Case Preview

November 3, 2008

Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Bannan 127

We are pleased to announce that the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals will be traveling to Silicon Valley in November. A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments here at Santa Clara Law on November 4th. A preview of the cases to be heard on the 4th will be given by Santa Clara Law faculty as well as attorneys from Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman; McDermott Will & Emery; and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Lunch will be served. Everyone is welcome. To read the briefs of the cases to be heard, click here: law.scu.edu/hightech/federal-circuit-court-contents.cfm


Oral Arguments

November 4, 2008

Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals will sit at Santa Clara Law on November 4, 2008. A panel of three judges will hear cases from 10 a.m. to noon in the Law School's moot court room. Seating in the moot court room is by invitation only. The oral arguments will also be simulcast to the de Saisset Museum on campus. Seating at the Museum is free and open to the public. If you do not have a seat reserved in the Moot Court Room, please go directly to the de Saisset Museum. For directions to the Museum, click here: www.scu.edu/desaisset/information/directions.cfm.

To read the briefs of the cases to be heard, click here: law.scu.edu/hightech/federal-circuit-court-contents.cfm

Biotechnology and Life Sciences Student Group Forming

October 31, 2008 (12:00 - 1:00 p.m.)
Students interested in forming a biotechnology and life sciences student group are encouraged to join us tomorrow for our planning meeting in Bannan 137 at noon. Pizza will be served.

Location: Bannan 137
Time: 12 – 1 p.m.
Contact: Cindy Tippett
Phone: (408) 551-7154

As you prepare to register next week, we want to provide some information that may be helpful to you in making your course selections. First, we have attached a link to the many high tech courses offered next semester: blog/hightech/File/Spring_2009_Courses.doc

Second, we want to remind you of the Civil and High Tech Internship program. There are many advantages to doing an internship while in law school. First, an internship allows you to get out of the classroom and get real world legal experience. Work experience is incredibly important to employers, and an internship is something you can add to your resume and talk about in interviews. Second, an internship gives you the opportunity to sample a particular type of legal setting before you graduate. For example, there are placements available at law firms, in-house legal departments of major tech companies, government offices, and public interest firms. Third, you will be able to network and form relationships with practicing attorneys. Many supervising attorneys become mentors to their internship students, and these relationships can last long into your legal career. To see a full description of the program and information on how to apply, visit this link: law.scu.edu/hightech/civil-and-high-tech-law-internship.cfm

Students who are interested in forming a Biotechnology Law Group are invited to attend this meeting from 12-1 pm on Friday, October 31.  Bannan classroom location TBA.

Oral Arguments

November 4, 2008

Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals will sit at Santa Clara Law on November 4, 2008. A panel of three judges will hear cases from 10 a.m. to noon in the Law School's moot court room. Seating in the moot court room is by invitation only. The oral arguments will also be simulcast to the de Saisset Museum on campus. Seating at the Museum is free and open to the public. If you do not have a seat reserved in the Moot Court Room, please go directly to the de Saisset Museum. For directions to the Museum, click here: http://www.scu.edu/desaisset/information/directions.cfm.

To read the briefs of the cases to be heard, click here: http://law.scu.edu/hightech/federal-circuit-court-contents.cfm

Case Preview

November 3, 2008

Time: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Bannan 127

We are pleased to announce that the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals will be traveling to Silicon Valley in November. A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments here at Santa Clara Law on November 4th. A preview of the cases to be heard on the 4th will be given by Santa Clara Law faculty as well as attorneys from Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman; McDermott Will & Emery; and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Lunch will be served. Everyone is welcome. To read the briefs of the cases to be heard, click here:

http://law.scu.edu/hightech/federal-circuit-court-contents.cfm

Summer Intern

Meet & Greet Event

We are looking for several new interns for this summer!

Learn about our Legal & Compliance Organization's Summer Intern Program

at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Hear from Sun's General Counsel, Mike Dillon, and other Legal VPs.

Meet attorneys and interns from the various legal practice groups.

When: Monday, November 10, 2009

Time: 6:00 - 8:30pm PST

Where: Sun's Menlo Park Campus

11 NETWORK CIRCLE (Willow Road Exit heading east off HWY

101) Menlo Park, California, Building MPK10 – sign in at the

front desk. You will be escorted to the Crossroads Conference

Room.

RSVP by Nov. 3rd:

LCOmeetandgreet@sun.com

to reserve your spot

(Check out job postings periodically at:

http://www.sun.com/studentzone

Click on "Administrative")

You're Invited!!

Information Technology Policy and the Next American President

Oct 28, 2008

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Location: Santa Clara University, de Saisset Museum

Cost : Free

Sponsored by:

Center for Science, Technology, and Society

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

High Tech Law Institute

If the Internet is the "dial tone of the 21st century," as the Personal Democracy Forum has dubbed it, should it be easily accessible for all Americans? How can the United States continue to foster innovations in technology, which have been one of the leading engines of growth in the American economy? What is the proper role for technology in national security and privacy?

Larry Magid, CBS News technology analyst, will talk about these and other technology challenges that will confront whoever wins the upcoming presidential race. Magid contributes regularly to the New York Times, San Jose Mercury News and other media outlets. He served for 18 years as a technology columnist for the Los Angeles Times and his columns have also appeared in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, CNN.COM and numerous other newspapers and websites throughout the world.

Responding will be Geoffrey Bowker, executive director of SCU's Center for Science, Technology, and Society, and Kirk O. Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

Federal Circuit Cases Affecting IP
October 22, 2008
Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara
Time: 6:00 p.m., cocktails and registration; 7:00 p.m., dinner and program

In anticipation of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals' visit to campus, the High Tech Law Institute is cosponsoring a program with the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Association at the Santa Clara Hyatt this Wednesday evening. A panel of former Federal Circuit law clerks will discuss recent and important Federal Circuit decisions.  Panelists will include Heather Mewes of Fenwick & West and Madison Jellins of Alston & Bird.  Students are welcome to attend this event for free. If you are interested, contact Cindy Tippett at ctippett@scu.edu by the end of today (Monday). You will need to bring Cindy a check for $25 made payable to SVIPLA. When you show up at the event, you will get your check back. If you do not show, your check will be cashed. This is basically a security deposit against flakers. Attending events such as this one gives you the opportunity to learn more about patent law as well as to network with practicing attorneys in the field. We hope you will be able to join Cindy on Wednesday.

Biotechnology Panel Discussion, Oct. 28

On behalf of Jack Gilbert, Program Director, Biotechnology and Society at the Center for Science, Technology, and Society, and Greg Baker, Director, Food & Agribusiness Institute, we would like to invite you and your class to attend a biotechnology Panel Discussion Tuesday, October 28. The panel will be discussing, "Communicating Issues in Biotechnology to the Public." This event will take place from 4 PM-6 PM in Williman Room, Benson Center(reception immediately following).

Panelists:

Sally Lehrman, Knight Ridder San Jose Mercury News Endowed Chair in Journalism and the Public Interest, Santa Clara University
When science meets business in the news, one side usually loses. What are the measures of fair and accurate reporting on biotechnology? What are the challenges that journalists face? Using examples from the Peabody award-winning, "The DNA Files" radio documentary series and currently breaking news on food biotech regulation, Lehrman will discuss the role of the news media in stimulating informed public debate and the challenge of presenting science and its related social, ethical and legal issues in broadly compelling ways.



Chad Raphael, Associate Professor, Communication Department, Santa Clara University


Raphael will discuss the need to go beyond thinking about the communication of science as a one-way street from experts to the public, who have their own interests and insights to add to the policy process. One solution is offered by innovative forums for encouraging deliberation about contentious scientific and technical issues among citizens, scientists, and policy makers. Examples include consensus conferences, citizen juries, civic and citizen journalism, and the like, which have been used around the world to address issues such as genetically modified crops.



Belinda Martineau, Principal Editor, Genome Center, University of California, Davis

Fourteen years after the biotechnological products of agricultural science started entering the marketplace, most practitioners of the new agrobiotechnology, supporters of alternative technologies, and the general public still comprehend the technology and its ramifications quite differently. Martineau will discuss some of the challenges these three groups of stakeholders face when it comes to debating agrobiotech issues, with an emphasis on the role played by agricultural scientists in providing the public with information comprehensive enough so that citizens can act.

Moderator:

John Farnsworth, Director, Sustainable Living Undergraduate Research Project Director, Penstemon Project for sustainability across the Curriculum, and Lecturer, Environmental Studies Institute, Santa Clara University

If you would like to attend, please contact Eddie Lucas at x6090 or elucas@scu.edu so that we can arrange for adequate seating.

Carterfone and Open Access in the Digital Era

Santa Clara University School of Law

Sponsored by the High Tech Law Institute and the BroadBand Institute of California

October 17, 2008

9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Bannan 237

The FCC’s 1968 Carterfone decision—celebrating its 40^th anniversary this year—is frequently cited in policy discussions about Net Neutrality and open access, but there is little consensus about how its provisions should apply to Internet access providers and emerging communications technologies.  This Symposium will gather leading telecommunications policy experts to explore the opinion’s implications—past, present and future—on communications policy.  Nick Johnson, the former FCC Commissioner who authored the opinion, will provide the keynote address.

 Attendance is free and open to the public.

Registration is required.

For speaker information and to register online, visit http://law.scu.edu/hightech/carterfone-symposium.cfm

High Tech Moot Court Problem - Exhibit A

It was brought to my attention that the photo for the High Tech Moot Court problem did not appear in the previous blog message.

Click here for the link for  Exhibit A.  I apologize for any inconveniences this omission may have caused.

     The purpose of this contest is to assess your writing and oral advocacy skills. You should not worry about whether the position you are taking is right or wrong. We are more interested in your ability to articulate your position in a persuasive way. Please prepare your answer to these questions in less than 4 double-spaced pages. 

     The memo does not have to be in the form of a written legal brief. It can take the form of a research memo that you might prepare at a law firm.

     This is a closed research problem. You may use ONLY the sources included in this packet. Any outside research will be considered a violation of the rules. Your completed application and paper are due by noon on Friday, October 10th.  Please email your paper and your application to Kyra Maeder (klmoore@scu.edu). 

     Oral presentations will be scheduled for Friday, October 17^th. You will have ten minutes to present your position and answer questions from a panel of judges.  If you have any questions, email Cindy Tippett at ctippett@scu.edu.

     To view the problem go to law.scu.edu/hightech/high-tech-moot-court.cfm