Upcoming Events & IP Seminars

• Ann McCrackin will be speaking at the Practicing Law Institute's Patent Prosecution Workshop in New York City, November 13-14, 2006.  She will be speaking on "Advanced Claim Drafting Issues" as related to Electronics/Computers.  Additional information on the program can be found at http://www.pli.edu/product/program_detail.asp?ptid=511&stid=3&id=EN00000000027336
• Warren Woessner  spoke on the evolution and application of the doctrine of equivalents at ACI's 5th National Patent Counsel's Forum on Freedom to Operate, September 18-19, 2006 in New York City.  Additional information about the conference can be found at www.americanconference.com.
• Suneel Arora spoke at the Midwest IP Institute in Minneapolis on September 25th on "Opnions of Non-Infringement."
• SLW was at the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Enterpreneurs' event, "Capitalizing on Emerging Markets and Technologies" on June 1, 2006. The panel discussion explored current trends and future predictions on markets and technologies and featured Andre Marais as the moderator. For more information, please see www.svase.org.
• SLW hosted a delegation from the European Patent Office on June 8, 2006 in San Jose. Along with a German patent litigator, the delegation consisted of the director of the department of Patent Search, Examination and Opposition dealing with applications of the technical fields of Data Communication, Internet Applications, Networking and Telecoms, along with five patent examiners of that field.
• The current seminar series, Strategies for Development of a High-Tech Company, is a 14 part series beginning in April, 2005. You may listen to and obtain the materials of all SLW telephone seminars on this web site. Contact the marketing department at 612-371-2107 for more information on how to participate in upcoming seminars, or click on the link below for more information and to register.