IP-Watch Readers Save $200 On LES Spring Meeting, 14-16 May In Seattle 29/04/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment LES (USA & Canada) 2013 Spring Meeting IP Matters In Every Deal May 14-16 | Seattle, WA Look Who’s Attending the 2013 LES Spring Meeting The LES Spring Meeting, 14-16 May in Seattle, Washington, USA is your best opportunity to learn about the latest trends in licensing and network with the industry’s leading IP, licensing and business development dealmakers. CONNECT with your next partner, LEARN new strategies and practices, COLLABORATE with your colleagues during one of many networking sessions. You don’t want to miss out! IP Watch readers SAVE $200! Use code IPW13 when registering. REGISTER! DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE! View the full agenda here. Join this Growing List of Participants: (This is a partial list of confirmed attendees.) Company Title 343 Industries IP Licensing Manager Adobe VP, IP and Litigation Allen Institute for Brain Science General Counsel Aruze Gaming America Executive Vice President, General Counsel Augme Technologies Director and CEO Autodesk VP, Legal Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Lab Commercialization Manager Bayer MaterialScience LLC Manager IP/Library Information Services Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Associate General Counsel Boeing IP Licensing Company Business Development Boston University Licensing Director, Life Sciences California Technology Ventures Founding Managing Director Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Asset Manager Center for Infectious Diseases Executive VP of BD and External Affairs Cryptography Research, Inc. Director Eli Lilly and Company VP, Corporate Business Development Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center VP, Industry Relations and Clinical Research Support HealthPartners Institute IP Marketing and Licensing Manager hipcricket Chief Executive Officer HP VP & Associate General Counsel HTC Sr. Director of Legal Affairs, IP Strategy IBM Director of IP Strategy Integrated Diagnostics Director of IP and Contracts Intellectual Ventures VP, Acquisitions Jet Propulsion Laboratory & Caltech Associate Director John Deere Manager IP Market Transactions Joint BioEnergy Institute Director of Commercialization Juniper Networks Inc Assistant General Counsel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Business Development Executive Lehigh University Associate Director Lexington Technology Group, Inc. CEO LI-COR Biosciences VP Business Development and Intellectual Property Merck Executive Director, Corporate Licensing Microsoft Associate General Counsel NeoMedia Technologies CEO Nike Corporation VP, Chief IP Counsel Northwest Energy Angels Board Member & Angel Investor OncoSynergy Co-Founder Oracle Patent Counsel Oregon Health & Science University Interim Director Pacific Northwest National Lab Director Technology Commercialization PhaseBio Chief Business Officer Purdue Research Foundation, OTC Senior Project Manager Rockwell Collins, Inc. Senior Director, Intellectual Property Management Rutgers University Licensing Manager SanDisk IP Counsel Sanrio Vice Chairman SAS Head of Corp Development & Planning Schlumberger Manager of IP Licensing Seattle Genetics Chief Operating Officer Stanford University Senior Associate Tech Bridge International, Inc. VP & Director of Operations Textron Inc. Intellectual Property Director The Boston Consulting Group Senior Advisor The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Executive Director The University of Oklahoma Senior Director of IP & Staff Attorney T-Mobile Senior Vice President, National Accounts Tuxera CEO UCSF QB3 Institute Director Industrial Alliances Univalor, L.P. Manager, Project and Technology Portfolio University Health Network Senior Technology and Patent Analyst University of Arizona Office of Tech Transfer Licensing Associate University of California – Berkeley Licensing Officer UW Center for Commercialization Associate Director, Technology Licensing – Engineering Ventures West Capital General Partner Washington Research Foundation Director of Licensing WBBA President Weyerhaeuser Director, Technology Licensing WMS Gaming Executive Director IP Licensing and Development Don’t Miss these Featured Sessions: Hello Kitty as a Global Licensing & Marketing Phenomenon Solving the World’s Imminent Problems with Innovative Science Secondary Patent Market – Trends and Practices IP Perspectives from a Northwest Angel Investor West Coast Software Giants Focus on IP Life Sciences: A Guide to Turning a Strategic Partnership into an Acquisition View the full agenda here.
Global Public-Private Partnerships Against IP Crimes: How Interpol Avoided The Failures Of WCO And WHO 24/04/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Christopher J. Paun writes: Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are often used as a way of increasing public policy options by tapping into private sector resources. This occurs also in the field of intellectual property. There are several examples of Global PPPs against IP crimes – some more successful than others. Some prominent failures received a lot of attention when PPP activities were stopped following controversy about global IP policy.
US Digital Public Library Launches Free Online Access 18/04/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has launched a beta version of its website today, which aims to offer free public access to content of all libraries, universities, and museums in the United States.
The Novartis Decision: A Tale Of Developing Countries, IP, And The Role Of The Judiciary 15/04/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Ahmed Abdel Latif says of the Novartis case: The ruling is also a revealing tale about the changing role of developing countries in the global intellectual property landscape and the growing influence of the judiciary in these countries in the implementation of international intellectual property rules.
The Judgment In Novartis v. India: What The Supreme Court Of India Said 04/04/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 9 Comments Following the Indian Supreme Court decision in Novartis AG v. Union of India, Prof. Frederick Abbott says, “the judgment is well-crafted, with close attention to the facts presented, and appears to take a balanced view of the matters brought before the Court.”
India Dismisses Antitrust Complaint Against Gilead Sciences 01/04/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The Indian fair trade regulator has dismissed a complaint against biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences that alleged the company engaged in anti-competitive activities in the licensing of its anti-HIV drugs, according to the SpicyIP blog.
Why So Many Patent Filings Were Filed In The US On Or Before 15 March 2013 27/03/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Attorney Charles Macedo addresses the question: Why did so many patent applicants rush to file patent applications before the America Invents Act (AIA) law changes went into effect – and what might happen if they didn’t?
Comparison Of US, EU Treaties Highlights Differences On ISP Liability 25/03/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Following the announcement that the United States and European Union will negotiate a free trade agreement, a comparison of recent US and EU treaties shows differences in their treatment of intellectual property.
South Africa: Trampling Tradition – A Call For Support 25/03/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment On 5 March, the Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Wilmot James, submitted a Private Members’ Bill to the Office of the Speaker entitled the Protection of Traditional Knowledge Bill – a new traditional knowledge bill that would supplant the one recently sent back by the president of South Africa, Cobus Jooste writes.
ICANN advierte a EE.UU. de no socavar el Modelo Multisectorial 18/03/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment La “Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers” (ICANN) ha emitido un nuevo comunicado sobre un futuro contrato con Estados Unidos para la gestión de la zona raíz y otras funciones de infraestructura de la internet, advirtiendo de que no se debe socavar el modelo multisectorial para regular las infraestructuras básicas de la internet.