The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology will co-sponsor the annual Advanced Patent Law Institute for practicing lawyers at the Four Seasons Hotel in Palo Alto Dec. 9-10. The two-day event includes IP counsel from Apple, Google, and Cisco; practitioners from around the nation; and academics from Stanford and Berkeley Law. Topics include patent reexamination; rule, policy, and process changes at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and China’s growing influence on intellectual property. Dan Lang ’93 of Cisco Systems will discuss patent reform and planning for changes to come. Other speakers include former Berkeley Law professor and alumni board member Mark Lemley ’91 and Suzanne Michel ’93 of Google.