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Main Meeting - Wednesday, May 8th, 2002 Intellectual Property Panel Contractual Relationships and Rights Hosted by Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

Panelists: David Ashby, Esq. Irene Blumenkranz Robin D. Gross Patrick T. Reilly Theresia Sandhu Sponsor: IBM DeveloperWorks Upcoming Meetings and Flyers (PDF format): May 8: Intellectual Property Society - Joint Meeting June 12: Jared Spool - Scent of a Web Page

Sign up to our announcement mailing list E-mail address: Date: Wednesday, MAY 8, 2002 Time: 6:00-9:30 p.m. (speaker at 7:00) Location: Directions North side of Building 3 Cypress Semiconductor 3939 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134 Between Hwy 237 and Tasman Dr.

David Ashby, Esq., Irene Blumenkranz, Robin D. Gross anIntellectual Property attorney with the Electronic FrontierFoundation, Patrick T. Reilly, Founder, Intellectual PropertySociety, and Theresia Sandhu Patent Attorney.

Abstract:

The extent and natures of intellectual property rights and rightsenforcement are evolving with the expanding role of technology in theglobal community. More particularly, intellectual property issues arecentral to many aspects of new venture fund raising, softwareconsulting, subcontractor performance and entrepreneurial strategy.Software developers, professional independent contractors and hightech managers should have a general understanding of the interlinkedconcepts of copyright, patent, trade secret, trade dress, andtrademark in order to maximize their value and their compensation.Panelists will focus on the proper concerns of individual creatorsand corporate executives/founders in negotiating contractualrelationships and in retaining legitimate intellectual propertyrights. Panelists will address areas of particular concern to theWebGuild membership in a generous question and answer session.

Special InterestGroups:

• Animation SIG - May 8th: Swift 3D plug-in for Lightwave 3D on the Mac
• eBusiness Perspectives SIG - May 16th: "The Next Wave of the Internet: Will the Tide Rise Again?"
• Technical Development SIG - May 16th: Styling: XSL Transformations and XPath
• Web Application Development SIG - May 8th: MVC, Taglibs and an Improved Register.jsp

Don't see the SIG you want? Come by and talk to us about startingit! This is the perfect way to learn more about the Silicon ValleyWebGuild, to get reconnected with SIGs that you love, maybe win aterrific door prize, or most importantly, pick up a great job lead orcareer opportunity.

Who ShouldAttend:

• All members who feel the challenge of our times
• E-commerce strategists and practitioners
• General management
• Sales and marketing management
• Customer support management
• Operations management
• Business owners
• IT managers and staff personnel
• Web site users, owners, and support personnel

Schedule:Wednesday, April 10, 2002, 6:00-9:30 p.m.

6:50 pm Generalannouncements (have jobs, want jobs, etc.)

7:00 pm Main speaker

8:20 pm Door prizes(must be present to win)

8:30 pm Special interestgroups

Free and open to thepublic. RSVPs not required.

Please invite yourfriends and colleagues!

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