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Vancouver Chapter Prior Event LES Vancouver Chapter Meeting The Vancouver chapter of the LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY invites all LES members and friends to a presentation on management of open source software, focusing on critical licensing issues. DATE: Mon., June 20, 2005. TIME: 12:00 to 1:30 Lunch, presentation, and questions. SPEAKER: Mike Michalyshyn, General Counsel and Vice President QNX Software Systems Ltd. SUBJECT: Managing Open Source - Does the open source monster bite? PLACE: Bull, Housser & Tupper, Boardroom Suite 3000, 1055 W. Georgia Street, Vancouver COST: $20 for LES members, $30 for non members. Please make cheques payable to the LES Vancouver Chapter, and send payment in advance to Lorraine Duke at the address below. PLEASE RSVP (with payment) no later than Wednesday, June 15, 2005 to: Lorraine Duke, Assistant to Hilton W.C. Sue Tel: 604-669-3432 ext. 8960 Fax: 604-681-4081 Email: lduke@patentable.com WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Professionals in with an interest in high technology licensing, technology transfer, and intellectual property administration. SPEAKER INFORMATION: Mike Michalyshyn will speak on licensing due diligence in respect of managing open source technology transactions. Mike is General Counsel at QNX Software Systems Ltd., a leading supplier of real time operating system (RTOS) software to the embedded marketplace. Mike joined QNX after 10 years of private law practice in the IP group of Gowling Lafleur Henderson in Ottawa, where he focused on technology licensing, copyright and patent prosecution. He is a Mechanical Engineer (1980) with an MBA (1986) who was called to the bar in Ontario in 1989 and became a registered patent agent in 1994. QNX Software Systems is the leading provider of superior RTOS software, development tools, and services for embedded design, serving the complex needs of the embedded market for 25 years with millions of installations worldwide - in mission-critical and life-critical environments.
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