POSTPONED: Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in Global Markets

Event date/time: POSTPONED UNTIL FUTHER NOTICE November 12, 2025 from 3:00 PM – 7:00PM

Location: DeWitt Law Firm Madison Office, 25 W Main St. Ste 800, Madison, WI 53703 (this is an In-person only event).

Join MITA on November 12 to explore how intellectual property (IP) rights can power international expansion.

This session will break down the complexities of navigating global IP laws — from patentability and trademark protection to royalty structures and cross-border enforcement. Learn how to structure licensing agreements that meet country-specific legal and tax requirements while minimizing risk in today’s global markets. You’ll also learn how current trade agreements and tariff environments impact IP commercialization. Whether you’re scaling a startup or expanding an enterprise, you’ll gain actionable insights into global IP strategy, compliance, and commercialization.

AGENDA:
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM      Registration & Networking
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM       Welcome, Opening Remarks, Speaker Remarks
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM      Q & A Session and Closing Remarks
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM      Networking and Happy Hour (appetizers and refreshments will be served)

Speakers:  

Joe Leone, Attorney, DeWitt LLP Law Firm, Madison Office.

Joe is Chair of the Intellectual Property practice group. Clients around the world turn to Joe to secure and enforce their intellectual property rights. This includes securing patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, as well as asserting and defending these rights in the state and federal courts. Joe is frequently engaged in opinion work, drafting freedom-to-operate opinions for U.S. manufacturers and foreign companies importing goods into the U.S. He serves as an expert witness in state and federal actions regarding Patent & Trademark Office practices and procedures. Additionally, he regularly represents both applicants and opposers in actions before the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board.

Joe Miotke, Attorney, DeWitt LLP Law Firm, Milwaukee Office.

Joe is the Co-Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice group. For more than twenty years Joe has distinguished himself as a leading intellectual property (“IP”) litigator, patent attorney, and IP strategist.  Recognized by leading IP publications as among the top patent attorneys and IP attorneys in the United States, he has worked across a wide spectrum of patent, trade secret, copyright, and trademark matters involving technologies ranging from artificial intelligence and machine learning to energy production and hydraulic fracturing.  Joe speaks across North America and publishes frequently on IP-related matters. He served as President of the Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association, which is among the oldest IP professional groups in the United States. Joe is the National Chair of IP Basic Education for LES and recently overhauled the LES course on IP Licensing & Basics.

Beth Fischer, Director of IP, Life Sciences, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

Beth manages intellectual property in the fields of biochemistry, biotechnology, drug discovery, genomics and proteomics, genetic engineering, health and nutrition, metabolic pathways, pharmaceuticals, plant sciences and transgenic crops and animals. Beth also manages the WARF Ambassador Program. She holds a B.A. Chemistry from Ripon College and PhD in Biochemistry from UW–Madison. 

Cost of Admission:  MITA Members $35; Non-members $50.(this is an In-person only event).

Note:  As a member, please ensure your membership is up to date and please use the e-mail associated with your MITA membership when registering for this event.   

The Key-program Sponsor for the November 12 event is DeWitt LLP Law Firm

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MITA’s events are Co-sponsored by its Platinum Sponsors:  M.E. Dey &Co, WEDC, OEC Group,  FTI Consulting and Star7