Volume 1, Issue 2
Chair’s Welcome Practice Edge • Attain a Bar Association Leadership Role Quickly • Intangible Business Assets: Value in Unregistered IP • The Reasonable Expectation of Invasion • Recent Legislative Proposals Aimed at the Perceived Problem of Gene Patents • What’s next for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics? COLLEAGUE CONNECTION Learn about Section member professional updates. SECTION NEWS • Call for Annual Meeting Program Proposals • Election Protection Project • Join New SciTech Committees • Student Volunteer Opportunities • 2009 Student Writing Contest Details • Subscribe for free to Law Student List Serve • YLD Social Networking Survey Summary Calendar/cle Introduction to Adult and Embryonic Stem Cell Technology CLE Teleconference Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Registration Details to Follow Soon at www.abanet.org/scitech E-Commerce Payments CLE Teleconference Tuesday, January 27, 2008 Registration Details to Follow Soon at www.abanet.org/scitech 2009 ABA Mid Year Meeting February 12-14, 2009 Boston, MA 24th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference April 1-4, 2009 Washington, DC ABA TECHSHOW April 2-4, 2009 Chicago, IL BOOK STORE This book provides you with a legal and practical approach to the new world of digital information. It has been described as a must have for litigation lawyers, corporate counsel and records managers who want to understand how to appropriately handle the digital information of an enterprise. Learn more. The SciTech Lawyer The Section’s quarterly magazine features practical and timely articles on a diverse range of science and technology law issues. This issue focuses on the impact of bioinformatics. Contact Us The SciTech e-Merging News is published quarterly as a Section member benefit. Click here to join the Section. The material published reflects the views of the authors and has not been approved by the Section of Science & Technology Law, the House of Delegates or the Board of Governors of the ABA. © 2008 American Bar Association. All rights reserved.	SECTION NEWS *Student Volunteers Sought* Bio Blurb Editor-In-Chief Sought The Biotechnology Law Committee seeks a motivated student to work on ad hoc projects, primarily editing the Bio Blurb. This student will transition to editor-in-chief of this weekly blurb during the spring semester. Please submit your resume and a brief note about why you would like to serve in this role to Maria Gamboa at gamboam@staff.abanet.org before Monday, November 24th. Students will be informed about their application as soon as possible. Life Sciences and Physical Sciences Leadership Opportunity Section Chair Elect Christine Grant seeks two volunteers to manage an index of law school journals focused on life and physical sciences topics; identify recent authors, emerging "hot" topics and thematic topics. A model database is already in place that the students will build on and maintain. This will project help build collaboration between the Section and law schools. Please submit your resume and a brief note about why you would like to serve in this role to Maria Gamboa at gamboam@staff.abanet.org before Monday, November 24th. Students will be informed about their application as soon as possible. Technical Standardization Committee Seeks Two Student Volunteers The Technical Standardization Committee seeks candidates to be considered for two Student Representative positions. Law students will work directly and creatively with the committee leadership in order to achieve the committee's goals. Learn more about the committee and join today. Please submit your resume and a brief note about why you would like to serve in this role to Maria Gamboa at gamboam@staff.abanet.org before Monday, November 24th. Students must currently belong to the committee or must join the committee in order to serve in this role. Each student, who submits their resume, will be informed about the status of their application as soon as possible.

Introduction to Adult and Embryonic Stem Cell Technology
CLE Teleconference
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Registration Details to Follow Soon at www.abanet.org/scitech

E-Commerce Payments
CLE Teleconference
Tuesday, January 27, 2008
Registration Details to Follow Soon at www.abanet.org/scitech

2009 ABA Mid Year Meeting
February 12-14, 2009
Boston, MA

24th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference
April 1-4, 2009
Washington, DC

ABA TECHSHOW
April 2-4, 2009
Chicago, IL

This book provides you with a legal and practical approach to the new world of digital information. It has been described as a must have for litigation lawyers, corporate counsel and records managers who want to understand how to appropriately handle the digital information of an enterprise. Learn more.

The Section’s quarterly magazine features practical and timely articles on a diverse range of science and technology law issues. This issue focuses on the impact of bioinformatics.

The SciTech e-Merging News is published quarterly as a Section member benefit. Click here to join the Section. The material published reflects the views of the authors and has not been approved by the Section of Science & Technology Law, the House of Delegates or the Board of Governors of the ABA. © 2008 American Bar Association. All rights reserved.

SECTION NEWS
Student Volunteers Sought

Bio Blurb Editor-In-Chief Sought

The Biotechnology Law Committee seeks a motivated student to work on ad hoc projects, primarily editing the Bio Blurb. This student will transition to editor-in-chief of this weekly blurb during the spring semester.

Please submit your resume and a brief note about why you would like to serve in this role to Maria Gamboa at gamboam@staff.abanet.org before Monday, November 24th. Students will be informed about their application as soon as possible.

Life Sciences and Physical Sciences
Leadership Opportunity

Section Chair Elect Christine Grant seeks two volunteers to manage an index of law school journals focused on life and physical sciences topics; identify recent authors, emerging "hot" topics and thematic topics. A model database is already in place that the students will build on and maintain. This will project help build collaboration between the Section and law schools.

Technical Standardization Committee Seeks Two Student Volunteers

The Technical Standardization Committee seeks candidates to be considered for two Student Representative positions. Law students will work directly and creatively with the committee leadership in order to achieve the committee's goals. Learn more about the committee and join today.

Please submit your resume and a brief note about why you would like to serve in this role to Maria Gamboa at gamboam@staff.abanet.org before Monday, November 24th. Students must currently belong to the committee or must join the committee in order to serve in this role. Each student, who submits their resume, will be informed about the status of their application as soon as possible.