NOW POSTED: 
The Program-at-a-Glance, containing the room locations and scheduling information for sessions and committee meetings.  Click here.

Go to http://issuu.com/aipla2/docs/aiplaspring09preliminaryprogram
to view the program in a book format.

Speaker Papers are now available for downloading and viewing. You must be registered to attend the meeting and logged in to our website.

2009 Spring Meeting
May 13 - 15

Hotel del Coronado
San Diego, California

High-quality CLE programming that matters to you! 

Sessions include:

• Best practice tips in patent litigation;

• The latest in
  law practice management:

• Practicing IP law in the new economy;

• Avoid pitfalls during prosecution & litigation

Progam information above as of 4/14/09.  Watch for program updates.

Program Information

• Preliminary Program*
• Program-at-a-Glance (as of May 4, 2009)
  
  Daily Schedules
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
   
  Committee Meeting Detail
• MEETING DESCRIPTIONS*  (The Full Committee Meeting Schedule is now available, including descriptions, dates, times and location - updated 5/5/09) 
  
• Program Flyer
• Planning Committee*
• Helpful Guidelines for the Meeting

Registration, Table Reservation, Tours

• Register Online!
• Registration Form*
• Registration and Cancellation Information*
• Table Reservation Form for Thursday's "Timeless Glamour" Dinner*
• Spouse/Guest Tours*
• Member-get-a-member application

We hope to see you in San Diego!

Honorable Marilyn Huff  US District Court for the Southern District of California		Donald J. Rosenberg Qualcomm, Inc.
Our luncheon keynote speakers (pictured above) will provide their unique perspectives on IP law.

The Honorable Paul R. Michel, Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will join others to discuss Patent Litigation on Thursday morning.  His talk will focus on damages, other topics covered include; claim construction, de novo review of Markman hearings, mandatory disclosure of all relevant evidence in the Eastern District of Texas, and lessons and trends from Kearns Windshield Wiper cases.

60-minutes of Ethics CLE is available on Friday morning.  The ethics topics include ethics of contingency fee relationships and staying on the right side in litigation, from Rule 11 to Section 285.

The program is also comlemented by a wide range of excellent committee programs.   Click here to read the descriptions.

Hotel, Airline, Car Rental, Ground Transportation

• Hotel del Coronado (direct link to their online reservation)
• Hotel and Ground Transportation Information

Exhibitor and Sponsorship Information

• Sponsors*
• Sponsorship Information*
• Exhibitor Invitation*
• Exhibitor Registration Form*

SPEAKER PAPERS are now available. Click here to access them. Please NOTE: You must be registered for the Meeting and logged on to the website. You must also have cookies enabled in your Internet Browser. Questions? Please email aipla@aipla.org. When available you can also access them by going to Meeting & Events, Meeting Materials Online and Click on 2009 Spring Meeting Speaker Papers.

AIPLA has cancelled the live streaming of the meeting, due to lack of interest.  We are capturing and will make available after the meeting, access to portions of the meeting.  Watch our website for informaiton on purchasing individual sessions. 

Up to 19.2* hours of CLE Credit including
1.2 Ethics credit

*The maximum credit-hours available for states using a 50-minute hour for CLE calculation. For 60-minute hour states the maximum CLE credit is 16.0 including up to 1.0 Ethics credit.

Program content is subject to change. Please check back periodically to review the most current program information.