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Haskell, Slaughter, Young & Gallion, L.L.C.

Haskell Slaughter’s Young Addresses Mexico Rotarians On "The China Economic Explosion
Frank M. Young III, Chair of the International Law and Immigration practice team of Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, addressed the Rotary Club of San Miguel de Allende - Midday, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on "The China Economic Explosion". In his talk on February 13, Mr. Young shared with the San Miguel Rotarians his insights on the growing significance of China in the global economy and the importance of Chinese trade to North American businesses. Mr. Young also presented the club's president with a Rotary Flag from the Rotary Club of Birmingham.

Mr. Young is a longtime member of the Rotary Club of Birmingham and received the Club's Community Service Award in 1988. He has made presentations on business relations with China to numerous civic groups and to the Seventeenth Washington Seminar on U.S. - China Relations, sponsored by the US - China Peoples Friendship Association.
ABOUT FRANK M. YOUNG III

Frank Young founded Haskell Slaughter's litigation practice in 1974 and currently serves as Chair of its Litigation Practice Group. His practice encompasses representation of plaintiffs and defendants in all types of civil litigation, with particular concentrations in the areas of commercial litigation, products liability, aviation litigation, employment litigation and healthcare litigation. In addition, he heads the firm's international law practice and served as the first chair of the Alabama State Bar's International Law Section. In 2005 and 2006, he was recognized in the Birmingham Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" poll in International Law. As the firm's primary representative to TAGLaw, an international network of attorneys and law firms, Mr. Young was instrumental in establishing the firm's China practice relationships with the firm of Baker & Daniels, an international law firm with offices in Beijing and Qingdao, China. In addition, Mr. Young joined in the City of Birmingham's Sister Cities Official Delegation to Anshan and Beijing, China in 2005 and an Alabama Development Office delegation to China in 2006. Among his many civic activities, Mr. Young serves as Chair of the Birmingham Committee on Foreign Relations and has previously served as chair and president of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.

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Fish & Richardson, P.C.

Kathi Lutton to moderate at Federal Circuit Bar conference
Silicon Valley principal Katherine Lutton will be moderating a panel titled, 'Federal District Judge Perspectives,' at the upcoming Federal Circuit Bar Association conference, "Perspectives on Patent Law and Innovation," on Friday, February 16 from 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The panel includes the Honorables Susan Illston, Jeremy Fogel, Marilyn Patel and Ronald Whyte, all of the Northern District of California. The conference will also include panels offering perspectives from Federal Circuit judges, magistrate judges and corporate counsel.

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Fish & Richardson, P.C.

F&R At the Podium
Karen Boyd (Silicon Valley) will be presenting, 'Interpreting Recent Decisions Regarding Inequitable Conduct' at the American Conference Institute's 8th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents conference titled, "Analysis, Insights and Strategies for New Challenges in Biotech Patent Practice," on April 19 at the Stanford Park Hotel, Menlo Park, CA. Leading biotech patent practitioners and experienced in-house counsel will give practical and tactical advice that includes how to demystify patent reform, including the PTO rules and legislative proposals; incorporate new legal developments into claim construction of biotech patents; interpret recent inequitable conduct decisions; and developing strategies for patenting cutting edge biotechnology inventions. For more information and to register online please see http://www.americanconference.com/biotech.htm.

April 26 - 27, 2007 - Richard Horning (Silicon Valley) will present the Welcome and Opening Address at the International Technology Law Association's Annual Meeting & World Conference at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Chicago. For more information see www.itechlaw.org/conferences.htm.

April 27, 2007 - Nagendra "Nick" Setty, Esq. (Atlanta) will speak at the Law Seminars International's "Intensive One-Day Workshop on New Developments in Patent Claim Construction: Tips for more successful claim drafting and patent litigation," on April 27 at the Sheraton Buckhead Hotel in Atlanta, GA. Attorneys, both in-house and private practice, and business executives involved with patent prosecution and litigation are encouraged to attend this one-day seminar to learn about strategies for addressing key issues in claim construction today; the pros and cons of evidentiary hearings; hear the do's and don'ts from the judge's perspective; and get tips for making claims more easily understood by judge and jury. To register or download a PDF of the schedule, please see www.lawseminars.com/seminars/07CLAIMGA.php .

May 2, 2007 - Millicent M. Lundburg (Austin), an expert in employment, employee mobility, and trade secrets law with Fish & Richardson, will be presenting a free webinar titled, "Don't Let Your IP Jump Ship With Your Employees," on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm Eastern; 12:00 noon-1:00pm Central; 10:00am-11:00am Pacific. Join the discussion from the comfort of your computer for this fast-paced, informative webinar that will offer practical tips on how to keep your intellectual property when employees leave your company. Constant employee mobility can cause potential problems for technology companies. Ms. Lundburg draws from her years of experience providing both preventive counsel and, when necessary, litigation advice to describe how to safeguard your intellectual property in a mobile workplace. Her presentation will include practical steps you can take, from the employee applicant stage to the employee termination stage, and every stage in-between, to prevent your IP from walking out the door with employees who leave. To register, please visit www.fr.com/protectyourIP.

May 9-10, 2007 - Mark Fischer (Boston) will present, "Everyone's a Star: Copyright and other Issues in User Created and Derivated Works," at the AIPLA 2007 Spring Meeting on May 10. End users of websites aren't just passive - they are now creators of music, audiovisual, text, and other content. What are the copyright issues? Some of the key points of this presentation include law on derivative works, joint authorship, sharing revenue among the creators, how to write effective and clear end-user/creator licenses, and how to handle the agreements when many of the best content creators are under 18. The annual meeting will be held at The Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center, Boston, MA. For more information and to register online please see www.aipla.org/Content/ContentGroups/Meetings_and_Events1/Spring_Meetings/20076/2007_Spring_Meeting.htm.

May 21, 2007 - Richard Allan Horning (Silicon Valley) will be part of the panel discussion, "Using IP and licensing strategies to foster growth in small technology ventures," at the CIP Forum 2007: Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship in Gothenburg, Sweden. This event aims to bring together the world's top thought leaders to help advance the understanding of and need for modern business models, skills, and tools required to create value from intellectual assets, property, and capital for the combined benefit of industry, academia, and society. For more information or to register for this event, please see www.cipforum.org/.

May 23, 2007 - Ronald C. Lundquist (Twin Cities) will be part of the panel discussion, "Building a strong IP position in biotechnology for success on a global market," at the CIP Forum 2007: Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship in Gothenburg, Sweden. For more information or to register for this event, please see www.cipforum.org/.

June 10-12, 2007 - Anthony Fletcher (New York) will be participating in the panel, "Copyright Under Pressure," at the CSUSA 2007 Annual Meeting on June 12, located at The Sagamore Hotel, Bolton Landing, New York. For more information or to register for this event, please see www.csusa.org/annual_meeting_2007.htm.

June 11-12, 2007 - Joseph Bartlett (New York) will speak at the "6th Annual Hard-to-Value Securities & Portfolios Conference," presented by Financial Research Associates, LLC, at The Flatotel Hotel, New York, NY. Alternative investment valuation is a complex subject and the conference is designed specifically to help alternative investment professionals and investors with the ongoing challenges faced when attempting to minimize legal, regulatory and operational risk. This event will highlight the latest issues, problems, and most importantly, the most effective solutions in pricing and valuing complex portfolios. For more information and to register, see www.frallc.com.

June 14-15, 2007 - Joseph Bartlett (New York) will speak at the 5th Annual Effectively Administering Private Equity Funds Conference, "Maximizing Operational and Financial Efficiency," June 14-15 at the Princeton Club in New York. This conference will include authoritative advice from industry insiders, top LPs, and those who work with them. Hear their preferences, standards and expectations. For more information and to register, please see www.frallc.com/conference.aspx?ccode=b512.

June 19-21, 2007 - David Mittelstadt (Atlanta) is part of a panel presenting, "Remaining in Compliance with the Application of New 409A Deferred Compensation Rules" at the Institute for International Research's 6th Annual Private Equity Tax Practices 2007 conference on June 20 at the Hilton Boston Back Bay, Boston, MA. Tap the knowledge, insight and experience of more than 40 tax and accounting experts to guide you through the complicated PE Tax space; and hear real-world, practical strategies for maximizing tax benefits, including a special case study on IRS Tax Compliance in Leveraged Dividends. For more information or to register for this conference, email register@iirusa.com or visit www.iirusa.com/petax to download a full brochure.

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Fish & Richardson, P.C.

Fish & Richardson sponsors November 29 "Corporate Strategies for Leveraging Intellectual Property" conference
Fish & Richardson P.C. is the lead sponsor of IP Law & Business's second annual Winter Briefing: Corporate Strategies for Leveraging Your Intellectual Property. Scheduled for November 29, 2005, at the Wyndham Hotel, Washington, D.C., the conference is co-chaired by Ruffin B. Cordell, a principal in Fish & Richardson's Washington office, and Seth E. Brown, assistant general counsel, America Online, Inc. (Dulles, VA). Speakers will provide information and insights for maximizing the value of a company's intellectual property, for minimizing risks associated with litigation and licensing, and for ensuring that IP strategy is aligned with overall corporate strategy. Conference presenters include Katherine Kelly Lutton from Fish & Richardson's Silicon Valley office, who'll participate in the panel, "Patent Reform: Two Sides of the Same Coin." They will be joined by Michael B. Einschlag, vice president, intellectual property, Nektar Therapeutics (San Carlos, CA) and Chuck Fish, vice president and chief patent counsel, Time Warner Inc. (New York, NY). IP Law & Business, a monthly publication of American Lawyer, is the leading intellectual property magazine. In surveys published in 2005, IP Law & Business named Fish & Richardson P.C. the top firm in the country for patent litigation in the International Trade Commission (ITC) as well the nation's top patent litigation firm.

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Fish & Richardson, P.C.

F&R scores high in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index
Fish & Richardson recently received a score of 75 percent in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index (CEI) of 2006. The annual index, now in its fifth year, examines and evaluates corporate policies affecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) employees throughout the country. F&R's score was not the highest ranking in Massachusetts, but it was the third highest amongst the companies surveyed.

The 2006 CEI report is the only comprehensive measure of GLBT diversity initiatives. It rates Fortune 500 and other major companies on a scale of 0 to 100 on seven key indicators of fair treatment ranging from health insurance, written non-discriminatory policies covering sexual orientation, diversity training and family leave policies for employees with same-sex partners. There were nearly 500 major U.S. companies surveyed for the report.

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Fish & Richardson, P.C.

Fish & Richardson sponsors MBA Technology Transfer Challenge
Fish & Richardson is sponsoring the fifth annual MBA Technology Transfer Challenge at Texas A&M University on Friday, February 16, 2007.

Underwritten by Ford Motor Company, the Challenge, a required part of the University's MBA program, is a week-long opportunity for the students to develop their analysis, teamwork, and presentation skills. The students work in teams to learn the technology, identify market applications, assess marketplace acceptance, identify competitive technologies and form an opinion of the invention's commercial viability.

The event culminates with oral presentations by the teams to judges from the business and academic communities. This year, a $6000 prize will be awarded to the top three teams of the week.

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Fish & Richardson, P.C.

Congressional Energy Initiatives to be focus at nanoTX'07
Congress' plans to advance the commercialization of alternative energy sources mirrors the call to action made by the distinguished Energy Summit panel at NanoTX'06, and will be the focus of the NanoTX'07 conference scheduled for October 2007.

The Washington Post reported that the new Democratic Congress has seized the initiative with plans to be unveiled on January 18. The report said the comprehensive package would "plow money into new tax breaks for renewable energy sources" by rolling back "billions of dollars worth of oil drilling incentives" and "boosting federal royalties paid by oil and gas companies."

Last year's "Business of Nanotechnology" Energy Summit at nanoTX'06, hosted by Dr. Alan MacDiarmid, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and James Von Ehr Distinguished Chair in Science at the University of Texas, Dallas, made an urgent call for new, aggressive collaboration between government, industry and science. The two-day conference included a private networking reception that featured six Nobel Laureates who openly discussed their work and the future of nanotechnology, as well as Governor Rick Perry's announcement that the State of Texas was awarded a Nanoelectronics Research Institute by the U.S. federal government.

Held during International Nanotechnology Week, the Texas Nanotechnology Initiative (TNI) sponsored nanoTX'07 conference and trade expo is October 3-4, 2007. According to TNI President Kelly Kordzik (Austin), "The Promise of Tomorrow-The Business of Nanotechnology" will continue on the theme of last year's successful nanoTX'06.

"There are a lot of people working very hard to make nanoTX'07 the nanotechnology event of the highest quality," says Kordzik.

For more information on nanoTX'07, please see www.nanotx.biz..

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