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Protecting
& Valuing Your Intellectual Property
- Event Summary.
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Session I - Session II -
Who Attended - Photo
Gallery: Session I
- Photo Gallery: Session II
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| Session
I - September 19, 2003 |
Protecting Your
Intellectual Property
Sponsored by:
On September 19 attendees learned about recent trends
and best practices in licensing strategies, litigation, open source software
and what companies need to know about patent IP insurance. The program also addressed HR’s role in protecting
IP through non-competes, NDAs and managing the employee relationship.
Speakers and presentations:
General IP and Patent
Strategies
Robert Tosti, Partner, Testa
Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
Licensing: Innovative Strategies
Karen
F. Copenhaver, Partner, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
Patricia
A. Davis, VP, General Counsel & Secretary, Palomar Medical Technologies
Deborah Dean, General Counsel, MatrixOne, Inc.
Open Source: Are there Strings Attached?
Ira Heffan, Associate, Testa Hurwitz &
Thibeault, LLP
What You Need to Know About Patent Insurance
Kimberly
K. Cauthorn, Sr. VP, Intellectual Asset Mgmt, Marsh Risk Consulting
Keeping Your IP in the Door: Non Compete & NDAs
Michael
L. Rosen, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP
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the Session I agenda.
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| Session
II - September 30, 2003 |
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Valuing Your
Intellectual Property
Sponsored by:
On
September 30 the second session of the IP series addressed valuation theories of IP,
royalty rates and structures for software companies, patent litigation, and
valuing IP-rich companies for sales transactions.
Speakers and presentations:
Monetization of IP
Dr. Russ O’Haver,
Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting
What is IP: A CEO’s Perspective
Mitchell I. Weisberg,
Managing Director, Lumen, Inc.
How Do You Value IP?
John M.
Hession, Corporate Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery
How Do You Derive Revenue from IP?
James H.
Geisman,
President, Marketshare, Inc.
Trends in Patent Litigation
Anthony Miele, Partner, Palmer & Dodge
IP Exploitation Strategy and Strategic Alliances
Alan
Cody, Managing Director, Standard & Poor's
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the Session II
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| Who Attended |
Representatives from the following companies were present:
Acteon Technologies
Amberwave Systems
American Science & Engineering, Inc.
American Tower Corporation
Amperion, Inc.
Avaki
Avid Technology, Inc.
BAE Systems
DataExpress
Edocs, Inc.
Endeca
Foley Hoag LLP
Geographic Data Technology, Inc.
GTC Biotherapeutics
Lumen, Inc.
Marketshare, Inc. |
Marsh Advantage America
MatrixOne, Inc.
McDermott, Will & Emery
MedAptus
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
Metrobility Optical Systems, Inc.
MKS Instruments, Inc.
Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals
NERA Economic Consulting
Netegrity, Inc.
NMS Communications Corporation
Palmer & Dodge
Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc.
Silicon Valley Bank-East
Standard & Poors
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP |
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| Photo
Gallery: Session I - Protecting Your IP |
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Anne Doherty Johnson
welcomes attendees. |
| As sponsor, Robert Tosti
begins the session with opening remarks about Testa,
Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP |
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From left to right: Debbie
Dean, Patty Davis and Karen Copenhaver. This panel share
their experiences on licensing strategies. |
| During the break the
attendees get a good chance to network. |
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After the break, Ira Heffan
reviews patent issues in open source software. |
| Kim Cauthorn addresses
patent insurance and what to look out for when purchasing this
product. |
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Mike Rosen addresses how to
keep IP in the door from an HR perspective. |
Pictured above:
Top row (left to right): Ira Heffan, Testa Hurwitz &
Thibeault, LLP;
Michael Rosen, Foley Hoag LLP;
Kim Cauthorn, Marsh Risk Consulting
and Robert Tosti, Testa
Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP.
Bottom row (left to right): Karen Copenhaver, Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP;
Debbie Dean, MatrixOne, Inc. and Patty Davis, Palomar Medical Technologies |
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| Photo
Gallery: Session II - Valuing Your IP |
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Anne Doherty Johnson, AeA New England,
welcomes the attendees. |
| As sponsor, Jonathan Gray
begins the session with opening remarks about Silicon Valley Bank. |
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Dr. Russ O'Haver addresses
the issue of Monetization of IP. |
| Mitch Weisberg discusses
what IP means from a CEO's perspective. |
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John Hession talks about how to
value IP. |
| Dr. Russ O'Haver,
NERA Economic Consulting, Mitchell I. Weisberg,
Lumen, Inc. and John M.
Hession, McDermott, Will & Emery, answer questions from the audience. |
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Attendees network
during the break. |
| Jim Geisman discusses how to derive revenue from IP. |
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Tony Miele reviews current
trends in patent litigation. |
| Alan Cody addresses how to
apply exploitation strategy and strategic alliances. |
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James H.
Geisman, Marketshare, Inc.,
Alan Cody, Standard & Poor's and Anthony Miele, Palmer & Dodge
take questions from the audience. |
| Anne Doherty Johnson with Jonathan
Gray, Silicon Valley Bank, program sponsor. |
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