Blogs

(Tuesday, January 31, 2012 through Wednesday, February 01, 2012, Times vary, @ Flatotel, 135 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019-6097) The Comprehensive Guide to Patent Reform for Life Sciences Companies. Main Sponsor: the American Conference Institute (ACI). With the historic passing of The America Invents Act, H.R.

(Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM (Reception afterward), @ DLA Piper, 2000 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303) Getting Closer? Patent Differences between the US and the EU Post-patent Reform. Sponsors: German American Chamber of Commerce Inc., Office for the Western U.S.; American Friends of Bucerius; DLA Piper. In September 2011, the America Invents Act was signed into law, concluding a multi-year drafting and negotiation process. Its effect is, among other things, to bring US patent law closer to the patent laws of other jurisdictions.

(Tuesday, January 17, 2012 through Wednesday, January 18, 2012, (January 17, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM) Times vary, @ Hyatt Regency Washington D.C., 400 New Jersey Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20001) 2012 State of the Net Conference. Host: the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee (ICAC). Attracting over 600 attendees annually, the State of the Net Conference provides unparalleled opportunities to network and engage on key policy issues. The State of the Net Conference is the largest information technology policy conference in the U.S.

(Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, @ Location: TBA) Professor Zittrain Q&A Hacktivism: Anonymous, lulzsec, and Cybercrime in 2012 and Beyond. Sponsors: CodeX: Stanford Center for Computers; and the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology. For more information: http://www.law.stanford.edu/calendar/details/6403/Professor%20Zittrain%2.... Questions: Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology – tech@law.stanford.edu.

(Wednesday, January 04, 2012 – Sunday, January 08, 2012, (Registration: January 04, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM), Times vary (Breakfast and Apres-ski meals will be provided), @ The Silvertree Hotel, 100 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village, CO 81615) 29th Annual National CLE Conference: Intellectual Property. Sponsors: The Law Education Institute, CLE in Colorado Inc., West by Thomson Reuters; Torts Trial Insurance; the American Bar Association; Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP; and the American Bar Association: General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division. Ski and CLE!

(Friday, November 11, 2011, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, @ Four Seasons Silicon Valley Hotel at East Palo Alto, 2050 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303) 2012 Chief IP Counsel Summit. Sponsored by the Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology. For more information: http://www.law.stanford.edu/calendar/details/5787/2012%20Chief%20IP%20Co.... Questions: (650) 723-5905.

(Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Webinar) Green IP: An Overview of Opportunities and Risks. Sponsored by: the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education. Panel #1: Eco-Patents: A Triumph of the Commons. Speakers: Michael Byrne and Kevin Greenleaf. Businesses can benefit from the public awareness of green-this and eco-that by not only marketing the environmentally friendly aspects of their products.

(Tuesday, October 25, 2011 – Wednesday, October 26, 2011, (Registration: October 25, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM), Times vary (Continental breakfast & lunch will be served), @ Mission Bay Conference Center, 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158) The Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference. Hosted by Access. Sponsored by: Google, the Ford Foundation, Facebook, Yahoo, AT&T, Mozilla, Skype, Portal A Interactive, Media Democracy Fund, For media sponsors see website. Humanity United.

(Licensing Executives Society (LES) Hosts LES 2011 Annual Meeting, Sunday, October 16, 2011 – Wednesday, October 19, 2011, Times vary, @ Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, One Market Place, San Diego, CA 92101) Sessions include: Can Biopharma Still Create Value ... And How?; The Insiders' Perspective on the Nortel Auction: What Really Happened and What It Means with auction participants from Nortel, Ericsson, Microsoft, Lazard, GIPLG, and 284 Partners.

(Monday, October 10, 2011, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM, @ Stanford Law School, Room 190, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, 94305) Gene Patents and Controversy: Panel on Association for Molecular Pathology v. US (Myriad patent case). Hosted by: the Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences. Last year, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York shocked the IP world by declaring Myriad's BRCA gene patents invalid. The striking decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v.