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Co-sponsored by:

The State Bar of Arizona's Intellectual Property and In-House Counsel Sections

DATE: Thursday, March 5, 2026

TIME: 9:00A - 4:30P

LOCATION: Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix)

We are excited to announce the State Bar of Arizona's Twelfth Annual CLE in the Garden, co-sponsored by the Intellectual Property Section, on March 5, 2026. This daylong, IP-intensive event will take place at the Desert Botanical Garden’s Dorrance Center and will feature several locally and nationally recognized speakers.

Registration includes breakfast, lunch, and access to the gardens. All attendees are invited to a Section Hosted Social Hour immediately following the program. 

Presentations Include:

• The Accidental Franchise: Licensing Traps for the Unwary  
• Non-Patent Track: Top trends in trade dress: Down with the dupes
• Patent track: Making Sense of the USPTO: What’s happening and what’s next?
• Case Law Year in Review
• Principles and Practical Considerations in Consumer Survey Design
• Ethics: AI & Cybersecurity

See faculty list below

Chair:

Aaron K. Haar, Jaburg & Wilk PC 

Faculty:

Robert Copple, Copple & Associates, P.C.

Marisa D. Faunce, Plave Koch PLC

Eric M. Fraser, Osborn Maledon PA

David A. Jackson, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Molly Kocialski, Holland & Hart LLP

Phillip Londen, Osborn Maledon PA

Laura Rogal, AGC, Outlier

K Royal, Global Chief Privacy Officer & DGC, Crawford & Company

Rachel A. Nicholas, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Cindy A. Villanueva, Dickinson Wright PLLC