James Morando, Jeff Fisher and Brian Keating, Moderators: "Hot Topics in the Parallel Universe of Patent Reexamination and Patent Litigation"

8:30 am - 10:30 am
Garden Court Hotel
Palo Alto, CA

James Morando, Jeff Fisher and Brian Keating, Moderators: "Hot Topics in the Parallel Universe of Patent Reexamination and Patent Litigation"

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Farella Braun + Martel
San Francisco, CA

ABA Litigation Section Intellectual Property Committee
November 2008 IP Roundtable
"Copyright Protection in the Digital Age - Google E-Library Settlement, Viacom v. YouTube and Beyond"
Moderator: Jeff Fisher & Deepak Gupta
November 19 - San Francisco location: Farella Braun + Martel
Novemner 20 - Silicon Valley location: Garden Court Hotel, Palo Alto

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

Farella Braun + Martel hosted an ABA IP Roundtable on September 18, 2002 entitled "Does Arbitration under the ICANN Dispute Resolution Policy Play Favorites?."  Jeffrey M. Fisher moderated the discussion.