The Fifth Annual Bench Bar Conference
Karen Kimmey, panelist, "Using experts in the Online World"
The Bankers Club, 555 California Street, 52nd Floor
San Francisco

For more information and to register visit:
www.sfbar.org

The Fifth Annual Bench Bar Conference
Stephanie Skaff, moderator, "Picking a Jury when Technology Matters"
The Bankers Club, 555 California Street, 52nd Floor
San Francisco

For more information and to register visit:
www.sfbar.org

ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee
September 2008 IP Roundtable
"Hot New IP Cases: An End of Summer Review"
Moderator: James Morando
Farella Braun + Martel's San Francisco office

For more information and to register visit

https://secure.lenos.com/lenos/fbm/IPseminars/home.htm

Bob Sloss, Partner, Farella Braun + Martel's IP & Technology Department & Fred Hadidi, Partner, Chao Hadidi Stark & Barker LLP, present on the topic "Taking A Strategic Approach To Patent Litigation"

Garden Court Hotel, 520 Cowper Ave., Palo Alto
Registration - 8:30 am, Presentation - 9:00 am, Q&A - 10:00 am

Program Highlights:
- Thinking strategically in the early stages of patent litigation
- Understanding how recent developments in patent law can impact both plaintiffs and defendant

To attend please send an e-mail to rsvp@fbm.com.

David Stoll, speaker, Wine Education Series presented by Farella Braun + Martel LLP and Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance, "Protecting Your Brand from the Get-Go."
The Lodge at Sonoma

Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Presentation: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Q&A: 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

To attend contact Lori McGovern at info@sonomavalleywine.com.

Nan Joesten, panelist, ABA Law Practice Management Section Annual Meeting, "Winning The War For Talent -- Mentoring/Coaching as a Strategy."
Sheraton New York, NY

Using Claim Construction as a Pathway to Victory

program highlights:

• The latest Federal Circuit pronouncements regarding claim construction
• Strategies for streamlining cases and managing costs effectively to achieve early claim construction
• Methods for making an effective claim construction presentation to courts
  
  Garden Court Hotel, 520 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, CA

Jeff Fisher, speaker, The Intellectual Property Section of The Bar Association of SF, "Meet the Press: IP Litigation Under the Media Microscope"
BASF Conference Center, San Francisco, CA

ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee
May 2008 IP Roundtable
"Trademark Rights vs. The Internet - Who is Winning the Battle?"
Moderators: Karen Kimmey & James Morando
Farella Braun + Martel's San Francisco office

Bob Sloss, presenter, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) 2008 Spring Meeting, "Preparing Cases to Win: Strategic Discovery Thinking"
Houston, TX

"Enforceable?  Protecting Your Rights in China", Presented by Farella Braun + Martel LLP and Stephenson Harwood & Lo

Speakers: Chloe Lee & Richard Grams, Stephenson Harwood & Lo
Moderator: John Cooper, Farella Braun + Martel LLP

FB+M Offices, San Francisco, CA

Stephanie Skaff, speaker, The Intellectual Property Section of The Bar Association of SF, "Practical Approaches To Royalty Rate Analysis"
BASF Conference Center, San Francisco, CA

Today's Issues For Next Year's Business
Key Insurance And IP Issues That Affect You

Program highlights:
- The Aerojet ruling that significantly impacts coverage for litigation settlements.
- Potential coverage for patent infringements - what is best for you?
- The controversy and impact of the changes to Patent Local Rules of the Northern District of California.

Garden Court Hotel, 520 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, CA

John Cooper, moderator, The Intellectual Property Section of The Bar Association of San Francisco, "Revisions to the Northern District's Patent Local Rules: Perspectives from the Judges"
San Francisco Federal Courthouse

"The Attorney-Client Privilege: Navigating Recent Decisions and How They Affect Your Technology Company"
ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee
March 2008 IP Roundtable
Moderators:
Bob Sloss & Helen Dutton
Farella Braun + Martel's San Francisco office

Upheaval In Patent Law, What Does The Future Hold?

Presenters:
Robert Sloss, Intellectual Property Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP and Michael Lynch, Shareholder, Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Garden Court Hotel, Palo Alto, CA

Shanghai Bar Association

Farella Braun + Martel, together with the Shanghai based firm of Watson & Band and leading Chinese academics, conducted a seminar on recent developments in U.S. and Chinese patent and antitrust law.  The seminar was held under the auspices of the Intellectual Property Research Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association.  George Q. Fu of Watson & Band acted as moderator.

John Cooper and Jeff Fisher of Farella gave a presentation on hot topics in U.S. patent litigation Topics included violation of U.S. patent law by actions taken outside of the U.S., recent case law developments, and the interplay between patent law and antitrust law.  

Professor Tao Xinliang, executive vice dean of the Intellectual Property Institute of Shanghai University, spoke on suggestions for revisions to China's Patent Law in the context of the ongoing third revision of that law.

Wu Denglou, judge on the No. 2 Intermediate People's Court of Shanghai, spoke on hot topics in Chinese patent infringement litigation.

Attorneys from Watson & Band spoke on the influence of the new Antitrust Law on the concept of patent abuse.

David Stoll, speaker, "Brand Protection: Trademarks, Copyrights and Licensing"
What every winery or vineyard owner should know about protection of winery names, wine brands and vineyard designations.

Wine Industy Education Series hosted by:
Farella Braun + Martel LLP and Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance

Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa
Vintage Hall

"Preemption: The Intersection of Right of Publicity and Copyright"
ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee
November 2007 IP Roundtable
Farella Braun + Martel's San Francisco office

"Willfulness, Preliminary Injunctions, Scope of Waiver, and the Role of Opinions Post-Seagate"
ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee
September 2007 IP Roundtable
Farella Braun + Martel's San Francisco office

Jeff Fisher, speaker, Advanced Patent Prosecution Seminar
The Benson Hotel, Portland, OR

Andy Leibnitz, panelist, eCommerce/Privacy Committee Q2 Meeting: Chief Privacy Officer Roundtable
Russ Building, San Francisco, CA

Bob Sloss, panelist, eCommerce/Privacy Committee Q2 Meeting: Chief Privacy Officer Roundtable
Garden Court Hotel, Palo Alto, CA

Nan Joesten, moderator, California Superior Court Practice: Do's and Don'ts - State Court Research Attorneys Teach the Do's and Don'ts
Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, CA

Eugene Mar & June Tai, Moderators, "Who is liable for speech in cyberspace?"
ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee
May 2007 IP Roundtable
Held at Farella Braun + Martel's San Francisco office

Bob Sloss, speaker, AIPLA 2007 Spring Meeting, "Idertification and Selection of Experts for a Patent Case"
Boston, MA

Andy Leibnitz & Rod Thompson, Moderators, "Opinions of Counsel and the Scope of Waiver: Examining EchoStar and Seagate"
ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee
March 2007 IP Roundtable
Held at Farella Braun + Martel's San Francisco office

Bob Sloss, co-presenter with Deloitte FAS LLP, IP Breakfast Program - "The Courts Meet the Electronic Age: Keeping Up With The Changes In Electronic Discovery".
Garden Court Hotel, Palo Alto, CA

Nan Joesten & Rod Thompson, Moderators, "Indirect Infringement: Dealing with Vicarious Liability"
ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee
January 2007 IP Roundtable
Held at Farella Braun + Martel's San Francisco office

Jeff Fisher, Moderator, "The Pros and Cons of Patent Litigation Before the International Trade Commission"
ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee
November 2006 IP Roundtable
Held at Farella Braun + Martel's San Francisco office

In assocaition with TIPA and the Formosa Transnational Law Firm, attorneys John Cooper, Jeffrey Fisher and Jonathan Lemberg presented on the topic "Patent Pooling and Litigation Practices in the United States" at a seminar in Taiwan.

Farella Braun + Martel LLP and Stanford Law School's Program in Law, Science & Technology are  co-hosting an IP Breakfast Program on "Understanding the Supreme Court's Recent Patent Decisions: How those decisions may impact technology companies."

Presenters:
Robert Sloss, Intellectual Property partner with Farella Braun + Martel and
Mark Lemley (William H. Neukom Professor of Law; Director, Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology; Of Counsel, Keker & Van Nest LLP).
Stanford Law School Moot Court Room

Farella Braun + Martel will host an ABA IP Roundtable on the topic, "The Satire/Parody Distinction in Copyright and Trademark Law".  Partner Jeffrey M. Fisher and associate Gabriela Ruiz will moderate the lunchtime discussion.

David Stoll will present on "Brand Protection - Trademarks, Copyrights and Licensing" to the Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance.   He will discuss strategies and tips for selecting and protecting wine brands, including what every winery or vineyard owner should know about protection of winery names, wine brands and vineyard designations.

Farella Braun + Martel will host an IP Breakfast Program in cooperation with Stanford's Law Science and Technology Program at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto.  Presenting the program will be FBM IP Partner Robert Sloss and In-House Legal Consultant Joshua Lipp. 

The San Francisco ABA IP Roundtable will be held at Farella Braun + Martel. The topic is "Litigating Software Patents."  Farella Braun + Martel attorney Brian Keating will moderate the discussion.

Farella Braun + Martel is a sponsor of the ACC-A San Francisco Bay Area Chapter CLE Spring Training.  Farella Braun + Martel attorneys Rod Thompson and David Stoll along with Associate General Counsel Kevin Saul of Apple Computer, Inc. will present a program on "Spare Parts to Bug Fixes: Understanding the differences between hardware licensing and software licensing."

Bob Sloss, Moderator, "On the Ownership of Data - Copyright, Public domain or Open Source?"
Boalt Hall, Berkeley, CA

IP partner Bob Sloss will  be a panel member at the session titled "Claim Construction and Scope - Hot topics in Biotech" at the ACI’s 6th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents Conference being held at the Crown Plaza Union Square, San Francisco, CA.

The San Francisco ABA IP Roundtable will be held at Farella Braun + Martel. The topic is "Employee Raiding Cases: Theories and Tactics for both Plaintiffs and Defendants."  Farella Braun + Martel attorneys Doug Dexter and Chrysty Esperanza will moderate the discussion.

Andrew Leibnitz of Farella Braun + Martel LLP discussed: Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls in I.P. Practice, in a presentation sponsored by the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (SFIPLA) and Bingham McCutchen.

Farella Braun + Martel will host the San Francisco ABA IP Roundtable on the topic, "The Dilution Dilemma - Litigating Dilution Claims and the Trademark Dilution Act of 2005".  Partner Jeffrey Fisher will moderate the lunchtime discussion.

Intellectual Property Partner Bob Sloss and Business Litigation Associate James Mann will lead a seminar on the subject "Needle in a Haystack: What You Need To Know About Electronic Discovery" at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto, CA.

IP partner Robert Sloss will lead a workshop titled "Patents Covering the Downloading of Songs and Video - and Other Traps" at the AIPLA Annual Meeting in Washington DC.

Farella Braun + Martel will host an ABA IP Roundtable on the topic, "Summer's Big Three: Phillips, Merck and Grokster -- How Will Patent Litigation Take The Heat?."  Partner Stephanie Skaff and associate Heather Tewksbury will moderate the lunchtime discussion.

Farella Braun + Martel Intellectual Property partner Robert Sloss and co-sponsor Analysis Group, Inc.'s Managing Principal Bruce Deal will discuss the economic issues that surround patent cases.

Partners Robert Sloss and Dean Gloster will lead a seminar titled "When IP-Driven Companies Drive Off the Road: Technology Company Re-Starts, Salvage, or Asset Collection" at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto.

Farella Braun + Martel will host an ABA IP Roundtable on the topic, "Litigating IP and IT Contracts -- and Drafting Tips for Avoiding Litigation."  Partners Nan Joesten and Dean Gloster will moderate the discussion.

Partner Robert Sloss spoke on the subject of "Managing the Business Risks of Open Source Software" at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto, CA. 

Andrew Leibnitz gave a presentation to the Association of Corporate Counsel's (ACC's) Small Law Department Committee in New York City, entitled "Can Google Sell Your Trade Name To Competitors? Trademark Issues For Small Law Departments."

Farella Braun + Martel will host an ABA IP Roundtable on the topic, "Trademark Fair Use." James Morando and Anthony Schoenberg will moderate the discussion.  ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee

James Morando will speak on the subject of "Beyond SCO: Emerging Open Source Issues," at the Advanced Law Patent Institute at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.  He will co-present with Chris Nadan of Sun Microsystems.

Farella Braun + Martel partners Robert Sloss and Dean Gloster and IPotential CEO Ron Epstein will speak on how to use intellectual property to protect, grow and add value to a business, strategies and key issues in patent (and other IP) licensing, and patent litigation as a component of IP strategy. Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto from 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. To register contact rsvp@fbm.com.

Farella Braun + Martel will host an ABA IP Roundtable on the topic, "Open Season for Open Source?: Emerging Litigation Issues in the Wake of SCO." Stephanie Skaff will moderate the discussion.

Farella Braun + Martel will host an ABA IP Roundtable on the topic, "102(b) or Not 102(b): The Public Use Bar in Patent Litigation." Intellectual Property Litigation attorney Karen Kimmey will moderate the discussion.

Farella Braun + Martel will host an ABA IP Roundtable on the topic, "Ethical and Litigation Issues Surrounding Opinion Letters of Counsel in Intellectual Property Disputes." Intellectual Property Litigation attorneys Rod Thompson and Nan Joesten will moderate the discussion.

Farella Braun + Martel will host an ABA IP Roundtable on the topic, "Litigation Damages in Trademark Infringement Cases." Intellectual Property Litigation attorney Stephanie Skaff will moderate the discussion.

Roderick M. Thompson, panelist, AIPLA session, "Getting the Parties to the Dance: Strategies for Getting Your Client and Their Opponent to Undertake ADR,"  La Quinta, CA, March 11, 2004.

Roderick M. Thompson, panelist, AIPLA session, "The Advocate's Perspective," La Quinta, CA,  January 31, 2004.

Farella Braun + Martel will host an ABA IP Roundtable on the topic, "Five Years Under the DMCA: Examining the Ongoing Conflict Between Access and Protection." Intellectual Property Litigation attorneys Robert Sloss and Darrell Fruth will moderate the discussion.

December 4, 2003, James Morando, "The Inequitable Conduct Defense in Patent Infringement Cases," Advanced Patent Law Seminar (sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology), Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA

Farella Braun + Martel is hosting an ABA IP Roundtable on November 19, 2003 entitled "New Opportunities and Ongoing Challenges in Securing Insurance Coverage for IP/Antitrust/Unfair Competition Lawsuits."  Discussion moderators are Dennis Cusack and Tyler Gerking.

November 17, 2003, James Morando, Supporting Claims Under 35 U.S.C. 112, First Paragraph, noon, IP Section, Bar Association of San Francisco, CLE Auditorium, 465 California St., 12th fl., San Francisco, CA

October 30, 2003, Robert Sloss & Darrell Fruth, "File Sharing and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act," 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) , AIPLA Annual Meeting, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C.

October 7, 2003, Roderick M. Thompson and Stephanie Powers Skaff, "In Re Kollar: A Licensing Exception to 102(b)?", noon, IP Section, Bar Association of San Francisco, CLE Auditorium, 465 California St., 12th fl., San Francisco, CA

Farella Braun + Martel hosted the ABA IP Roundtable entitled "The Clash Between the Right of Publicity and the First Amendment."  Discussion moderator was Stephanie Skaff.

Andrew Leibnitz gave a presentation to the Meritas Western Regional Meeting in San Francisco entitled "Patent Litigation & High Technology."

Farella Braun + Martel hosted an ABA IP Roundtable entitled "TRO or Preliminary Injunction? Prefiling Considerations."  Discussion moderators were James Morando and Karen Kimmey.

Farella Braun + Martel is hosting an ABA IP Roundtable entitled "Is the Doctrine of Equivalents Still Viable?."  Discussion moderators are Jeffrey M. Fisher and Darrell A. Fruth.

James Morando, "Frustrations Patent Clients Have With IPLaw Firms" Advanced Patent Law Seminar.