Intellectual Property Law

1.0 Hour Wellness Competence REGISTER HERE 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. This will be a somewhat demanding 9.3-mile hike. It is a loop (down, then back up), with about 2,100 feet of elevation gain. We will discuss practical strategies for managing mental health, stress, and overall well-being that are tailored to the legal… Read more

Free event! 1.0 Hour Wellness Competence REGISTER HERE 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. This is a family and dog friendly 5-mile loop hike. More information on the Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve, in Redwood City, California is available here: https://www.openspace.org/preserves/pulgas-ridge#highlights We will discuss practical strategies for managing mental health, stress, and overall well-being… Read more

The Intellectual Property Law Section was excited to present IP and Emerging Technologies as a full-day virtual symposium on March 22, 2024. Their stellar line-up of speakers discussed hot topics, including UGC and AI content moderation, privacy-enhancing technologies for lawyers, web scraping, coders’ rights, AI policy and legislation updates, and more.  Read more

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. Read more

It's confirmed! The 48th IP Institute will be held on March 6-8, 2025 at the Marriott Long Beach Downtown. Read more

We will have our first book club discussion in April! Read more

The IP Law Section is excited to present its flagship The Patent Office Comes to California symposium on June 4, 2024, in-person at and via live-stream from the USPTO’s Silicon Valley Regional Office! Read more

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. Read more

I started hiking in earnest in May 2020, two months after the world, or at least the San Francisco area, came to an abrupt halt due to COVID-19. At that time, hiking was one of the few pandemic-friendly social activities besides sitting in a friend’s backyard six feet away from each other. As some may recall, in May 2020, San Francisco’s mandate extended to outdoor activities. We complied, somewhat begrudgingly, during our hike from Ocean Beach, at the end of Sloat Boulevard, to Mount Davidson, shrouded in fog, of course, and back, via a pitstop at El Toreador, on West Portal, for a steaming hot burrito on a characteristically cold San Francisco night.  Read more

The Intellectual Property Law Section is excited to present IP and Emerging Technologies Conference on March 22, 2024! Read more