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Webinar Replay: Examiner Hours System-What Patent Practitioners Should Know to Improve Outcomes and Working Relationships with Examiners
The USPTO recently retired the "counts" system under which examiners operate to get their work out. In its place is a new hours-based system that dictates how much credit examiners get for each action they take.
Webinar Replay: Evaluating Generative AI Licensing Terms
For lawyers and procurement professionals familiar with tech transactions looking to license AI/ML technologies on behalf of their clients, this presentation contains a brief introduction to AI/ML technologies, an exploration of special risks related to these technologies, commonly negotiated license provisions, and risk mitigation measures.
Webinar: IP Issues in M&A Transactions
This program is part of a collaboration between the IP Law Section and the Business Law Section, where we select a topic where or on which IP and business law attorneys work together, such as M&A transactions, and pair practitioners from each section to present on the topic.
Webinar: California’s Expanded Non-Compete Ban – SB 699 / AB 1076, and Related Trade Secret / IP Issues
This program focuses on California’s expanded ban on non-compete agreements in two recently enacted laws – SB 699 and AB 1076 – which became effective on January 1, 2024.  Â
IP and Emerging Technologies Conference
The Intellectual Property Law Section is excited to present IP and Emerging Technologies Conference on March 22, 2024!
Webinar: Managing DEI During Tumultuous Times
Employer DEI programs continue to face legal and public relations challenges since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/UNC decisions. Organizations, employees and shareholders are all suing.
Webinar: Strategies For Responding to Non-Final Trademark Office Actions
The program will help trademark practitioners evaluate non-final office actions received form the trademark Examining Attorney, effectively communicate the issues to their clients, formulate appropriate responses to the issues raised in the office action, and counsel their clients on the appropriate course of action in response.
April Book Club: The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first’s Century Greatest Dilemma (Suleyman, Bhaskar)
We will have our first book club discussion in April!
The Copyright Office Comes to California
The Intellectual Property Law Section of the California Lawyers Association will host the Copyright Office Comes to California program at the Oracle Conference Center in Redwood Shores, California. Our hybrid event is one of the premier IP conferences in California, offering access to representatives of the Copyright Office, including Register Perlmutter.
Dipsea Trail Wellness Hike and Discussion
Law practice can be grueling. The work can be intense, and the hours, long. Stress is inevitable, but with a systematic and comprehensive wellness program, with regular hiking as the foundation, manageable.
We are committed to accessibility! Virtual events are equipped with closed captioning. To request an in-person accommodation, send us a note at accessibility@calawyers.org or contact us at 916-516-1760 for assistance.