Startup IP: The Investors’ Perspective SDIPLA presents a panel discussion on the value investors place on Startup IP, including what investors look for in Startup IP, how investors’ expectations evolve as a company grows, and how investors weigh Startup IP with other valuation factors. Panelists: Joel Martin - Dauntless Pharmaceuticals, Marco Thompson - EvoNexus, and Desmond [...]

Views from the Bench: Discussion of Patent Trials by Judges of the Southern District of California Panelists: Hon. Judge Marilyn L. Huff and Hon. Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo, District Judges, and Michael S. Berg, U.S. Magistrate Judge Moderator: Phillip C. Samouris, HIGGS FLETCHER & MACK Date: Thursday, February 7, 6:00 pm New Location: AMN Healthcare [...]

Join us for a lively and informative presentation focusing on the PTAB’s revised standard operating procedures – how cases are assigned to panels, the new POP panel for high-level review, and how decisions are nominated for designation or de-designation as precedential or informative – and what this all means to practitioners and patent holders. Foley [...]

Food and wine will be provided. This is our annual members-only event. Take time out to socialize and network with your fellow IP professionals. Members are welcome to bring a guest. We hope you will join us to celebrate. Date:   Wednesday, December 19, 2017 Time:  6:00 – 9:00 PM Location:   The WineSellar & Brasserie, 9550 Waples St., Suite 115, San [...]