and gain insight into careers at a leading patent law firm.
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4 - 5 December
ACI’s 7th Annual Life Sciences IP Due Diligence Summit is devoted to providing corporate and IP counsel with the tools and critical information to develop winning strategies and ensure strong, valuable, and protected IP Assets that can hold up under pressure. The esteemed speakers will provide insights on what to look for during the due diligence process, how to strategize in a shifting landscape, and how to avoid potential patent pitfalls. On behalf of HOFFMANN EITLE Thorsten Bausch and Christopher Schoene will attend. Our partner Thorsten Bausch will also present "Revisiting the Significance of Unitary Patents, the Unified Patent Court, and Other Developments in Key European Jurisdictions for U.S. IP Due Diligence Strategies".
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18 - 21 November
This year’s APAA Council Meeting will take place in Manila, Philippines. This event is designed to illuminate the forefront of intellectual property through productive workshops, round table discussions on emerging topics, and networking opportunities. HOFFMANN EITLE partner Michaela Ring will be there and looks forward to connect and exchange ideas during this four-day event.
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12 - 13 November
This year, our annual CPPC seminar is scheduled to be held in-person in Tokyo on 12 November (Tue) and 13 November (Wed).
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4 - 6 November
BIO-Europe is Europe’s leading life sciences partnering event gathering over 5,500 attendees from across the biotech, pharma, and finance sectors to facilitate business development and partnerships. A great opportunity to connect with delegates spanning the global life science ecosystem in only three days. Stephan Wickles will represent HOFFMANN EITLE at this premier biotech and pharma partnering event in Stockholm.
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24 - 26 October
This year's AIPLA Annual Meeting will take place at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, MD. This three-day event offers CLE panels, committee meetings, expanded skills workshops, and networking events for IP professionals worldwide. The HOFFMANN EITLE partners attending are Thomas Becher, Chloe Holloway, Roland Schieren, Isabelle Kuschel and Jeremias Wollschlaeger.
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20 - 22 October
The 2024 IP Law & Management Institute will offer IP Leaders navigating this evolving IP landscape, the opportunity to connect with peers from other leading organizations, who will serve as a strong network and sounding board for ideas and information exchange on strategies to help guide one another through these disruptive times. Over the course of the two-and-a-half-day event, a series of panels, interactive roundtables, think tanks, and keynote presentations will be showcased. HOFFMANN EITLE partners Axel Esser and Roland Schieren will attend and host a think tank on 'European Patents and the Unified Patent Court - Insigts and Lessons from the First Year.'
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8 - 10 October
This industry premier life science legal event will gather the leading pharmaceutical and biotech professionals for 3 days of practical discussion on the protection of pharmaceutical drugs based on patent and regulatory exclusivities. HOFFMANN EITLE is sponsoring this year's Summit as a Gold Partner and presenting at the SPC & PTE Forum.
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24 - 27 September
MARQUES is a European association representing the interests of brand owners. The 2024 MARQUES Annual Conference will be held in Stockholm. The theme of this year's conference will focus on 'The Many Traits of the Trademark Expert'. HOFFMANN EITLE partner and attorney-at-law, Isabelle Kuschel, will attend this year's conference.
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22 - 24 September
The IPO Annual Meeting offers a mix of educational programs featuring leaders in the IP industry, committee meetings, networking opportunities, sponsors, exhibitors, and more. This must-attend event brings together IP professionals from around the world to discuss strategies, trends, and best practices. HOFFMANN EITLE partner Adam Lacy will attend this year's meeting in Chicago.
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16 - 17 September
This year's Annual Conference of LES Scandinavia will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. This two-day event will explore the latest trends in IP and examine the effects of new developments. HOFFMANN EITLE partners Mike Gruber and Morten Garberg will speak at the conference and share their first experiences with the UPC.
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June 25 - 27
For more than two decades, HOFFMANN EITLE has organised the Life Science IP Seminar in Munich every two years. The seminar will deal with current topics of intellectual property protection for inventions in the field of life sciences. It is considered by many to be an important opportunity to keep updated of developments and is characterised by a very high number of experts from the industry and the legal profession.
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March 7
Explore discussions on AI's influence on technology, economics, ethical dimensions, and the legal intricacies of intellectual property. Connect with influential figures from leading universities, institutions, law firms and companies, shaping the future of AI. At the event, we will also present the volume titled Digital Single Market and Artificial Intelligence, based on an event held in Milan in October 2022 and expanded with international contributors to include recent developments on the AI Act in Europe.
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January 19, 9 am or 6 pm CET
Our litigation experts and UPC representatives Niels Hölder, Anne Schön, Mike Gruber and Thorsten Bausch gave an update on past decisions, hearings, and procedural orders, and provided takeaways for your litigation strategy.