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Upcoming Events for the 2011-2012 Academic Year

The Tenth Annual IP Law and Policy Conference

The IPLC is proud to present the 10th Annual Conference on IP Law and Policy on September 30, 2011 at Golden Gate University School of Law, 536 Mission Street. This day-long conference will feature panels and speakers comprised of leading practitioners and scholars in the IP world. Details about speakers and topics can be found here. The full program schedule is here. Over 6 hours of MCLE credit will be available at very low cost.  Email sderian@ggu.edu for more info.

IP Law Book Review Volume 2

Volume 2, Issue 1 of The IP Law Book Review is published. To see the new reviews of top scholarly books on IP law, written by leading scholars in the field, go here.


IP Programs for Practitioners and Special Groups

Previous Events

 The Third Annual GGUIPLC Distinguished Speaker Series:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski presented a series of provocative remarks on April 11, 2011 at 6:30pm at Golden Gate University on the effect of the digital revolution on intellectual property rights. His remarks generated significant press coverage, seen here. Judge Kozinski has authored numerous majority and dissenting opinions on a wide array of IP cases over a long and distinguished career. This was a free lecture, open to the general public - and there wasn't an empty seat in the house. This program was generously supported by Kilpatrick Townsend, LLP, one of the nations’ premier IP law firms.

Report on The Ninth Annual Conference on Recent Developments in IP Law and Policy

On Friday November 5th the IP Law Center presented our 9th Annual Conference on Recent Developments in IP Law and Policy. The day-long conference, held in Room 2201, attracted over 70 participants. Highlights included an electrifying presentation by U.C. Davis Professor Madhavi Sunder based on her upcoming work “IP: YouTube, MySpace, Our Culture”, and an engrossing panel of online gaming attorneys from Electronic Arts, Zynga and NAMCO BANDAI Games America.

Co-Director Bill Gallagher and Marc Greenberg, joined by our IP faculty colleague Assoc. Prof. Chester Chuang, wish to acknowledge and thank the Kilpatrick Townsend law firm for its generous financial support of the conference. Thanks are also due to Dean Ramey and the Dean’s Office administrative staff for its support. Our presenters and panelists, some of whom traveled from Irvine, Los Angeles and Davis, gave generously of their time and expertise, which is also greatly appreciated. Grad Law program coordinators Natascha Fastabend, Brad Lai and Tiptira Rammaniya provided valuable support as well. Special thanks are reserved for Justin Reid, Administrative Assistant for the IP Program--he did an exceptional job handling the myriad administrative tasks critical to making the conference a success. And lastly, we tip our hats to the twenty student volunteers who worked long and hard to make the event the success it was.