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Meetings

Upcoming Meetings:

No Events

Past meetings:

Date/Time Event
Wed 01/31/2024
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
SFIPLA Presents IP Ethics: Avoiding Ethical Missteps in IP Practice in 2024 - Wednesday, January 31st
Wed 08/30/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A DISCUSSION OF PATENT POOLS, HOSTED BY VIA LICENSING ALLIANCE – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30
Via Licensing Alliance LLC, San Francisco California
Mon 07/31/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
NONCOMPETES: SO GOES CALIFORNIA, SO GOES THE COUNTRY? – MONDAY, JULY 31
Wed 06/07/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
CHATGPT AND GENERATIVE AI: HARNESSING OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSESSING RISKS – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7
Wed 05/31/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
THE WIDE WORLD OF IP – A DISCUSSION OF THE VARIED POSSIBILITIES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CAREERS – WEDNESDAY, MAY 31
Wed 04/12/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
UPDATES AND INSIGHTS ON IP ISSUES IN NFTs - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH
Thu 01/12/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
SFIPLA Presents IP Ethics: Avoiding Ethical Missteps in IP Practice in 2023 - Thursday, January 12th
Wed 11/16/2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
2022 PATENT YEAR-IN-REVIEW - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 08/17/2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
SFIPLA/USPTO COLLABORATIVE SEARCH PILOT PROGRAM - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17
Thu 07/21/2022
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
CHOOSE YOUR CAREER – WHERE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CAN TAKE YOU – THURSDAY, JULY 21
Fri 06/17/2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
FROM COLORED COINS TO CRYPTO KITTIES TO BEEPLE: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES FROM THE FIRST DECADE OF NFTS – FRIDAY, JUNE 17
Wed 05/11/2022
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A DISCUSSION OF THE UTILITY OF SURVEYS IN PATENT CASES – WEDNESDAY, MAY 11
Mon 04/04/2022
8:00 am - 9:00 am
THE UNIFIED PATENT COURT IS (FINALLY) COMING – HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW! - MONDAY, APRIL 4
Tue 03/01/2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
WHEN YOUR BRAND NEEDS A CHANGE -- LESSONS IN REBRANDING- TUESDAY, MARCH 1
Tue 01/25/2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
IP Ethics - Avoiding Ethical Missteps in IP Practices live via ZOOM - Tuesday, January 25th
Wed 12/15/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The State of Play for Privacy Law in California and Nationwide - Wednesday, December 15th
Wed 10/27/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Creativity and Copyright: Navigating the Complex Intersection between Technology, Music, and Copyright Law - Wednesday, October 27th
Mon 08/30/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Patent Venue Strategies and Trends - Monday, August 30th
Fri 07/23/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
What IP Lawyers Need to Know about §230 - Friday, July 23rd
Wed 06/23/2021
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
LAIPLA/SFIPLA Women in IP: Beyond the Robe – Fireside Chat - Wednesday, June 23rd
Tue 05/18/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Understanding the Trademark Post-Registration Audit Program and Practical Tips to Prepare for an Audit - Tuesday, May 18th
Wed 04/28/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Practical Considerations for Protecting Medical Diagnostics IP - Wednesday, April 28th
Wed 03/31/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
IP Law and the Environment - Wednesday, March 31st
Tue 02/23/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The CASE Act: What's next? Considerations of Implementation and Impact of the Copyright Claims Board live via ZOOM - Tuesday, February 23rd
Tue 01/26/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
IP Ethics: Avoiding Ethical Missteps in IP Practices live via ZOOM - Tuesday, January 26th
Thu 12/10/2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Constitutionality of Overlapping Design Patent and Trade Dress Protection live via ZOOM - Thursday, December 10th
Wed 10/28/2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Can AI Invent? (After DABUS) live via ZOOM - Wednesday, October 28th
Wed 09/23/2020
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Trademark Law and Its Challenges: 2020 (US and Europe) via Zoom Webinar - Wednesday, September 23rd
Thu 08/27/2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Eliminating Bias in IP Departments live via ZOOM - August 27th
Tue 07/21/2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Mark Lemley presents Patent Law Year in Review live via ZOOM - July 21st
Thu 01/23/2020
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 - SFIPLA HOT TOPIC SERIES--(COMPETENCE CREDIT)
Cooley LLP, San Francisco CA
Tue 11/05/2019
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Show Me The Money (or Not)!: A Discussion of IP Damages Trends in Patent and Lanham Act Cases - Tuesday, November 5th
Duff & Phelps, San Francisco
Tue 10/22/2019
All Day
2nd Annual Berkeley-Tsinghua Conference on Transitional IP Litigation - Tuesday, October 22
Clark Kerr Center, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA
Wed 08/28/2019
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Best Practices in IP Mediations - Wednesday, August 28th
Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 07/25/2019
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cybersecurity and Privacy - July 25th
Venable, San Francisco CA
Tue 06/18/2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Patent Prosecution and Litigation before the USPTO with the Director of the Silicon Valley Office, John Cabeca - June 18th
Polsinelli, San Francisco CA
Mon 05/13/2019
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Musicians, memes and mandatory exceptions – A quick tour of EU copyright reform - Monday, May 13th
Polsinelli, San Francisco CA
Wed 04/03/2019
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Breakfast with the Trademark Office - Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Sideman & Bancroft, San Francisco CA
Thu 01/10/2019
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
SFIPLA NEW YEAR MIXER AND IP ETHICS PRESENTATION -- JANUARY 10, 2019
Venable, San Francisco CA
Wed 11/28/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Ethics & Technology in the Law Office - Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco CA
Thu 11/08/2018
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
SOLD OUT!!! An Evening with Under Secretary Andrei Iancu, USPTO Director, at the Dolby Cinema - Thursday, November 8, 2018
Dolby Cinema, San Francisco California
Tue 10/16/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Functional Claiming: How-To’s and Avoiding Pitfalls - Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Winston & Strawn LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 08/22/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
IP Litigation for Driverless Car, AI and Other New Industries - Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 07/25/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Six Common Mistakes in Cloud Computing Agreements - July 25, 2018
Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 04/26/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The Future of Intellectual Property
Polsinelli, San Francisco CA
Thu 03/22/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Digital Scraping Update: The Impact of Recent Decisions in the Northern District and Ninth Circuit
Venable, San Francisco CA
Tue 01/23/2018
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
SFIPLA NEW YEAR MIXER AND MCLE ON COMPETENCY -- JANUARY 23, 2018
Cooley, San Francisco CA
Fri 12/01/2017
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Creating Title in Digital Assets: Bitmark and its Potential Application to California’s Resale Royalty Act
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 11/09/2017
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Nuts and Bolts of EU Trademarks, IP Enforcement and Litigation
Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco CA
Tue 09/05/2017
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Slants in Concert and Conversation - Tuesday, September 5, 2017
UC Hastings, San Francisco CA
Wed 06/07/2017
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Winning Cases Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act
Fenwick West LLP, San Francisco CA
Tue 05/16/2017
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Implications of Brexit on the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court, and Recent UK Court Developments
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 04/19/2017
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Storm in the Harbor: Decisions and Debates On Copyright Liability For Internet Companies
Shartsis Friese LLP, San Francisco CA
Fri 01/13/2017
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Neurodiversity at Work and the Legal Profession: Understanding and Eliminating Bias Around Brain Difference
Cooley, San Francisco CA
Wed 12/07/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
How to Win a Trade Dress Case After Apple v. Samsung
Shartsis Friese LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 11/16/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Mappings and Cartoons and Games, Oh My! Pokémon Go and IP Issues
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 10/06/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The Copyright Office's Section 512 Study
Munger Tolles, San Francisco CA
Tue 07/19/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The New Defend Trade Secrets Act: Key Features and Best Practices
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 06/02/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Infringement Claims After Akamai: Prosecuting and Litigating Patents Under a New Standard
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 04/28/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The Intersection of Copyright Law and Privacy Law
Munger Tolles, San Francisco CA
Tue 03/08/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Beyond Bullet Points: Visual Presentation of an IP Case
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Fri 02/19/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
International Patent Practice Update - Hot Topics in Europe and Asia
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Tue 11/03/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Protecting Your IP: Don’t Forget a Privacy Program (presented by Sharon Anolik)
DLA Piper, San Francisco CA
Thu 10/22/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Indemnities in Tech Contracts: Tackling Data Breaches, Patent Trolls, IP Gremlins, and Other Monsters (presented by David Tollen)
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 09/24/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Ethical Issues in Third Party Litigation Funding Agreements (presented by Meredith Carter)
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Mon 08/17/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Maximizing Value In Financial Transactions Involving Strategic Patent Portfolios
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 07/30/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Blurred Lines of IP Protection (Presented by Frank Goldberg and Jed Wakefield)
Fenwick & West, San Francisco CA
Tue 06/16/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Recent Developments in Patent Damages (presented by John Hansen & Jim Pampinella)
Aptus Court Reporting, San Francisco CA
Tue 04/28/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Claim Construction after Teva Pharmaceuticals (Presented by Michael Carlson & Robert McFarlane)
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 03/26/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Do "Groundless Threat" Statutes Work to Prevent IP Bullying? (Presented by Prof. William Gallagher)
Golden Gate University, Room 3214, San Francisco CA
Fri 02/20/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The Patent Landscape After Alice and Myriad (presented by William Gaede and Fabio Marino)
Morgan Lewis, San Francisco CA
Thu 01/15/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Ethics Update for IP Attorneys (Presented by John Steele)
Morgan Lewis (formerly Bingham), San Francisco CA
Tue 12/09/2014
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
A Look Inside Comic Art, Creativity and the Law (Presented by Prof. Marc Greenberg)
Golden Gate University, Room 5310, San Francisco CA
Thu 11/20/2014
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Former Employees as Competitors: Trade Secret and Data Forensics Issues (Presented by Jiyun Lee and Andrew Crain)
Bar Association of San Francisco Conference Center, San Francisco CA
Thu 10/16/2014
12:00 pm
An Insider’s Perspective on a Multifaceted Product Design Trade Dress Case (presented by Ken Germain)
Bar Association of San Francisco Conference Center, San Francisco CA
Wed 09/17/2014
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Inter Partes Review in the USPTO (Presented by Richard Bone)
Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 08/13/2014
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Free webinar: Alice Corp v. CLS Bank: Impact and Strategies on Prosecution and Litigation
Thu 07/17/2014
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Is the Cronut the Next Big Mac or Whopper? Or is it Simply a Generic Portmanteau? (Presented by Jesse Creed)
Munger Tolles, San Francisco CA

For earlier events, click here: Previous SFIPLA Events

Upcoming meetings:

No Events

Past meetings:

Date/Time Event
Wed 01/31/2024
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
SFIPLA Presents IP Ethics: Avoiding Ethical Missteps in IP Practice in 2024 - Wednesday, January 31st
Wed 08/30/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A DISCUSSION OF PATENT POOLS, HOSTED BY VIA LICENSING ALLIANCE – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30
Via Licensing Alliance LLC, San Francisco California
Mon 07/31/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
NONCOMPETES: SO GOES CALIFORNIA, SO GOES THE COUNTRY? – MONDAY, JULY 31
Wed 06/07/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
CHATGPT AND GENERATIVE AI: HARNESSING OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSESSING RISKS – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7
Wed 05/31/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
THE WIDE WORLD OF IP – A DISCUSSION OF THE VARIED POSSIBILITIES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CAREERS – WEDNESDAY, MAY 31
Wed 04/12/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
UPDATES AND INSIGHTS ON IP ISSUES IN NFTs - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH
Thu 01/12/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
SFIPLA Presents IP Ethics: Avoiding Ethical Missteps in IP Practice in 2023 - Thursday, January 12th
Wed 11/16/2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
2022 PATENT YEAR-IN-REVIEW - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 08/17/2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
SFIPLA/USPTO COLLABORATIVE SEARCH PILOT PROGRAM - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17
Thu 07/21/2022
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
CHOOSE YOUR CAREER – WHERE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CAN TAKE YOU – THURSDAY, JULY 21
Fri 06/17/2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
FROM COLORED COINS TO CRYPTO KITTIES TO BEEPLE: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES FROM THE FIRST DECADE OF NFTS – FRIDAY, JUNE 17
Wed 05/11/2022
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A DISCUSSION OF THE UTILITY OF SURVEYS IN PATENT CASES – WEDNESDAY, MAY 11
Mon 04/04/2022
8:00 am - 9:00 am
THE UNIFIED PATENT COURT IS (FINALLY) COMING – HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW! - MONDAY, APRIL 4
Tue 03/01/2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
WHEN YOUR BRAND NEEDS A CHANGE -- LESSONS IN REBRANDING- TUESDAY, MARCH 1
Tue 01/25/2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
IP Ethics - Avoiding Ethical Missteps in IP Practices live via ZOOM - Tuesday, January 25th
Wed 12/15/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The State of Play for Privacy Law in California and Nationwide - Wednesday, December 15th
Wed 10/27/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Creativity and Copyright: Navigating the Complex Intersection between Technology, Music, and Copyright Law - Wednesday, October 27th
Mon 08/30/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Patent Venue Strategies and Trends - Monday, August 30th
Fri 07/23/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
What IP Lawyers Need to Know about §230 - Friday, July 23rd
Wed 06/23/2021
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
LAIPLA/SFIPLA Women in IP: Beyond the Robe – Fireside Chat - Wednesday, June 23rd
Tue 05/18/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Understanding the Trademark Post-Registration Audit Program and Practical Tips to Prepare for an Audit - Tuesday, May 18th
Wed 04/28/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Practical Considerations for Protecting Medical Diagnostics IP - Wednesday, April 28th
Wed 03/31/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
IP Law and the Environment - Wednesday, March 31st
Tue 02/23/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The CASE Act: What's next? Considerations of Implementation and Impact of the Copyright Claims Board live via ZOOM - Tuesday, February 23rd
Tue 01/26/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
IP Ethics: Avoiding Ethical Missteps in IP Practices live via ZOOM - Tuesday, January 26th
Thu 12/10/2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Constitutionality of Overlapping Design Patent and Trade Dress Protection live via ZOOM - Thursday, December 10th
Wed 10/28/2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Can AI Invent? (After DABUS) live via ZOOM - Wednesday, October 28th
Wed 09/23/2020
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Trademark Law and Its Challenges: 2020 (US and Europe) via Zoom Webinar - Wednesday, September 23rd
Thu 08/27/2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Eliminating Bias in IP Departments live via ZOOM - August 27th
Tue 07/21/2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Mark Lemley presents Patent Law Year in Review live via ZOOM - July 21st
Thu 01/23/2020
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 - SFIPLA HOT TOPIC SERIES--(COMPETENCE CREDIT)
Cooley LLP, San Francisco CA
Tue 11/05/2019
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Show Me The Money (or Not)!: A Discussion of IP Damages Trends in Patent and Lanham Act Cases - Tuesday, November 5th
Duff & Phelps, San Francisco
Tue 10/22/2019
All Day
2nd Annual Berkeley-Tsinghua Conference on Transitional IP Litigation - Tuesday, October 22
Clark Kerr Center, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA
Wed 08/28/2019
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Best Practices in IP Mediations - Wednesday, August 28th
Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 07/25/2019
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cybersecurity and Privacy - July 25th
Venable, San Francisco CA
Tue 06/18/2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Patent Prosecution and Litigation before the USPTO with the Director of the Silicon Valley Office, John Cabeca - June 18th
Polsinelli, San Francisco CA
Mon 05/13/2019
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Musicians, memes and mandatory exceptions – A quick tour of EU copyright reform - Monday, May 13th
Polsinelli, San Francisco CA
Wed 04/03/2019
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Breakfast with the Trademark Office - Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Sideman & Bancroft, San Francisco CA
Thu 01/10/2019
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
SFIPLA NEW YEAR MIXER AND IP ETHICS PRESENTATION -- JANUARY 10, 2019
Venable, San Francisco CA
Wed 11/28/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Ethics & Technology in the Law Office - Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco CA
Thu 11/08/2018
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
SOLD OUT!!! An Evening with Under Secretary Andrei Iancu, USPTO Director, at the Dolby Cinema - Thursday, November 8, 2018
Dolby Cinema, San Francisco California
Tue 10/16/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Functional Claiming: How-To’s and Avoiding Pitfalls - Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Winston & Strawn LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 08/22/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
IP Litigation for Driverless Car, AI and Other New Industries - Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 07/25/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Six Common Mistakes in Cloud Computing Agreements - July 25, 2018
Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 04/26/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The Future of Intellectual Property
Polsinelli, San Francisco CA
Thu 03/22/2018
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Digital Scraping Update: The Impact of Recent Decisions in the Northern District and Ninth Circuit
Venable, San Francisco CA
Tue 01/23/2018
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
SFIPLA NEW YEAR MIXER AND MCLE ON COMPETENCY -- JANUARY 23, 2018
Cooley, San Francisco CA
Fri 12/01/2017
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Creating Title in Digital Assets: Bitmark and its Potential Application to California’s Resale Royalty Act
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 11/09/2017
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Nuts and Bolts of EU Trademarks, IP Enforcement and Litigation
Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco CA
Tue 09/05/2017
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Slants in Concert and Conversation - Tuesday, September 5, 2017
UC Hastings, San Francisco CA
Wed 06/07/2017
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Winning Cases Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act
Fenwick West LLP, San Francisco CA
Tue 05/16/2017
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Implications of Brexit on the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court, and Recent UK Court Developments
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 04/19/2017
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Storm in the Harbor: Decisions and Debates On Copyright Liability For Internet Companies
Shartsis Friese LLP, San Francisco CA
Fri 01/13/2017
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Neurodiversity at Work and the Legal Profession: Understanding and Eliminating Bias Around Brain Difference
Cooley, San Francisco CA
Wed 12/07/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
How to Win a Trade Dress Case After Apple v. Samsung
Shartsis Friese LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 11/16/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Mappings and Cartoons and Games, Oh My! Pokémon Go and IP Issues
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 10/06/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The Copyright Office's Section 512 Study
Munger Tolles, San Francisco CA
Tue 07/19/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The New Defend Trade Secrets Act: Key Features and Best Practices
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 06/02/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Infringement Claims After Akamai: Prosecuting and Litigating Patents Under a New Standard
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 04/28/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The Intersection of Copyright Law and Privacy Law
Munger Tolles, San Francisco CA
Tue 03/08/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Beyond Bullet Points: Visual Presentation of an IP Case
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Fri 02/19/2016
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
International Patent Practice Update - Hot Topics in Europe and Asia
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Tue 11/03/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Protecting Your IP: Don’t Forget a Privacy Program (presented by Sharon Anolik)
DLA Piper, San Francisco CA
Thu 10/22/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Indemnities in Tech Contracts: Tackling Data Breaches, Patent Trolls, IP Gremlins, and Other Monsters (presented by David Tollen)
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 09/24/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Ethical Issues in Third Party Litigation Funding Agreements (presented by Meredith Carter)
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Mon 08/17/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Maximizing Value In Financial Transactions Involving Strategic Patent Portfolios
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 07/30/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Blurred Lines of IP Protection (Presented by Frank Goldberg and Jed Wakefield)
Fenwick & West, San Francisco CA
Tue 06/16/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Recent Developments in Patent Damages (presented by John Hansen & Jim Pampinella)
Aptus Court Reporting, San Francisco CA
Tue 04/28/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Claim Construction after Teva Pharmaceuticals (Presented by Michael Carlson & Robert McFarlane)
Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco CA
Thu 03/26/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Do "Groundless Threat" Statutes Work to Prevent IP Bullying? (Presented by Prof. William Gallagher)
Golden Gate University, Room 3214, San Francisco CA
Fri 02/20/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
The Patent Landscape After Alice and Myriad (presented by William Gaede and Fabio Marino)
Morgan Lewis, San Francisco CA
Thu 01/15/2015
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Ethics Update for IP Attorneys (Presented by John Steele)
Morgan Lewis (formerly Bingham), San Francisco CA
Tue 12/09/2014
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
A Look Inside Comic Art, Creativity and the Law (Presented by Prof. Marc Greenberg)
Golden Gate University, Room 5310, San Francisco CA
Thu 11/20/2014
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Former Employees as Competitors: Trade Secret and Data Forensics Issues (Presented by Jiyun Lee and Andrew Crain)
Bar Association of San Francisco Conference Center, San Francisco CA
Thu 10/16/2014
12:00 pm
An Insider’s Perspective on a Multifaceted Product Design Trade Dress Case (presented by Ken Germain)
Bar Association of San Francisco Conference Center, San Francisco CA
Wed 09/17/2014
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Inter Partes Review in the USPTO (Presented by Richard Bone)
Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco CA
Wed 08/13/2014
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Free webinar: Alice Corp v. CLS Bank: Impact and Strategies on Prosecution and Litigation
Thu 07/17/2014
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Is the Cronut the Next Big Mac or Whopper? Or is it Simply a Generic Portmanteau? (Presented by Jesse Creed)
Munger Tolles, San Francisco CA

For earlier events, click here: Previous SFIPLA Events

Golden Gate Bridge at night

Purpose

SFIPLA works to:

educate its members and the public about developments in intellectual property law;
instill a high standard of ethics among members; and
and foster a sense of community.

History

The San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (SFIPLA ) is one of the oldest and largest intellectual property law associations in the United States, and currently serves more than 700 active members. The SFIPLA was founded in 1927 and originally named the San Francisco Patent and Trademark Law Association. In 1995, the name of the organization was changed to SFIPLA.

Michael Dergosits
Dergosits & Noah LLP

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Carla Oakley
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Alex Feerst, Vice President
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Robert McFarlane, Secretary
Hanson Bridgett LLP
RMcFarlane@hansonbridgett.com

Will Fitton, Treasurer
The Business Litigation Group, P.C.
wfitton@blgrp.com

ANNUAL MEETING

Alexandra Harmer, Co-Chair
Ascenda Law Group, PC
alexandra.harmer@ascendalaw.com

Raghav Krishnapriyan
Durie Tangri
RKrishnapryian@durietangri.com

MONTHLY MEETINGS
Barrington Dyer, Co-Chair
Polsinelli
bdyer@Polsinelli.com

Russell Peterson, Co-Chair
Digilock
Russell.Petersen@digilock.com

PATENT

Sheila Martinez-Lemke
Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
SMartinez-Lemke@wavsip.com

TRADEMARKS

Beatrice Martinet
Sideman Bancroft LLP
bmartinet@sideman.com

COPYRIGHTS

Nick Aries
Bird & Bird LLP
Nick.Aries@twobirds.com

LITIGATION

Alper Ertas
Venable LLP
ATErtas@venable.com

BROADER IP CHAIR – TRADE SECRETS

Teri Nguyen
Polsinelli
Thpnguyen@Polsinelli.com

BROADER IP CHAIR – PRIVACY

Payal Patel
payal.s.patel7@gmail.com

JOB FAIR 2019

Cristina Rubke, Co-Chair
Shartsis Friese LLP
CRubke@sflaw.com

Michael Adelsheim, Co-Chair
Tucker Ellis LLP
michael.adelsheim@tuckerellis.com

MEMBERSHIP

Timothy Yip
Square
tyip@squareup.com

MENTORSHIP

Louis Nguyen
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
louis.nguyen@morganlewis.com

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Jordan Jaffe
Quinn Emanuel
jordanjaffe@quinnemanuel.com

SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING

Britney Karim
Leclair Ryan
britney.karim@leclairryan.com

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Jennifer Schmidt, Co-Chair
Morrison & Forester LLP
jschmidt@mofo.com

Don Thompson
Don Thompson & Co.
don@thompsonandco.com

Irina Lyapis, Co-Chair
Winston & Strawn LLP
ilyapis@gmail.com

LOGISTICS CHAIR

Ta-Tanisha (“Tay”) Henry
DLA Piper LLP (US)
ta.henry@dlapiper.com

CHARLES E. TOWNSEND 1927-1928

GEORGE HENRY 1928-1929

A.W. BOYKEN 1929-1930

ARTHUR L. SLEE 1930-1931

WILLIAM S. GRAHAM 1931-1932

BALDWIN VALE 1932-1933

PERCY S. WEBSTER 1933-1934

DONALD K. LIPPINCOTT 1934-1935

JAMES M. NAYLOR 1935-1936

WILLIAM A. DOBLE, SR. 1936-1937

THEODORE H. LASSAGNE 1937-1938

MARCUS LOTHROP 1938-1939

MARK MOHLER 1939-1940

LEROY HANSCOM 1940-1941

ROBERT H. ECKHOFF 1941-1942

ARTHUR B. BAKALAR 1942-1943

HENRY GIFFORD HARDY 1943-1944

STANLEY SHARP 1944-1945

JOHN F. SWAIN 1945-1946

WILLIAM H. ATKINSON 1946-1947

PAUL D. FLEHR 1947-1948

OLIVER S. LOUD 1948-1949

W. BRUCE BECKLEY 1949-1950

HERBERT L. SHEPARD 1950-1951

STEPHEN S. TOWNSEND 1951-1952

H. MIAL DUSTIN 1952-1953

EDWARD B. GREGG 1953-1954

C. SAMUEL B. SMITH 1954-1955

JOHN N. ADAMS 1955-1956

A.L. SNOW 1956-1957

A. DONHAM OWEN 1957-1958

MANFRED M. WARREN 1958-1959

CHARLES E. TOWNSEND, JR. 1959-1960

GORDON WOOD 1960-1961

FRANK E. JOHNSTON 1961-1962

JOHN W. RALLS 1962

JULIAN CAPLAN 1962-1963

FRANK A. NEAL 1963-1964

JAMES E. TOOMEY 1964-1965

DIRKS B. FOSTER 1965-1966

ROBERT E. WICKERSHAM 1966-1967

WILLIAM T. NYE 1967-1968

MILTON W. SCHLEMMER 1968-1969

RALPH L. FREELAND, JR. 1969-1970

KARL A. LIMBACH 1970-1971

THOMAS O. HERBERT 1971-1972

GEORGE W. WASSON 1972-1973

THOMAS F. SMEGAL, JR. 1973-1974

JOHN K. UILKEMA 1974-1975

BRUCE W. SCHWAB 1975-1976

JOHN P. SUTTON 1976-1977

CORWIN R. HORTON 1977-1978

THOMAS E. CIOTTI 1978-1979

BERTRAM I. ROWLAND 1979-1980

RICHARD E. BACKUS 1980-1981

THOMAS G. DEJONGHE 1981-1982

PAUL W. VAPNEK 1982-1983

DAVID J. BREZNER 1983-1984

NEIL A. SMITH 1984-1985

WILLIAM H. BENZ 1985-1986

REGINALD J. SUYAT 1986-1987

HARRY A. PACINI 1987-1988

M. HENRY HEINES 1988-1989

VERONICA COLBY DEVITT 1989-1990

BERTRAM BRADLEY 1990-1991

JAMES A. SHERIDAN 1991-1992

VIRGINIA H. MEYER 1992-1993

MICHAEL E. DERGOSITS 1993-1994

ANNE HIARING 1994-1995

GREGORY N. OWEN 1995-1996

RICHARD P. DOYLE, JR. 1996-1997

DEBORAH BAILEY-WELLS 1997-1998

LAURA L. KULHANJIAN 1998-1999

MARK K. DICKSON 1999-2000

KATHERINE C. SPELMAN 2000-2001

CATHERINE T. DOYLE 2001-2002

KUNI OH 2002-2003

TIMOTHY J. HADLOCK 2003-2004

INGRID C. MACKAY 2004-2005

IAN K. BOYD 2005-2006

VAN MAHAMEDI 2006-2007

HOANG-CHI TRUONG 2007-2008

DOUGLAS C. LIMBACH 2008-2009

ANDREW B. SCHWAAB 2009-2010

EDWARD J. BABA 2010-2011

JUDITH S.H. HOM 2011-2012

GARGI TALUKDER 2012-2013

HEATH HOGLUND 2013-2014

MICHAEL CARLSON 2014-2015

ALICA DEL VALLE 2015-2016

SIMONE KATZ-O’NEILL 2016-2017

DAN STODDARD 2017-2018