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Text Box: FOCUS on TECHNOLOGY Text Box: The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology (BCLT) continues its leadership in Intellectual Property law issues. The 2008 U.S. News & World Graduate School Report has ranked the IP Law Program of Boalt Hall School of Law first in the nation. The Boalt Hall Program, led by BCLT's 7 Faculty Directors, has been #1 in the U.S. for the past 10 years. For more information: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/bclt/. A sampling of BCLT’s recent IP programs includes: In February, 2006 and July, 2006 BCLT hosted the US Patent & Trademark Office regarding the US PTO’s Proposed Changes to Patent Claims & Continuations. August 10-11, 2006 the IP Scholar’s Conference sponsored by BCLT, DePaul, Cardozo and Stanford, brought over 120 IP faculty to Boalt for a 2-day conference. In connection with the School of Information (SIMS) Distinguished Lecture featuring Fred Schneider, SIMS, BCLT and SLTPPC sponsored a Trust Privacy Workshop on October 5-6, 2006 at Boalt Hall. BCLT, Santa Clara Law School and SVIPLA hosted an evening program for patent practitioners, PTO Rulemaking Event, on October 26, 2006, followed by the Patent Policy in the Supreme Court and Congress conference on October 27, 2006. Pam Samuelson, Deirdre Mulligan, and Ken Goldberg were co-chairs of a symposium entitled, Unblinking: New Perspectives on Visual Privacy in the 21st Century, sponsored by BCLT, TRUST, CITRIS, CNM, and UC Berkeley College of Engineering, held on November 3-4, 2006. Robert Barr, Pam Samuelson and Peter Menell presented at Boston University at a Software Patent Conference, sponsored by BCLT, Boston University, Computer & Communications Industry Association, MIT Sloan School of Management, Public Patent Foundation and Research on Innovation on November 17, 2006. The University of Texas School of Law, BCLT and Stanford University Law School hosted the Seventh Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute in San Jose on November 29-December 1, 2006. On December 7-8, 2006 BCLT and LexisNexis hosted Copyright – From Traditional Concepts to the Digital Age, held in San Francisco. The Fourth Annual Telecommunications and IP Conference was sponsored by BCLT and Seoul National University in Hawaii on January 12-13, 2007. BCLT co-sponsored FTC/DOJ Hearings at the UC Berkeley Haas Business School, on January 30 - 31, 2007. On February 16, 2007 BCLT hosted the Federal Circuit Bar Association. March 9-10, 2007, BCLT hosted our Annual Symposium on Copyright, DRM Technologies and Consumer Protection, sponsored by BCLT, BTLJ and the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam (IViR). The Eighth Annual IP Retreat for Federal Judges was held in Berkeley in May 2007, co-sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center and BCLT. The Seventh Annual IP Scholars Conference, sponsored by BCLT, DePaul, Stanford and Cardozo will be held on August 9-10, 2007 Text Box: Berkeley Center for Law and Technology Blazes Trail in Intellectual Property Text Box: The Fisher Center for Information Technology, which supports the development of IT-related research, instruction, and corporate outreach on behalf of faculty and students at the Haas School of Business and other Berkeley departments, is enjoying a revival supported by the renewed business interest in technology. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Institute has named a new leadership team for the Center. Institute Director David Teece, has appointed Jackson Grantham to serve as executive director of the Fisher Information Technology Center, and Professors Terrence Hendershott and John Morgan of the Haas School to serve as faculty directors. Mr. Grantham assembled a top-quality advisory board consisting of chief information officers from UC-Berkeley, Yahoo!, Autodesk, and others. The Fisher Center supported the November 2005 and 2006 >play: the Berkeley Digital Media Conference, a successful new media conference organized by Haas students. For more information: http://fisheritcenter.haas.berkeley.edu/ Terry Hendershott and John Morgan

Dr. Terry Hendershott and Dr. John Morgan of the Haas School serve as faculty directors of the Fisher Center.
Text Box: Fisher Center for Information Technology Re-launched, Names All-star Advisory Board Text Box: Management of Technology Program Continues Strong Enrollment Text Box: The Management of Technology (MOT) Program, a joint effort between the College of Engineering, the Haas School of Business, and the i-School, and supported by the Institute, focuses on the operational and organizational issues associated with managing new product development and commercialization. The MOT Program is the largest interdisciplinary program on campus based on enrollments, which have remained stable at between 1400-1500 students per year for four years. Forty-seven MOT courses were offered in Spring 06/Fall 06. The total number of MOT approved courses is 60, which includes 11 core and 50 related. The total number of MOT certificates issued in the academic year 2005/2006 was 84. In summer 2006, the ten graduate students chosen as Mayfield Fellows interned at venture capital-funded Silicon Valley high-tech start-ups. For the fourth year, nine graduate students from the College of Engineering, the Haas School of Business and the School of Information with an interest in technology, business and China’s high-tech economy were selected as MOT China Fellows. For more information: http://mot.berkeley.edu/