IPPLA October Update
- GGU_IPPLA
- Oct 22, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: Feb 19, 2019
Good afternoon IPPLA students,
I hope this email finds you well. There are a few updates I wanted to share with you. This email features an amazing scholarship writing competition, some great networking opportunities, and an opportunity to volunteer! Be sure stop by tomorrow morning’s fundraising event for some bagels, muffins, coffee, and tea!
Please skip over to areas of interest.
A. SFIPLA Event: An Evening with Under Secretary Andrei Iancu, USPTO Director, at the Dolby Cinema
B. Tickets still available for the SF Bar Barrister’s Bay Cruise
C. CLA IP Section and IPPLA High School Mock Trial - Volunteers Needed
D. CLA IP Section Annual Conference
E. Bagel v. Bagel Fundraising Event tomorrow!
F. The Recording Academy Entertainment Law Initiative Scholarship and Writing Competition [Chance to go to the GRAMMY Awards]
G. Have you signed up for the Trademark Clearance and Registration Workshop on November 1?
H. Come meet the SF Bar on October 24, 2018: More details in Law School News
A. SFIPLA Event: An Evening with Under Secretary Andrei Iancu, USPTO Director, at the Dolby Cinema
November 8, 2018
5:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Free!
Join SFIPLA, as they host Andrei Iancu, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for an evening with IP professionals in San Francisco at the Dolby Cinema. Under Secretary Iancu will speak about his priorities and efforts to enhance the certainty, reliability and predictability of America’s patent system. A reception hosted by Dolby will follow the formal program. RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-under-secretary-andrei-iancu-uspto-director-at-the-dolby-cinema-tickets-50985170016
B. Tickets still available for the SF Bar Barrister's Bay Cruise
Tomorrow, October 11, 2018
5:15 – 7:30 p.m.
There are still tickets available for tomorrow’s, so bring friends and colleagues! They can register in advance, or buy tickets at the dock (but please arrive a little earlier).
C. CLA IP Section and IPPLA High School Mock Trial - Volunteers Needed
On October 23, 2018, from 9:30 to 12:00 a.m., students from Thurgood Marshall High school will be coming to GGU School of Law for an exciting copyright mock trial! Join CLA IP Section and IPPLA as we prep the students for trial! Help IPPLA give back to the community while prepping future IP lawyers. (Also a good opportunity to meet attorneys from CLA IP Section). Please contact me if you can volunteer your time for part of or the entire event.
D. CLA IP Section Annual Conference
November 7 – 9, 2018
The 43rd Annual IP Institute is coming Nov. 7-9 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose! The IP Section of the California Lawyers Association presents State of the Art – Creativity and Innovation in the Arts and Sciences, and celebrates the diversity of IP in our lives and culture by offering outstanding educational programming as well as multiple fun networking events. Panels will cover patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, internet and privacy, cybercrime, technology transfer, licensing, music and entertainment, IP specific ethics, and more. Speakers include The Honorable Richard Taranto (Federal Circuit), Andrei Iancu (USPTO), Karyn Temple (US Copyright Office), Courtney Bailey (NASA), and Brian Levine (DOJ). Come and experience the State of the Art, Nov. 7-9 by registering here: https://lnkd.in/gDPU-Qv
E. Bagel v. Bagel Fundraising Event tomorrow!
Help support IPPLA and the events that we put on for students by stopping by and purchasing bagels, muffins, coffee, and tea! All proceeds go towards future IPPLA events.
F. The Recording Academy Entertainment Law Initiative Scholarship and Writing Competition
ELI fosters future careers in entertainment law by seeking out the nation’s top law students and giving them invaluable networking and educational opportunities. The ELI writing contest challenges students to identify, research, and write an essay with a proposed solution on a compelling legal issue confronting the music industry. A nation panel of music law experts will judge the papers in a blind process to select a winner and a runner-up. This contest is open to juris doctorate candidates currently enrolled at an ABA-accredited law school.
The winner package includes a $10,000 scholarship, round-trip airfare to Los Angeles and hotel accommodations for two, two tickets to the GRAMMY awards, two tickets to the MusiCares Person of the Year gala, and two tickets to the ELI Event and Scholarship Presentation.
More info and rules at https://www.grammy.com/entertainment-law-initiative
G. Have you signed up for the Trademark Clearance and Registration Workshop on November 1?
Please remember that only RSVP's attendees will have priority. Without a RSVP, a student may not be able to attend due to space limitations. You may RSVP at https://ipplatrademarkworkshop.eventbrite.com Lunch and materials provided.
As always, please reach out with questions and be sure to check out the IPPLA website https://gguiplaw.wixsite.com/gguippla
Sincerely,
Raisa Dyadkina
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