The California Lawyers Association is the bar association for all California attorneys. Our mission is to promote excellence, diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and fairness in the administration of justice and the rule of law.

In this episode, I’ll be talking to Erica Bristol. Erica is an intellectual property attorney and commercial mediator specializing in intellectual property disputes. She’s also actively involved in the IP Law Section. Erica and I discuss her background (including her love of heavy metal music and motorcycles), how she got into mediation, and her thoughts about why lawyers need to learn more about statutory interpretation.

The Annual IP Institute has been canceled for 2020. Our flagship program will return to the California coast on October 28-30, 2021 at the Laguna Cliffs Resort & Spa.

We have several MCLE webinars coming up soon, including one on When is a Generic Term Not Generic: What Did the Supreme Court Unleash in Booking.com?

For information about the webinars and other events, you can go to our website, http://calawyers.org/IPEvents

If you’re interested in joining the Intellectual Property Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, visit calawyers.org/joinip

Finally, if you want to send us an email about the show, you can send it to IPPodcast@CALawyers.org – we look forward to hearing from you. I’m looking forward to speaking with you next time on Intangible Assets.