Michelle Lee’s Talk at the Sunnyvale Public Library

Last week I went to the Sunnyvale Public Library to hear Michelle Lee, the deputy head of the United States patent office in charge of the Silicon Valley branch. Speaking to a crowd of about sixty members of the public, the former chief patent counsel at Google outlined her vision for the future satellite office and how members of the public could contribute to it. Lee hopes that the Silicon Valley patent office will bring a new attitude to the patent system through geographic and cultural means.

Indie developers shine at GDC 2013

 

Game Developers Conference 2013 Logo

Originally Posted at SFBay

Game Developers Conference 2013 came to an end Friday after bringing video game industry affiliates together for a week of programming, discussion and marketing.

Now running for over two decades, GDC is an annual industry showcase to bring programmers, artists, producers, designers, and businesspeople together for hundreds of lectures, panels, tutorials and round tables on the state of interactive entertainment.

This year, the GDC provided an opportunity for independent game developers to showcase their work along tech giants like chip maker Intel and game developer Nintendo.

Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Case Study

First Sale Copyright Exhaustion Applying to Goods Manufactured Abroad and Imported into the United States

Last month I attended a Licensing Executives Society Silicon Valley chapter meeting about the potential impacts of a copyright case for which the Supreme Court had recently heard oral arguments. Kenyon and Kenyon attorneys Frank Bernstein and Mimi Rupp went through the history of what the event description called one of the most important copyright cases in a decade. Now that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Kirtsaeng, I would like to share the history of the case, the reasoning behind the majority and dissent opinions, and the potential impacts on the future market.

Not All Patent Trolls are Created Equal: Report from the USPTO Silicon Valley Software Patents Roundtable

Originally posted on SFBay

As the US Patent and Trademark Office prepares to open a Silicon Valley office, intellectual property stakeholders gathered at Stanford to tackle a big reason for USPTO’s enhanced regional presence: Software patents.

IP Year in Review: The LES Silicon Valley December 2012 Meeting

A few months after I became a registered patent agent, a friend recommended I come to a meeting of the Licensing Executives Society. The Silicon Valley chapter has been around for more than a decade and deals with the business of intellectual property. Last week the chapter held an end of year meeting called “IP Year in Review.” I went to Palo Alto to socialize with the Silicon Chapter members and hear from a panel on patent, trademark, and copyright issues in the United States in 2012.