From September 18-20, 2022, the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) is convened in Los Angeles, United States.

Offering a mix of educational programs, committee meetings, networking opportunities, and exhibits, this event brings together IP professionals from corporations, law firms, government, academia, and service providers from around the world to discuss strategies, trends, and best practices. The annual meeting features 33 keynote speeches scattered in five sessions of “Patent & Trade Secret & Open Source Sessions”, “Artificial Intelligence Sessions”, “Trademark & Copyright Sessions”, “Industrial Design Sessions”, “Professional Development, D&I, and IP Management Sessions”.

Wanhuida Intellectual Property sends four delegates to the event. They are the firm’s Founding Partner and Management Committee Chair Bai Gang, Partners and Management Committee members Ren Haiyan, Dr. S. Sam Li and Jason Yao. The delegates meet with in-house counsels and peer practitioners from the US and other jurisdictions.

Jason Yao, Ren Haiyan, Dr. S. Sam Li & Bai Gang

Established in 1972, Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) is an international trade association representing a “big tent” of diverse companies, law firms, service providers and individuals in all industries and fields of technology.