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Upcoming Standing Committee Meetings and MCLE Programs
- New! The regular telephonic meeting of the Trade Secrets Interest Group has been rescheduled for January 24, 2012 at 3 p.m. The call-in number is 1-800-304-8043 and the pass code is 346923. Hope you can join us.
- New! IP Section Teleseminar: Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Discrimination and Bias in the Legal Profession, Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
- New! Copyright Call: Copyright Interest Group 2012 Planning Call, Thursday, January 26, 12 noon - 1 p.m.
- New! IP Section Live Program or Teleseminar: Sex Drugs and Rock & Roll, Friday, January 27, 2012, 12 noon - 1 p.m. Hosted by the Patent Interest Group.
- Save the Date! In-Person Roundtable on WIPO Trademark Registration Strategies and Updates from Geneva, February 21, 2012 in Los Angeles and February 23, 2012 in San Francisco
- New! Save the Date! Internet Conference will be on Friday September 14 at the L.A. Marriott
- Did You Miss One of Our Teleseminars or Webinars? Our Recent Programs Have Now Been Added to Our Online CLE Catalog.
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Third-Party Programs
- IP Colloquium: An online audio program devoted to intellectual property topics
Upcoming MCLE Programs and Meetings
IP Section Teleseminar: Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Discrimination and Bias in the Legal Profession
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
This program offers 1 hour participatory CLE credit in Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession. You must register in advance in order to attend.
This program will provide a brief background on the applicable laws as well as an understanding of the complexity of discrimination and bias, using legal definitions and real world examples, and highlight strategies for preventing, and for responding to, discrimination and bias.
Speakers: Nester Barrero, Christine Goodman, Jason Far-hadian, Sharon Glancz and James Nguyen.
Copyright Call: Copyright Interest Group 2012 Planning Call
All IP Section members interested in getting more involved with the Copyright Interest Group are invited to participate in an initial planning call for 2012 on Thursday, January 26, at Noon (Pacific).
During the call we will discuss potential topics for CLE presentations, social networking events, writing opportunities and publications, and other activities. We may also develop subcommittees to focus on certain plans. This is a great opportunity to meet others who are interested in copyrights, suggest topics you would be interested in learning more about, and (hopefully!) get involved with the Copyright Interest Group’s activities in 2012.
Call in number: 800-304-8043 Pascode: 346923
IP Section Live Program or Teleseminar: Sex Drugs and Rock & Roll, Hosted by the Patent Interest Group
Friday, January 27, 2012, 12 noon - 1 p.m.
Participation either in person at the State Bar Offices on 180 Howard Street in San Francisco, or via teleseminar
Sex Drugs and Rock & Roll provides 1 hour of CLE credit for Detection/Prevention of Substance Abuse. You must register in advance to attend.
-- Register for the Teleseminar
-- Register for the In-Person Program by e-mailing Section Coordinator Mitch Wood at mitch.wood@calbar.ca.gov with your name and bar number.
The California State Bar Intellectual Property Section is pleased to host the return of its most popular MCLE program “Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll” a lecture presented by Carol M. Langford.
Recommended for California Lawyers needing one hour of CLE credit for Detection/Prevention of Substance Abuse. For those attending the in-person program, no lunch will be provided but bag lunches will be accepted.
Ms. Langford practices at the Law Office of Carol M. Langford in Walnut Creek. She specializes in giving advice on legal ethics and discipline to attorneys, judges, law firms, and corporations, and in representing lawyers and law students before the California State Bar in disciplinary and admissions matters. She serves as a national expert witness in the ethics area, and she teaches ethics as an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law.
In addition to her practice, she has served as the Chair and special advisor to the California State Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Ms. Langford has also co-written two books: a nationally adopted textbook entitled Legal Ethics in the Practice of Law, 3rd Edition (Lexis Law Publishing, 2006) and The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer, Truth, Justice, Power and Greed (Ballantine, 1999).
Save the Date: In-Person Roundtable on WIPO Trademark Registration Strategies and Updates from Geneva
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Los Angeles
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
4 p.m. - 6 p.m. followed by networking
The State Bar of California
1149 South Hill Street
Los Angeles CA 90015-2299
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San Francisco
Thursday, February 23, 2012
4 p.m. - 6 p.m. followed by networking
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
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Alan Datri from WIPO will be joined by experienced in-house and private practice trademark counsel for a panel discussion on the latest news on Madrid Protocol; strengths and weaknesses of the system; filing strategies and insights on foreign trademark protection for U.S. entities and U.S. protection for foreign companies
Los Angeles: Alan Datri, Senior Policy Advisor, WIPO, Geneva; Jane Shay Wald, Irell & Manella; Deborah Greaves, True Religion; Dennis Loomis, Baker Hostetler, and others to be named
San Francisco: Alan Datri, Senior Policy Advisor, WIPO, Geneva; Vaneeta Gajwani, Electronic Arts; Meredith Pavia, Cisco; Frank Goldberg, Zynga; Beth Goldman, Orrick; Anne Hiaring Hocking, Hiaring+Smith; Carole Barrett, Howard Rice, and Tiki Dare, Oracle
Other News
MCLE is Now Available for Select Articles in New Matter
One hour of MCLE in Substance Abuse Elimination is available in the current issue of New Matter. For the Winter issue that just arrived in your mail, MCLE for Substance Abuse is available for the article “Substance Abuse–The Sobering Truth.” One hour of MCLE credit can be obtained by answering 20 True/False questions.
Log on to the website www.calbar.org/self-study for details. Watch for other MCLE credit availability in future issues of New Matter.
Coming Soon! New IP Section Benefit: Current IP-Related Content via Lexology
by Joanna Mendoza and Sophie Cohen
The IP Section is one of the first of The State Bar of California sections to provide Lexology, a web-based legal resource that provides topical and customized legal content directly to each of our members. Lexology is a valuable benefit received by over 120,000 subscribers and is already being provided to members of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), the State Bars of Texas and New York, and many other legal organizations globally. The service will be free, but you must be a member of the IP Section to receive it.
The specially tailored daily e-mail newsfeed for the IP Section will display content related to intellectual property and entertainment law coming out of California, the United States and international jurisdictions. In mid-May, section members will receive an introductory email explaining the service and giving members the ability to amend their personal preference settings with respect to topical content and jurisdictions of interest. Members will also be given the opportunity to “opt-out” of receiving Lexology anytime after the service has begun.
The newsfeed you receive will also include information about the section's upcoming MCLE programs, committee meetings, and other matters of interest from the State Bar and the IP Section. We hope that you will find this new resource to be a valuable new benefit associated with your section membership.
Word Versions of the Trade Secret Committee's Model Protective Draft Order
The Trade Secrets Committee has now posted the preface and draft of its Model Protective Draft Order, in Word Format for your ease of use. See the links below.
Preface to Model Protective Draft Order
Model Protective Draft Order
Save Money with CEB
Continuing Education of the Bar, California (CEB) is extending some special discount offers to our section. As a member of the Intellectual Property Law Section, you're eligible for:
- 10% off selected CEB print or online books
- A rebate on your section dues that can be applied to the cost of a CEB Gold CLE Passport or a CLE program ticket
A complete list of the products eligible for a discount is available on a CEB web page accessible through our Members Only Area. Information about the section dues rebate program can be found on the CEB Web site.
Third-Party Programs
The Intellectual Property Colloquium
We believe IP Section members may be interested in this message from the IP Colloquium:
The Intellectual Property Colloquium is an online audio program devoted to intellectual property topics. We aspire to be something like an NPR talk show, but focused on copyrights and patents, and aimed primarily at a legal audience. The programs are neither lectures nor debates. They are conversations, with high-profile guests drawn from academia, the entertainment community, and the various technology industries.
Each program lasts one hour: is downloadable; and any lawyer who listens can earn free CLE credit in California, New York, Texas, Illinois, Washington, and soon over a dozen more states.
The programs are hosted by UCLA Law Professor Doug Lichtman. Our current show, an archive of previous programs, a schedule of upcoming audios, and various subscription methods are all available at www.ipcolloquium.com. Questions: Email Professor Lichtman at lichtman@law.ucla.edu.
Contact Us
Intellectual Property Law Section
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-1639
415-538-2375
415-538-2368 fax
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