{"id":19,"date":"2026-01-28T21:58:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/ipsc2026\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:00:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/ipsc2026\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Program in Law, Science &amp; Technology at Stanford Law School will host the 26th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference on August 6-7, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IP Scholars Conference brings together intellectual property scholars to present their works-in-progress in order to benefit from the critique of colleagues. The conference is co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, UC Berkeley School of Law; the Intellectual Property Law Program, Benjamin N. 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