Stacey Friends will speak at MCLE Intellectual Property Conference.

Ms. Friends' program will focus on Trademarks, addressing such issues as: Current PTO pitfalls, dilution, parody, comparative advertising, and international considerations.

The conference will be held:
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
1 – 6 p.m.
MCLE Conference Center
Ten Winter Place, via Winter Street
Boston

For more information, please click here to view the brochure.

RIW Attorney and Technology Practice Group Chair, Gene Landy, will speak at Softletter's Software as a Service Unversity Seminar held in Boston on June 18-19.

Gene's program called Transition to SaaS Track, will focus on Developing SaaS Terms of Service Agreements. This particular program will be held on June 18, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM.

Softletter's SaaS University Boston
Wednesday, June 18 - Thursday June 19
9:00 AM - 5:00PM
Doubletree Boston/Waltham
550 Winter St.
Waltham, MA

For more information or to register for this event, please click here.

Gene Landy, RIW's Technology Practice Group Chair, will moderate a panel called Software as a Service: SaaS Partnering and Platforms, a program offered by the Mass Technology Leadership Councel.

The Program will take place:

June 10, 2008
8:00-10:00 a.m.
PTC in Needham

The program will examine the business and legal considerations for partnering in the SaaS field. It will touch base on the advantages, disadvantages, opportunities, strategies, and risks.

For more information and to register for the program, please click here.

Intellectual Property Basics for the Non-Specialists

Corporate clients are increasingly concerned about guarding their assets and protecting their intellectual property rights. Because of the growing importance of intellectual property rights, corporate clients now expect their counsel to be well-versed in basic intellectual property law. In this seminar, general practitioners will learn the essentials of intellectual property law so they can provide clients with basic advice on key issues and also spot issues that may require assistance from an intellectual property specialist.

16th Annual Restuarant Trends Seminar
Positioning for Success in 2008
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Back Bay Event Center
Sponsors: Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, Boston Restaurant Group, Cafco Construction and Boston Globe Media