The San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association (SDIPLA) and the Licensing Executives Society (LES) San Diego Chapter will co-host a panel discussion Licensing from Research and Public Institutions - Moving Innovations from the Laboratory to the Marketplace Panelists: Director of Technology Transfer Office, San Diego State University Senior Director, Strategic Alliance and [...]

Speaker:  Ryan Sullivan, Ph.D., CEO, Intensity Corporation Date: Thursday, October 18, 2018, 6:00 pm Location: Morrison & Foerster LLP, 12531 High Bluff Dr # 100, San Diego, CA 92130 Food and drinks will be served. How can you obtain better licensing deals and litigation outcomes?  Examine the feedback loop between patent licensing and enforcement.  Licensing can [...]

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office PTAB/TTAB Stadium Tour The USPTO is partnering with The University of San Diego School of Law to present live PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board) and TTAB (Trademark Trial and Appeal Board) proceedings actually pending before the PTAB and TTAB, including ex parte appeal hearings and AIA trials, and to [...]

Topic: The Likely Effect of Brexit on IP Rights in Europe Speaker:  Jonathan DeVile, Partner and Patent Attorney, D Young & Co LLP Date: Thursday, May 10, 2018, 6:00 pm Location: Morrison & Foerster LLP, 12531 High Bluff Dr # 100, San Diego, CA 92130 On March 19, 2018 the UK and EU published a draft [...]

Topic: Patents in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Speaker:  Paul S. Hunter Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 6:00 pm Location: Foley & Lardner LLP, 3579 Valley Centre Dr # 300, San Diego, CA 92130 What in artificial intelligence (AI) can be patented and what are the unique challenges to patenting AI?  These and other topics will be discussed, [...]