IPA Event Calendar

NEW - If you would like an IPA scholarship to attend one of these conferences, fill out this form.

If you see a mistake or would like a new event listed, please contact Karen Ko.

Note regarding PLI events - PLI will let students go to any of their events for a $25 scholarship (for the first two) and then $75 for any others each year. full list of PLI events.

IP-Related Summer Programs

• SCU's summer programs - Almost all have some focus on IP issues. The Munich program has a heavy focus on Patents. The Sydney program focuses on IP, biotech, and Internet law. The asian programs focus on technology licensing and cyberlaw. The Oxford program has a seminar in Media Law.
• Donald E. Biederman Entertainment & Media Law Institute at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles
• George Washington University Intellectual Property Summer program in Munich

Other IP-related organizations in the area

Organizations at SCU

• SCU Entertainment and Sports Law Association (ESLA)
• The BroadBand Institute of California (BBIC)
• High Tech Law Institute (HTLI)
• Computer and High Tech Law Journal (CHTLJ)
• Center for Science, Technology, and Society

Organizations at other area law schools

• Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society
• Stanford Law and Technology Association (SLATA) (out of date)
• Stanford BioLaw (out of date)
• Stanford Entertainment & Sports Law Association (SESLA) (out of date)
• Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT)
• Berkeley Digital Media & Entertainment Club
• Berkeley Technology Law Journal
• Berkeley Sports and Entertainment Law Society (SELS)
• Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic
• USF Intellectual Property and Cyber Law Association
• USF Intellectual Property Law Bulletin
• Hastings Intellectual Property Organization
• Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal

Professional organizations

• Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California
• Silicon Valley IP Law Association
• San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (SFIPLA). $25 for students to join.
• San Francisco Bar Association (SFBA). $15 for students to join.
• Santa Clara County Bar Association. $12.50 for students to join. Not many events on calendar.
• Directory of ABA-recognized local bar associations in California
• Silicon Valley Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society
• IP Society
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law
• San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery
• San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of ACM SIGCHI (Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction)

Other organizations

• Computer History Museum - Located in Mountain View
• The Tech Museum of Innovation - Located in San Jose
• The Commonwealth Club of California - The nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. Located in San Francisco