“The Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit: How the Changes to Patent Law Will Affect Patent Practice”
Location: Hyatt Regency Santa Clara (Great America Parkway just east of Tasman)
Time: 6:00 p.m., cocktails and registration; 7:00 p.m., dinner and program
The Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA) is co-sponsoring an event with the High Tech Law Institute and Berkeley\'s Center for Law & Technology to present a panel of distinguished faculty and practitioners to discuss the topic of Supreme Court and Federal Circuit patent cases.
The Supreme Court has shown more interest in patent cases than in the past forty years. Our panel represented by leading scholars and practioners in the patent and IP field generally, will discuss and debate the current, pending and possible cases before the Supreme Court and its impact on the Federal Circuit.
Moderator:
Robert Barr, Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley; Executive Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology.
Panelists:
Robert P. Merges, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professor of Law and Technology, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley; Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology;
Edwin H. Taylor, Partner, Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman;
Elizabeth A. Howard, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe;
Thomas E. Kuhnle, Partner, Bingham McCutchen
Our panelists will discuss the recent wave of Supreme Court patent cases (MedImmune v. Genentech, eBay v. MercExchange, Microsoft v. ATT, KSR v. Teleflex) and the impact of the Supreme Court\'s renewed oversight on future Federal Circuit jurisprudence in areas such as willfullness, review of claim construction and statutory subject matter. They will also discuss the effect of these cases on patent litigation, patent licensing and patent prosecution.
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Cost: Member - $60 Non-Member - $85 Student - $25
BE SURE TO BRING YOUR MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL OR NEW MEMBER APPLICATION AND CHECK TO RECEIVE THE MEMBER DINNER RATE OF $60.
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DEADLINE FOR RESERVATION OR CANCELLATION: Noon, Monday, April 16, 2007. 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 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.
Print, complete and mail your application with your check payable to SVIPLA to the address indicated on the application.
You can also bring your membership application and check to the dinner meeting on March 22.
2007 INVENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD – NOMINATION DEADLINE MAY 1
SVIPLA is seeking your submission for the 2007 SVIPLA Inventor of the Year.
Deadline for submission is Tuesday, May 1.
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. Location to be announced.
Please submit your nominations by replying to: svipla@yahoo.com. 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 2006 Inventor of the Year was Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Chairman, CEO, President and co-founder of Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Dr. Sutardja is an accomplished engineer and entrepreneur; he was the first to have the vision of combining the best existing analog capabilities with cutting edge digital signal capabilities to create mixed signal and DSP System on Chip (SoC) solutions. Dr. Sutardja is an inventor or co-inventor of 65 patents and 120 patent applications.
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.
JOB POSTINGS
SEEKING PATENT ATTORNEYS AND PATENT AGENTS at KOKKA & HSU, PC, a premier Silicon Valley intellectual property law firm specializing in patent procurement in the electrical, electronic, mechanical, electro-mechanical, information technology, and software-related arts. We are seeking patent agents and attorneys demonstrating outstanding patent practice skills, excellent oral and written communication abilities, strong technical work experience, and demonstrated leadership potential. Competitive salary, benefits, excellent internal and external training opportunities, and a collegial environment are provided. Candidates will have 0-3 years of experience, an EE or CS degree, and must be registered or eligible to practice before the U.S.P.T.O. and, for attorneys, licensed to practice in California. Please email a cover letter, resume, and writing sample in confidence to: hr@kokkahsu.com. For more information, please refer to our website at www.kokkahsu.com.
VMWARE SEEKING SENIOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COUNSEL, Location: Palo Alto. Want to experience the thrill of a start-up but have the security of a billion dollar company? VMware is the global leader in virtual infrastructure solutions for industry-standard systems and one of the fastest growing software companies in the world, and have approximately doubled our revenue each year since our inception in 1998 with 2006 annual revenues reaching $709M. VMware has an opening for a Senior Intellectual Property Counsel to provide intellectual property support to draft, file, and prosecute patent applications and to evaluate the risk to the patent portfolio of any corporate initiative that might affect the patent portfolio. A qualified candidate for this position should excel as an experienced individual contributor and as a trusted advisor to management, inventors, and peers. JD and at least a BSEE, BSCE, or CS degrees required, admission to practice before the USPTO required; admission to a state bar required; CA bar admission is preferred. To apply: Please apply on-line at http://www.vmware.com/company/jobs/openings/ Additionally, please send resume directly to the recruiter for this opening, Kate Berkeley, at kberkeley@vmware.com.
We invite you to send any attorney or patent agent job placement ad to svipla@yahoo.com for posting on the SVIPLA website and in our monthly meeting announcement newsletter. At present, users are not able to post job placements directly on the SVIPLA website. We will have the job placements posted on the website for a period of 90 days. If the position is filled before the 90-day period ends, please send an email to svipla@yahoo.com to request removal of the job posting.
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
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Glenn von Tersch, TIPS Group, gvontersch@tipsgroup.org
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Steven Cahill, mp_94025@yahoo.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