Coblentz Partner Karen Frank has been selected to be a mentor at the San Francisco Business Times “Mentoring Monday” event. The March 30th event features 40 of “the most influential women in the business community for one-on-one coaching sessions for seven minute conversations.” Karen will offer mentees her expertise in virtually every aspect of intellectual property, including copyright, trademark, domain names, unfair competition, right of publicity, branding and advertising, privacy and the Internet.

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Presented by SFMade and Coblentz – attorneys Karen Frank, Brandi Brown and Lindsay Gehman discuss hot topics in fashion manufacturing.

Thursday, February 19, 2015  |  6:00 – 8:00pm

Do you use or plan to use “Made in USA” on your product labels? Following a recent California court ruling, manufacturers and retailers run some risk when using the “Made in USA” claim. Join our panel of savvy apparel attorneys from the Coblentz law firm to discuss the new Made in USA laws, and other common legal questions around intellectual property and social media in the fashion field.

• Hear about federal and California laws regarding the Made in USA claim
• Learn about different ways to protect your fashion works: Copyright; Trademark; Patent
• Learn what is fair and what is not in use of other parties’ content in your designs and on your website
• Identify legal Issues you should know about when using social media

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Coblentz hosted its Sixth Annual Women in Conversation Event on October 1, 2014, featuring Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California school system and trailblazer for women in leadership. President Napolitano was joined in conversation by Coblentz partner Charmaine Yu.

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Presented by SFMade and Coblentz, attorneys Karen Frank, Zuzana Ikels, Brandi Brown and Lindsay Gehman discuss hot topics in apparel law.

Whether big or small, all apparel companies are using (mis-using?) social media.  Join our panel of savvy apparel attorneys, including Brandi Brown, Karen Frank and Zana Ikels from the Coblentz law firm, to discuss intellectual property, social media and privacy issues for apparel businesses. How to protect your work: Copyright? Trademark? Patent?

•Legal Issues an apparel company should know about when using social media

•What’s fair in use of other people’s content on your website or app

•What you need to know if you collect customers’ private information

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The Jewish Community Federation’s Business Leadership Council hosted its annual Business Leadership Breakfast on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Coblentz partner Gregg Ficks, a Steering Committee member of the BLC, co-chaired and co-hosted the event. The JCF Business Leadership Council’s premier professional networking event was themed “Tech Innovators Inspiring Social Change,” and featured keynote speaker Randi Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media and Editor-in-Chief of Dot Complicated online community. It also included the presentation of the Business Leadership Award, honoring a member of the business community who demonstrates professional and philanthropic leadership, to Bobby Lent.

Coblentz is proud to sponsor the 30th Anniversary American Heart Association Celebrate With Heart Gala on February 27, 2014.  Celebrate with Heart is an annual winemakers’ supper featuring 35 of Wine Country’s best wineries, and benefits critical research necessary for the American Heart Association to accomplish their mission of building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Partner Phil Feldman speaks on “After ATRA: Estate Planning in 2013” at the November 7-9, 2013 California Tax Bar and California Tax Policy Conference in San Jose, CA.

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Partner Phil Feldman moderated while partner Jeff Bernstein spoke on a panel discussion for the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund’s Day of Philanthropy 2013.  The October 29th panel discussion featured the topic of Estate Planning 2013 – What’s New.

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Coblentz is pleased to announce its Fifth Annual Women in Conversation Event took place on October 15th, featuring legendary artist and author Linda Ronstadt, in conversation with Julie Greer.

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