Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2026 Edition of the BIPLA Newsletter.

The BIPLA was honored to hold its Sixth Annual Symposium on April 13-14, 2026, which was generously hosted at the WilmerHale offices in Boston. The BIPLA was proud to hear from guest presenters from as far away as China and Spain to give presentations to the membership on intellectual property law. From the opening presentation by Liz Jackson, Acting Director of the USPTO Northeast Regional Outreach Office, to a concluding fireside chat on the EU’s Unified Patent Court, the Symposium continued its tradition of providing engaging and educational content to the membership.

This edition of the Newsletter includes several articles on recent developments, including the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hikma v. Amarin case and updates on the assessment of novelty for numerical subranges at the European Patent Office.

I would like to thank BIPLA’s Events and Communications Manager, Spencer Jawitz, for his help in compiling and publishing this issue of the Newsletter.

We are looking forward to the upcoming Annual Celebration in Honor of the Judiciary, to be held on September 23, 2026, which will honor Judge Timothy B. Dyk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. More details and the link to register for the evening are available on our website at bipla.org

Keith J. Wood, Vice President, Boston Intellectual Property Law Association