Patent Law: See Who's Attending LES Annual Mtg, 9/22-25 in Philly

Look What High Tech Professionals are Attending the LES 2013 Annual Meeting

The LES Annual Meeting, September 22-25 in Philadelphia, is your best opportunity to learn about the latest trends in licensing and network with the industry's leading IP, licensing and business development dealmakers.

CONNECT with your next partner, LEARN new strategies and practices, COLLABORATE with your colleagues during one of many networking sessions. You don't want to miss out!

Join this Growing List of Participants:
(This is a partial list of confirmed attendees.)

Company		Title
Acacia Research Group LLC		Senior VP Licensing
Arizona State University		Director of Business Development
ARM Ltd		Genreal Counsel
Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Lab		Director, Technology Deployment & Outreach
Boeing IP Licensing Company		Business Development
BOSE Corporation		Director of Licensing
Canon USA		Patent Litigation Counsel
Caterpillar Inc.		General Manager
Columbia University		Associate General Counsel
Comcast		VP Patent Engineering
Delphi Automotive Systems LLC		Director - Commercialization & Licensing
Delphi Corporation		Licensing Manager
Electronic Frontier Foundation		Staff Attorney
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University		Director, Research Development & Innovation
Federal Trade Commission		Deputy Assistant Director
GE		Exec Counsel, IP Litigation
Google Inc.		Senior Patent Counsel
Harman International Industries		VP and Associate General Counsel, Global IP
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP		IP Counsel
IBM Corporation		Business Development Executive
Intel		Licensing & Patent Acquisitions
Intellectual Ventures		VP, Global Licensing
InterDigital Holdings, Inc.		Chief Licensing Officer & Counsel
International Game Technology		Licensing Analyst
Invention Development Fund		Director, Science & Technology
John Deere		Manager, IP Market Transactions
Kodak		Chief IP Officer
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory		Business Development Executive
Lockheed Martin		Manager of IP Strategy
LSI Corporation		Senior Licensing Manager
Microsoft		Senior Director, IP Licensing
MOSAID Technologies Inc.		Senior VP & Chief IP Officer
NGVAmerica		Director, Government Relations
Nielsen		Senior VP IP
Northrop Grumman Corporation		Licensing Manager
Open Invention Network, LLC		Chief Executive Officer
Rambus, Inc		VP of IP Strategy
Rembrandt IP Management		VP Business Development
Rockwell Collins, Inc.		Senior Director, IP Management
RPX Corporation		Senior VP
Samsung - Open Innovation Center		Senior Manager, Business Development
SAS		Head of Corp Development & Planning
Screenvision		SVP, Strategic Alliances
Sony Corporation of America		Senior Director, IP Counsel
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc		VP, Intellectual Asset Management
Teledyne Oil & Gas		Director of Contracts
Tessera, Inc.		Senior VP
Textron Innovations Inc.		VP, Licensing
The Boeing Company		Licensing Manager
The University of Texas at San Antonio		Director of Tech Transfer
U.S. Dept. of Energy		General Engineer
UC Santa Barbara		Associate Director, Licensing & BD
University of California - Davis		IP Officer
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		Director, Office of Technology Management
Wi-LAN Inc.		Chairman & CEO

View the full list of organizations attending here.

Sessions Covering What's Top of Mind in the High Tech Industry:

Myriad Genetics: From Concept to Reality
The Insiders' Perspective on the Kodak Auction: What Really Happened and What It Means
To Troll or Not to Troll? Legislative, Judicial and Market-Based Solutions
An Examination of the AST Purchase of the MIPS Technologies Portfolio
Patent Market and Monetization: Valuation, Liquidity, and Other Challenges
Ticket to Ride: Automation in Transportation
Patent License Valuation in the Real World
The JOBS Act, Crowdfunding & the Future of Innovation
Strategic Alliances and Defensive Patent Strategies - Different Models Achieving Similar Results?
War of the Titans: Several Decisions Making Milestones
License or Litigate?: Lessons Learned From Doing Deals Instead of Doing Battle
Special Techniques and Insights when Valuing Intellectual Property Transactions: From Early Stage to Maturity
The Role of IP in Multi-Disciplinary Deals
The Role of IP in M&A Strategy and Dealmaking: Views from Different Industries and Constituents

View the full high tech agenda here.

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