SVIPLA IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A CONVENIENT ONLINE REGISTRATION SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE FOR DINNER REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP DUES PAYMENT
The SVIPLA Board of Directors is pleased to offer a convenient online registration service through Thriva (Active Network) for monthly dinner meeting registrations AND renewal/new membership dues payments. Advance dinner registrations will be accepted ONLY through the online registration service; please do not register through the SVIPLA email address.
IT’S EASY - HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:
1. Dinner meeting registration payments and membership dues payments will only be accepted through the online registration service.
2. It’s a super easy, fast and convenient way to pay by using your VISA, Mastercard or online bank check.
3. You will receive an immediate online confirmation, which you can use as a receipt for reimbursement from your company.
4. Dinner registration cancellation – to receive a refund, you will be required to cancel ONLINE by the set deadline (see below).
5. See below for registration link.
REGISTER TODAY FOR SEPTEMBER 13 PROGRAM: “Non-Obviousness in Light of KSR, Pfizer and Takeda: Possible Patent Strategies”
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2007
Location: Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel, Palo Alto (El Camino Real north of San Antonio Road)
Time: 6:00 p.m., cocktails and registration; 7:00 p.m., dinner and program
Program: Recent rulings from the Supreme Court in KSR v. Teleflex, Pfizer v. Apotex and Takeda v. Teva require modification of approaches to patenting combinations of previously known elements. The main points of the above cases are that a claim is likely to be obvious: (1) if person\'s of ordinary skill uses ordinary creativity to arrive at the claimed invention, (2) if the elements in the claim work in their expected ways, (3) if there are a limited number of options from which to choose, and (4) if there is no unexpected result produced. These points are illustrated in several recent decisions. Developing ways of prosecuting patent applications in light of the new rulings requires understanding of the so called \"Graham factors\" and their application to facts of a particular invention. The trend appears clear. The standards of non-obviousness will be more difficult to reach as a result of these decisions. However, careful scrutiny of inventors\' information may yield new tools for overcoming potential obviousness rejections.
Speaker: D. Benjamin Borson, M.A., J.D., Ph.D., Founder and President, Borson Law Group.
Dr. Borson is primary Intellectual Property Counsel for numerous start-up, small, and mid-sized companies in the chemistry, life sciences and advanced materials industries, bioinformatics and information technology both for United States based and foreign companies. He provides legal, scientific, business and technical advice to help companies build and exploit business relationships and intellectual assets through developing IP and technology strategies, drafting and prosecution of patents, preparation of legal opinions and licensing. Current and past clients include those in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, advanced material, information technology, superconductor, medical device, instrumentation and semiconductor industries. Dr. Borson has extensive experience as a research scientist in University and Corporate settings, and served on Editorial Boards of major peer review publications and grant review committees. Previous to entering law, Dr. Borson held a faculty position at the University of California, San Francisco, where he carried out a program in basic biomedical research. He authored over 70 primary research articles, reviews, book chapters, and abstracts and presented his research findings at numerous national and international scientific meetings. He recently founded the Borson Law Group, PC, where he and his Associates carry out a diverse intellectual property practice. Previously, Dr. Borson was Of Counsel with the firm of Fliesler Meyer LLP, a law firm specializing in Intellectual Property Law. He is a frequent author in IP law, with over a dozen publications in legal journals and has presented over 30 lectures in legal matters to industry, academic organizations and legal organizations. Dr. Borson is licensed to practice law in the State of California, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
HOW TO SET UP YOUR ONLINE REGISTRATION AS FIRST TIME USER:
1. Click on online registration link below.
2. \"Register Online\" page will appear; click on \"SVIPLA Newsletter Recipient User;\" input your email address; click on \"Don\'t know your password? click here\".
3. Input your email address on \"Reset Password\" page; click on \"Send me a Password email.\"
4. Follow prompts on email you receive to set up your password.
5. Return to \"Register Online\" page and insert email address and password; click on \"Continue\" and follow remaining prompts.
REGISTER TODAY – click here: Registration
IF YOU CANNOT VIEW THE REGISTRATION FORM WHEN CLICKING ON THE LINK ABOVE, COPY AND PASTE THIS URL: https://secure.thriva.com/Reg/Form.aspx?IDTD=2557657&IDRPH=859167 INTO THE ADDRESS BLOCK.
PLEASE READ BEFORE REGISTERING ONLINE: SVIPLA Membership dues are now due for the 2007-2008 membership year (September through June). To receive the member dinner rate of $60 for the September dinner meeting, please pay your membership dues in addition to registering for the dinner meeting (see link above).
If you do not want to join SVIPLA in September, you will be required to pay the $85 non-member dinner fee.
Cost: Member - $60 Non-Member - $85 Student - $25
SVIPLA Tax ID#-77-0491659
DEADLINE FOR RESERVATION OR CANCELLATION: Tuesday, noon, September 11, 2007. Please make your reservation online (see link above) by the deadline as there are only a few extra spaces allotted at the meeting for walk-ins. 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.
MEMBERSHIP DUES NOW DUE – PAY ONLINE YOUR ANNUAL SVIPLA MEMBERSHIP DUES ($80) – MEMBERSHIP YEAR SEPTEMBER 2007 THROUGH JUNE 2008 (See link below)
It is highly recommended that you pay your dues online to receive immediate qualification for the $60 member registration fee for dinner meetings.
To renew membership dues or become a new member of SVIPLA online, click here: Membership. 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 CANNOT VIEW THE FORM WHEN CLICKING ON THE LINK ABOVE, COPY AND PASTE THIS URL: https://secure.thriva.com/Reg/Form.aspx?IDTD=2557657&IDRPH=859167 INTO THE ADDRESS BLOCK.
JOB POSTINGS
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.
2006-2007 SVIPLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Sean Fitzgerald, Sean M. Fitzgerald, Attorney at Law, smf@competitivefactors.com
VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER
Glenn von Tersch, TIPS Group, gvontersch@tipsgroup.org
SECRETARY
Steven Cahill, mp_94025@yahoo.com
PROGRAM CHAIRS
David J. Aston, Peters Verny LLP, djaston@pvjsa.com
Anthony Diepenbrock, Dechert LLP, anthony.diepenbrock@dechert.com
PAST PRESIDENTS
Marcel Bingham, Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP, mbingham@hptb-law.com
Brian Coleman, Perkins Coie LLP, bcoleman@perkinscoie.com
Robert Guillot, IPLO, rguillot@iplo.com