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Thank you to those who attended our BCLT Fall Mixer! This week we continue our Law & Tech Speaker Series with Fenwick & West LLP on Tuesday, 11/7 and Morrison Foerster LLP on Thursday, 11/9.
Law and Tech Certificate Applications are now being accepted. It's easy to apply and most students qualify. More information about the program can be found here.
Events this week:
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Stopping the Next Shkreli: Pharmaceutical Pricing Reform in California | 11/6 | 12:45 P.M. | Rm 100
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Fenwick & West LLP | 11/7 | 12:45 P.M. | Rm 100
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WiTL Summer Job Hunt Student Panel | 11/8 | 12:45 P.M. | Rm 105
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Morrison & Foerster LLP | 11/9 | 12:45 P.M. | Rm 100
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges Presents: Tackling Diversity in Silicon Valley: An Innovation and Inclusion Event | 11/9 | 11:30 | Four Seasons East Palo Alto
Upcoming Events:
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1L Diversity Resume and Interview Skills Workshop | 11/16 | 6:00 P.M. | 425 Market Street, San Francisco
Other Announcements:
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NIH Bioethics Fellowship
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William and Mary Law School Essay Contest: Legal Issues Likely to Arise from AI and the Internet of Things
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Cal Bar Section Membership
Click here for full details on all BCLT events and announcements this week.
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Stopping the Next Shkreli: Pharmaeutical Pricing Reform in California
Monday, November 6, 2017
12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 100
Want to stop the next Martin Shkreli from raising the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000%? Come learn about how we can fight against exorbitant costs for pharmaceuticals and what it takes to pass a bill into law in California! Please join California Assemblymember David Chiu and Peter Maybarduk of Public Citizen as they talk about their work and success in getting SB 17, a drug pricing transparency bill, passed this legislative session and signed into law by Governor Brown. Lunch will be served!
Sponsored by the Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society (CAPS), Universities Allied for Essential Medicine (UAEM), Patent Law Society (PLS), and Boalt Healthcare and Biotech Law Society (BHBLS), with lunch provided by support from the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology (BCLT).
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BCLT/BTLJ Law & Tech Speaker Series: Fenwick & West LLP
"Your Strategy Guide to IP in Video Games"
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 100
Video games often force attorneys to confront intellectual property issues in ways they don’t normally encounter when dealing with other mediums. For example, which design choices are truly expressive, and which merge with the underlying rules of your game? Does creating realistic representations matter in assessing whether you’ve violated someone else’s IP rights? Do game clones actually cause consumers to be confused? Associate Nicholas “Niko” Plassaras of Fenwick & West LLP will explore the intersection between gaming and intellectual property law.
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An overview of recent developments in copyright, trademark, trade dress, and the right of publicity
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A framework for analyzing IP issues in the context of game development and marketing
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A better understanding of how gaming clients’ legal and business needs intersect
Lunch is served for students staying for the entire presentation.
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.
This event is open to current Berkeley Law students, Berkeley Law affiliates and BCLT law firm sponsors only.
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WiTL Summer Job Hunt Student Panel
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 105
Starting to think about your summer job and OCI? WiTL is hosting a student panel that will feature 2L's and an LLM discussing their job hunting experiences. Join us to take advantage of the insights of fellow students who have already gone through the process. Pizza included!
Co-sponsored by Women in Tech Law (WiTL) and Berkeley Center for Law & Tech (BCLT).
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges Presents: Tackling Diversity in Silicon Valley: An Innovation and Inclusion Event
Thursday, November 9, 2017
11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.
Four Seasons Hotel, 2050 University Avenue, East Palo Alto
Please join us for an enlightening discussion on what companies are doing to close the diversity gap in Silicon Valley. Our panelists will discuss what their companies are doing to expand the diversity pipeline, the innovative solutions they are using to create a diverse workforce, and why they are invested in diversity and inclusion.
Panelists:
Marcelino Ford-Livene General Manager of Global Programs and Alliances at Intel
Katie Juran Senior Director, Diversity & Inclusion at Adobe
Christophe Mosby Associate General Counsel at HP, Inc.
David Pilson Director, Compensation, Benefits and Equity at eBay
Carissa Romero Partner at Paradigm IQ
Moderated by David Singh, Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Click here for more information and to RSVP.
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BCLT/BTLJ Law and Tech Speaker Series: Morrison & Foerster LLP
"Patent Prosecutors and Patent Litigators: Collaboration in Action"
Thursday, November 9, 2017
12:45 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Boalt Hall, Room 100
While patent prosecutors and patent litigators may seem to inhabit separate worlds, even separate universes, a collaborative IP team of litigators and prosecutors working together can be highly effective.
Come join us to hear about this collaboration in action from two attorneys who have worked together on high profile patent litigation cases: Rich Hung, Co-Chair of the Morrison & Foerster IP Litigation Practice, and Diek Van Nort, Patent Prosecution Of Counsel. Mr. Hung and Mr. Van Nort will discuss their paths to their respective practices and how both teams work together to bring successful results for their clients.
Fried chicken and vegetarian sandwiches from Gregoire will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
Sponsored by Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT), Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BTLJ) and Patent Law Society (PLS).
This event is open to current Berkeley Law students, Berkeley Law affiliates and BCLT law firm sponsors only.
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1L Diversity Resume and Interview Skills Workshop
Thursday, November 16, 2017
6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
To promote diversity and inclusion and professional growth, the Bay Area Legal Recruitment Associate (BALRA) is hosting the 2017 BALRA 1L Diversity Resume and Interview Skills Workshop. This event will help 1L students with their resume and interviewing skills as they prepare for the 1L summer job application process. Please register for the event as registration and sponsorship opportunities are limited.
EVENT LOGISTICS:
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Resume review, advice content, formatting and student practice
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Networking Reception
To register for the event, please complete this survey. We hope you can join us! Attached is the formal invitation letter for more information on sponsorship opportunities and event details.
If you have any questions about law firm participation, please reach out to isabelle.ting@davispolk.com.
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LAW AND TECH OPPORTUNITIES
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NIH Bioethics Fellowship
The Department of Bioethics is pleased to offer a limited number of two-year post-doctoral and post-baccalaureate fellowships. Fellows participate in the activities and the intellectual life of our interdisciplinary department and study ethical issues related to biomedical research, clinical practice, genetics, biotechnology, public health, and health policy. They conduct mentored theoretical and empirical research on a range of bioethical fields of interest. For a typical fellow, this research yields multiple first-authored publications in premier academic journals. In addition to research and writing, fellows participate in weekly bioethics seminars, case conferences, ethics consultations, and IRB deliberations, and have access to multiple educational opportunities at NIH. No prior bioethics experience is required or expected.
View more information and apply online at: http://bioethics.nih.gov/education/index.shtml.
For further information see www.bioethics.nih.gov or contact bioethics-inquiries@mail.nih.gov, or call 301-496-2429.
Post-doc Application Deadline Date: December 31, 2017
Post-bac Application Deadline Date: January 15, 2018
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William & Mary Law School Essay Contest: Innovative Legal Issues Likely to Arise from Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things
William & Mary Law School invites you to participate in an essay contest relating to legal issues stemming from AI and the Internet of Things. Details are below.
1. Title of the competition: Innovative Legal Issues Likely to Arise from Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things
2. Deadline for submissions: Friday 1 December 2017 for students enrolled in law schools in the US and Canada
3. Who is eligible to apply: law students in good standing enrolled on a degree course (JD or LLM equivalent) during the 2017-2018 academic year
4. The prizes: First place: US $2,500, Second place: US $1,500, Third place: US $1,000
5. Link to William and Mary Law School competition page: click HERE
6. Contact details: the submission as well as any questions should be directed to essaycompetition@lists.wm.edu
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