Cypress Hosts Silicon Valley WebGuild Meeting on May 8, 2002.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2002 Cypress Semiconductor Cypress Semiconductor is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It began operations in 1982 and listed publicly in 1986. Two years later, the company shifted over to the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, (NYSE: CY). Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY)
Topic: "Intellectual Property"
Panelists: David Ashby, Irene Blumenkranz, Robin D. Gross,
Patrick T. Reilly, Theresia Sandhu
Registration and Networking Start at 6:00 p.m.
Cypress Semiconductor Auditorium
Building 3 (North Side)
3939 North First Street
San Jose, California
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:CY) today announced that it will host the May 8 Silicon Valley WebGuild meeting, which will feature a panel of experts discussing issues surrounding intellectual property (IP). The extent and nature of intellectual property rights and rights enforcement continue to evolve with the expanding role of technology in the global community. IP issues are central to many aspects of venture capital fundraising, software consulting, subcontracting, and entrepreneurial strategy. Technology professionals need a general understanding of the interlinked concepts of copyright, patent, trade secret, trade dress, and trademark to maximize their value. About the Speakers The panelists are individual experts on the establishment and enforcement of IP rights. They include attorney David Ashby David Glynn Ashby (born 14 May, 1940) was the British Conservative Member of Parliament for Leicestershire North West from 1983 until he stood down in 1997. Ashby resigned in 1994 as a Parliamentary Private Secretary after it was revealed that during a business trip he had , Irene Blumenkranz, Electronic Frontier Foundation See EFF. (body) Electronic Frontier Foundation - (EFF) A group established to address social and legal issues arising from the impact on society of the increasingly pervasive use of computers as a means of communication and information distribution. IP attorney Robin D. Gross, Intellectual Property Society founder Patrick T. Reilly, and patent attorney Theresia Sandhu. About Cypress Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is Driving the Communications Revolution(TM) with high-performance integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. for network infrastructure and access equipment. Leveraging its process and system-level expertise, the company designs and manufactures solutions targeted across wireless and wireline communications. Cypress supports a wide range of industry standards, such as SONET (OC-48, OC-192, and OC-768), Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (VoIP), InfiniBand(TM) and Gigabit Ethernet. The company's communications product lines include programmable high-speed physical layer devices (PHYs), wirespeed network search engines (NSEs) and network coprocessors (NCPs), and datapath switching elements (DSEs). Cypress is also the industry's leader in communications timing solutions, networking-optimized communications memories and personal connectivity solutions, such as USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. and Bluetooth. Cypress is a leader in pure optical and optoelectronic technologies designed to push network transmissions to higher performance levels and to satisfy the increasing demand for network bandwidth. With a focus on emerging communications applications, Cypress aims to become the preferred silicon supplier for network infrastructure solutions and for every network data stream to pass through at least one Cypress IC. Cypress employs 4,000 people worldwide. Its shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol CY. More information about Cypress is accessible on the Web at http://www.cypress.com. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Statements herein that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" involving risks and uncertainties, including by not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions, shifts in supply and demand, market acceptance, the impact of competitive products and pricing, product development, commercialization and technological difficulties, and capacity and supply constraints. Please refer to Cypress's Securities and Exchange Commission filings for a discussion of such risks. Cypress and the Cypress logo are registered trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. 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