​​CLE Meetings
Noon CLE meetings are typically held at the Belo Mansion on the fourth Thursday of every month (with some exceptions).
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We also host periodic breakfast CLE roundtable discussions at a North Dallas location on important IP topics.
June 26, 2025
​IP Section CLE Lunch
Presentation
Hybrid, Noon
Arts District Mansion
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"IP Risk Assessment in Gen AI Transactional Matters"
Speaker:
Robert Hill, Partner
Holland & Knight
Please join us for a session discussing the connections between generative AI technology and legal risks, and practical approaches for assessing and addressing such risks. The session will place special emphasis on intellectual property issues at each stage of a generative AI process. The session will also emphasize key considerations when performing diligence and evaluating the “realness” of generative AI opportunities in a dynamic market where all is not always as it seems.​
May 22, 2025
​IP Section CLE Lunch
Presentation
Noon, Virtual Only
CLE Ethics 1 Hr.
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Virtual Ethics Roundtable: "Ethical Considerations in your IP Practice"​
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Speakers: Srini Chakravarthi, Slater Matsil LLP; Matt Acosta, Platt Richmond PLLC; Ozz Siddiq, Assistant General Counsel, Lennox International Inc.; Tiffany Johnson, IP Counsel, Boston Scientific​
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Description: Roundtable discussion in which participants will discuss various hypothetical ethical questions that may arise in their practice. The topics will include ethical issues in a wide range of practice areas in IP including patent/trademark prosecution and litigation.
By Xato (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Sheet music: "Beauiful Dreamer" by Stephen Foster
May 14, 2025
IP Section Meeting
(Hybrid, 1 CLE Hr.)
"Top 10 Things I Have Learned on the Bench"
Speaker:
Honorable Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn
Senior Judge for the Northern District of Texas
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