[NYCInfoLaw] This Week with NYCInfoLaw

[Ashley Fry]

E-MAIL CONTENTS
   * [Reading Group] Challenging the Breast Cancer Gene Patents
   * Gonzalo Merino – Patenting Biotech: Strategies and Tips
   for Protecting Your Invention
   * NYC Economic Development Corporation: NYC NIH SBIR
   Proposal Writing Workshop
   * Earth Institute Practicum: The Impact of Climate Change
   in New York City
   * Innovative New York: Life Sciences – From Bench to Boardroom
   * Weatherhead Institute: Is Chinese Science Really an
   Exotic Subject?
   * Columbia Water Center and Scientists and Engineers For A
   Better Society Film Screening: A Civil Action
   * Weatherhead Institute: China and Energy Security in Central Asia

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NYCINFOLAW NEWS

   [READING GROUP] CHALLENGING THE BREAST CANCER GENE PATENTS
   OCTOBER 28, 2009 @ 7:15 PM
   ROOM W220, NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, 185 W. BROADWAY
   Discussion of the fight against patents covering the breast
   cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 held by Myriad and the University of
   Utah. Please RSVP to Joe Merante (merante.joe at gmail.com). Pizza will
   be served.
   Readings are available at
   http://lists.nycinfolaw.org/pipermail/list-nycinfolaw.org/2009-October/000085.html

INFORMATION LAW EVENTS

   GONZALO MERINO ON “PATENTING BIOTECH: STRATEGIES AND TIPS
   FOR PROTECTING YOUR INVENTION”
   OCTOBER 28, 2009 @ 4 PM
   ICRC 114, MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
   This lecture by Dr. Gonzalo Merino presents an introduction to
   patenting biotechnology inventions in the academic setting and a
   primer on what you should know to protect your inventions.

   For more information, visit
   http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135074077656

   NYC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: NYC NIH SBIR PROPOSAL
   WRITING WORKSHOP
   OCTOBER 29, 2009 @ 8:30 AM
   WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE, BRIFFIS FACULTY CLUB, 1300
   YORK AVENUE (AT 69TH STREET)
   NYCEDC offers this exclusive full-day workshop covering all
   aspects of SBIR and STTR proposal preparation and alternative funding
   opportunities. This session provides detailed instruction on proposal
   preparation, including both technical and commercialization plans and
   proposal submission procedures. Differences between agencies are
   addressed. Core principles of preparing fundable SBIR/STTR proposals
   are stressed.

   For more information, visit
   http://www.nycedc.com/BusinessInNYC/IndustryOverviews/Bioscience/Pages/NYCBiotechSBIRWorkshop.aspx

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

 For more information on any of these events, please visit
 nycinfolaw.org and view our calendar.

   EARTH INSTITUTE PRACTICUM: THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANCE IN
   NEW YORK CITY
   OCTOBER 27, 2009 @ 4:20 PM
   ROOM 102, JEROME GREENE HALL, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL

   INNOVATIVE NEW YORK: LIFE SCIENCES – FROM BENCH TO BOARDROOM
   OCTOBER 27, 2009 @ 5:30 PM
   THE LEVIN INSTITUTE, 116 EAST 55TH STREET
   Register at
   http://www.nyas.org/Events/Detail.aspx?cid=5170ff63-5412-4bbc-b210-9c00043db317

   WEAI: IS CHINESE SCIENCE REALLY AN EXOTIC SUBJECT?
   OCTOBER 28, 2009 @ 6PM
   ROOM 403, KENT HALL, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

   COLUMBIA WATER CENTER AND SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS FOR A
   BETTER SOCIETY FILM SCREENING: A CIVIL ACTION
   OCTOBER 28, 2009 @ 6PM
   ROOM 569, ALFRED LERNER HALL, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

   WEAI: CHINA AND ENERGY SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA
   OCTOBER 29, 2009 @ 12 PM
   ROOM 1219, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUILDING, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

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