RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND IP LAW
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2006
Location: Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel, Palo Alto (El Camino Real just north of San Antonio Road)
Time: 6:00 p.m., cocktails and registration; 7:00 p.m., dinner and program

Speaker: Lawrence Rosen, Partner, Rosenlaw & Einschlag

Lawrence Rosen will speak about how software patents are affecting open source and open standards, and about some recent attempts to deal with patents in licenses, covenants, and contributor agreements.

Lawrence Rosen is both an attorney and a computer specialist. He is founding partner of Rosenlaw & Einschlag technology law firm with offices in Los Altos Hills and Ukiah, that specializes in intellectual property protection, licensing and business transactions for technology companies. In addition to this law practice, Larry also served for many years as general counsel and secretary of the non-profit Open Source Initiative (OSI). He currently advises many open source companies and non-profit open source projects including Apache Software Foundation, Python Software Foundation, and the Free Standards Group. He is currently a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School. Larry\'s book, Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law, was published by Prentice Hall in 2004. Before he became an attorney, Larry was a computer technologist. He managed computer activities and he taught computer programming and data base design at Stanford University, later going into industry where he coordinated the design, development, manufacturing and marketing of data communications products. He received his bachelor\'s degree from Dartmouth College, pursued a master of computer science degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and received his law degree from Santa Clara University. Larry often publishes and speaks around the world on open source and intellectual property issues.

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Cost:   Member - $60   Non-Member - $85 (Please note increase in non-member dinner fee)   Student - $25

BE SURE TO BRING YOUR MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL OR NEW MEMBER APPLICATION AND CHECK TO RECEIVE THE MEMBER DINNER RATE OF $60.

PLEASE DO NOT MAIL YOUR CHECK - BRING DINNER PAYMENT TO MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 28, check payable to: SVIPLA (cash also accepted).

DEADLINE FOR RESERVATION OR CANCELLATION: Noon, Tuesday, September 26. 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.

SAVE THE DATE FOR FUTURE SVIPLA DINNER MEETINGS

October 26 – Program to be determined.

SVIPLA 2006-2007 RENEWAL/NEW MEMBER DUES DUE –MEMBERSHIP YEAR SEPTEMBER 2006 THROUGH JUNE 2007

To renew membership dues or become a new member of SVIPLA, complete the application by clicking on this link: www.svipla.com/application.html. PLEASE NOTE INCREASE IN ANNUAL DUES TO $80 – we encourage you to join SVIPLA so that you can receive ample savings on the member rate for the dinner meetings of $60 versus $85 for non-members. If you have trouble accessing the link, go to www.svipla.com and click on Application.

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You can also bring your membership application and check to the dinner meeting on September 28.

2005-2006 SVIPLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

Marcel Bingham, Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP, mbingham@hptb-law.com

VICE PRESIDENT

Sean Fitzgerald, Sean M. Fitzgerald, Attorney at Law, sean@competitivefactors.com

SECRETARY/TREASURER

Glenn von Tersch, Perkins Coie LLP, vontg@perkinscoie.com

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Steven Cahill, sjc@eecspatents.com

Cynthia Wickstrom, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, cwickstrom@orrick.com

PAST PRESIDENTS

Brian Coleman, Perkins Coie LLP, bcoleman@perkinscoie.com

Robert Guillot, IPLO, rguillot@iplo.com

Stephen Sullivan, Strategic Law Group, Inc., stephen@spatents.com