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LES 2007 Winter Meeting

Managing the Evolving Deal

February 21-23, 2007
Palace Hotel
San Francisco, CA


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Meeting Program:
Schedule-at-a-Glance
Workshops-at-a-Glance
Technology Showcase
Add-on Seminars
Plenary Sessions
Workshops
PDS Workshops
CLE

Additional Events:
Networking Events
Tech Fair
Tours

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Miscellaneous Info:
Hotel
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Schedule-At-A-Glance

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Add-On Seminar 1A: Health Care - Welcome to Health Care Business Development
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Networking Coffee Break
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon for Full Day Add-on Seminars
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Add-On 1B Seminar: Health Care - The Impact of Changes in Technology, Marketing, & Reimbursement on the Licensing of Oncology Agent
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Add-On Seminar 2: High Technology - Strategies for Commercializing IP
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Add-On Seminar 4: Industry, University and Government Laboratory Transactions - Critical Issues in Research Agreements
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Networking Coffee Break
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Health Care Sector Reception
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. High Technology Sector Reception
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception
7:30 p.m. Sector Dinners
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

LES Committee Meetings

  • Annual Meeting 2007 Committee
  • Chemicals, Energy and Materials Committee
  • Industry, University and Government Laboratory Transactions Committee
  • Women in Licensing Committee
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Plenary Session
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductory Remarks
8:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. What’s Hot and What’s Not - The VC Perspective
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Deal Valuations in 2006: Is This a Bubble Market? Mark Edwards, Managing Director, Recombinant Capital, Inc.
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Networking Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. U.S. Intellectual Property Laws in an Era of Legislative Deadlock and Supreme Court Activism David Kappos, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property Law, IBM Corporation
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Licensing Enabling Technology – WARF and the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Story - Luncheon with Keynote Address Craig Christianson, Director of Licensing, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
1:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Tech Fair
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. NEW Technology Showcase - High Technology and Health Care Tracks
1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Concurrent Workshop Session 1

1-A Chemical, Energy and Materials - The Challenges Facing New Energy Projects. Where are the Deals?
1-B Industry, University and Government Laboratory Transactions - We Must Increase our Efficiency!
1-C Health Care - Dealkillers in Healthcare/Biotech Licensing
1-D Legal - From Bankruptcy to Success through Licensing: A Case Study
1-E High Technology - Analysis of a Licensing Deal: PSI/JHU Gun Shot Digital Imaging System
1-F Legal - Medimmune v. Genentech: Its Effects on Patent Licensing and Suggestions for Agreement Drafting in the Future

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Professional Development Series Workshop 201 LEGAL Legal Issues in Licensing

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Networking Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Concurrent Workshop Session 2

2-A Consumer Products - Lose a Daughter or Gain a Son? How, Why and When Consumer Products Powerhouses Extend their Brands by Licensing Out the Brand or Licensing In a Technology
2-B Industry, University and Government Laboratory Transactions - All for One and One for ALL: Interinstitutional Agreements
2-C Health Care - Test Drive with an Option to Buy: Strategic Alliances that Lead to Acquisitions
2-D Legal - Inventorship Disputes in Scientific Collaborations: How They Arise, How to Prevent Them and How to Resolve Them
2-E High Technology - Getting Unbogged — Getting through the Sticking Points of Licensing with Creative Approaches

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. New Members’ Reception
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Networking Reception
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Networking Dinner
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23
7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Impromptu Sector Roundtables
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. LES Committee Meetings
  • Education Committee
  • HTS Medical Devices Committee
  • Spring Meeting 2007 Committee
8:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Concurrent Workshop Session 3

3-A Licensing Office Structure and Management - Seven Principles of Exceptional Pharma Licensing Programs: Using Influence to Drive Success
3-B Industry, University and Government Laboratory Transactions - "Employee's Invention," Does it Apply to Japanese Universities?
3-C Health Care - Creating the Orthopedic Operating Room of the Future: Lessons Learned from a Deal of Distinction
3-D Health Care - Flexibility: Key to Partnering Successfully in a Competitive Licensing Environment
3-E High Technology - Off-Industry and Non-Core Patent Licensing - Myth, Magic, Mirage or the Holy Grail?

9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Concurrent Workshop Session 4

4-A Intellectual Capital Management - Outsourcing of Computer Game Development - Commercial Trends and Contractual Considerations
4-B Financial Markets - Royalty Monetization
4-C Health Care - Securing and Managing a Transforming Deal with Big Pharma: A Case Study
4-D Legal - Dealing with 271(f) after Eolas: Strategies on Negotiating with Asian Companies
4-E High Technology - Open Source Software: Adoption Trends and Implications for the Licensing Community

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Networking Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Concurrent Workshop Session 5

5-A Intellectual Capital Management - The Business of Patent Licensing
5-B Financial Markets - Risks, Rewards, &Resources: Evaluating the Forces of Change in Licensing Transactions
5-C Health Care - What’s Hot and What’s Not in Life Science Technology?
5-D Legal - Accelerated Examination of Patent Applications & Its Impact on Licensing
5-E High Technology - Licensing High Tech de facto Standard Technology in Asia

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Box lunch available
1:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Trustees’ Meeting
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Professional Development Series Workshop 204 ETHICSEthics in Licensing
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p. High Technology Sector Meeting


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