October 19, 2007

Partner Phil Petti helped organize and also moderated a program titled "A Practicum on Mediation Training" at the October 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association in Washington, D.C. The program featured strategies for mediation clauses in contracts and licenses, mediation of disputes before litigation, early mediation before discovery in lawsuits, and mediation before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The speakers included the Chief Circuit Mediator from the Federal Circuit's Mediation Office, as well as leading private practioners with experience as mediators and participants in mediations.

The Annual Meeting is the AIPLA's largest meeting of the year. The AIPLA is the nation's largest bar association focusing on intellectual property law, with more than 17,000 members. Its members include owners and users of intellectual property, and lawyers in private and corporate practice, government service, and the academic community.