REGISTER TODAY FOR NOVEMBER 20 PROGRAM: “DO RECENT CHANGES TO U.S. PATENT LAW AND PRACTICE WEAKEN OR STRENGTHEN THE PATENT SYSTEM?” Sponsored by SVIPLA, Santa Clara Law’s High Tech Law Institute and Berkeley\'s Center for Law & Technology
Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Location: Santa Clara University, Mission Room, Benson Memorial Center
Time: 6:00 p.m., cocktails and registration; 7:00 p.m., dinner and program
Program: SVIPLA, Santa Clara Law’s High Tech Law Institute and Berkeley\'s Center for Law & Technology are pleased to present our distinguished panel to discuss the question of “Do Recent Changes to U.S. Patent Law and Practice Weaken or Strengthen the Patent System?” The following actual and proposed changes in the context of both US innovation and international competitive position will be discussed.
1. Patent Procurement/ Patent Quality issues: Nonobviousness (KSR), Continuation Limits, 5/25 Rule and ESD, First to File, Mandatory Publication, Post Grant Opposition.
2. Enforcement Issues/ Licensing and Litigation: Declaratory Judgments (Medimmune, Sandisk), Injunctions (eBay and aftermath), Damages Apportionment, Willfullness (Seagate), Venue, Interlocutory Appeals.
Moderator: Robert Barr, Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley; Executive Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
Panelists: .
Colleen Chien, Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law
Robert E. Freitas, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Paul Stone, General Counsel, Ilypsa, wholly subsidiary of Amgen, Inc.
Judge Ronald Whyte, Northern District of California
Directions and Parking (when you arrive on campus, the gate attendant will direct you to the parking garage):
From U.S. Highway 101: Take the De La Cruz Boulevard/Santa Clara exit; Follow De La Cruz Boulevard towards El Camino Real (stay in the right lane); When De La Cruz Boulevard splits, follow the right split over the overpass; Turn right on Lafayette Street staying in the right turn lane; Turn right at El Camino Real; The main entrance to Santa Clara University will be on the right-hand side of the road.
From Interstate 280: Take Interstate 880 north toward Oakland; Exit at The Alameda; Turn left on The Alameda; The Alameda will become El Camino Real; The main entrance to Santa Clara University will be on the left-hand side of the road.
From Interstate 880: Take The Alameda exit; Travel north on The Alameda; The Alameda will become El Camino Real; The main entrance to Santa Clara University will be on the left-hand side of the road.
Registration: See registration instructions and link below.
CONVENIENT ONLINE REGISTRATION SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE FOR DINNER REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP DUES PAYMENT
IT’S EASY - HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:
1. Dinner meeting registration payments and membership dues payments will be accepted only through the online registration service.
2. It’s a super easy, fast and convenient way to pay by using your VISA, Mastercard, Discover or online electronic 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 registration link below.
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 November dinner meeting, please pay your membership dues in addition to registering for the dinner meeting (see link above). You have the option of paying dinner fee and membership dues together.
REGISTER TODAY – click here: Registration
If you are unable to connect to the link above, please copy and paste this URL: https://secure.thriva.com/Reg/Form.aspx?IDTD=2557657&IDRPH=859167.
If you do not want to join SVIPLA at this time, 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: Friday, November 16, 2007. Online registration will close at that time - 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.
HOW TO SET UP YOUR ONLINE REGISTRATION AS RECIPIENT OF THIS EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT:
1. Click on online registration link below.
2. \"Register Online\" page will appear; because you received this email, some of your information is already in the system, so click on \"SVIPLA Newsletter Recipient User; if you did not input your registration or membership payment in September: \" input your email address; click on \"Don\'t know your password? click here\". Your password will be sent to you (you can change the pass word after this) See next step..
3. Input your email address on \"Reset Password\" page; click on \"Send me a Password email.\" Check your email and go to Step 4 below.
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 to register or pay membership dues.
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 MEMBERSHIP DUES NOW DUE – MEMBERSHIP YEAR SEPTEMBER 2007 THROUGH JUNE 2008 – PAY YOUR ANNUAL SVIPLA MEMBERSHIP DUES ($80) ONLINE – (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.
SAVE THE DATE – UPCOMING SVIPLA MEETINGS
December 13, 2007, Scott’s Seafood, Palo Alto: SVIPLA will host a holiday reception.
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