Intellectual Property Law

UNDERSTANDING THE SUPREME COURT?S
RECENT PATENT DECISIONS
How Those Decisions May Impact Technology Companies

Co-hosted by
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Stanford Law School's
Program in Law, Science & Technology

In the last two or three years, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken an unprecedented interest in patent cases.  This year alone it is expected to issue four decisions that relate in some significant way to patent law.  While this heightened high court activity is naturally of great interest to legal scholars, it also has the potential to impact directly the way in which patent owners use their patents by changing fundamentally some of the important principles of patent law.

This program will highlight:

• The patent-related cases recently decided by the Supreme Court including Ebay v. MercExchange, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, and Independent Ink v. Illinois Tool
• What the decisions might mean in a practical sense.
• How the Supreme Court rulings might affect the exploitation of patents.

July 19, 2006

Presenters:
Mark Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law; Director, Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology, Stanford Law School; Of Counsel, Keker & Van Nest LLP
Robert Sloss, Intellectual Property Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Time:
Registration:   8:00 ? 8:30 a.m.
Program:   8:30 ? 9:30 a.m.
Q and A:   9:30 ? 10:00 a.m.
MCLE:  1.0 hour

Location:   
Stanford Law School Moot Court Room
Crown Quadrangle  .
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610
T (650) 723-2465
Directions:
http://www.law.stanford.edu/about/dirmap/driving.html 

Registration:
Please RSVP to rsvp@fbm.com by July 17.   
If you have questions, please call Cheryl Loof at 415.954.4433

This activity has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount indicated above. Farella Braun + Martel LLP is a certified provider.