15-Hour Program

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Overview

Why You Should Attend

Intellectual property licensing continues to grow increasingly complex.  The legal, regulatory and technical landscape is constantly evolving.  Building and maintaining a successful and effective practice requires that practitioners stay sharp and current in a wide variety of key areas. Whether utilized to develop technology, expand or create market opportunities, or generate returns from existing assets, managing complex licensing transactions requires a broad and varied toolkit.  Additionally, whether licensing patents, copyrights, trade secrets or trademarks, the ability to structure, draft and negotiate complex license agreements is critical to a successful transaction. This program is designed to address the more complex and practical issues that arise in drafting and negotiating IP licenses, as well as tips for specific industries.

What You Will Learn

• Best practices for patent and technology licensing
• Pointers for strategic alliances and other joint development agreements
• Guidance on copyright, content, and trademark licensing
• Software licensing and open source issues
• Navigating issues in life sciences licensing
• Mastering effective negotiation strategies
• Addressing international licensing issues
• Practice tips for rights of publicity licensing
• Accounting for litigation risks
• Managing indemnification issues
• Special considerations raised by cloud computing
• Issues surrounding the licensing of Big Data

Special Features

• In-depth panel discussion of a complex technology or content license
• Breakouts to meet your practice needs
• Earn one hour of Ethics credit

Who Should Attend

This advanced program is focused on those who already have experience in the substantive area of intellectual property law, and who devote a substantial amount of their practice to licensing.

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