Santa Clara Law’s High Tech Law Institute (HTLI), The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) and the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA) are proud to present a distinguished panel to address the question:

Do Recent Changes to U.S. Patent Law and Practice Weaken or Strengthen the Patent System?

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Location: Mission Room, Benson Memorial Center, Santa Clara University
Time: 6:00 p.m. – Registration, hors d’oeuvres and drinks
7:00 p.m. - Dinner and program

THE PROGRAM:

This distinguished panel will discuss the question Do Recent Changes to U.S. Patent Law and Practice Weaken or Strengthen the Patent System? in two parts, with reference to the following actual and proposed changes in the context of both US innovation and our international competitive position.

I. Patent Prosecution and Patent Quality issues: Nonobviousness,  Patentable subject matter,Continuation Limits, 5/25 Rule, First to File, Mandatory Publication, Post Grant Opposition
II. Licensing and Litigation issues: Declaratory Judgments. Injunctions, Damages Apportionment, Willfulness, Venue, Interlocutory Appeals, Specialized Courts, Elimination of Best Mode

Moderator:
Robert Barr,  Executive Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)

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

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.

How to register and pay dinner fee online:
1.  Go to online registration link https://secure.thriva.com/Reg/Form.aspx?IDTD=2557657&IDRPH=859167 
2.  "Register Online" page will appear; click on "First-time user;" OR if already SVIPLA email recipient, click on "SVIPLA Newsletter Recipient User;" click on "Continue" and follow the prompts.

Cost: Attendee-$85        SVIPLA Member-$60        Student-$25

**NOTE TO DECEMBER GRADS- Your deadline to apply for a High Tech Law Certificate (HTLC) or International High Tech Law Certificate (IHTLC) is Friday, November 16th**

For complete information about the certificate requirements, list of qualified courses, and all application docs (application, library release form, certificate or originality) go online-
HTLC: http://law.scu.edu/hightech/high-tech-law-certificate.cfm
IHTLC: http://law.scu.edu/hightech/international-high-tech-law-certificate.cfm

What you need to submit to Loyola 107 by Friday, Nov. 16th:
Application with faculty signature approving your paper
Library Release Form
Certificate of Originality
Hard copy of paper
Electronic copy of paper (saved to disk or CD)

For any additional questions, please contact Jasmine Pilgeram at jpilgeram@scu.edu or Eric Goldman at egoldman@scu.edu. 

The Institute for Intellectual Property in Asia, Center for Global Law and Policy, The American Society of International Law and the High Tech Law Institute present

IP Protection for Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions
Friday, November 9, 2007
8:30am-6:30pm
California Mission Room, Benson Center, Santa Clara University

For a complete list of panelists, program schedule and registration, go to www.scu.edu/TraditionalKnowledge07

Register Now!
Attendance at the conference is FREE for those who register, not requiring MCLE credit. For 6.5 hours of MCLE credit hours, the fee is $140.