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The 2013 ipCG Thought Leadership Conference will focus on the rapidly growing importance of IP as a unique and separate asset class and integrates the latest thinking on how to maximize ROI from the use of IP.
The Thought Leadership Conference will examine:
Wednesday, November 6th
3:00-6:00pm Registration and Resort Check-In
6:00-7:00pm Wine & Vermont Artisan Cheese Reception (Tamarack A&B)
7:00-8:30pm Welcome Dinner (Oak / Alder / Sugar Maple / Mountain Birch Rooms)
Thursday, November 7th
7:15-8:45am Networking Breakfast
9:00-10:00am ipAmplification™ to Increase Shareholder Value-
GraphOn/HopTo: A Case Study
Steve Ledger - Speaker
Chairman of the Board, hopTo
John Cronin - Facilitator
Managing Director & Chairman, ipCapital Group
10:00-10:30am Networking Break
10:30-11:30am Patents Arrive on the Stagecoach -
Wells Fargo’s Approach to Building an Enterprise Patent Office
Michael Gallagher - Speaker
Head of the Enterprise Patent Office, Wells Fargo
Joe Long - Speaker
Managing Counsel, Wells Fargo
Rob Glance - Speaker
Glance Law Group
Adam Bulakowski - Facilitator
Director, ipCapital Group
11:30-12:30pm Leveraging Portfolios To Address Changing Business Needs
Steve McGrath - Speaker
Associate General Counsel, Microsoft
Adam Bulakowski - Facilitator
12:30-1:45pm Networking Lunch
1:45-2:45pm You’ve been Hacked - IP Security in the Digital Domain
Kelly Shortridge - Speaker
Investment Banking Analyst in Data Security, Intelligence & Analytics, Teneo
John Cronin - Facilitator
2:45-3:45pm Using IP as an Investment Vehicle
Richard Fields - Speaker
Chairman & CEO, Juridica Capital Management
Pete Conley - Facilitator
COO, ipCreate
3:45-4:10pm Networking Break
4:10-5:10pm Using IP to Create Strategic Advantage
Marshall Phelps - Speaker
Board Member, ipCreate
Nancy Cronin - Facilitator
Partner, ipCapital Group
5:10-6:15pm Networking Break
6:15-7:15pm Cocktail Reception
7:15-8:30pm Dinner
Friday, November 8th
7:15-8:45am Networking Breakfast
9:00-10:00am How to Maximize Business Results Using IP To:
John Cronin - Speaker
Managing Director & Chairman, ipCapital Group
Robert McDonald - Facilitator
Managing Director & President, ipCapital Group
10:30-11:00am Networking Break
11:00-12:30pm Vermont’s New Patent Abuse Law: Empty Vessel or National Model for Targeting Bad Faith Patent Claims?
Peter Kunin - Speaker
Deputy Managing Partner, Intellectual Property Attorney,
Downs Rachlin Martin
Mr. Kunin was Instrumental in developing the legal approach that is codified in the new Vermont Anti-Patent Troll Law legislation
William Sorrell - Speaker
Attorney General of Vermont
John Cronin - Facilitator
12:30-1:30pm Closing Luncheon
Specialty Add-on the the Thought Leadership Conference:
(Approved for 4 CLE credit hours in Vermont, Georgia, Ohio and Oregon. Washington pending)
When considering IP strategy, many people think that just concerns patents. However, it is very important to plan on using the full range of intellectual assets for maximum protection and value creation. This seminar will go deeper into when should you use trade secrets, design patents, defensive publications, trademarks, and brand as well as utility patents. We will discuss how to watch for infringement or misappropriation and the options for enforcing your intellectual property rights.
IP strategy - Practical Guide
Asset Classes and when/how do you use them? How do you enforce them?
Portfolio Management, treating your IP as an asset
Specialty Add-on the the Thought Leadership Conference:
When considering intellectual property (IP) creation, many companies fail to consider how to monetize their IP or to weigh the full spectrum of monetization options available. Newly launched IP creation, acquisition and development company ipCreate Inc. and related companies ipCapital Group (ipCG) and ipCapital Licensing Company (ipCLC) will team up to lead a roundtable discussion with other industry leaders. Discussions will provide insight into the growing importance of IP creation, the role of IP acquisition, how they relate to each other and to the spectrum of monetization as well as how a Patent Factory can be designed to meet these needs.
ipCreate, ipCLC, ipCG and other roundtable participants will discuss innovative paths to IP creation, such as how to choose innovative areas to explore, how to develop new IP, how to document and obtain valuable patents and how to do this in volume. Participants will consider questions regarding what is the right number of patents to trigger higher value monetization as well as what types of patents are best suited for monetization. Participants will also discuss what IP monetization strategies work best, including sale, licensing, litigation or creation of joint ventures and spin-off companies.
Topics addressed in the seminar include:
Attendees will include representatives from:
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