SFIPLA Calendar

Upcoming Events

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

Previous SFIPLA Events

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

Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Current Policy Issues: The FTC, NAS, Madrid, and Patent Law Treaty
Q. Todd Dickinson
The Palace Hotel, San Francisco

Friday, October 31, 2003
European Trade Marks: Strategy in a Changing Landscape
The Palace Hotel, San Francisco

Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Co-Sponsored by SFIPLA
Latest Thinking on Attacking/Defending Patents
in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Market
at the Hilton San Francisco

Saturday, August 9, 2003
SFIPLA 6th Annual Bay Area Job Fair
University of California
Hastings Law School

Tuesday, July 29, 2003
SFIPLA Hot Topic Lunch Series - July 2003
Top 10 Ways To Keep In-House Counsel Happy!

May 9-11, 2003
2003 Annual Spring Seminar
Bacara Resort & Spa
Santa Barbara, California

Thursday, March 20, 2003
SFIPLA Hot Topic Lunch Series - March 2003
Contemporary Issues in Copyright: Digital Rights Management, Fair Use in the DMCA, and File Sharing

February 27-28, 2003
The Intellectual Property Law Update for Corporate Counsel
SFIPLA Co-sponsored Program

Wednesday, February 19, 2003
SFIPLA Hot Topic Lunch Series - February 2003
International Trademark Registration under the Madrid Protocol: What Will U.S. Accession Mean for Trademark Owners and Practitioners?

Thursday, January 30, 2003
SFIPLA Hot Topic Lunch Series - January 2003
Trade Marks and Designs - How To Maximize New Opportunities for IP Protection in the European Community

Thursday, November 21, 2002
SFIPLA Hot Topic Lunch Series - November 2002
IP Litigation at the U.S. International Trade Commission -
Protecting Your Market Share in a Global Economy

Friday, October 18, 2002
SFIPLA Hot Topic Lunch Series - October 2002
"You Want How Much?!" - Patent Licensing:
Communicating the Value

Wednesday, September 25, 2002
SFIPLA Hot Topic Lunch Series - September 2002
Drafting Claims In Light Of Everything That Is Going On

Saturday, August 10, 2002
SFIPLA 5th Annual Bay Area Job Fair
University of California, Hastings Law School

Tuesday, July 9, 2002
SFIPLA Hot Topic Lunch Series - July 2002
The Festo Decision from the U.S. Supreme Court:
The Last Word on Prosecution History Estoppel?