Peter Brewer will be attending the 2023 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition. This year’s ATCE will be held in San Antonio, Texas. The annual conference, sponsored by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, will take place October 16-18, 2023. Peter will also serve as a volunteer for the ATCE Startup Village.

Attorney Jeremy M. Stipkala attended the seventh annual SCBIO conference in Charleston, SC, held February 22-23, 2023. Billed as one of the Southeast’s premier life science events, the conference brought together a record-breaking 600 professionals and students active in the biomedical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, related information technology, and entrepreneur ecosystems. Thrive IP® is a proud Friends

Dr. Jeremy M. Stipkala spoke on intellectual property tools and strategies to entrepreneurial students in Prof. Sarah Castle’s New Venture Modeling/Impact X course at the College of Charleston on March 21, 2023. The course teaches students how to design and launch new products and services in the marketplace, while fostering social benefit and environmental sustainability.

Alex Gambino and Peter Brewer have published an article in the AIPF Bugle. The IP Law Bugle is published bi-monthly by the Association of Intellectual Property Firms. The article discusses regulations relating to patent attorneys and the ability to practice law in multiple jurisdictions. You can read the article by clicking here.

Thrive IP® attorney Jeremy M. Stipkala was quoted in a recent article in The Assembly (available here: Wronged Artist or Malicious ‘Troll’? (theassemblync.com)). Dr. Stipkala, who litigates copyright and intellectual property matters, commented on the first case decided by the Copyright Claims Board, the range of damages a copyright defendant might face, and the costs.

Attorney Peter Brewer had an article on patent law published last week by the Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF). The article is titled “Traps for the Unwary – A Baker’s Dozen of Cautionary Points for the Brave U.S. Patent Attorney.” You can read the article here: Traps for the Unwary.pdf (aipf.com).

Thrive IP® law clerk Alexander Gambino has passed the Patent Bar Examination. Alex is a third year law student at the University of Tennessee College of Law. He will become a patent agent in two months, once all administrative procedures of public review have passed.

Peter Brewer served as one of the speakers at the 2022 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition. The conference was held in Houston, Texas from October 16-18, 2022. The annual conference, sponsored by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, is attended by engineers from all over the world working in the upstream oil and gas industry. Peter’s presentation was entitled: “Innovation, Patents, and the Future of an Industry.” The paper was published as SPE-210282-MS. Upon request, Peter would be happy to e-mail you a .pdf file of a fuller version of the paper.