Mark your calendars. \u00a0The 2013 AIPLA Electronic and Computer Patent Law Summit will be taking place this year on August 27, 2013 in San Jose, CA. \u00a0I hope you can join us.<\/p>\n
The Summit will include another blockbuster lineup of speakers, as in years past. \u00a0Michelle Lee will be providing an update on the Silicon Valley branch of the USPTO. \u00a0Professor Mark Lemley will be addressing the increasingly hot issue of functional claiming. \u00a0Aaron Brodsky, Wayne Sobon, Sandy Godsey, and Steve Shumaker will be conducting a panel discussion on issues related to the AIA. \u00a0Ray Hom and Trip McIntosh will be discussing foreign filing licenses and export control. \u00a0Reggie Davis will address the protection of software. \u00a0Michael Dunnam will be leading Allen Lo, Krishna Pathiyal, Andre Marais, and Brian Batzli in a panel discussion of how to build and enforce an international portfolio. \u00a0The Honorable Ronald Whyte will be speaking on “Patents and Innovation.” \u00a0And, Ernie Beffel will be hosting a panel discussion of the value of patents to entrepreneurs and venture capitalists with Erik Oliver, Matt Ocko, Richard Ogawa, and Jan Blaustein Scholes.<\/p>\n
The Summit will be taking place at the San Jose Hilton. \u00a0The cost of the Summit (without hotel) is $195 for AIPLA members and $345 for non-members. \u00a0This is really a great deal when you consider, for example, that a one day ticket to the Federal Circuit Bench and Bar conference is $875.<\/p>\n