LES/AUTM 2003 Spring Meeting:
Setting the Gold Standard in Intellectual Asset Valuation

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21.5 hours of CLE credit approved.

LES is pleased to offer its popular course, Fundamentals of Intellectual Asset Management, in conjunction with the 2003 Spring Meeting. Take advantage of this timely opportunity to learn with your peers in the course and then network with both classmates and meeting attendees at social functions.

Please note that the Fundamentals course runs concurrently with the Spring Meeting. Due to Professional Development Series attendance requirements and classroom activities, course registrants will not be able to attend program activities at the Spring Meeting or Add-on Seminars. However, Fundamentals participants are encouraged to attend the evening Add-on Reception and Welcome Reception for the Spring Meeting and may purchase tickets for the Reception/Dinner on May 8th.

What is Fundamentals?

Fundamentals is the introductory course in the LES Professional Development Series (PDS). It provides an intensive 3-day classroom experience in best practices through four main components:

101: The Basics of Intellectual Property and Licensing
102: Opportunity Assessment
103: The Deal
104: Living with the Deal

The Fundamentals curriculum was developed by LES members who are expert practitioners in the field. Taught by a select faculty drawn from the LES membership, the instructional format is based on sound principles of adult learning:

• Question-and-answer and lecture sessions
• Small group activities
• Exercises drawn from real-world problems
• Opportunities to apply new knowledge

Who should take Fundamentals?

Intellectual asset management professionals, including those responsible for licensing and business development who want to learn more about licensing and raise their professional skill level take this course. Students in Fundamentals typically have less than three yearsŐ experience in the field. Both LES members and nonmembers may attend.

Participants learn basic concepts and skills. After completing Fundamentals, students will be able to:

• Use the fundamental language of intellectual property and licensing
• Identify basic legal issues
• Understand how to develop an intellectual asset management process
• Participate in assessing needs, opportunities, and risks
• Help establish criteria for technology transfer
• Follow a process for technology transfer, including finding and qualifying prospects, and negotiating and closing a deal
• Understand the factors that contribute to successful agreement management.

Fundamentals of Intellectual Asset Management Schedule (subject to change)
Day 1	Wednesday, May 7
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.	101: The Basics of Intellectual Property and Licensing
Day 2	Thursday, May 8
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.	102: Opportunity Assessment
Day 3	Friday, May 9
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.	103: The Deal
Day 4	Saturday, May 10
8:30 a.m.- 12 Noon	104: Living with the Deal
21.5 hours of CLE credit approved by Pennsylvania.

Registration Information

Please complete the Professional Development Series (PDS) Fundamentals of Intellectual Asset Management portion of the Registration Form or Register Online.

Fees include all course materials as well as continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks for each day, plus the Add-on Reception and Welcome Reception associated with the Spring Meeting:

LES members:$1,250 on or before March 28/ $1,350 after this date.

Non-members:$1,450 on or before March 28/ $1,550 after this date.

Tickets for the Reception/Dinner on Thursday (May 8) may be purchased for an additional cost of $100 per person.

For more information about the Fundamentals course as well as other LES Educational programs, visit the Education Section of the LES website.