March 25 to 26, 2008
• Hilton San Jose - San Jose, CA
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PLATINUM SPONSOR Fish & Richardson P.C. is an international law firm with more than 450 lawyers in 11 offices throughout the United States as well as in Munich, Germany. The firm is one of the largest in the United States practicing intellectual property, litigation, and corporate law and offers global services that include worldwide IP strategy and representation in multi-national litigation. Founded in 1878, the firm represented Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Wright Brothers. For more than 125 years we have served great innovators, helping to protect countless ideas, nurture discoveries, and bring new concepts to market. Fish is consistently the most active patent litigation firm, according to the annual survey published by IP Law & Business, and we represent 11 of the top 25 World's Most Innovative Companies, as identified in a Spring 2007 Business Week survey.
Dechert is an international law firm with over 1000 lawyers throughout the United States and Europe. Continuing to grow strategically to achieve clients’ objectives anywhere in the world, Dechert is an international law firm with top-ranked, world-class practices in corporate and securities, complex litigation, finance and real estate, and financial services and asset management.
Business Integrity supplies self-service contract creation software that enables business users to create compliant and execution ready NDAs and IP license agreements in minutes, or be automatically routed to Legal if the request is incomplete, non-compliant, or requires legal review, all auditable and under Legal's control. The benefits are increased business velocity and improved management of compliance. BI's customers include Cisco, Reuters, Cadence, Microsoft, PepsiCo and law firms including Wilson Sonsini, Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown, Linklaters, Stikeman Elliott, and Fenwick&West.
Thomson West is well-known for its comprehensive collection of practice and analytical research tools in print and on Westlaw®, helping practitioners and general counsel stay current on the latest intellectual property changes. Thomson West’s collection of resources includes McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition, Patry on Copyright, and Moy’s Walker on Patents to name a few. Additionally, Westlaw reaches beyond traditional online legal research to streamline the key tasks legal professionals do on a daily basis, all on a customized Westlaw interface. It includes full text U.S. Patents, KeyCite®, TRADEMARKSCAN®, Delphion, and access to dockets and thousands of intellectual property appellate briefs and court pleadings. Visit the online store at www.west.thomson.com/ip.
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With 40,000 clients in over 100 countries, CPA is a leading provider of outsourced legal support services and the world's top intellectual property (IP) management specialist. Founded in 1969, CPA performs more than one million patent, design and trademark renewals annually and is a leader in the growing market for outsourced contract management and litigation support services, helping law firms and corporations to realize value by managing risk, cost and capacity. CPA employs over 1000 people in 16 offices in 8 countries. For further information about CPA visit: www.cpaglobal.com
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has more than 550 attorneys and government relations professionals practicing throughout the United States with offices in California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Buchanan's attorneys have experience in industries that include entertainment and media, pharmaceuticals and biomedicine, nanotechnology, financial institutions, construction, franchise and real estate. Within these and other industries, Buchanan attorneys focus on more than 65 practice areas including Intellectual Property, Corporate Finance, Litigation, Tax, Government Relations, Health Care and Labor & Employment. The firm serves national and international clients that include Fortune 500 corporations, start-ups, technology companies and financial institutions.
McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,100 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Düsseldorf, London, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, Munich, New York, Orange County, Rome, San Diego, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. Extending our reach to Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai. Our Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department includes more than 240 lawyers and patent agents working in all of our offices throughout the world. We are renowned for our trial and appellate experience, and are ranked as one of the strongest IP litigation firms for both plaintiffs and defendants. Our practice in procurement and licensing in the patent, trademark and copyright areas is recognized for its depth and breadth.
Established in 1860, Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP is a full-service intellectual property law firm comprised of more than 230 attorneys, patent agents and scientific and technical advisors - all committed to the goal of helping our clients realize value through intellectual property acquisition and litigation. Practicing together from offices in technology centers throughout the U.S., Townsend's attorneys pool their vast technical expertise to provide innovative businesses with superior intellectual property counseling and advocacy.
Most of our attorneys have advanced technical degrees to complement their legal education, and many have years of industry experience as engineers and scientists in companies spanning virtually every major area of technology. We have the experience and expertise to respond to our clients' specific needs, and we dedicate our best resources and service toward meeting the goals and business objectives of every client.
DecipherTM from Innovation Asset helps organizations manage the complete lifecycle of IP and Contracts in a flexible secure web-based application suite. Decipher streamlines internal workflows and improves visibility and communication of IP data. Decipher contains a comprehensive alerts, reporting and analytics engine supporting the linkage of your IP and business objectives.
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The Women’s Intellectual Property Association (WIPLA) formed in December 2006 in Palo Alto, California, is one of the first stand-alone organizations dedicated solely to women in intellectual property law. A statement from founders Laura Peter and Deborah Bailey-Wells noted that while women have made great strides in advancing up the ladder in the legal profession, their numbers in the IP area are “alarmingly low.” WIPLA’s aim is to support and empower women intellectual property practitioners and address the challenges they face. www.wipla.net
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