BCLT’s conferences bring together law firm attorneys, in-house counsel, judges, academics and others to explore the latest in patent law, privacy, life sciences, AI and other rapidly developing areas of technology law. Panels at our annual symposia present the diverse perspectives of government officials, advocates and academics.
Most past events are still available for CLE credit on B-CLE.
12th Annual BCLT Privacy Law Forum
March 7, 2024March 14, 2024March 15, 2024 |
Location (hybrid): Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley and streaming Location: Online/half-day Location: Online/half-day This multi-day, hybrid and online format conference brings together in-house counsel from leading tech companies, practicing lawyers, regulators, privacy advocates, and academics. |
The Yuan Global Talks on Generative AI and Human Creativity
2024 Dates:
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Available for viewing on B-CLE Please join us for Talk II, a session dedicated to unraveling the emerging commercialization landscape of Gen-AI. This session aims to illuminate the path towards building enduring businesses and innovation in the Gen-AI ecosystem, highlighting the notable approaches and mindsets required to navigate this rapidly evolving commercial landscape. |
2024 David E. Nelson Memorial Lecture & Spring 1L Tech Careers Fair
March 20,
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Location: University Club, California Memorial Stadium, UC Berkeley BCLT’s annual signature lecture presented by Professor Chien on her paper Redefining Progress: The Case for Diversity in Innovation and Inventing. The lecture is followed by a reception and career fair to connect BCLT sponsors and Berkeley Law students for current and future hiring and networking. |
A Conversation on AI Governance
March 22, 2024 |
Location: UC Berkeley |
Angela Zhang Book Talk | High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy
April 1,
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Location: 141 Law Building, Berkeley Law & Online (Zoom) |
1st Annual Cyber Security Lecture: Fancy Bear Goes Phishing
April 4,
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Location: Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley BCLT’s first Cyber Cecurity signature lecture series presented by Scott Shapiro on “Fancy Bear Goes Phishing” where he will discuss how what makes is the internet so vulnerable, and how we can respond to related issues. |
9th Annual Berkeley Law Sports and Entertainment Conference
April 5,
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Location: Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley |
AI and Evidence in Civil Litigation: An Introduction and Discussion of the Issues
April 12,
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Location: Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley |
2nd BCLT Advanced Life Sciences Institute
April 25-26
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Location: Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley |
Annual Media Law Resource Center (MLRC)
Digital Media Conference
2024 Intellectual Property Scholars Conference (IPSC)
Aug 8-9,
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Location: Residence Inn, Berkeley |
5th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Fall Symposium
Sept 27,
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Location: Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley |
Formal Sitting of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
October 8-9
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Location: Palo Alto, CA (sittings will take place at various locations) |
17th Annual BCLT Privacy Lecture: Data Privacy on Trial
Oct 31,
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Recent Past Events
Most past events are still available for CLE credit for approximately 18 months after the event. Go to B-CLE to explore our catalog of courses.
Chinese IP Law and Practice: Frontier Lectures
March 5,
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Available for viewing on B-CLE In this lecture, Ms. Xiaoxia (Sarah) Zhang from King & Wood Mallesons introduces the recent progress of trade secret enforcement in China with exemplary cases and statistics. |
Developments in the Patent Courts
Feb 20, 2024 |
Available for viewing on B-CLE UPC strategy depends on understanding the options and local preferences for evidence development. While it is theoretically one court, national preferences and national practices still weigh heavily on UPC evidence issues. This webcast explains the current options, preferences, and differences in key UPC jurisdictions. |
Developments in the Patent Courts
Feb 6, 2024 |
Available for viewing on B-CLE UPC strategy depends on understanding the options and local preferences for evidence development. While it is theoretically one court, national preferences and national practices still weigh heavily on UPC evidence issues. This webcast explains the current options, preferences, and differences in key UPC jurisdictions. |
Litigation Funding in the IP Space: What can we expect now?
Jan 23, 2024 |
Available for viewing on B-CLE The impact of litigation funding in the IP space continues to grow. As District Courts get more involved in identifying the sources of litigation funding and those actually controlling the litigation, interesting facts are coming to light. But not all litigation funding is the same. Jonathan Stroud from Unified Patents provides insight into some of the most prolific funders in the IP space. |
24th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute
Dec 7-8,
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Available for viewing on B-CLE |
2023 BCLT 1L Tech Law Careers Fair
Nov 16,
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Location: Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley |
AI as an inventing tool – its implications on patent law and policy
Nov 15,
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Available for viewing on B-CLE This roundtable discussion aims to achieve a dual goal: clarifying the real AI challenges to human creativity and IP + facilitating a vibrant discussion from diverse stakeholders regarding the future of IP. |
BCLT Privacy Law Forum: Life Sciences
Nov 14,
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Available for viewing on B-CLE The Privacy Law Forum: Life Sciences conference will explore key issues at the interface of life sciences technologies and privacy and cybersecurity legal regimes. In-house counsel, practitioners, regulators, and academics will join to share their perspectives, research, and analysis of what you need to know now to handle urgent privacy concerns, and what you will want to watch for the future. This is a must-view program for anyone who is encountering privacy issues in the context of the life sciences ecosystem. |
Roundtable Discussion on U.S. Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
Nov 13,
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Location: Zoom Join thought leaders as they discuss the questions raised by the U.S. Copyright Office in its notice of inquiry regarding copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). The Copyright Office will use the record it compiles in response to the NOI to advise Congress and inform its regulatory work on AI. The initial comment deadline is October 30, and reply comments are due on November 29. To help everyone in evaluating the initial comments and developing reply comments, BCLT is bringing together thought leaders to discuss their comments and viewpoints. |
Symposium Celebrating Pamela Samuelson
Nov 3,
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Available for viewing on B-CLE |
4th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Fall Symposium – California Constitutional Privacy at 50: Power of State Law and Promoting Racial Justice in the Digital Age
Oct 27,
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Available for viewing on B-CLE |
6th Annual Berkeley Law AI Institute
Oct 11-13,
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Location: Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley and Online/Livestream |
The Law of Using Third Party Content and Data for Training Algorithms and Generative AI
Oct 10, 2023 |
Available for viewing on B-CLE With the rush to use AI technology, many are exposing themselves to unnecessary risks. Undoubtedly, the exact boundaries of permissible uses are still in flux. Some boundaries, however, are already well marked. Developers are simply ignoring them. In this wonderful program, Ian Ballon describes the boundaries that we know and the boundaries that have yet to be set. He even gives important tips about dealing with these boundaries in typical tech transactions and product development. |
Biotechnology & Inventorship – What You Need To Know
Oct 3, 2023 |
Available for viewing on B-CLE In this three-part virtual series, BCLT & Greenberg Traurig discuss the law of biotechnology patent inventorship in patent prosecution, trade secret and patent litigation, and commercial transactions. The aim of this virtual speaker series is to educate biotechnology stake holders (scientists, entrepreneurs, funders, and their attorneys) on best practices for determining inventorship and addressing disputes, so that they may conduct their business affairs with greater certainty. |
Biotechnology & Inventorship – What You Need To Know
Sept 26, 2023 |
Available for viewing on B-CLE In this three-part virtual series, BCLT & Greenberg Traurig discuss the law of biotechnology patent inventorship in patent prosecution, trade secret and patent litigation, and commercial transactions. The aim of this virtual speaker series is to educate biotechnology stake holders (scientists, entrepreneurs, funders, and their attorneys) on best practices for determining inventorship and addressing disputes, so that they may conduct their business affairs with greater certainty. |
16th Annual BCLT Privacy Lecture: Murky Consent
Sept 22, 2023 |
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Generative AI as a Creativity Tool? A Program to Explore Implications
Sept 22,
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Available for viewing on B-CLE |
Biotechnology & Inventorship – What You Need To Know
Sept 19, 2023 |
Available for viewing on B-CLE In this three-part virtual series, BCLT & Greenberg Traurig discuss the law of biotechnology patent inventorship in patent prosecution, trade secret and patent litigation, and commercial transactions. The aim of this virtual speaker series is to educate biotechnology stake holders (scientists, entrepreneurs, funders, and their attorneys) on best practices for determining inventorship and addressing disputes, so that they may conduct their business affairs with greater certainty. |
Cybersecurity, SEC disclosures, and the Boardroom
Sept 12, 2023 |
Available for viewing on B-CLE The SEC’s new rules on cybersecurity disclosures provide a threshold level of good-governance practices. They also leave those preparing 8-Ks and 10-Ks with significant ambiguity and risks. Ted Claypoole of Womble Bond Dickinson gives us an introduction to the SEC rules and the new role–at least new for some–of the board, corporate attorneys, and cybersecurity professionals. |
US-China Science and Technology Cooperation
August 7, 2023 |
Available for viewing on B-CLE |
Berkeley Law IP and Tech Month
June
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Available for viewing on B-CLE |
Europe’s (not so?) Unified Patent Court: Nationalist Nuances and Fragmentation
June 27,
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Available for viewing on B-CLE |
Bridging the Divide: Answering Internet Policy Questions with Cutting-Edge Network Measurement Algorithms, Datasets, and Platforms
June
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Invitation Only |
EU Parliament Delegation Roundtable
June
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Invitation Only |
Open AI Workshop
June 6,
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Location: Online/Virtual |
Berkeley/GW Law Roundtable on the recent USPTO Post-Grant Rules Package
June 6,
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Location: Online/Virtual |
5th Annual Berkeley-Tsinghua Annual Forum on Transnational IP Litigation
May 20-21
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Location: Beijing (with Online Broadcast) |
Inaugural BCLT-Tsinghua Transpacific IP Scholars’ Conference (“TIPS”)
May 20-21,
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Location: Beijing & Virtual |
Annual BCLT-MLRC Legal Frontiers in Digital Media Conference
May 18,
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Location: Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco |
2023 David E. Nelson Memorial Lecture & Spring Tech Careers Fair
April 13,
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Location: University Club, Memorial Stadium, UC Berkeley |
Roundtable on the EU AI Act
April 11,
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Location: Room 145, Berkeley Law Building |
8th Annual Berkeley Law Sports and Entertainment Conference: Brand Protection in the Digital World
April 7,
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Location: Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley |
Korean Data Protection Commission Lunch Talk
April 7,
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Location: Goldberg Room, Berkeley Law |
27th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium—From the DMCA to the DSA: A Transatlantic Dialogue on Online Platform Liability and Copyright Law
April 6-7,
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Location: International House, UC Berkeley |
BCLT Product Counsel Panel
March 9,
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Location: Goldberg Room, UC Berkeley |
11th Annual BCLT Privacy Law Forum
March 8-9,
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Location: Virtual – B-CLE Webcast Bridging academia and practice, this conference brings together in-house counsel from leading tech companies, practicing lawyers, regulators, privacy advocates, and academics. |
Biometrics Regulation: Global State-of-Play
Feb 22-23,
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Location: Virtual – Zoom |
The EU-US Technology Policy Debate
Feb 15,
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Location: Warren Room, 295 Law Building |
Roundtable on Revisions to the China Trademark Law
Feb 2,
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Location: Virtual – Zoom |
Open Data Law and Policy Workshop
Jan 27,
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Location: UC Berkeley |
23rd Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute
December 8 and 9, 2022
Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building
Stanford University
If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in an event, please contact Richard Fisk at rpfisk@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7 business days in advance of the event.