LES Deals of Distinction Award Nomination

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The LES Deals of Distinction Award (DDA) is an annual Industry Sector award program of LES (USA and Canada), which aspires to recognize worthy licensing deals and promote creative and innovative solutions to business issues involving contracts. Each of the LES (USA and Canada) Industry Sector Committees has the option to make an award to whom they feel has completed the most deserving deal from within their field.

It is now time to make nominations for this award, to be presented in October 2008 at the LES Annual Meeting in Orlando. Of the deals announced in 2007 in your industry, can you think of a worthy candidate?

Consider the criteria below and submit your information:

1. The Award may be granted to a representative from each party of the selected deal wherein the transaction was announced in 2007 and had a significant licensing component.
2. Wherein further at least one party to the selected deal is an organization based in the territories of LES (USA or Canada).
3.   All types of licensing and technology transfer subject matter will be considered, and the selection criteria will include:
   1.   Creative solution to the business issues,
   2.   Novel structure for terms, and/or
   3.   A deal which is seen as a "seismic event" and signals a major change for the art of licensing in your Industry Sector.

Please provide information in your nomination form below as complete and comprehensive as possible, including rational for support in view of the above criteria.  Nominations MUST be submitted by May 16, 2008.