CPA Global and SVIPLA Join Forces
to Present High-Level IP Forum
DATE: October 29
LOCATION: Four Seasons, Palo Alto
TIME: 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
COST: Complimentary (includes lunch)
Silicon Valley USPTO Director John Cabeca to deliver keynote address.
Panelists include experts from Microsoft, Aruba Networks, Square Inc. and Procopio,
a leading California law firm.
CPA Global, the world’s leading provider of intellectual property (IP) management services and software, will host the Silicon Valley IP Forum: Faster, Smarter and Leaner in partnership with SVIPLA.
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IP professionals are invited to register
free of charge for this event.
The Forum brings together senior IP industry figures to discuss how, by devising a leaner, more efficient and cost-effective approach to IP management, organizations can gain competitive advantage while, at the same time, reducing risk.
Guest Panelists:
Melanie Carmosino, Manager of Patent Operations in the IP Group, Microsoft Corporation, and Varun A. Shah, Global Head of IP Development, Aruba Networks, will outline strategies for optimizing an IP portfolio in line with ’cost versus return’ considerations.
Kirupa Pushparaj, Head IP Counsel, Square Inc., and Miku Mehta, IP Partner in the Silicon Valley Office, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP will focus on how to manage risk in a changing IP landscape.
Keynote address: “IP Outlook” by John Cabeca, Director of the Silicon Valley United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), who will provide an overview of the Agency’s recent initiatives, including the establishment of the Silicon Valley satellite office.
