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REGISTER TODAY – April 27 Dinner Meeting – Focus on “Supreme Court Shows Interest in IP Cases” – Co-sponsored with the Santa Clara University High Tech Law Institute
INVENTOR OF THE YEAR – Submissions Now Being Accepted
PROGRAM CHAIRMAN – Nominations Now Being Accepted
FOR DETAILS, SEE BELOW
SUPREME COURT SHOWS INTEREST IN IP CASES
SVIPLA is pleased to co-sponsor this event with the Santa Clara University High Tech Law Institute.
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2006
Location: Santa Clara University, Adobe Lodge
Time: 6:00 p.m., cocktails and registration; 7:00 p.m., dinner and program
PANELISTS:
Moderator: Judge Ronald M. Whyte, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Professor Donald Chisum, Inez Mable Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law
Michael Jacobs, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Professor Mark A. Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford
Matthew D. Powers, Partner, Weil Gotschal & Manges
The Supreme Court has shown more interest in patent cases than in the past forty years. Our panel, represented by leading scholars and practitioners in the patent and IP field generally, will discuss and debate the current, pending and possible cases before the Supreme Court.
Cases to be discussed include:
Independent Ink v. Illinois Tool Works
Ebay v. MercExchange
Labcorp v. Metabolite
MedImmune v. Genentech
SR v. Teleflex
Federal Trade Commission vs. Schering-Plough
Smithkline vs. Apotex
AT&T v. Microsoft
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
Bring your check for dinner payment to the meeting on April 27, payable to: SVIPLA.
PLEASE DO NOT MAIL YOUR CHECK - BRING DINNER PAYMENT TO MEETING.
DEADLINE FOR RESERVATION OR CANCELLATION: Noon, April 25. 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 BEGINS IN SEPTEMBER. (September 2005 through June 2006)
To renew membership dues or 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 April 27.
NOMINATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR INVENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARE
NOMINATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR INVENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
It’s that time again – we are seeking your submission for the 2006 SVIPLA Inventor of the Year.
Deadline for submission is Friday, May 19.
The SVIPLA Board of Directors will judge the nominees based on their contributions to the technical arts, and then celebrate the achievements of the winner by naming him or her \\\"Inventor of the Year.\\\" The award presentation will take place during our regular monthly meeting.
You may submit your nominations by replying to: svipla@yahoo.com. Please provide the nominee\\\'s name, place of employment (if applicable), and a brief description of the nominee\\\'s work. It would also be helpful if you could attach a copy of one or more of the nominee\\\'s patents via a web link or a PDF file. If necessary, additional information may be requested.
The 2005 Inventor of the Year was Dr. Patrick S.L. Wong of Alza Corporation. At Alza, Dr. Wong invented and contributed to inventions of pioneering drug delivery systems used by many of us to take over-the-counter medications. At the time of the aware, Dr. Wong held nearly 200 patents with many other applications pending.
The 2004 Inventor of the Year was Radia Perlman, Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems Laboratories. At Sun, Radia conducts research on network security and routing technologies. At the time of the aware, she held 70 patents with others pending, has published in numerous publications and was named as one of the 20 most influential people in information technology by Data Communications Magazine in its 20th and 25th anniversary editions.
While SVIPLA seeks to honor an inventor with impressive credentials, we seek a broad range of nominations to make sure we adequately consider candidates from various industries who have made important contributions.
BE SVIPLA’S NEW PROGRAM CHAIR FOR 2006-2007
The SVIPLA Board of Directors is seeking nominations for Program Chair for the September 2006-June 2007 meeting year.
Please submit via email your nomination to svipla@yahoo.com (include in your nomination email a brief paragraph about the nominee and why they are interested in the position). Members are most welcome to nominate themselves.
Nominations are requested to be submitted no later than May 19th.
Job Description - Program Chair: Plan the program topics for the 2006-2007 meeting year (September through May - the June meeting each year is typically devoted to the Inventor of the Year Award); solicit and obtain speakers for the meetings; work with the SVIPLA administrator to coordinate requests by the confirmed speakers on the planned programs. Program Chair is the first position on the revolving SVIPLA board, so applying for this position brings with it the opportunity and obligation to rotate through the Treasurer, Secretary, Vice President and President positions.
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, Strategic Law Group, Inc., stephen@spatents.com
Paul Hickman, phickman@hotmail.com