Arent Fox and the Tech Council of Maryland presented the second part of “Business of Intellectual Property” conference at Johns Hopkins University in Rockville, MD. Arent Fox attorneys Rich Berman, Wib Chesser, Stephen Candelmo, Mike Grow, Dave Hamill and Craig King hosted panels on:

Best Practices - Keeping tabs on in-house IP
(download PDF of presentation)

Panel Lead - Rich Berman and Wib Chesser of Arent Fox; Panelist Alan Sege of Roamware 
Description:

• Determining an IP Budget
• Linking the IP Budget of the R&D Budget
• Linking the IP evaluation to the R&D Process
• The importance of searching, clearing, landscaping, and evaluating technology
• early in the R&D process
• Patent Bar issue
• Disclosure process-internal costs in time and money
• Incentives to inventors and other methods of generating/mining IP
• Where does IP fit in your business plan?
• Start-ups: their technology, protecting core technology, and the importance of funding
• Mid-level companies: defending their space and developing an advanced portfolio
• Large companies: IP portfolio, assertion, licensing, cross-licensing and defending against pin-pricks

Advanced Licensing/Cross Licensing-Joint Development
(PDF of Navigating Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances | PDF of Export of Technology and Deemed Exports)

Panel Lead - Stephen Candelmo, Arent Fox; Panelist- James Thomas of Deloitte, Dave Hamill of Arent Fox
Description:

• Marketing your IP rights
• Export-Import issues in Technology
• Specific issues related to Technology transfer and patent licenses
• Handling licensing issues in the context of joint development and software integration projects
• Development of Outsourcing Issues
• Specific needs related to foreign licenses, including export and import compliance matters (Hamill)

Government Contracts and IP

Panel Lead- Craig King of Arent Fox, Panelist- TBA 
Description:

• Government funding and IP rights
• When are IP rights subject to government rights?
• Levels of rights involved and practical issues
• Protecting against loss of rights
• Development and funding outside the government contract
• The right to develop and own IP separately under government contracts
• When in doubt, protect it

Advanced Trademark and Copyrights
(PDF of Trademark and Copyright Protection Strategies)

Panel Lead - Mike Grow, Arent Fox; Panelist- Sara Crispi of Discovery Communications 
Description:

• Strategies for Defending the Goodwill Symbolized by Corporate Brand Names and Logos
• Protecting Against Liability for Trademark and Copyright Infringement
• Enforcement Tools for Protecting Trademarks and Copyrights
• Loss of IP Rights

The third part of the series will be held on Thursday November 8 at Johns Hopkins Rockville Campus. It will be co-sponsored by Ocean Tomo.