SFIPLA Calendar

Upcoming Events

11th Annual SFIPLA Bay Area Job Fair

SFIPLA's Annual Job Fair will take place on August 10, 2008 at the University of San Francisco School of Law. See Job Fair for additional information and registration details.

Previous SFIPLA Events

May 2-4, 2008

2008 SFIPLA Annual Spring Seminar
Solage Calistoga in Calistoga, CA

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

New Changes in California Trademark Law - What Every Practitioner Needs to Know
Le Méridien
333 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA

Thursday, March 6, 2008

The Implementation of KSR and Other Changes In Practice Before the Office
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
One Market, Spear Street Tower
San Francisco , CA

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

ETHICS: Getting In, Getting Out, Getting Paid, and not Getting Sued
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP Two Embarcadero Center,
8th Floor San Francisco, CA

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Use of Computer Forensics in Trade Secret Misappropriation Actions: The View from Inside and Outside the Computer
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Three Embarcadero Center , 27th Floor
San Francisco , CA

Thursday, November 15, 2007
Willful Infringement and Privilege after In re Seagate
Covington & Burling LLP
One Front Street
San Francisco, CA

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Utilizing Early Neutral Evaluation to Assess Trademark and Unfair Competition Disputes
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin LLP
Three Embarcadero, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA

Thursday, September 13, 2007
Challenges and Strategies in Dealing with the Patent Office Rule Changes - A SFIPLA Panel Discussion with Inside and Outside Counsel
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
One Market, Spear Street Tower
San Francisco, CA

May 18-20, 2007
2007 SFIPLA Annual Spring Seminar
Hotel Healdsburg Resort & Spa in Healdsburg, CA

Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Video Hosting and Display Websites: Guide to Copyright Issues
Fenwick & West LLP
555 California Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA

Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property Cases
JAMS Embarcadero Facility 2 Embarcadero Center, 15th Floor
San Francisco, CA

Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Grokster, One Year On: Why It May Have Changed Patent Law.
Bingham McCutchen LLP
3 Embarcadero Center, 27th Floor
San Francisco, CA

Wednesday, January 24, 2007
ETHICS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CASES
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
2 Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA

Tuesday, December 5, 2006
WINE, WOMEN, AND SONG: USE OF SURVEY EVIDENCE IN THE GALLO, PRINCESS DIANA, AND NAPSTER CASES
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin
3 Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA

Thursday, October 26, 2006
CURRENT ISSUES IN PRODUCT DESIGN PROTECTION AND ENFORCEMEN
DLA Piper US LLP
153 Townsend Street, 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA

Wednesday, September 13, 2006
GLOBAL FORUM SHOPPING: PATENT LITIGATION STRATEGIES AND COUNTRY WIN RATES
Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos & Rudy LLP
425 Market Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA

Monday, September 11, 2006
Reception at SFMOMA

August 12, 2006
Ninth Annual SFIPLA Bay Area Job Fair
University of San Francisco School of Law
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA

May 19-21, 2006
2006 SFIPLA Annual Spring Seminar
Green Valley Ranch Resort in Las Vegas, NV

Wednesday, April 26 , 2006
USPTO UPDATE: SIGNIFICANT PRACTICE CHANGES ON THE HORIZON
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor
San Francisco, CA

Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Preliminary and Permanent Injunctions in Patent Cases, Bingham McCutchen LLP,
Three Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA

Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Copyright Inducement: A New Weapon in Copyright Litigation, or Just Another False Alarm?
Coblentz, et al., One Ferry Building
San Francisco, CA

Monday, January 23, 2006
AVOIDING ETHICAL PITFALLS IN I.P. PRACTICE
Three Embarcadero Center San Francisco

Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Hot Topic Luncheon INTERFERENCE PRACTICE AND OTHER EVIDENTIARY SUBMISSIONS TO THE USPTO
MoFo 425 Market Street San Francisco

Saturday, August 6, 2005
Eighth Annual SFIPLA Bay Area Job Fair
University of California, Hastings College of the Law,
San Francisco, California

May 20-22, 2005
2005 SFIPLA Annual Spring Seminar
La Quinta Resort & Club, Palm Springs

Tuesday, May 3, 2005
TRADE DRESS: BEST PRACTICES FOR REGISTERING THREE TYPES OF TRADE DRESS
Johanna Sistek
Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, San Francisco

Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Hot Topics Luncheon: Second Circuit Affirms Publisher's Right to Reproduce Print Publication in Electronic Format - Conflict of Circuits?
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, San Francisco

Saturday, April 9, 2005
IP Program at Stanford Law School, CA
Organized by the law & technology associations of Stanford, Boalt, Hastings and USF Law Schools
"Bay Area Law School Technology Conference 2005"
Register online at
http://slata.stanford.edu/Conference05/registration.htm

Friday, February 11, 2005
Symposium on Rules & Borders: Regulating Digital Environments
Hosted by the Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal
Information for the symposium including panel descriptions and presenters is available at http://www.scu.edu/techlaw/symposium2005.html.
Any questions regarding this event can be directed to rzemlicka@scu.edu.

Thursday, January 20, 2005
ETHICAL ISSUES IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW PRACTICE
Paul Vapnek
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco

Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Nanotechnology - What Does it Mean for IP Counsel?
Free MCLE meeting
Sponsored by the SFIPLA and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP's San Francisco Office,
Four Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor

Thursday, October 28, 2004
Practice Relating to Software and Business Method Inventions
sponsored by Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, LLP
The Palace Hotel, San Francisco

Saturday, August 14, 2004
Job Fair 2004
University of California
Hastings College of the Law

June 25-27, 2004
2004 SFIPLA Annual Spring Seminar
Squaw Creek at Lake Tahoe
2004 Annual Seminar - Squaw Valley PHOTOS

May 20, 2004
Open Meeting with Technology Transfer Delegation from China
Dillingham & Murphy LLP, San Francisco

Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Practical Ethics in the Digital Age for the IP Practitioner
D. Peter Harvey
The Palace Hotel, San Francisco

Tuesday, January 27, 2004
OPEN SOURCE AND LINUX:
How to use it, when and why you should, and what to be wary of
Jason B. Wacha
The Palace Hotel, San Francisco