IIPLA – International Intellectual Property Law Association
Courses
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Negotiating IP Licensing Agreements in Israel
About the Course: Much of the world’s most compelling technologies originate in Israel. According to recent statistics, Israel has 69% more patents per capita than the G-20 nations. Israelis have won more Nobel prizes than any other nation per capita. Israel has more PhD’s per capital and produces more scientific publications per capita than any […] -
Negotiating Improvement Rights and Joint Inventions
About the Course: Negotiating improvement rights and joint invention agreements can be among the most vexatious aspects of structuring licensing agreements. On the one hand, licensees want to ensure that their investments will not be in vain if the licensor develops a superior technology shortly after signing a license. On the other hand, licensors do […] -
Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Mergers & Acquisitions
About the Course: Many acquisitions are driven by the intellectual property owned by the target company. In other acquisitions, the intellectual property involved is an afterthought until it threatens to derail the transactions. This seminar focuses on many facets of conducting due diligence in the context of corporate acquisitions. Among the issues discussed in this […] -
Negotiating Collaborative Research Agreements
About the Course: Inventors are full of trepidation when negotiating Collaborative Research Agreements with large companies. They are terrified that their cherished technology will be stolen. There is also a high level of anxiety when corporations negotiate CRAs with universities. These companies often believe that they will be gauged on the royalty rates if the […] -
Negotiating Information Technology Agreements
About the Course: Your company’s information technology is akin to your body’s central nervous system. While it may be more efficient to outsource the management of your firm’s IT, the consequences of an outsourcing company mishandling your IT could be catastrophic. Thus, the negotiation of information technology agreements is of critical importance. Among the issues […] -
Negotiating Licensing Agreements in China
About the Course: With more than a billion people and blistering economic expansion, China is an attractive destination to direct the licensing of technology. Chinese inventors are becoming among the world’s most prolific filers of patents. Indeed, China is now the world’s fourth most active filer of patents with the number of patent filings having […] -
Negotiating Patent Industry Standard Agreements
About the Course: This session will provide insight into the inner workings of Patent Industry Standards as applied to licensing and law suits. Background of various standard setting authorities–such as the ASME, IEEE, and the ANSI–will be provided. Exemptions to anti-trust law will be expounded upon. Examples of industry standards efforts that pass legal muster […] -
Breaking Design Patent Issues
About the Course: Design patents inflame passions. For instance, Steve Jobs said, “I am going to destroy Android…I’m willing to wage thermonuclear warfare. I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong.” The Apple v. Samsung […] -
The UK’s Patent Box
About the Course: Will The Patent Box boost the value of patents throughout the world? One thing is clear. It is definitely time to start thinking inside The Patent Box. In an attempt to spur innovation and research in the United Kingdom, the British government has promulgated laws governing the Patent Box. The idea is […] -
Managing and Valuing Trade Secrets
About the Course: You can’t manage what you can’t measure. This unique program provides sound guidance into identifying, managing and valuing trade secrets. Profound insight–from a leading trade secrets lawyer with more than 25 years of experience–is provided relative to securing patents in light of the existence of trade secrets; licensing trade secrets; and, litigating […]