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Licensing Executives Society - Seattle Chapter Speaker Series

Hot Topics in IP Licensing:

• Using Content from and in Online Communities;
• Google Library Project;
• Patent Licensing in the Wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s MedImmune v. Genetech Decision

The presentation will take the form of an interactive discussion on key issues surrounding: licensing and content on community websites such as MySpace or YouTube; the copyright and licensing debate surrounding the Google library project, and finally, the implications for patent licensing of the recent MedImmune v. Genentech Supreme Court decision regarding the ability of patent licensees to challenge the validity of their licensors' patents. Registrants are encouraged to send their questions on these topics in advance to Simmone Misra at smisra@microsoft.com.

Speaker:
Mark Wittow
Partner, K&L Gates

March 15th, 2007
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
(presentation 12:00 - 1:00)

* Please note location for this meeting *
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
925 Fourth Ave, Suite 2900. Seattle, WA 98104

Mark Wittow is a partner in the K&L Gates Intellectual Property Group, focused on transactions and litigation concerning the acquisition, development, marketing and distribution of computer–related technologies and other types of intellectual property and electronic commerce issues.

Mark prepares and negotiates a broad array of domestic and international technology development, licensing and acquisition agreements. He also advises technology, financial services, media and other companies on mergers and asset dispositions and due diligence, Internet commerce including privacy and copyright, trade secret and trademark matters, and export licensing. He also assists authors, filmmakers, musicians and artists with licensing, publication and distribution of their works. Mark is a graduate of Harvard Law School (1988) and Hampshire College (1977). 

K&L Gates is graciously providing lunch and parking for this event.
One CLE Credit is pending approval for this program, sponsored by the Washington Law School Foundation, University of Washington School of Law. 

Registration:
$20 - LES Members / $30 Non-Members (registration prior to March 13th at noon)
$30 - LES Members / $40 Non-Members (registration after March 13th at noon)
$10 - Students (registration prior to March 13th at noon)
$15 - Students (registration after March 13th at noon)

Please pre-register to secure your place for this lecture and luncheon. 

LES Members, click here to register online with your credit card;

Non-Members, click here to register with your credit card;

Students, click here to register with your credit card;

Driving Directions to K&L Gates Seattle Office
(925 Fourth Avenue)

To reach our office driving north on I-5
Take the Madison St. exit on the right.
Follow Madison west to IDX Tower at 4th and Madison.

To reach our office driving south on I-5
Take the exit number 165A toward James St.
Stay straight to go onto 6th Ave.
Turn right onto Columbia S.
Turn right onto 4th Ave.
Follow 4th Ave. to IDX Tower at 4th and Madison.

Parking is available in the building. Entrances are on both the Madison (left side) and Marion (right side) Street sides between Third and Fourth Avenue. Parking exit is on Marion Street side only.

Contact Simmone Misra at smisra@microsoft.com if you have any questions.