Program Series Chair: 
Steven I. Weisburd — Dickstein Shapiro LLP

Co-Chairs: 
Eric A. Prager — K&L Gates LLP (New York City)
Karen N. Ballack — Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (San Francisco)
Dr. Lothar Determann — Baker & McKenzie LLP (San Francisco)

If you are a transactional attorney or in-house counsel and need to understand important IP considerations, this is the program for you! IP Issues in Business Transactions 2012 will provide attorneys with practical guidance to tackle many of the most common transaction challenges that arise in the context of joint ventures, licensing, due diligence, tax, and other common situations. Updated to offer a balanced view of transactions from copyright, trademark, and patent perspectives, this program will provide you with tips you can rely on every day.

Program Co-Chairs Steven I. Weisburd of Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Eric A. Prager of K&L Gates LLP, Karen N. Ballack of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, and Lothar Determann of Baker & McKenzie LLP, along with an expert faculty of in-house counsel and private practitioners will provide strategies regarding:

• Implementing a licensing program
• Effective ways to structure IP transactions
• Steps to take when bankruptcy enters the picture
• Practice Points! Special licensing and due diligence panels for copyright, trademark, and patent practitioners
• Unique concerns for jointly developed IP
• Valuation and monetization issues
• Everyday issues for GCs: NDAs, works for hire, solicited and unsolicited proposals
• Ethics credit! Earn one full hour!

Register today!

New York City, January 19-20, 2012

San Francisco and Live Webcast, February 21-22, 2012