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"Establishing Licensing Strategies to Ensure Global Access of a Product"
Erik H. Iverson
Associate General Counsel of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

September 6, 2006
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
(presentation 12:00 - 1:00)

* Please note our new meeting location *
Harbor Club - Seattle
The Norton Building
801 Second Avenue, 17th Floor
Seattle, Washington 98104
206.623.3532
http://harborclub.org/seattle_clubinfo.cfm

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation currently provides approximately $800,000,000 in annual funding (primarily through grants) to address health issues that have a disproportionate impact on the developing world.  By 2009, this annual funding will increase to $1.6 Billion.  The majority of these funds are applied to the creation of new health products such as drugs, vaccines, medical devices, platform technologies, agricultural crops, nutritional supplements and others.  Although grants are made primarily to universities and non-profit organizations, the project research often involves for-profit companies (either as collaborators or licensees of technology) – and often result in a handoff of the underlying product to a for-profit company to complete the development process and achieve commercialization.  To accomplish its long-term charitable objectives, yet attract for-profit companies and create economically sustainable health solutions, the foundation must work with its grantees (and collaborators) to structure licensing strategies and agreements that aim to balance the needs and objectives of all parties involved.  We will discuss the foundation’s expectations regarding the ownership and licensing of funded technologies, and explore various licensing strategies and agreements that have been used.

Erik H. Iverson, JD, LLM, is an Associate General Counsel at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, working exclusively within the Foundation’s Global Health Program to assist in the review of grant proposals to evaluate the potential intellectual property, operational and product maturation concerns.  He works closely with Foundation staff and grantees in the development of intellectual property management plans, collaboration agreements and “global access” strategies with respect to the intended health solutions that are being funded by the Foundation.  Prior to joining the Foundation, he was an attorney at the law firm of Perkins Coie LLP representing biotechnology companies in licensing, joint venture, research collaboration, and manufacturing transactions.
One CLE Credit is pending approval for this program, sponsored by the Washington Law School Foundation, University of Washington School of Law. 

Registration:      $37 - LES Members/$47 Non-Members (if register prior to September 1st at noon)
                              $45 - LES Members/$55 Non-Members (if register after September 1st 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;

Driving Directions to the Harbor Club Seattle
From I-5 South

• Take I-5 South to the James Street Exit
• Turn right (west) onto James Street
• Proceed West on James Street
• Turn Right on 4th Avenue
• Turn Left on Columbia Street
• Turn Right on 1st Avenue
• The Norton Building parking is the first driveway on the right

From I-5 North

• Take I-5 North to the James Street Exit
• Turn left (west) onto James Street
• Proceed West on James Street
• Turn Right on 4th Avenue
• Turn Left on Columbia Street
• Turn Right on 1st Avenue
• The Norton Building parking is the first driveway on the right

Valet parking is available in the Norton Building Garage between 6:30am and 6:30pm, Monday through Friday.  Full size trucks and vans cannot be accommodated.  Parking fees are not included in the LES event price & will need to be paid by participants who park in the Norton Building Garage.

Contact Julianne Henley at loveless@seattleu.edu if you have any questions.