IPPI 2026 Winter Institute:
IP and National Success
Hosted in partnership with
The University of Akron School of Law’s Winter Institute 2026
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Walt Disney World® Swan
1500 Epcot Resorts Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830
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6.25 Hours Ohio* CLE
*Please see your local state bar association to see if your state has CLE reciprocity with Ohio.
General Admission: $350 per person
Registration Deadline for Guaranteed Housing and Discount Rates: January 25, 2026
Final Registration Deadline: Thursday, February 12, 5 PM ET
Registration is now closed
Discounted rates available for IPPI affiliates and Akron alumni. Speakers, moderators, donors, and sponsors receive complimentary registration. For registration assistance, please email IPPI@uakron.edu.
Conference Description
The United States of America became the world’s innovation superpower largely through its robust intellectual property system backed by effective government policies supporting its innovative and creative industries. It achieved global leadership in biopharma, technology, entertainment, and publishing that has driven economic growth and cultural influence worldwide.
Today, that dominance faces unprecedented challenges from weakened patent protections, proposed AI training exemptions, threats to research funding, and aggressive competition from nations with different IP philosophies.
This conference brings together leading scholars and industry experts to examine why effective IP rights and complementary public policies are essential to American innovation leadership, analyze what has driven success in key sectors, and chart a path to maintain or reclaim America’s position as the world’s leading creator and innovators.
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Sustaining Donors
- AbbVie
- Association of American Publishers (AAP)
- Ericsson
- Motion Picture Association (MPA)
- NBCUniversal
- Nokia
- Novartis
- PhRMA
- Qualcomm
- The Walt Disney Company
Valued Support for IPPI’s 2026 Winter Institute
- Association of American Publishers (AAP)
- Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP)
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Irell & Manella LLP
- Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
- Special Competitive Studies Project – SCSP
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC)
Institutional Partners
- Center for Intellectual Property (CIP)
- Center for Intellectual Property, Information and Privacy Law at UIC Law
- The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU)
- Emily C. & John E. Hansen IP Institute at Fordham Law School
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC)
- Institute for Intellectual Property & Social Justice (IIPSJ)
- Intellectual Property Law and Innovation Initiative at Penn State Dickinson Law
- Patent Docs
- United States Intellectual Property Alliance® (USIPA)
- Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA)