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Vancouver Chapter Upcoming Events The Vancouver chapter of the LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY invites all LES members and friends to a presentation entitled "Adopting a Value-Oriented Approach to Patenting”. DATE: Thurs., June 8, 2006 TIME: 12:00 to 1:30 - Lunch, presentation, questions and networking. PLACE: McCarthy Tetrault, Suite 1300 – 777 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver SPEAKER: Bob Fieseler (McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd. of Chicago) Patent counsel, litigator, and patent portfolio specialist. Bob Fieseler specializes in developing value-oriented patent portfolios for clients in diverse fields of technology. Bob has served as principal patent counsel for Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Ballard Power Systems among others. Bob has also represented clients in such diverse technical fields as superconductive energy storage devices, automotive fuel injectors and ultra-fine ceramic nanomaterials. Bob has extensive experience in representing clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and before the European, Japanese and other foreign patent offices. Before he became a patent portfolio specialist, Bob devoted years of time to major patent litigation efforts before federal trial and appellate courts and before the International Trade Commission, including the hugely successful, 30-year polypropylene patent litigation for Phillips Petroleum Company. Bob received his engineering and management degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his law degree from Loyola University Chicago. SUBJECT: Adopting a Value-Oriented Approach to Patenting. Bob will draw from his experience in designing and defending high technology patent portfolios to pass on his views on extracting maximum corporate value from patents. He will discuss methods of scheduling decisions on how and where to file patents, defer examinations, utilize provisional applications and manage continuations-in-part. Bob will review useful models of analyzing patent portfolios from an insurance point of view and as value to investment.COST: 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 Friday, June 2, 2006 to: Lorraine Duke, Assistant to Hilton W.C. Sue Tel: 604-669-3432 ext. 8960 WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Professionals with an interest in high technology licensing, technology transfer, and intellectual property administration. THE LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY: The LES membership includes a wide range of professionals, including business executives, lawyers, licensing consultants, engineers, academicians, scientists and government officials. The Vancouver chapter of LES (U.S.A. and Canada) strives to provide professional development opportunities for members of our local technology transfer community. For more information, see www.usa-canada.les.org THE LES VANCOUVER CHAPTER:
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