“How to Avoid Inequitable Conduct”
Location: Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel (El Camino Real just north of San Antonio Road)
Time: 6:00 p.m., cocktails and registration; 7:00 p.m., dinner and program
ENCORE SPEAKER: Michelle Greer Galloway, of counsel, Cooley Godward Kronish
SVIPLA is pleased to have Michelle return as our speaker to review recent Federal Circuit case law on inequitable conduct in patent prosecution matters.
Michelle 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. She 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.
REGISTER TODAY BY SENDING AN EMAIL DIRECTLY TO: svipla@yahoo.com. PLEASE INCLUDE: attendee name(s), company name, email address and any special dietary needs).
Cost: Member - $60 Non-Member - $85 Student - $25
Be sure that you are a current member to receive the member dinner rate.
PLEASE DO NOT MAIL YOUR CHECK - BRING DINNER PAYMENT TO MEETING, check payable to: SVIPLA (cash also accepted).
SVIPLA Tax ID#-77-0491659
DEADLINE FOR RESERVATION OR CANCELLATION: Noon, Monday, Monday 14, 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.
2007 INVENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD – NOMINATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 10
SVIPLA is seeking your submission for the 2007 SVIPLA Inventor of the Year.
Extended deadline for submission is Thursday, May 10.
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 in June. 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.
BE SVIPLA’S NEW PROGRAM CHAIR FOR 2007-2008—NOMINATIONS DUE MAY 15
The SVIPLA Board of Directors is seeking nominations for Program Chair for the September 2007-June 2008 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 no later than May 15.
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.
JOB POSTINGS
GOOGLE SEEKING EXPERIENCED PATENT ATTORNEYS AND AGENTS TO JOIN ITS TEAM! Patent Counsel: Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of experience identifying patentable subject matter and prosecuting applications. We will also consider candidates with extensive patent litigation experience. Google prefers candidates with technical degrees, especially in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics or Math. Admission to a state bar and admission to practice before the USPTO required (CA bar not necessary). ALSO: Patent Associates: Similar to Patent Counsel but only 3 years experience required; Patent Agents: Candidates must be admitted to practice before the USPTO and should have at least 3 years of prosecution experience. Degrees in Physics, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science preferred; advanced degree a plus. All candidates for the patent team should possess excellent academic credentials, the ability to work well within a team environment and strong written and verbal communication skills. Online application and information available at: http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/topic.py?loc_id=1116&dep_id=1090 (copy and paste this URL).
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 (copy and paste this URL).
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/ (copy and paste this URL). 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