Registration Form The Intellectual Property Law Section

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Phone

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Conference Location:
❏ March 1, 2004—Century City
❏ March 3, 2004—San Francisco

Registration Fees (Check appropriate box)

❏ $225 Members of the State Bar of California
Intellectual Property Law Section

❏ $285 Non-Member of the State Bar of California

Intellectual Property Law Section
(2004 Membership Included)

Credit Card Information

I authorize The State Bar of California to charge my pro-
gram registration fee to my VISA or MasterCard
account. (No other credit card will be accepted.)

Account Number:

Exp Date:

Cardholder’s Name: Monday, March 1, 2004

Century Plaza Hotel
Cardholder’s Signature: 2025 Avenue of the Stars
Century City
San Francisco, CA 94105-1639

Mail to: Program Registrations, The State Bar of

Los Angeles, CA 90067-4696
California, 180 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA
The State Bar of California

Phone: (310) 227-2000

94105. Make checks payable to The State Bar of
California. www.centuryplazala.com
Program Registrations

180 Howard Street

FAX to: Program Registration at (415) 538-2368. Wednesday, March 3, 2004

Credit card information is mandatory. Westin St. Francis Hotel
335 Powell Street
The Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar San Francisco, CA 94102
of California is a State Bar of California approved
Phone: (415) 392-7000
MCLE provider. This activity has been approved
for 8.25 hours of MCLE credit.
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Program Schedule
7:30AM – 8:30AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30AM – 8:45AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights,
U.S. Copyright Office
JoAnne Redmann, Liner, Yankelevitz, Sunshine &
Regenstreif LLP
Barbara Friedman, Bingham McCutchen LLP
8:45AM – 10:15AM
Current Copyright Law and Policy Activities of the
Copyright Office
An update on the Copyright Office’s recent and pending
rulemaking, litigation, and international activity.
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights,
U.S. Copyright Office
David Carson, General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office
Jule Sigall, Associate Register for Policy &
International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM – Break
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Litigation Year in Review
Hear a panel of experts from the Copyright Office and aca-
demia discuss a number of important and interesting copy-
right cases of the past year.
David Carson, General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office
Jule Sigall, Associate Register for Policy &
International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office
Tyler Ochoa, Santa Clara University School of Law
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Luncheon Program
Representative Howard Berman, Los Angeles
Daniel Gervais, San Francisco
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Legislative Activity in the 108th Congress
Learn about a number of legislative proposals to amend the
copyright law that will compete for the attention of the 108th
Congress.
David Carson, General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office
Jule Sigall, Associate Register for Policy &
International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office
2:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Copyright Registration: Issues for Practitioners and
Copyright Owners
Learn about registration basics and how to register specific
kinds of works including websites, computer programs, and
CD-ROMS, and how to avoid mistakes commonly made in
applications for registration. The Register of Copyrights will
discuss the process for seeking reconsideration of refusals to
register and a recent case involving the weight to be given to
certificates of registration.
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights,
U.S. Copyright Office
Jeff Cole, Assistant Chief, Examining Division,
U.S. Copyright Office
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM – Break
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
The DMCA After 5 Years
Five years after its enactment, the DMCA is frequently in
the headlines. Experts from the Copyright Office, affected
industries, and private practice will discuss how the provi-
sions of the DMCA relating to online service providers and
circumvention of the copyright protection systems have been
applied, and explore how the DMCA is affecting develop-
ment of technology related to the use of copyrighted works.
David Carson, General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office
Jule Sigall, Associate Register for Policy &
International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office
Daralyn Durie, Keker and Van Nest
Russ Frackman, Mitchell, Silberburg, Knupp
Dean Marks, Warner Brothers
Jeffrey Lawrence, Intel Corporation
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Current Direction of the Copyright Office and Closing
Remarks
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights,
U.S. Copyright Office
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Cocktail Reception & Hors D’oeuvres
Registration Information
Registration by Mail
Your registration must be received no later than
Monday, February 24, 2004. Please send your com-
pleted registration form and check payable to The
State Bar of California to:
Program Registrations
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-1639
On-Site Registrations
On-site registration opens at 7:00AM and is subject
to space availability.
Cancellation/Refunds
Cancellations and request for refunds must be
received in writing no later than February 24, 2004.
Substitute registrants are allowed, but must register in
their own name.
MCLE Credit
The Office of Section Education and Meeting
Services of the State Bar of California is a State Bar of
California approved MCLE provider. This activity has
been approved for 8.25 hours of MCLE credit.
Special Assistance
Please call 415-538-2594 or TDD for speech and
hearing impaired 415-538-2231.
Questions
For registration information, please call 415-538-
2508. For program content/Section information,
please call 415-538-2375.
Audio Tapes
Audio tapes of the program will be available with a
complete set of program materials from Versa-Tape.
To order, please call 800-468-2737.