NOVEMBER SVIPLA DINNER MEETING
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2005
Location: Santa Clara Westin Hotel (5101 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara — east of Tasman)
Time: 6:00 p.m., cocktails and registration; 7:00 p.m., dinner and program
PRESENTATION: “Spyware and Adware Meet the Lanham Act — The Second Circuit\'s Approach to Pop-up Ads as Trademark Infringement and Implications for the Internet”
SPEAKER: David Ainbender, Rubinstein Law Group
David Ainbender is an attorney with the Rubinstein Law Group, in the firm’s San Francisco office. He is a business litigator and intellectual property attorney, specializing in trademark law and related intellectual property matters. He has also served as an adjunct professor of trademark law. After he received his law degree from Stanford Law School in 1984, Mr. Ainbender practiced for several years in the Bay Area before moving to Los Angeles in 1988 where his practice focused on entertainment and media-related matters, including representing Clear Channel Communications in various trademark and other intellectual property disputes. He has recently returned to San Francisco and now practices law with the Rubinstein Law Group, a full service intellectual property and business litigation firm.
To register (in the RSVP email message, please include attendee name(s), company name, email address and any special dietary needs): CLICK HERE
If your system will not allow you to click on the registration email above, you can send your registration to: svipla@yahoo.com.
Cost: Member - $60 Non-Member - $75 Student - $25
The SVIPLA board of directors recently voted to increase the dinner meeting fee due to increased meeting costs. In order to pay at the member rate, please bring your dues payment to the meeting if you have not already mailed the renewal or new member application and check. Member rates will be assessed beginning at the November meeting.
PLEASE DO NOT MAIL YOUR CHECK - BRING DINNER PAYMENT TO MEETING ON NOVEMBER 17, PAYABLE TO: SVIPLA.
DEADLINE FOR RESERVATION OR CANCELLATION: Noon, November 15. Please make your reservation by the deadline as there are only a few extra spaces allotted at the meeting. The venue may not be able to serve meals beyond the guaranteed number expected for the meeting.
MCLE: This activity has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 1.0 hour. SVIPLA certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.
SVIPLA 2005-2006 RENEWAL/NEW MEMBER DUES NOW DUE – NEW MEMBERSHIP YEAR BEGAN SEPTEMBER 1. (September 2005 through June 2006)
To renew membership dues or to become a member of SVIPLA, complete the application by clicking on this link: www.svipla.com/application.html. If you have trouble accessing the link, go to www.svipla.com and click on Application.
Mail your completed application with your check to the address indicated on the application.
You can bring your membership application and check to the dinner meeting on November 17.
UPCOMING SVIPLA MEETINGS – MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
December 8 – Holiday Event
2005-2006 SVIPLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Brian Coleman, Perkins Coie LLP, bcoleman@perkinscoie.com
VICE PRESIDENT
Andre Gibbs, IBM, andgibbs@us.ibm.com
SECRETARY
Marcel Bingham, Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP, mbingham@hptb-law.com
TREASURER
Sean Fitzgerald, Sean M. Fitzgerald, Attorney at Law, sean@competitivefactors.com
PROGRAM CHAIR
Glenn Von Tersch, Perkins Coie LLP, gvontersch@perkinscoie.com
PAST PRESIDENTS
Robert Guillot, IPLO, rguillot@iplo.com
Stephen Sullivan, The Sawyer Law Group LLP, stephen@sawyerlawgroup.com
Paul Hickman, Perkins Coie LLP, phickman@perkinsCoie.com