ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <title>Practising Law Institute - Continuing Legal Education</title> <style type="text/css"> a{font-family: Trebuchet ms; text-decoration:none; color:#D18F21;} .emaillink { font-family: Trebuchet ms; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; color: #7DB260; text-decoration: none; } a{font-family: Trebuchet ms; text-decoration:none; color:#C87600;} .programlink { font-family: "Trebuchet ms"; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; line-height: 20px; color: #374C87; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; } p{margin: 0; padding: 0;} .emaillink2 { font-family: Trebuchet ms; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; color: #42484E; text-decoration: none; } ul.chairs{margin: 20px; padding: 0px;} { font-family: Trebuchet ms; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; color: #42484E; text-decoration: none; } .emaillink3 { font-family: Trebuchet ms; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; color: #7DB260; text-decoration: none; } .emaillink4 { font-family: Trebuchet ms; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; color: #7DB260; text-decoration: none; } a:link { color: #C87600; text-decoration: none; } a:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #C87600; } a:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #007CB9; } a:active { text-decoration: none; color: #C87600; } .booktitle { font-family: Trebuchet ms; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #007CB9; text-decoration: none; } .style1 {color: #bf6928} </style> </head> <body> <table width="526" border="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: 14px"> <tr><td> <table width="526" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#999999"> <tr> <td><table width="526" border="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: 14px"> <tr> <td colspan="2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><table width="526" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td height="120" colspan="3" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><img src="http://www.pli.edu/emktg/seriesheaders/ip_licensing.jpg" width="526" height="120" alt="Intellectual Property - Licensing" /></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="5" colspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#A4ACB8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="20" colspan="2" valign="top"><table width="526" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td><table width="516" height="200" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td colspan="3"><div align="left"> <table width="450" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><table width="450" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="20" colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="20" colspan="2"> <p align="left" style="font-size: 22px; line-height: 26px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: #892035; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> IP Issues in Business Transactions 2012</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><table width="450" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <ul class="chairs" style="line-height: 20px; font-family: Trebuchet ms,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #000080"><b> Program Series Chair:</b>&nbsp; <br /> Steven I. Weisburd &mdash; Dickstein Shapiro LLP <br /> <br /> <b> Co-Chairs:</b>&nbsp; <br /> Eric A. Prager &mdash; K&L Gates LLP <i>(New York City)</i><br /> Karen N. Ballack &mdash; Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP <i>(San Francisco)</i><br /> Dr. Lothar Determann &mdash; Baker & McKenzie LLP <i>(San Francisco)</i><br /> </ul> <p style="line-height: 18px; font-family: Trebuchet ms; font-size: 12px; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: #42484E"> If you are a transactional attorney or in-house counsel and need to understand important IP considerations, this is the program for you! <b>IP Issues in Business Transactions 2012</b> 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. <br /><br /> Program Co-Chairs <b>Steven I. Weisburd</b> of Dickstein Shapiro LLP, <b>Eric A. Prager</b> of K&L Gates LLP, <b>Karen N. Ballack</b> of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, and <b>Lothar Determann</b> of Baker & McKenzie LLP, along with an <a href="http://www.pli.edu/re.aspx?pk=34137&t=YCY2_8AEM1&utm_source=8AEM1&utm_medium=EMKTG&utm_campaign=YCY2&tab=2">expert faculty</a> of in-house counsel and private practitioners will provide strategies regarding: </p> <ul style="line-height: 18px; font-family: Trebuchet ms; font-size: 12px; color: #42484E"> <li>Implementing a licensing program <li>Effective ways to structure IP transactions <li>Steps to take when bankruptcy enters the picture <li><b><i>Practice Points!</i></b> Special licensing and due diligence panels for copyright, trademark, and patent practitioners <li>Unique concerns for jointly developed IP <li>Valuation and monetization issues <li>Everyday issues for GCs: NDAs, works for hire, solicited and unsolicited proposals <li><b><i>Ethics credit!</i></b> Earn one full hour! </ul> <p style="line-height: 18px; font-family: Trebuchet ms; font-size: 12px; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: #42484E"> Register today! 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