In an exclusive tour, Emily DiBenedetto joins the Federal Bar Association IP Section for a discussion on ITC best practices with sitting judges in DC.

Ginnie Lynch assisted in coordinating a webinar titled Addressing Ambush Marketing at Major Sporting Events: World Cup, Super Bowl, Olympics. Strategy, Enforcement, and Practical Considerations. She recruited a speaker, helped plan the topic and questions for the panelists, and aided in ensuring the webinar runs smoothly on March 17, 2026.

Karen joined fellow ChIPsters to help craft and put on a program for junior partners and senior associates to practice a mock pitch and receive feedback from actual in house counsel.

The Anderl Act is a nonpartisan bill intended to request continued funding so state and local governments may continue removing personal information about federal judges and their families from their databases and websites. The bill is named for Daniel Anderl, son of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas of New Jersey, who was fatally shot in July 2020 and his father, Mark Salas, was critically wounded when a former litigant came to the family’s home posing as a deliveryman. As Na

The IPOwners Spring Summit is a conference designed for mid to senior IP attorneys with topics directly relevant to in-house attorneys while providing outside counsel information that will enhance relationship building and productivity with their corporate clients.

Emily DiBenedetto was appointed to the office of National Delegate, tasked with representing the Delaware Chapter in National Council Meetings of the Federal Bar Association during 2026.

The Summit is designed exclusively for FBA leaders to amplify their impact.  The Leadership Summit offers engaging sessions and practical workshops while building in dedicated time for networking to develop national personal and professional relationships.

https://www.thesedonaconference.org/eDNT_2026

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After several years of leadership in the Delaware Chapter and participation at the most recent national summit, Emily DiBenedetto was tapped to join the leadership team of FBA’s IP Section as its new Membership Chair.

Invited back to her home state for the MSBA Legal Summit, Emily DiBenedetto will analyze recent guidance from the judiciary and administrative agencies on artificial intelligence uses in litigation.

As part of a group of lawyers from the Federal Bar Association, Karen was sworn in before the United States Supreme Court.

Ginnie Lynch joins both the Patent Committee and the Trademark & Copyright Committee of the Association of Intellectual Property Firms

Andrew post entitled "A Wild Hearing: Chief Judge Connolly Flips Over Rock, Finds Mavexar LLC Crawling Around, Controlling Patent Litigation and Giving Hapless Patent Owners Just 5-10%" becomes IP/DE's most-viewed article.

Karen and John were named as IAM Global Leaders 2026: Delaware. To qualify for inclusion as a Global Leader, attorneys must be ranked in the gold-tier of the IAM Patent 1000 and then are further selected based "on their expertise and experience related to creating, protecting, managing, transacting and enforcing critical patent rights, but also for their ability to innovate, inspire and go above and beyond to deliver value for their clients." https://www.iam-media.com/survey

Ginnie Lynch provides a high level summary of the patentability of "de-extinct" animals, a topic which came to the forefront after Colossal Biosciences claimed to bring the dire wolf back from extinction.

Andrew participated in a panel on Discovery Best Practices at the 2025 Delaware Bench and Bar, along with co-panelists Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves of the U.S. Court of International Trade, Judge John F. Murphy of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Magistrate Judge Eleanor G. Tennyson of the District of Delaware, and moderator Daniel Silver of McCarter & English, LLP

https://www.bestlawyers.com/lawyers/karen-e-keller/173733

Andrew joined a panel entitled "AI & the Law in the US: Navigating Cases, Emerging Regulations, and Existing Law" at the Sedona Conference Working Group 13's midyear meeting.

The 4th Edition of ANDA Litigation: Strategies and Tactics for Pharmaceutical Patent Litigators examines the intersection between the statutory and regulatory scheme governing approval of generic pharmaceuticals and U.S. patent law, this in-depth resource balances perspectives from both name-brand drug patentees and generic drug manufacturers. With a focus on current and developing law as well as practical strategies and tactics for litigation, it covers all steps in the liti