2025 IIPLA Conference

Register here.

Date: Friday, October 3, 2025.

Location: Drake University Legal Clinic (8:00AM – 12:00PM) – Drake Law School (12:00PM – 4:30PM)

2400 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 – 2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311

Parking available in Lot 1A on 25th Street

Topics and Guest Speakers

8:00 – 8:30 AM: Registration and Light Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 AM: Welcome

8:45 – 9:45 AM: Vince Garlock – IP Policy Update: A view from Washington

9:45 – 10:00 AM: Break

10:00 – 11: 00 AM: Jason Lott – Update from the USPTO – New Trademark Filing Fees and Procedures

11:00 – 12:00 PM: Prof. Peter Yu – Developments in AI

12:00 – 1:00 PM: lunch / business – Kern Commons, Drake Law School

1:00 – 1:15PM Transition to Room

1:15 – 2:15 PM: Student talk [ethics CLE]

2:15 – 3:15 PM: Prof. Sayoko Blodgett-Ford – Law as a Many-Body Problem

3:15 – 3:30 PM: Break

3:30 – 4:30 PM: Zach Pratt – Fair Use in the Age of AI