Please join us on February 5, 2026 at 5pm for our first event of the new year where we will be hearing from some of our newest members! We are incredibly excited to welcome Megan Dieffenbach, Clinton Ford, Rebecca Ho, Deepa Kannappan, Amir Naini, Trina Sanyal, Derek Song and Ruby Strassman to a roundtable discussion … Read more

Please join us on December 9th, 2025 at a special 12-1pm PT time for our first virtual meeting of the year. We are incredibly lucky to have Liz Brannen (Stris & Maher) and Patty Tomasco (Quinn Emanuel) join us to discuss situations where IP Litigation and Bankruptcy collide. Please join us for a fascinating discussion!

The Hon. Paul R. Michel IP Inn of Court was honored to be joined by Professor Christopher Yoo and members of the Southern California Alumni Regional Club for the University of Pennsylvania, Carey Law School. Professor Yoo gave a fascination talk on the growing importance of data in the world, most obviously in the context … Read more

Please join us for our first Michel IP Inn of Court Meeting for the 2025-26 termPresented by Nicholas Medellin & Ruby Strassman (Frankfurt Kurnit)

We will begin the 2025 calendar year with a series of presentations from pupilage groups composed of our members.  Our first pupilage group is led by Lora Krsulich (Goodwin Proctor) and Argie Mina (Kirkland & Ellis) and they will lead their group in discussing: Clean Up in Section 284: How EcoFactor v. Google May Reshape Patent Damages Expert Testimony.  Please join us … Read more

For our third event of the 2024-2025 term, we were treated to a lively and fascinating discussion on IP mediation issues by several former jurists from the Central District of California.  We would like to extend our greatest thanks to Hon. Jay C. Gandhi (Ret.); Hon. Philip S. Gutierrez (Ret.); Hon. S. James Otero (Ret.); and Hon. Michael R. … Read more

For the second event of the 2024-2025 term, we were incredibly grateful to have several newer members present on wide-ranging IP topics of their choice for an IP Roundtable. We would like to thank:– Graham Cole (City of Hope) for his insights on working effectively with in-house counsel;– Louis Dorny (Tesla) for his perspective on modern mentorship … Read more

The first event of the 2024-2025 term was a panel discussion, “Reflections on the C.D. Cal. Patent Program and What Lies Ahead,” to discuss the end of the Patent Pilot program in the Central District of California.  We were graciously hosted by Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher LLP and honored to be joined by three jurists from the Central District … Read more

The last event of the 2023-2024 term was an Advocacy Challenge & Social Dinner co-sponsored with the Judge Howard T. Markey (Orange County) IP Inn of Court.  We thank the Judge Howard T Markey IP Inn of Court for traveling from Orange County to attend the advocacy challenge.  We were honored and grateful to have The Honorable Shashi … Read more