LES 2014 Annual Meeting - Important High Tech Program Information

Join your colleagues from the High Tech Sector at LES' 50th Annual Meeting, October 5-8, San Francisco. The full roster of speakers and meeting events is available online. And, when you register by August 31, you'll be entered to win a $200 gift certificate to Morton's Steakhouse! This meeting will feature an all-star speaker roster of industry licensing executives, including: Adobe Systems Dana Rao, Vice President, Intellectual Property and Litigation Applied Materials Chris Talbot, Senior Director, Strategic Licensing Group ARM Drew Fellows, VP Licensing Processor Cisco Systems Dan Lang, Vice President, Intellectual Property Krishan Pathiyal, Senior Director of Patent Strategy Leah Poynter, Senior Corporate Counsel, IP Litigation Citrix Lesley Hamlin, Associate General Counsel Freescale Semiconductor Changhae Park, Vice President, IP Licensing Google Kirk Dailey, Head, Patent Transactions Ross Dreyer, Associate Patent Counsel Timothy Kowalski, Senior Patent Counsel Josh McGuire, Lead Counsel, Mobile/Android Patent Strategy Eric Schulman, Director, Patents Inventergy Joe Beyers, Chairman and CEO, former Vice President, Intellectual Property Licensing, Hewlett-Packard Intel Ann K. Armstrong, Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Associate General Counsel, Director, Intellectual Property Standards Group Dana Hayter, Associate General Counsel - Technology Licensing InterDigital Lawrence Shay, Executive Vice President IP Navigation Group Erich Spangenberg, Owner and CEO Lenovo Ira Blumberg, Vice President, Intellectual Property Microsoft Nick Psyhogeos - General Manager and Associate General Counsel Qualcomm Technology Licensing Eric Reifschneider, Senior Vice President and General Manager Rambus Stefan Tamme, Vice President, IP Strategy Rockwell Collins Bill Elkington, Senior Director, IP Management RPX Bob Heath, Senior Vice President SAP Global Sunjay Mohan, Director, Patent Group, Legal SAS Institute Scott VanValkenburgh, Senior Director, Global Alliance and Channels Sony Corporation of America Toshimoto Mitomo, Executive Vice President, Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship & Innovation STMicroelectronics Philippe Quinio, Group VP, IP Sourcing & Strategy United Technologies Corporation Kelly Romano, Vice President, Business Development Join these and other industry leaders as we discuss important issues facing High Tech licensing executives including: Software Patents in Light of Alice Corp Case A Year After the GAO NPE Litigation Report: Its Impact on IP Industry and the Future of NPE Litigation Silicon Valley Successful Deal Strategies: Behind the Closed Door Semiconductor Licensing in the Age of China and IoT Cloud Computing: How is Its Emergence Affecting Licensing A View from the Top - IP Strategies from Silicon Valley's Largest Companies Patent Licensing in Nanotech Options for Dealing with NPEs and Anticipated Risks We'll also be releasing the much anticipated results of the 2014 LES High Tech Sector Royalty Rate & Deal Terms Survey. We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco. Sincerely, Shawn Ambwani Keynote speakers from The New York Times and the Museum of Science and Industry, Home of The Center for the Advancement of Science Education Sponsors Partners

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