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Online CLE for Participatory Credit

Online Education for Participatory CLE Credit

Did You Miss One of Our Teleseminars or Webinars? Our Recent Programs Have Now Been Added to Our CLE Catalog

Take IP Section programs over the internet for participatory MCLE credit. Choose from hundreds of hours of official State Bar of California MCLE programs at both modem and broadband connection speeds. To see all programs, go to  www.calbar.org/online-cle and select "Intellectual Property". Below are our recent additions from 2010:

  • Copyright Termination Rights and Sound Recordings
    Copyright Interest Group teleseminar originally presented March 21, 2012
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Paul M. Falker, Esq., Arent Fox LLP; Michael Perlstein, Esq., Fischbach Pieberman & Almond LLP; Cydney A. Tune, Moderator, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco

  • Information Security and Cloud Services
    Licensing Interest Group teleseminar originally held March 14, 2012
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
    Online Seminar (Audio Only): More Information
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    Faculty: John Pavolotsky, Greenberg Traurig and Jay Seirmarco, SugarCRM, Inc.

  • An Overview of the USPTO’s New Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) System, and Highlights of Recent Updates to TEAS
    Trademark and Computer Law Interest Groups teleseminar originally held March 13, 2012
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
    Online Seminar (Audio Only): More Information
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    Faculty: Craig Morris, Managing Attorney for Trademark Outreach, United States Patent , United State Patent and Trademark Office; Mark Leonard, Davis & Leonard LLP

  • Privacy Concerns -- What Every IP and International Lawyer Needs to Know
    International IP Interest Group teleseminar originally held February 16, 2012
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    CLEtoGo (Pod Casts): Coming Soon
    Faculty: David Bender author of Bender on Privacy and Data Protection

  • Sex Drugs and Rock & Roll
    Patent Interest teleseminar originally held January 27, 2012
    1 hour participatory CLE in Prevention of Substance Abuse; $35
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    Faculty: Carol M. Langford

  • Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Discrimination and Bias in the Legal Profession
    IP Section teleseminar originally held January 25, 2012
    1 hour participatory CLE in Elimination of Bias; $35
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    Faculty: Nester Barrero, Christine Goodman, Jason Far-hadian, Sharon Glancz and James Nguyen

  • Patent Reform and Patent Litigation - What's New?
    Litigation and Paten Interest Groups teleseminar originally held January 12, 2012
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Peter Chen, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, Silicon Valley; Robert Payne, LaRiviere Law Firm, Monterey; Scott Hansen, Fulwider Patton LLP, Los Angeles; Mark Wine, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Orange County; Georgann S. Grunebach, Moderator, Fox, Los Angeles; Craig Holden, Moderator, Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Los Angeles

  • Ethical Lawyering in a Bad Economy
    Trademark, International IP and Licensing Interest Groups teleseminar originally held December 13, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Noah Rosenthal, Howard Rice

  • Protecting and Licensing IPR in the EU; Latest Patent, Trademark, and Copyright DevelopmentsInternational IP, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Interest Groups teleseminar originally held November 16, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: George Metaxas, Oswell & Vahida, Brussels

  • Entertainment Licensing: Ensuring Your Entertainment Licensing Agreements Keep Pace With Changes in the Marketplace
    Licensing and Copyright Interest Groups teleseminar originally held November 2, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: W. Grimes, Grimes & Battersby, LLC; Danny Simon, The Licensing Group, Ltd.; Cydney Tune, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  • Creative Commons Licenses
    International and Copyright Interest Groups teleseminar originally held October 27, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Aurelia J. Schultz, Creative Commons

  • International Filing Strategies for US Applicants
    Trademark and International IP Interest Groups teleseminar originally held Tuesday,October 11, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Alfred M. Strahlberg, Stralberg & Associates

  • Divided by a Common Language: Trademark Prosecution in Canada
    International IP and Trademark Interest Groups teleseminar originally held August 17, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Eve Munro, Miller Thomson

  • New Top-Level Domains Coming Soon – Be Prepared! 
    Trademark Interest Group teleseminar originally held August 9, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
    Online Seminar (Audio Only): More Information
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    Faculty: Mike Rodenbaugh, Rodenbaugh Law

  • Ordinary Skill in the Art...A Post KSR Prosecution Tool
    Patent Interest Group teleseminar originally held July 27, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Matthew J. Spark

  • SaaS and Cloud Computing Agreements- Key Drafting and Negotiation Issues
    Licensing and Computer Law Groups teleseminar originally held July 19, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: David Tollen, Partner, Adeli & Tollen LLP, San Francisco and Los Angeles; Kevin DeBre, Moderator, Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP; Michael Krieger, Moderator, Willenken Wilson Loh & Lieb

  • What's On Second? A Look at The Current State Of Secondary Liability And The DMCA
    Copyright Interest Group teleseminar originally held June 23, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Naomi Jane Gray, Harvey Siskind LLP

  • What Trademark Attorneys Need to Know About Advertising Law
    Trademark Group teleseminar originally held June 14, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Marc Trachtenberg, Winston & Strawn, Chicago

  • Publishing Contracts in a DIY World
    Copyright Group teleseminar originally held May 25, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Robert Pimm, Law Office of Robert G. Pimm, Walnut Creek; Cydney A. Tune, Moderator, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco

  • Tips on Starting an IP Firm
    Patent and Trademark Groups teleseminar originally held May 24, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Mary Harris, Attorney at Law , San Luis Obispo; Karen Canady, Canady + Lortz LLP, Los Angeles ; Anne Hiaring Hocking, Moderator , Hiaring + Smith, LLP, San Rafael; D. Ben Borson, Borson Law Group, P.C., Larayette; Thomas Ward, Fliesler Meyer LLP, San Francisco; Georgann S. Grunebach, Moderator, Fox , Los Angeles

  • You Bought It – But … Do You Own It? Lessons from the Ninth Circuit
    Computer Law and Copyright Groups teleseminar originally held on May 3, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Corynne McSherry, Electronic Frontier Foundation

  • Patent Practitioner Ethical Compliance Tutorial in a Changing Economy
    Patent Group teleseminar originally held February 9, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Jason S. Feldmar and Victor G. Cooper of Gates & Cooper LLP, Los Angeles

  • Attorneys and the Internet – Ethical Considerations for Modern Practitioners
    Webinar originally held January 31, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE in Legal Ethics; $35
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    Faculty: Glenn E. Von Tersch

  • Update of Patent Legislation and USPTO Rulemaking
    Patent Group webinar originally held January 29, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: D. Ben Borson

  • The Care & Feeding of Domain Names: Tips for Businesses (And Lawyers)
    Webinar originally held January 27, 2011
    1 hour participatory MCLE credit
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: David Branfman , Branfman Law Group, PC

  • The Bilski Decision and Patent Office's Interim Bilski Guidelines
    Webinar originally held Wednesday, January 26, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Joseph P. O'Malley

  • Trading Secrets: How to Adequately Protect Trade Secrets and Balance Employee Rights in California
    Trade Secrets Group webinar originally held January 25, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Kurt Kappes, James McNairy and Barry Brown

  • Patenting Strategies from Legal and Technical Viewpoints
    Patent Group webinar originally held January 20, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: D. Ben Borson and Tal Lavia

  • Trade Secret Litigation – A Statistical Analysis of Recent Trends and Implications
    Trade Secret Group webinar originally held January 19, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: David Almeling

  • Strategies for Patent Reexaminations with Concurrent Litigation
    Patent Group webinar originally presented January 18, 2011
    1 hour participatory CLE; $35
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    Faculty: Gina M. Steele

Self-Study CLE

ArticlesOnline articles from Section publications are available for self-study MCLE credit. Each article is worth 1 hour of self-study credit. It's easy ... read an article and then take a 20 question quiz. The answers and justifications are available immediately upon submitting the quiz. You can earn up to 12.5 hours of self-study credit per reporting period. For more information, see our online catalog of articles.

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