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Duane Morris Partner Thomas Meagher to Moderate a Mini-Plenary Session at the Licensing Executives Society Annual Meeting
October 22, 2008 | Orlando, Florida
| Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center
Duane Morris partner Thomas F. Meagher will be moderating a mini-plenary session at the Licensing Executives Society (LES) 2008 Annual Meeting, to be held October 19-23, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Meagher's session, titled "Sponsored & Collaborative Research: IP Demands in Deals Between Universities/Research Institutes and Industry," will take place on Wednesday, October 22.
This session will focus on the intellectual property interests of universities/research institutions and industry in negotiating and administering sponsored and collaborative research agreements. The panel includes speakers with substantial experience in sponsored and collaborative research agreements from the perspectives of the university, research institution, high tech, and outside counsel. The session will cover the extent to which intellectual property rights are retained by the university/research institution and granted to the research sponsor; sharing licensing revenues; the right to the free publication of results; and universities'/research institutions' interests in making inventions available under conditions that will promote their effective development and utilization in the public interest.
Additionally, the following topics will be discussed:
- general philosophy;
- who owns the IP;
- IRS issues;
- background rights;
- patent prosecution;
- patent enforcement;
- development and commercialization;
- and other issues, such as faculty consulting (pitfalls/benefits; impact on collaboration and relationship);
- research tools/MTA (how the distribution of research materials is handled);
- valuing the "outcome" of sponsored or collaborative research;
- timing (before timing or after research) and expectations;
- and preferences (how research institutions and companies choose partners or collaborators).
About the LES 2008 Annual Meeting
The 2008 Annual Meeting gathers the global marketplace for innovation and intellectual property. The LES provides the world's leading forum for sharing best practices and accessing the tools to achieve excellence in navigating our "flat world" and its interconnections for technology transfer.
For more information about the annual meeting and to register, please visit the LES website.