Vancouver Chapter Upcoming Event

LES Vancouver Chapter Meeting

Workshop on Intellectual Property Licensing

Download the Registration Brochure

Friday, January 28, 2005
McCarthy Tetrault boardroom
1300, 777 Dunsmuir St.
Vancouver, BC

Key benefits:

Maximize the value of your intellectual property assets with a one day workshop led by experts in the technology transfer field. Vancouver's leading licensing professionals are convened to present the critical legal and business issues that arise in technology licensing transactions.

Who should attend:

This workshop is offered to provide technology transfer professionals with a working knowledge of the business and legal factors to be managed when negotiating license agreements. All in house counsel, Intellectual Property management lawyers, CFO's, CPA's, IP administrators and R&D Managers need an understanding of the realities that must be addressed when transferring technology in or out of an organization.

AGENDA:

8:00 AM
Registration

8:30 AM
Introduction and Overview of Licensing Processes
Robert Fashler, Davis & Co.

9:15 AM
Drafting Licensing Agreements: Warranties, representations, due diligence and allocation of risk.
Eve Munro, Miller Thomson.

10:00 AM
Coffee break.

10:15 AM
License term, renewal, termination, post termination and bankruptcy issues.
Beth MacDonald, McCarthy Tetrault

11:00 AM
Licensing for high technology companies in joint ventures and strategic alliances.
Jeffrey Lowe, Partner, Richards Buell Sutton.

12:00 Buffet lunch.
Presentation: "Licensing as a contact sport - an entrepreneur's view."
Sandford Tuey, Infinite Group.

1:15 PM
Licensing patents, trademarks and trade secrets.
Herb Regehr, Bull, Housser & Tupper.

2:00 PM
Strategies and tactics in licensing biotechnology
Thomas J. Digby, Patent and Licensing Consultant

2:45 PM
Coffee break.

3:00 PM
Traditional and Internet software licensing.
Ted Sum, Smart & Biggar

3:45 PM
Licensing entertainment and media products.
Juliet Smith, Partner, Fraser Milner Casgrain.

4:30 PM
Panel Q and A for participants.

Download the registration brochure for the registration form and further details about the workshop.

Early Bird Discount:
cad$200
(before December 1, 2004)

Regular Admission: cad$275
(after December 1, 2004)

Cost includes workshop handouts, continental breakfast and lunch.