I just got back from a dinner for the inaugural Los Angeles Intellectual Property Inn of Court. At this point, I am too tired to explain what an Inn of Court is. From what I can tell, it's a small, tight knit society of lawyers who meet regularly to eat and drink, and who focus on issues of ethics and professional etiquette. Tonight was a good event -- they even got two cool judges from the Federal Circuit to fly in from D.C. (Chief Judge Michel and Judge Linn). I was excited because the Federal Circuit is our nation's unified appeals court for patent issues, and I deal with the law that they create on a daily basis. There are some good networking opportunities to be had.

Oh and the event was at Taix Restaurant in Silverlake. I have passed that place a hundred times and never gone in, because it's at the really inconvenient part of Sunset where it bends sharply. (Okay, that's not really the reason I never went in.)