Alt Legal’s Year in Webinars: 2025 Edition
Alt Legal Team | December 12, 2025
2025 has been another great year for Alt Legal Webinars! This year we held 13 webinars with over 4,500 registrants covering important IP and trademark law topics including policies around AI-generated content, protecting IP in the digital age, drafting effective coexistence agreements, and more. Plus, we held a number of webinars discussing trademark law and legal strategy in various countries and regions including Middle East and North Africa (MENA), emerging markets including Latin America, and Australia.
Those attending our webinars live received free CLE credit. Take some time over the holidays to catch up on any webinars you might have missed throughout 2025 and be sure to join us for more webinars in 2026!
Check out our 2026 event calendar
Keep Your AI on the Mark: Protecting IP and Brands in the Digital Age
Matt Braunel, Shoko Naruo, and Michael Parks—all partners at Thompson Coburn—delve into the critical areas where GenAI is impacting businesses. They explore the complexities of intellectual property rights for AI-generated materials across U.S. and international laws, highlight current litigation trends surrounding GenAI, and examine how these tools influence trademark practices in our rapidly evolving digital landscape. Learn more. View webinar recording here and download the presentation materials here.
Inca-redible Marks: Building strong trademarks in Latin America
Rodrigo Bermeo, Managing Partner at Bermeo & Bermeo, discusses strategies to protect trademarks in Latin America. In particular, he covers understanding the differences between first-to-file and first-to-use trademark protection, leveraging priority or community protection to your advantage, identifying which Latin American countries are covered by the Madrid Protocol, and combating trademark squatters targeting famous marks. Learn more. Learn more. View webinar recording here and download presentation materials here.
Crocodile Done Deal: Snapping up Trademarks Down Under
Aparna Watal, a partner at Halfords IP in Sydney, compares the trade mark systems of Australia and New Zealand, highlighting their unique features and practical considerations. In particular she provides an overview of trademark frameworks in Australia and New Zealand compared to that of the United States, analyzes key differences between these jurisdictions and why they matter to U.S. practitioners, explores significant cases defining modern trademark boundaries in Australia and New Zealand, and identifies practical implications for U.S. brand owners and trademark attorneys working internationally. Learn more. View webinar recording here and download presentation materials here.
Net Worth-ing: Turning networking into lasting partnerships
Hetal Kushwaha—a former intellectual property professional turned business development consultant—shares transformative strategies to turn networking contacts into lasting partnerships. Hetal speaks from her firsthand experience in the IP field and offer practical techniques for relationship-building. In particular, she discusses the strategic importance and value of networking for IP lawyers, step-by-step instructions for turning new contacts into trusted connections, proven methods for strengthening existing connections through regular meetings and intentional touch points, and tips for prioritizing meetings effectively and structuring conversations with actionable follow-ups. Learn more. View webinar recording here and download presentation materials here.
All Abroad: Insights from USPTO Attachés
Deborah Lashley-Johnson (Acting Director for the IP Attaché Program) moderates a panel of attachés, each serving a distinct region—from China to Mercosur, the Andean Community, sub-Saharan Africa, and multilateral work in Geneva. They share how they collaborate with local governments, foreign agencies, and international organizations to troubleshoot market-entry challenges and shape global IP standards. The panelists discuss the regions attachés cover and how they assist U.S. stakeholders, key trends and common pitfalls in cross-border IP enforcement, strategies for collaborating with foreign officials and navigating local laws, and how the attachés influence policy at multilateral organizations like the WTO and WIPO. Read webinar summary here.
Art Official Intelligence: Restrictions on Registering AI-Generated Content
Ryan Abbott, Partner, Brown Neri Smith & Khan, examines how courts and legislatures are handling key decisions around AI-generated materials. In particular, he discusses how AI is reshaping the creation of new works, recent shifts in U.S. Copyright Office policy, key litigation on AI-generated and AI-assisted content, and international approaches to AI-driven creativity. Learn more. View webinar recording here and download presentation materials here.
Marking New Territory: Meeting Client Needs in Emerging Markets
Ricardo Enrique Antequera, a Venezuelan qualified lawyer living in the US and of counsel of Antequera Parilli & Rodríguez, walks you through these obstacles and provides practical strategies to help you support clients from emerging markets in securing protection, enforcing rights, and expanding their brands globally. Attendees will learn how to identify and address common legal and procedural hurdles, navigate cultural and communication challenges, manage enforcement when clients face structural or financial constraints, and tailor portfolio strategies to the unique needs of emerging market clients. Learn more. View webinar recording here and download presentation materials here.
Trademarks MENA Lot: Trademark Strategy in the Middle East and North Africa
Ali Hijazi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Diligent IP, shares his extensive expertise in MENA trademark law, equipping the audience with valuable insights to safeguard brand reputation and maximize its potential in the MENA market. In particular, he discusses dual registration systems within the MENA region, formalities and required documentation, important considerations before filing trademarks in MENA jurisdictions, and unique challenges with MENA trademark applications. Learn more. View webinar recording here and download presentation materials here.
Cease and Coexist: Turning disputes into effective coexistence agreements
Lindsey Utrata, Counsel, Latham & Watkins, explores the strategic, legal, and practical dimensions of trademark coexistence agreements, offering insights into when they make sense and when they don’t, how to draft them effectively, and the risks to watch out for. Attendees will gain a solid understanding of the legal foundation for coexistence agreements under U.S. trademark law, key provisions to include—and avoid—in a well‑drafted agreement, real‑world case studies where coexistence will have succeeded (and failed), considerations for enforcement, breach, termination, and international coexistence, and how to advise clients or business teams on managing brand overlap with minimal conflict. Learn more. View webinar recording here and download presentation materials here.
IR You Ready?: Using WIPO’s New eMadrid Platform
Olivier Pierre and Aida Lumbreras Higuera of WIPO walk you through key features and strategies designed to streamline your trademark practice and strengthen your international management processes. In particular, they cover setting up and organizing your digital workspace, creating, managing, and optimizing trademark portfolios, navigating enhanced payment and transaction features, using advanced search tools for comprehensive research, managing user permissions effectively, and configuring alerts and notifications for proactive monitoring. Learn more. View webinar recording here and download presentation materials here.
Franchise with That?: Strategies for Maximizing Brand Value
Franchise Attorney & Partner at The Internicola Law Firm, Brian A. Lincer, guides attendees through practical considerations for protecting, disclosing, and defending marks in complex franchise systems. Topics include preserving trademark rights across multi-unit and shared retail space, aligning FDD Item 13 disclosures with your trademark portfolio, structuring license agreements to maintain valid use, resolving priority conflicts during multi-state expansion, and enforcing trademark standards across franchise operations. Learn more. View webinar recording here and download presentation materials here.
Case in Point: How 2025’s Trademark Headlines Will Impact Practice
Marc Misthal from Offit Kurman discusses most important IP cases and changes in the law throughout 2025, showing where trademark law is shifting—and where it’s holding steady. In this session, he covers what the USPTO’s recent fee changes mean for filing and renewal strategies, how courts are narrowing remedies, as illustrated in the Dewberry case, where existing legal frameworks are being applied to new technologies, and what courts are saying about Schedule A cases and the impact on enforcement strategies. Learn more. View webinar recording here and download presentation materials here.