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The Licensing & Transfer of IP to Build a Technology Start-Up
The foundation of a technology start-up is its intellectual property.  This presentation will examine the most common issues that start-ups encounter when licensing and transferring intellectual property to build the company.

Speaker:
Parag Gheewala
Partner & Chair of the Technology Transactions Group, Seattle
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

May 16th, 2007
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
(presentation 12:00 - 1:00)

* Please note location for this meeting *
Avanade Inc.
2211 Elliott Ave.
Seattle WA 98121 (206) 239-5600

Parag Gheewala focuses his practice on technology and intellectual property transactions.  He structures and negotiates a variety of complex domestic and international transactions.  These include joint ventures, strategic alliances, and other collaborative relationships; commercial transactions for the development, licensing, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of technology; outsourcing transactions; and technology acquisitions, including mergers and spin-outs.  Parag provides strategic counseling regarding many aspects of intellectual property and technology law.  He also works on venture capital investments and other corporate transactions to evaluate the technology and intellectual property rights involved and to structure the transfer and protection of those assets.  Parag’s clients range from small start-ups to established public companies.

Parag has been teaching "Drafting Technology Contracts" at the University of Washington Law School since 2003.  Parag received his J.D. from the New York University School of Law.  He received his B.S. in interdisciplinary engineering studies from the University of Washington, where he was president of the student body, a University Presidential Scholar, and a member of Eta Kappa Nu, the electrical and computer engineering honor society.

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 May 10th at noon)
$30 - LES Members / $40 Non-Members (registration after May 10th at noon)
$10 - Students (registration prior to May 10th at noon)
$15 - Students (registration after May 10th 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;

Directions to Avanade Inc.

2211 Elliott Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121
206-239-5600

From I-5 either direction:
Take the Mercer St. exit
Bear right onto Fairview
Turn left at the light at South lake Union (Valley St.)
Valley will turn into Broad St.
Take Broad St. all the way down to Elliott Ave.
Turn Left onto Elliott (one-way street).   
Turn right into the Art Institute Parking Lot.

Parking will be validated for 2 hours. Directions for Parking:

Art Institute of Seattle Garage
Elliott Ave. entrance
Go down 1 ½ times until you see World Trade Center East
Bear right into the adjacent garage
Take the Elevator to the Lobby
The Avanade lobby is on the West side of the building (water side)

Contact Simmone Misra at smisra@microsoft.com or Gail Dykstra at gdykstra@u.washington.edu if you have any questions.