Transcript Careers in High Tech - Santa Clara University School of Law

Careers in High Tech
High Tech Law Institute and Law
Career Services
Getting Noticed
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Your mission is not just to contact potential
employers, but to GET NOTICED!
Know your industry
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Network!!
Join/attend/participate in related professional association
Write an article
Exploit past experience
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Example—Honors Thesis on Gene Sequences in the
Tobacco Mosaic Virus
 Look up agribusiness companies at www.uspto.gov to find
patents
Job Search Resources
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OCI—represents a small fraction of all employers
Job Fairs
 IP Interview Program for Patent Students in Chicago, IL
(July)
 American Intellectual Property Law Association
(www.aipla.org), Washington, DC (Oct.)
 San Francisco SFIPLA (http://www.sfipla.org) (Aug.)
Published and On-Line Resources
 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society
(http://www.jptos.org)
 Bulletin of the American Intellectual Property Law
Association (AIPLA Bulletin)
 Intellectual Property Law Today (www.iptoday.com)
 Intellectual Property Law Bulletin (www.iplawbulletin.com)
Other Methods to Research
Potential Employers
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Annual Reports and 10-K statement for
publicly traded companies
Use standard reference works Standard &
Poors (www.standardandpoors.com),
Valueline (www.valueline.com), or Moody’s
Industrial Manual (www.moodys.com)
Directory of Corporate Counsel
Use document segments to find firm’s
handling particular clients
Resources in Silicon Valley
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List of VC’s
(http://www.gocee.com/valley/busvc_sj.htm)
National VC Association
(http://www.nvca.org/events.html)
Silicon Valley IP Law Association
(http://www.svipla.com)
High Tech Law Section of Santa Clara County Bar
(http://www.sccba.com/framemaker.cfm?masthead_
dir=about&content_dir=about&content=committees.
cfm)
Think Outside of Silicon Valley
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USPTO
FCC
FTC
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of the Interior
Department of Energy
U.S. Copyright Office
Department of Justice
Judicial Clerkships
Firms in locations outside of the Bay Area