Climate Change Report : Climate Change Lawyer & Attorney : K&L Gates Law Firm : Global Climate Law, Carbon Emissions

Program Details
Markets outside of the U.S. present an excellent opportunity to generate revenue – whether from investment, alliances or other cross-border transactions. K&L Gates and Deloitte bring together experts from four important regions – Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East – to share success stories and strategies making the most of the unique business and regulatory environments in markets beyond our borders. With 4 panels of speakers focused on their regions, you will walk away with practical insights into the hottest revenue-generating opportunities of 2012.

Agenda
10:00 a.m. – Registration
10:30 a.m. – Opportunities in Europe
12:00 p.m. – Lunch with casual Q&A
1:00 p.m. – Generating Revenue in Latin America
2:30 p.m. – Tapping into Asia
4:00 p.m. – Opportunities in the Middle East
5:30 p.m. – Casual Q&A and wine reception

To attend, either register below, email Christina Hendry or call 415.882.8038 by Friday, October 28th. Please indicate which location you would like to attend. This program is complimentary.

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Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. PDT
Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA
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On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the “Act”), which will substantially affect the way that patents are procured and enforced in the United States. The Act makes very significant changes to U.S. patent law.

The Act includes many changes, large and small, affecting subjects as far-reaching as the available appeals from reexaminations to the subject matter eligibility of tax planning methods and human organisms. Please join us for a presentation and question and answer session at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

Topics Include:

• First-Inventor-to-File
• Changes to What Constitutes Prior Art
• New Post-Grant Administrative Proceedings
• Supplemental Examination
• Defense to Infringement Based on Prior Commercial Use
• Fee Issues
• Subject Matter Carve-Outs for Tax Strategy Patents and Human Organisms
• Marking and False Marking
• Impact on Your Litigation Profile and Risk Management

In addition to providing our audience with a summary of the changes in the above areas, the focus of our presentation will be on how these changes will impact your business.

Program registration is complimentary. CLE credit is available in the following jurisdictions: California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Texas. An application has also been made to the North Carolina Bar. Other applications will be submitted upon request. To register, please click on the link below.

For more information, please email Ellen Keiley or call 617.951.9075.
This event will be taking place in multiple K&L Gates offices.
 

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September 21, 2011 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Computer History Museum
1401 Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA  94043
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SPONSORS:
Centaur Partners, K&L Gates, and Next Step

PROGRAM:
M&A is the best opportunity for most businesses to capture their enterprise value; but most companies don’t get it right!  Are you ready for what is coming?  Or will you end up having the value of your deal driven down because you were not prepared?

Being ready enables a business owner to respond effectively, maximize valuation, and avoid a missed opportunity in the hyper-competitive deal environment.  Now is the time to prepare your Finance, Legal, Marketing, and Operational infrastructure so when an acquisition is imminent, you can survive the due diligence process and maximize your deal value.

The seminar begins with a brief update on current M&A trends. Then, our experts step you through the actions to:

• Master the due diligence process
• Accelerate the closing process
• Avoid legal and accounting traps that can kill a deal, increase transaction costs or cause discounts in value
• Build value through your sales channels, customer base and marketing approaches
• Negotiate customer and partner licenses and agreements that will be acceptable to an acquirer

COST:
$25.00, payable to Next Step, includes continental breakfast and all workshop materials.

For more information and to register for the seminar in San Mateo on Sept 14, click here and for Mountain View on Sept 21, click here.

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August 17, 2011 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

K&L Gates - San Francisco Office
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94111
Center, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94111

SPONSORS: German American Business Association, Rheingold International, and K&L Gates

PROGRAM:
As an international research firm, Rheingold is often asked to help clients provide insights to psychologically translate their marketing campaigns to other countries. One of the biggest obstacles is to effectively reach consumers with a different cultural background, particularly when trying to transfer successful concepts to various countries. Rheingold’s research exemplifies the differences between the American and German culture that impact, in this case, sustainability considerations. The insights presented will help understand the marketing strategic pitfalls and success factors.

Rheingold explored current sustainability considerations in 40 2h in-depth interviews with American and German consumers. The research revealed significant cultural differences in sustainability perceptions and impacts on personal everyday lives. Rheingold’s research shows how marketing measures can account for these differences and successfully speak to the psychological needs of the American vs. German consumer.

Topics to be discussed:
• How do consumers define sustainability?
• What do they truly care about and what is “lip service”?
• What are differences between the American and German consumer and what are they rooted in?

Cost:
$15 Members, $25 Non-Members, $35 At the door.

For additional details and to attend, please click here.

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June 16, 2011 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. - Computer History Museum
June 17, 2011 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. - K&L Gates - San Francisco Office

We are pleased to invite you to this exciting breakfast program on renewable energy and emerging technology policy and funding issues.

As the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee, whose jurisdiction covered everything from NASA and NIST to the Department of Energy, K&L Gates partner Bart Gordon will be speaking on a  myriad of interesting topics including ARPA-E  (as he was the original author of the program), SBIR funding, DOE's Office of Science, the America Competes Act and the future of science and technology policy /funding opportunities.

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May 23, 2011 6:00-9:00 p.m.

K&L Gates - San Francisco Office
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94111

By popular demand, we are repeating this program. In partnership with the German American Business Association, please join K&L Gates, East West Bank and Solar Power, Inc. at our San Francisco office on Monday, May 23 for this evening event. Registration/wine reception is at 6:00 p.m., with the program beginning at 6:30 p.m.

PRESENTERS:

• Steve Kircher, CEO, Solar Power, Inc., project developer
• Don Danh, Senior Vice President, East West Bank, a lender for the project
• Dirk Michels, Cleantech Practice Partner, K&L Gates, lender’s law firm
• Moderator - Fred Greguras, Cleantech Practice Partner, K&L Gates 

SPONSORS: K&L Gates, German American Business Association, East West Bank, and Solar Power, Inc.

This year will be a major growth year for solar implementation in the U.S.  Why? As European feed-in tariffs are reduced, the U.S market will be a primary focus for global solar players.  The extension of the successful Section 1603 cash grant program and the creation of 100% bonus depreciation for 2011 at the federal level will stimulate investments in renewable energy projects. The availability of state level incentives for solar financing is also increasing making financing more readily available for solar energy projects in 2011.

The panelists will discuss the financing of solar projects with these incentives at a practical, hands-on level using lessons learned in a real solar project by Solar Power, Inc. – the Aerojet project in Northern California.  This large-scale PV solar system was built at an EPA brown field site and combines the implementation of solar for electricity generation with the reuse of a contaminated site.

What are the lessons learned in a real project? What are the pitfalls you want to avoid? How can these lessons help in securing financing and ensuring successful implementation of other solar projects?

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April 28, 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. & April 29, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency San Francisco
Five Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111

SPONSORS: Novogradac & Company, LLP
PRESENTERS: Dirk Michels

PROGRAM:
Put the power of knowledge behind your RETC transactions. Hear industry news and updates, hone your technical skills and spend two days exploring the many opportunities made available by the renewable energy tax credit program.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: 
• Accountants
• Developers
• Investors and lenders
• Government agency officials
• Not-for-profit representatives
• Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists

COST: 
Early Bird Rate available until April 5 - $595.00

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April 26, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Avenue
Mountain View, CA

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SPONSORS: CCICE and K&L Gates

PANELISTS:
Shannon Fraser, Senior International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of
Commerce
Fred Greguras, Partner, Palo Alto, K&L Gates
PR Yu, CEO, Optony

COST:
$5 Student (Must provide student ID at registration)
$15 Members of Affiliate Organizations
$20 Non-Members

K&L Gates is pleased to sponsor this informative program with CCICE, taking place at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA on April 26 from 6-8:30 p.m.  Our Palo Alto partner, Fred Greguras will be speaking on the current issues that Cleantech Startups are facing in 2011.

The common interest in both China and the U.S. to reduce the demand for
fossil fuel and greenhouse gas emissions may cause more cooperation
and progress between the two countries on clean energy issues.  The
increasing concern in both countries over the cost of oil, global warming
and energy security provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs who can help
solve these problems.

What opportunities does this provide for an entrepreneur doing a startup in
either country in 2011?  What are the realities of a startup obtaining
investment to compete with larger and well-funded players in electric
vehicles, energy efficiency, smart grid, energy storage, lighting, clean coal or
other  cleantech sectors?  What will be the best source of funding in 2011,
venture capital, corporate strategic investors or government funding?  Do
cross-border startups leveraging the best talent in both countries and
access to both markets have a better chance of funding?

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April 16, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

California Institute of Technology
1200 East California Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91125

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SPONSORS: Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum, K&L Gates

Please join K&L Gates Partner Dirk Michels for this valuable program and networking opportunuty on Saturday, April 16, at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
The program will explore how entrepreneurs can interact with utilities, government and the private sector to promote innovative ideas to cut traffic congestion, emissions and transportation. Entrepreneurial opportunities exist in many spaces, including extended range electric vehicles, charging technologies, “Smart Grid” interfaces, “first mile/last-mile” vehicles (electric bikes, scooters, or shared transportation) and software to manage the devices at home and on the road.

Come to this Enterprise Forum to meet representatives from all these sectors - business, local government, and academia - to brainstorm how to really change the world, one less parking spot at a time. Public-sector foresight can create alluring opportunities for the private sector entrepreneur. Getting in touch with the right people and being creative can help lead you to many opportunities.

SCHEDULE:
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. Baxter Lecture Hall
Program:
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking:
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall

COST:
$40 on-line registration fee; $50 at-the-door

For further information and to register, click here.

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March 29-30th

Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
5101 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, California 95054, USA

Registration will be held onsite at the Hyatt.

SPONSOR: K&L Gates

K&L Gates is pleased to sponsor this exciting conference at the Santa Clara Hyatt on March 29-30th. Palo Alto Partner Dirk Michels will be speaking in a Solar Financing session, providing valuable information on the current financing climate.

About the Conference
With Proposition 23 (The Dirty Energy Bill) successfully defeated by a bi-partisan coalition of clean-tech organizations, and as the California Solar Initiative moves through final incentive steps, along with an increasingly challenging national policy landscape - NOW is the time to establish a clear path from policy driven markets to.....just a market.

Please join SolarTech in conjunction with State, National and Federal partners to collaborate over two days with industry leaders to address fundamental best practices core to accelerating the solar industry’s long term place in the U.S. energy mix.

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February 24, 2011 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Avenue
Mountain View, CA

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PRESENTERS:

• Steve Kircher, CEO, Solar Power, Inc., project developer
• Don Danh, Senior Vice President, East West Bank, a lender for the project
• Dirk Michels, Cleantech Practice Partner, K&L Gates, lender’s law firm
• Moderator - Fred Greguras, Cleantech Practice Partner, K&L Gates 

SPONSORS: K&L Gates, East West Bank, and Solar Power, Inc.

This year will be a major growth year for solar implementation in the U.S.  Why? As European feed-in tariffs are reduced, the U.S market will be a primary focus for global solar players.  The extension of the successful Section 1603 cash grant program and the creation of 100% bonus depreciation for 2011 at the federal level will stimulate investments in renewable energy projects. The availability of state level incentives for solar financing is also increasing making financing more readily available for solar energy projects in 2011.

The panelists will discuss the financing of solar projects with these incentives at a practical, hands-on level using lessons learned in a real solar project by Solar Power, Inc. – the Aerojet project in Northern California.  This large-scale PV solar system was built at an EPA brown field site and combines the implementation of solar for electricity generation with the reuse of a contaminated site.

What are the lessons learned in a real project? What are the pitfalls you want to avoid? How can these lessons help in securing financing and ensuring successful implementation of other solar projects?

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January 13-14, 2011 

Washington State Convention Center
Seattle, WA

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Presenters: Slade Gorton, Harvard P. Spigal
Sponsors: Law Seminars International

Once again, we have assembled influential key players to update their peers on the economic and political landscape for energy markets and resource development in the West. The conference has been the paramount annual gathering of leading energy attorneys, industry executives, governmental officials, consultants and large industrial consumers. You will hear what to expect from the new, and likely very different, post-midterm Congress; how transmission fits into the overall energy picture for the Pacific Northwest, what the commercially viable large scale clean energy projects are and new BPA developments. The conference addresses today's hot topics and will provide energy professionals at all levels of the industry with the latest information on the ever-changing legal and policy framework for energy regulation, infrastructure and markets.

Seattle of counsel Slade Gorton is chairing, and Portland partner Harvey Spigal will be speaking.

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July 9, 2010  11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT / 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. PDT

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Presenters: Stephen C. Glazier, Jeffrey L. Snow

Please join us for a complimentary seminar by K&L Gates partners, who will update you on the most important new case in patent law and other trends in patent law for today's companies and intellectual property owners.

Agenda

In re Bilski
What the Supreme Court's decision means:  Where it came from and how it may apply going forward in patent prosecution and litigation.

False Patent Marking Claims
Two recent Federal Circuit cases:  Forest Group and Solo Cup.  Is the current spate of false marking claims justified or sustainable?

Inequitable Conduct
Overview of the current state of the law, and implications of the Federal Circuit's en banc review of the substantive issues of inequitable conduct in Therasense.

Webinar Schedule:
Log-in opens: 10:45 a.m.
Program: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Webinar log-in instructions will be circulated via email prior to the program.

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July 15, 2010 

PLI New York Center
New York, NY

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Presenters: Josh M. Leavitt
Sponsors: Practising Law Institute

The movement toward a more sustainable built environment continues to grow at a rapid clip, notwithstanding the economic challenges facing the design and construction industry as a whole. You need to be able to advise your industry clients about the challenges of designing and building green. It is important not to run into the “red” by going “green.”

This course is designed to provide you with the tools to evaluate green risks and properly serve your clients in the drafting and negotiation of their contracts, as well as providing advice during the performance of their services. You will learn the basics of the most important green certification program for private development - the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (“LEED”) rating system, from LEED Accredited Professionals.

You will also be given the information necessary to advise your clients regarding the federal government’s green initiatives. The American construction industry is “going green” and you need to understand the ramifications for owner, designers, contractors, and lenders. This course will give you the tools you need to guide industry participants through this vital and vibrant subject.

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July 14, 2010  8:30 a.m.

K&L Gates
(entrance is on 16 St. side)
1601 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

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Sponsors: K&L Gates and the Greater Washington Board of Trade

K&L Gates LLP and the Greater Washington Board of Trade welcome Larry Bock, creator and executive director of the USA Science & Engineering Festival.  Mr. Bock, a nationally known serial entrepreneur, will discuss the upcoming national science festival, expected to be the largest in world history, which will take place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and around the country in October 2010. 

The USA Science & Engineering Festival will excite the interest of hundreds of thousands of students in scientific disciplines with a variety of engaging demonstrations, exhibitions, labs and seminars.  Modeled after Mr. Bock's 2009 festival in San Diego during which more than 200,000 people participated in 500 exhibits and events, the national festival already has more than 500 event sponsors and contributing partners, including colleges & universities, professional societies, federal agencies, Nobel laureates, and corporations.  Opportunities for additional interested parties to participate in the festival will be discussed. 

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010 
8:00 - 10:30 a.m. Eastern
Via webinar

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Presenters: David J. Byer, Tara C. Clancy, John J. Cotter, Thomas F. Holt, Jr., Thomas A. Turano

Please join us for a complimentary seminar by K&L Gates partners who will update you on current trends in patent and trademark law for today's technology companies. The panel of experienced patent and trademark prosecutors and litigators will focus on important cases from the past twelve months and point out their implications for high technology businesses. During their presentations, the speakers will answer your questions and focus on real world applications.

Topics include:

• Bilski and the Supremes: Will billions of dollars in assets really evaporate?
• Permanent injunctions after eBay v. MercExchange
• Social networks, bloggers, reviewers, user-generated content, and your on-line community
• Patent damages developments – clamping down on the entire market value rule and on evidentiary standards
• Inequitable conduct – dead or alive? 

 Who should attend: 

• In house counsel and other in house administrators of company intellectual property

Webinar log-in instructions will be circulated to registrants via email prior to the program.

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Date: June 8, 2010 

Time: 8:00 - 10:30 a.m. Eastern

Register for this event.

Presenters: David J. Byer, Tara C. Clancy, John J. Cotter, Thomas F. Holt, Jr., Thomas A. Turano

Please join us for a complimentary seminar by K&L Gates partners who will update you on current trends in patent and trademark law for today's technology companies. The panel of experienced patent and trademark prosecutors and litigators will focus on important cases from the past twelve months and point out their implications for high technology businesses. During their presentations, the speakers will answer your questions and focus on real world applications.

Topics include:

• Bilski and the Supremes: Will billions of dollars in assets really evaporate?
• Permanent injunctions after eBay v. MercExchange
• Social networks, bloggers, reviewers, user-generated content, and your on-line community
• Patent damages developments – clamping down on the entire market value rule and on evidentiary standards
• Inequitable conduct – dead or alive? 

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