Judge Paul R. Michel Inn - Upcoming Event

The next event of the 2024-2025 term is: Talks & Treats: New Members Host IP Roundtable on October 28, 2024, 5pm-7pm, at Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP, 350 S. Grand Ave, 50th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071.

Please join us for an exciting happy hour and roundtable with our newest members who are firm litigators, in-house counsel, law students, and law clerks. They will host a roundtable discussion on a range of hot topics in IP, which should make for a ‘wicked’ good time. We hope you can join.

Judge Paul R. Michel Inn - Past Events

2024-2025 Term:

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 of California: The Honorable André Birotte Jr., The Honorable Wesley L. Hsu, and The Honorable Michael R. Wilner.  Katy Carlyle, the last serving patent pilot clerk for the Central District, moderated.  We thank everyone who attended and participated in the lively discussion.  

2023-2024 Term:

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 H. Kewalramani, The Honorable Wesley L. Hsu, and The Honorable Rozella A. Oliver as judges.