Greetings from the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT),

Many of our student groups are holding general meetings this week - be sure to check them out and get involved! Also, please fill out your 1L Questionnaire by next Monday, September 22 and submit your form to the BCLT Office, Room 421, North Addition.

This week we have the BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series on Tuesday and Thursday. Tomorrow we will feature Sonal Mehta '02, Partner, Jared Bobrow, Partner, Andrew Perito, Associate, and Anant Pradhan, Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP who will talk about Patent Infringement Trials. On Thursday, we will feature Dave Green, Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft (Copyright & Trade Secrets) who will talk about Transformative Fair Use.



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Boalt Healthcare & Biotech Law Society (BHBLS) - General Meeting

Monday, September 15
12:55 - 1:20 PM
Boalt Hall, Room 12

Event Listing on the Berkeley Law Calendar »

Interested in biotechnology, life sciences or healthcare law? Come to the first general meeting of Boalt Healthcare and Biotech Law Society! We will discuss upcoming events and projects we intend to pursue, get to know each other, and share some delicious lunch. If you have friends who might be interested, please bring them along as well.

Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Boalt Healthcare & Biotech Law Society


Berkeley Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society (CAPS) - General Meeting

Monday, September 15
1:20 - 2:00 PM
Boalt Hall, Room 12

Event Listing on the Berkeley Law Calendar »

CAPS is dedicated to fostering research, discussion, and advocacy in the field of Consumer Protection Law. We work to create networks between consumer law attorneys, advocacy organizations, and the Berkeley Law student body in order to promote the field of consumer protection law and provide training opportunities for students. If you are interested in antitrust, open technology, privacy, student loans and debt collection, the financial crisis, mortgages, for-profit-colleges, disclosures, deceptive marketing, plaintiff-side law, alumni networking, or a career in consumer law, come join us. Lunch will be served.

Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society


BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Patent Infringement Trials - Lessons for Young Lawyers

Tuesday, September 16
12:45 - 1:45 PM
Boalt Hall, Room 100

Sonal Mehta '02, Partner, Jared Bobrow, Partner, Andrew Perito, Associate, and Anant Pradhan, Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP will share trial experiences and how those experiences shape the way they litigate and develop a case from day one. You will hear about best practices and lessons learned, and because lawyers love to tell war stories, you will surely hear some of those too.

We ask that you please be considerate to our guest speakers by staying for their entire presentation. Registration is not required; however, you must sign in upon receiving your lunch.

Event Listing on the Berkeley Law Calendar »

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Intellectual Property Scholarship Seminar (Law 275.7):
Compulsory Licensing - Did Patent Violations During the Great War Discourage Invention?

Tuesday, September 16
3:35 - 5:25 PM

Boalt Hall, Room 115

Petra Moser, Assistant Professor of Economics at Stanford University, will speak based on her paper titled: Compulsory Licensing - Did Patent Violations During the Great War Discourage Invention? (pdf).

All students are invited to join the presentations whether they are registered for the class or not. For those not registered, RSVPs and questions should be directed to Professor Peter S. Menell at pmenell@law.berkeley.edu and Professor Molly S. Van Houweling at msvh@law.berkeley.edu.

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Patent Law Society (PLS) - General Meeting

Wednesday, September 17
1:10 - 2:10 PM

Boalt Hall, Room 105

Event Listing on the Berkeley Law Calendar »

Come to the first general meeting for the Patent Law Society and learn more about our organization and the many opportunities PLS offers! This year, PLS will be organizing several talks on the American Invents Act and patent law reform, networking events with patent law firms in the area, as well as conversations and panels about 1L/2L patent law jobs. Enjoy free lunch while you figure out how to get more involved with PLS! Lunch is served on a first come, first served basis.

Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Patent Law Society


Boalt.org - General Meeting

Wednesday, September 17
1:00 - 2:00 PM

Steinhart Courtyard

Event Listing on the Berkeley Law Calendar »

Boalt.org will be having its first general meeting to discuss getting involved in the organization and start brainstorming events for the semester. If you are interested in technology, current events, and policy issues, please join us! Lunch with be served.

Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and Boalt.org


BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Microsoft Corporation

The Evolution and Revolution of Transformative Fair Use

Thursday, September 18
12:45 - 1:45 PM
Boalt Hall, Room 100

Tomorrow’s devices, services, and online experiences are increasingly making use of large amounts of copyrighted works, not just for their consumption as expressive works but increasingly as rich sources of raw and structured data. Is copyright law keeping pace with this technical evolution? Dave Green, Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft (Copyright & Trade Secrets) will explore the development of transformative fair use as an important ally for innovation, and where it needs to change to keep pace with the cloud revolution.

We ask that you please be considerate to our guest speakers by staying for their entire presentation. Registration is not required; however, you must sign in upon receiving your lunch.

Event Listing on the Berkeley Law Calendar »

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BCLT/BTLJ Lunch Speaker Series

The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BCLT/BTLJ) will host this speaker series most Tuesdays and Thursday during the Fall semester, featuring lunch presentations on a current legal issue or case told from the practitioners’ perspective. Read this ENews every Monday, check the BCLT calendar, and like our Facebook page for the latest information.

BCLT Calendar (Berkeley Law Calendar) »

BCLT Facebook Page »

Next week, we will NOT have a lunch presentation on Thursday, September 25 in observance of Rosh Hashanah. We will announce the title of next Tuesday’s talk in next Monday’s Enews, as well as announce it on the Berkeley Law Calendar and our Facebook page.


BERC@Boalt Event - Disruption Film Screening

Monday, September 22
5:45 - 7:00 PM
Boalt Hall, Room 10

The film Disruption is an attempt to stimulate broader engagement and action toward climate change. According to the film's creators, "We’re the first generation to feel the impacts of climate disruption, and the last generation that can do something about it. The film enlarges the issue beyond climate impacts and makes a compelling call for bold action that is strong enough to tip the balance to build a clean energy future."

We invite you to join other BERC members for a pizza dinner, the film screening (~50 minutes), and a discussion.

Registration is complimentary, but required.

Register »

Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and BERC@Boalt



The 7th Annual Privacy Lecture

BCLT Privacy Lecture
Privacy Versus Government Surveillance: Where Network Effects Meet Public Choice

Monday, October 6
3:00 - 6:30 PM
Bancroft Hotel, 2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA

Presented by Professor Ross Anderson with responses by Carl Shapiro, James Aquilina, and Anupam Chander.

Registration is complimentary, but required.

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