See Who's Attending LES Spring Meeting, May 14-16, Seattle

Look Who's Attending the 2013 LES Spring Meeting       The LES Spring Meeting, May 14-16 in Seattle, 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!   View the full agenda here. Join this Growing List of Participants: (This is a partial list of confirmed attendees.) Company Title 343 Industries IP Licensing Manager Adobe VP, IP and Litigation Allen Institute for Brain Science General Counsel Aruze Gaming America Executive Vice President, General Counsel Augme Technologies Director and CEO Autodesk VP, Legal Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Lab Commercialization Manager Bayer MaterialScience LLC Manager IP/Library Information Services Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Associate General Counsel Boeing IP Licensing Company Business Development Boston University Licensing Director, Life Sciences California Technology Ventures Founding Managing Director Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Asset Manager Center for Infectious Diseases Executive VP of BD and External Affairs Cryptography Research, Inc. Director Eli Lilly and Company VP, Corporate Business Development Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center VP, Industry Relations and Clinical Research Support HealthPartners Institute IP Marketing and Licensing Manager hipcricket Chief Executive Officer HP VP & Associate General Counsel HTC Sr. Director of Legal Affairs, IP Strategy IBM Director of IP Strategy Integrated Diagnostics Director of IP and Contracts Intellectual Ventures VP, Acquisitions Jet Propulsion Laboratory & Caltech Associate Director John Deere Manager IP Market Transactions Joint BioEnergy Institute Director of Commercialization Juniper Networks Inc Assistant General Counsel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Business Development Executive Lehigh University Associate Director Lexington Technology Group, Inc. CEO LI-COR Biosciences VP Business Development and Intellectual Property Merck Executive Director, Corporate Licensing Microsoft Associate General Counsel NeoMedia Technologies CEO Nike Corporation VP, Chief IP Counsel Northwest Energy Angels Board Member & Angel Investor OncoSynergy Co-Founder Oracle Patent Counsel Oregon Health & Science University Interim Director Pacific Northwest National Lab Director Technology Commercialization PhaseBio Chief Business Officer Purdue Research Foundation, OTC Senior Project Manager Rockwell Collins, Inc. Senior Director, Intellectual Property Management  Rutgers University Licensing Manager SanDisk IP Counsel Sanrio  Vice Chairman SAS Head of Corp Development & Planning Schlumberger Manager of IP Licensing Seattle Genetics Chief Operating Officer Stanford University Senior Associate Tech Bridge International, Inc. VP & Director of Operations Textron Inc. Intellectual Property Director The Boston Consulting Group Senior Advisor The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Executive Director The University of Oklahoma Senior Director of IP & Staff Attorney T-Mobile Senior Vice President, National Accounts Tuxera CEO UCSF QB3 Institute Director Industrial Alliances Univalor, L.P. Manager, Project and Technology Portfolio University Health Network Senior Technology and Patent Analyst University of Arizona Office of Tech Transfer Licensing Associate University of California - Berkeley Licensing Officer UW Center for Commercialization Associate Director, Technology Licensing - Engineering Ventures West Capital General Partner Washington Research Foundation Director of Licensing WBBA President Weyerhaeuser Director, Technology Licensing WMS Gaming Executive Director IP Licensing and Development             Don't Miss these Featured Sessions:       Hello Kitty as a Global Licensing & Marketing Phenomenon Solving the World's Imminent Problems with Innovative Science Secondary Patent Market - Trends and Practices IP Perspectives from a Northwest Angel Investor West Coast Software Giants Focus on IP Life Sciences: A Guide to Turning a Strategic Partnership into an Acquisition View the full agenda here.       SPRING MEETING SPONSORS                   PLATINUM             GOLD             SILVER     BRONZE LANYARD         EVENT SPONSORS     Chihuly Reception                      Breaks           Interested in sponsoring? Click here for more info.     SPRING MEETING PARTNERS       OFFICIAL STRATEGIC MEDIA PARTNER       MEDIA PARTNERS         SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS                       © 2013 Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. All rights reserved

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Mar 12 Meeting: Online Registration Ends 12/11 at Noon!

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. LES Boston Chapter Meeting DATE & TIME Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM TITLE Financing or Insuring Intellectual Property Enforcement/Defense DESCRIPTION Surveys over the last decade have established median costs of patent litigation as $1.5 million through discovery and $2.5 million through trial and appeal for cases in which $1-25 million were at risk.  How can a small- or middle-market company afford to enforce its patent rights?  If it can’t, why would others respect their patents?  And how would they defend against assertion by others? In the high-margin industries served by members of LES, the problem is endemic. We expect at this meeting to exchange ideas on this theme and otherwise network around brief presentations of solutions: Stephen Y. Chow, Esq., of Burns & Levinson LLP, a high-tech patent practitioner, litigator and transactional lawyer, will present a current matrix of options (including administrative and investor-backed) and supply written materials with additional detail. Garen P. Suzan of Trilogy Insurance Group, Inc., will reprise portions of a very-well attended LES webinar on “Intellectual Property Risk Management,” outlining available insurance options for both enforcing and defending against enforcement of intellectual property. There will be an explanation of the tasks, costs and general strategies of litigation that will help in business planning. LOCATION Burns & Levinson Conference Center, 8th Floor 125 Summer Street (one block from South Station) Boston, Massachusetts Click here for for online registration and meeting information You are receiving this message because we believe you may be interested in the events and activities of the Licensing Executives Society. Our mailing address is: Licensing Executives Society 1800 Diagonal Road Suite 280 Alexandria, VA 22314 Copyright (C) 2012 Licensing Executives Society All rights reserved.

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What's the #SeattleScoop? Find Out for a Chance to Win $100 & Other Great Prizes!

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Do you have the Scoop on Seattle? Learn more about Seattle and the Spring Meeting by participating in our Spring Meeting contest!   Starting today, we'll be asking questions about Seattle, local and regional innovation and the Spring Meeting on our social media networks - Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Play to win some great prizes, including a $100 AMEX gift card and a free hotel night at the W Seattle, valued at $219!   Here's how to participate: Check our Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts at noon EST every Tuesday and Thursday in March for the question-of-the-day.   Respond with the correct answer on each social media network to receive one point. (You can answer on as many networks as you'd like for a maximum of three points per day!)   Your points will be added up at the end of the month, and our top three participants will win a Grand Prize, Second Place and Third Place prizes.  Don't miss out on these prizes! Grand Prize: $100 AMEX gift card and free hotel night at the W Seattle (valued at $219) Second Place: $50 Starbucks gift card Third Place: $25 Starbucks gift card   Good luck, and we hope to see you in Seattle for the Spring Meeting, May 14-16!

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Mar 12 Meeting: Financing or Insuring Intellectual Property Enforcement/Defense

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. LES Boston Chapter Meeting DATE & TIME Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM TITLE Financing or Insuring Intellectual Property Enforcement/Defense DESCRIPTION Surveys over the last decade have established median costs of patent litigation as $1.5 million through discovery and $2.5 million through trial and appeal for cases in which $1-25 million were at risk.  How can a small- or middle-market company afford to enforce its patent rights?  If it can’t, why would others respect their patents?  And how would they defend against assertion by others? In the high-margin industries served by members of LES, the problem is endemic. We expect at this meeting to exchange ideas on this theme and otherwise network around brief presentations of solutions: Stephen Y. Chow, Esq., of Burns & Levinson LLP, a high-tech patent practitioner, litigator and transactional lawyer, will present a current matrix of options (including administrative and investor-backed) and supply written materials with additional detail. Garen P. Suzan of Trilogy Insurance Group, Inc., will reprise portions of a very-well attended LES webinar on “Intellectual Property Risk Management,” outlining available insurance options for both enforcing and defending against enforcement of intellectual property. There will be an explanation of the tasks, costs and general strategies of litigation that will help in business planning. LOCATION Burns & Levinson Conference Center, 8th Floor 125 Summer Street (one block from South Station) Boston, Massachusetts Click here for for online registration and meeting information You are receiving this message because we believe you may be interested in the events and activities of the Licensing Executives Society. Our mailing address is: Licensing Executives Society 1800 Diagonal Road Suite 280 Alexandria, VA 22314 Copyright (C) 2012 Licensing Executives Society All rights reserved.

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Final Agenda Just Released - LES Spring Mtg, 5/14-16, Seattle

Don't Miss the Most Innovative Event to Hit the West Coast this Year The LES Spring Meeting, to held on May 14-16, in Seattle, is your chance to network with executives from the most innovative start-ups, technology leaders, and research institutions in the region and around the world. You'll learn from and engage with a cross-section of industry leaders from world-renowned organizations including 343i, Adobe, Gates Foundation, Boeing, HP, HTC, Microsoft, Nike, PhaseBio, Seattle Genetics, Starbucks, T-Mobile, Tuxera, WMS Gaming - just to name a few!     Your Opportunity to Connect with World-Renowned Leaders Keynote: Hello Kitty as a Global Licensing & Marketing Phenomenon Ray Hatoyama Vice Chairman, Sanrio Featured Luncheon: IP Perspectives from a Northwest Angel Investor Brian Arbogast Board Member & Angel Investor, Northwest Energy Angels, Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group Solving the World’s Imminent Problems with Innovative Science Erik Iverson Infectious Disease Research Institute   Maja Larson Allen Institute for Brain Science   Chris Rivera WBBA   Dick Wilder Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Secondary Patent Market — Trends and Practices Michele Baumgartner-Bonanno IBM   John Goldstone Weyerhaeuser   Matt Penarczyk Microsoft   Jeremy Salesin Intellectual Ventures   View additional sessions, descriptions and speakers at www.LESspring.org		Sign Up Now to Save $200 Did You Know? Washington is home to more than 160 biopharma, 250 medical tech cos, 36 non-profit research institutes, and thousands of high tech cos, including 9 of Fortune’s top 50 most admired US companies. Invite Your Spouse or Friend! Now you can bring an accompanying person to join you in Seattle and at the LES Spring Meeting with no registration fee! Learn more. Earn CLE, CLP & CPE Credits As a service to meeting attendees, LES provides CLE, CLP, and CPE credits for the Spring Meeting. Learn more. Book Your Hotel by 4/22 LES has reserved a limited block of discounted rooms at the W Seattle. Reserve by 4/22 for the best rates. Download Brochure
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