“Do\'s and Don\'ts of Patent Prosecution from a Litigator\'s Perspective”
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: Michelle Greer Galloway, of counsel, Cooley Godward Kronish
Michelle will provide tips and suggestions based on recent case law regarding how to avoid writing language when drafting and prosecuting patent applications that can cause problems during patent infringement litigation.
Michelle Greer Galloway is of counsel to the Cooley Godward Kronish Litigation Department. Michelle is resident in the Palo Alto office and joined the Firm in August 1993. She was a partner of the Firm from January 1997 through April 2000, and now serves as of counsel working with Cooley and teaching at local law schools.
Michelle’s technology litigation practice includes patent, copyright, and trade secrets litigation, as well as strategic counseling in those areas for companies in the biomedical equipment, life sciences, electronics, and software fields. She is a lecturer in patent litigation at Stanford Law School and a lecturer at Santa Clara Law School in both patent litigation and in pre-trial litigation techniques. She is a member of Santa Clara’s High Tech Advisory Board (2000-present). Michelle has also served as a lecturer in patent litigation at Hastings. She has lectured on a wide range of both general and IP litigation topics including electronic discovery, expert witnesses, depositions, motion practice, and privilege.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR – APRIL SVIPLA MEETING
April 19 – Hyatt Regency Santa Clara – “Recent U.S. Supreme Court Activity in Patent Litigation.” Co-sponsored by Santa Clara University High Tech Law Institute and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. Esteemed panelists to be announced.
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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, smf@competitivefactors.com
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Glenn von Tersch, TIPS Group, gvontersch@tipsgroup.org
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Brian Coleman, Perkins Coie LLP, bcoleman@perkinscoie.com
Robert Guillot, IPLO, rguillot@iplo.com
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