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Past Events

Date
Event
3/19/08
LES-SVC 8th Annual Conference:
Managing Creativity - Searching for IP Gold!
1/30/08
Building a Biotech Portfolio: The Role of Licensing and Collaborations
10/31/07
Stratagies for succesful licensing - what the experts are doing
9/19/07
The Intersection of Science and Law in Complex License Agreements
7/25/07
“University Out-Licensing & Spin-outs: What Every Licensing Professional Should Know”
6/20/07
"Pricing IP Litigation Risk in Transactions"
5/23/07
“How Microsoft is Ensuring That Customers Are Getting What They Have Paid For”
4/25/07
"Is an IP Holding company still just a Troll?"
3/21/07

LES 7th Annual Conference
"Creating, Valuing & Funding new IP Ventures"

2/21 Thru 2/23/07
LES Winter Meeting in San Francisco, February 21-23, 2007
1/31/07

“Economic Reality vs. Innovative Opportunity in 2007”

12/10/06

"Holiday Reception with LES Woman in Licensing Bay Area"

10/25/06

"IP Transactional Intermediaries: Who are they and what do they do?"

This event was recorded and a link to the video stream will be available shortly.

9/20/06
"Some Revenue and Tax Consequences of Cross-Border Patent Licensing and Enforcement"
7/26/06

"Intellectual Property Licensing and Protection in China"

6/21/06

"RISK MITIGATION IN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE LICENSING"

5/24/06

"Optimize Your Next Licensing Deal: Advanced Tools of the Trade"

4/26/06

"Biotech Dealmaking: The Evolution of Licensing Deals in the Biotech Industry"

3/22/06

LES-SVC 6th Annual Conference & Celebration

2/15/06

“Corporate IP Management Obligations and Responsibilities in the Post SOX World”

Gary Bender of Ernst & Young

1/25/06

"IP in Bankruptcy - Challenges and Opportunities"

Larry Engel - White & Case

12/1/05

LES-SVC & LES Women in Licensing Holiday Reception

11/30/05

"International Licensing"

Richard Horton - Minter Ellison

Emily O’Connor - United States Council for International Business - Washington DC

10/26/05

"Trans-National License Patenting"

Eric Reifschneider and Gary Moore of Cooley Godward LLP

9/28/05

"Designing and Implementing an Effective License Compliance Program"

David Marsten and Eric Stien of Price Waterhouse Cooper, LLC

7/27/05

"Licensing by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Prop 71: What we know, what we don't know, and what we can guess"

Moderator: Frederick Dorey - Special Counsel - Life Sciences Practice Group - Cooley Godward Business Department

Robin Feldman - Professor of Law at Hastings College of the Law

Thomas A. Glaze - Board Member & Consultant for ES Cell International, Pte, Ltd - Executive Chairman of Essentials, Inc.

6/22/05

"Software and Data Licensing: New Economy Issues in Old Economy Companies"

Tim Hadlock - Senior Counsel - Intellectual Property Practice Group - ChevronTexaco Corporation

5/25/05

"Developing a Business Relevant IP Strategy"

Ron Epstein and Joe Chernesky of IPotential

4/12/05

LES-SVC Fifth Annual Celebration & Conference

3/2/05

"Venture Capital"

Bill Nighan of Incubic
1/26/05

“Offshoring and the Changing Structure of the Bay Area Economy”

Sean Randolph
President & CEO of the Bay Area Economic Forum
12/1/04

"International Technology Licensing: Is your License Ready for the Global Marketplace?"

Dana Beldiman of Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, LLP - Jeannine Jacobs of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Richard Pettler of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
9/29/04
“CAN-SPAM: Strategies for Complying with the New Federal Anti-Spam Law”
Joel Riff - Partner, GCA Law Partners LLP
7/28/04
"Intellectual Capitol Management In A Hybrid World"
Damon C. Matteo,Vice President,
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
6/30/04
“IT and Business Process Outsourcing”
Richard Horton, Counsel,
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
5/26/04
“Beyond Google: Advanced Search Technologies
Enter the Intellectual Property World”
Andy Gibbs, CEO, PatentCafe
4/28/04
"Risk Modeling vs. Patent Mining: New Techniques for Identifying the Best Patents for Licensing"
Art Nutter, CEO - Taeus International
3/30/04
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3/31/04
LES-SVC Fourth Anniversary Celebration
1/28/04
"Will we see Economic Growth in 2004?"
Jeanette Garretty - Wells Fargo Bank
12/3/03
"Toys, Games and More in Entertainment - Really Having Fun in Licensing."
Andre Lake Meyer - Formerly with Paramount Pictures and Lucas Films
10/1/03
"Advanced Patent Licensing: Traps for the Unwary"
Gary Moore and Eric Reifschneider, Partners with Cooley Godward, LLP
7/30/03
"Negotiating and Closing Successful Licensing Deals: A Business Perspective"
Barbara Zuckerwise, Founder, BZuckerwise
6/25/03
"IP Allocation Mechanisms in Joint Ventures, Spin-offs, Divestitures and Outsourcing"
Richard Horton with Skadden Arps
5/28/03
"Indentifying Unrecorded Revenue in the Area of License Agreements"
Panel with Sun Microsystems, KPMG and First Street Analysis, Inc.
4/30/03
The real-life aspects of patent licensing.
Mark Holmes, President, IP Venture Group LLC, and author of the book "Patent Licensing" published by the Practicing Law Institute.
3/26/03
LES 3rd Anniversary - Whole Day Event
Dr. Mark Rohrbaugh - Director of Technology Transfer, National Institute of Health
James Sobieraj - President of LES USA and Canada
Moderator - Dr. Bonnie Joy Sedlak
Moderator - Damon Matteo - Director of Licensing, Xerox Research Park
3/22/03
SCU Shool of Law - IP Week Inventor's Workshop
Stephen Key - Inventor
Cindy Twomey - Inventor
3/19/03
SCU School of Law - IP Week Luncheon
Jim Fergason - Inventor (Liquid Crystal Display)
Bob Parker - Inventor (Mood Ring & Duracel Battery Tester)
2/26/03
Stefanie Dearie Director of Legal Affairs and Counsel
U.S. Council for International Business
Hot topics in international IP policy – including trade agreements and harmonization efforts – and how these debates could affect your company’s bottom line.
1/29/03
"Licensing the Future: Economic Growth in 2003"
Jeanette Garretty - Senior Vice President
City National Bank
11/20/02
“Trends Affecting the Future of Drug Development and Commercialization”
Owen Garrick, Executive Director, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
10/30/02
“Patent Valuation, An Incremental Value Approach”
Alexander I. Poltorak, Chairman & CEO, General Patent Corporation
10/2/02
“Harnessing Intellectual Property to Create Corporate Value”
Brian W. Napper, Global Partner in Charge of IP Services, Deloitte & Touche
7/31/02
“The Changing Wealth of Nations: Intellectual Property in the Age of Innovation”
Bruce P. Mehlman, Asst. Secretary for Technology Policy, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
6/26/02
“Technology Transfer and Commercialization at NASA Ames Research Center”
Carolina Blake, Chief, Commercial Technology & Tech Transfer Office
5/29/02
“A Creative Approach to financing Creative People in Pursuit of Profit:
Arthur Lipper III, Chairman, British Far East Holdings, Ltd.
3/27/02
“Trends in Intellectual Property Ligtigation”
Alan J. Cox, Sr. Vice President, National Economic Research Associates
2/27/02
“The Role of Government in Innovation & Advanced Technologies”
Woodrow Clark, Sr. Policy Advisor, Energy Reliability for Gov. Davis
1/30/02
“Standards in the PC Industry”
Keith Lutsch, Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri
9/26/01
“Current State of Internet-Based Intellectual Property Management Tools”
Andy Gibbs, CEO of PatentCafe.com
6/27/01
“Financing Intellectual Property: What’s it Really Worth?”
Jack J. Ross, President of Licent Capital, Inc.
5/30/01
“Venture Capital on a Global Scale”
Paul Rivers Latham, General Partner of 3i Ventures
3/28/01
"WHO WILL INVENT TOMORROW? Key Challenges Facing Inventors and the IP Community"
Donald G. Kelly, CEO, Academy of Applied Science
1/31/01
“New Year, New Economy”
Jeanette Garretty, Sr. VP & Chief Economist of Bank of America
11/29/00
“The Virtual National Lab: Development of an Innovation Engine"
Richard Stulen, COO of the Virtual National Laboratory (VNL) and Deputy Director of the Center for Science-Based Engineering and Technology at Sandia/California
9/28/00
“IP Open Space and The Impact on Licensing Strategy"
Ron Epstein, Director of Licensing, Intel Corporation
8/2/00
“Exploring & Exploiting Markets for Licensing, Part II”
Ben DuPont, Founder & President, yet2.com
5/31/00
“Exploring & Exploiting Markets for Licensing”
Dr. Nir Kossovsky, Chairman & CEO, The Patent & License Exchange, Inc.

 

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