IP Strategy, Patent Portfolio Development and Innovation 2016

Topics

• Open innovation: negotiating a research collaboration agreement from beginning to end
• The intricacies of your IP strategy with a start-up
• Embracing Consumer Insights when developing your patent portfolio
• Licensing as a tool for accelerating innovation
• Global patent protection and prosecution
• Mechanisms of IPR, an alternative to filling actions indealing with third party patents
• Is patent prosecution worth it? Exploring post-issuance proceedings

Who should Attend

• VP & Director of IP Strategy
• Chief IP Counsel
• Intellectual Property, Trademark and Copyright Counsel
• Chief, Deputy and Associate General Counsel
• Director of Business and Legal Affairs
• Head of Litigation
• Director / VP of Licensing
• Director / VP of Intellectual Property
• Patent Counsel
• IP Counsel
• Director of R&D
• VP & Director of Intellectual Asset Management
• Corporate IP Strategist
• Director of Innovation