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Industry Norms And Reasonable Royalty Rate Determination

Michelle PorterConsultant, Micronomics, Inc., Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A. Robert MillsVice-President, Micronomics, Inc., Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A. Roy WeinsteinPresident, Micronomics, Inc., Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A. Georgia-Pacific contemplates that parties to infringement litigation engage in a hypothetical negotiation assumed to occur just prior to the date of alleged infringement. The hypothetical negotiation is intended to produce a […]

The Role Of Intellectual Property In Broadband Mobile Telecommunications At The Example Of 4G WiMAX

Tobias KaufmannETH Zürich, IP Manager, Rhode & Schwarz, Munich, Germany The conflict between intellectual property rights and standardization has become clearly visible with the examples of the second generation (2G) wireless GSM system and the third generation’s (3G) WCDMA and CDMA-2000 systems. Now, on the verge of standardizing fourth generation (4G) systems, the mobile telecommunications […]

In-Transfer And Domestication Of Technology In The Arab Region

Hams MadanatInternal Training Manager, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization, Amman, Jordan Due to the growing role of technology and its impact on increasing the effectiveness of production elements, upgrading competitiveness of products manufactured or services rendered and opening doors for industrial product to penetrate new or existing markets now more than ever, technology acquisition has become closely […]

AICPA Issues Valuation Practice Standards

Brent K. BersinDirector in the Intellectual Property practice of Navigant Consulting, Inc. (“Navigant”), Houston TX, U.S.A. With the continuing transition of the U.S. from a manufacturing to a service economy, intangible assets comprise an increasingly significant portion of corporate market values and balance sheets. Consequently, the valuation of intangible assets constitutes a considerable issue to […]

A Systematic Approach To Marketing Academic Biomedical Intellectual Property

John FlynnManager Business Development Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Boston, MA, U.S.A. Mary AugeManager Business Development Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Boston, MA, U.S.A. Jamie WilsonHealthcare Consultant, Boston MA, U.S.A. Technology transfer between universities and industry plays an important role in both filling industry pipelines with innovative technologies and promoting economic development. Nearly all academic institutions with […]

Challenges To Technology And Opportunities For Licensing

Gus G. OrphanidesPresident gNOSSIS, LLC Samuel F. BaldwinPh.D., U.S. Department of Energy: Chief Technology Officer and Member, Board of Directors, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Peter DobsonPh.D., Professor, Oxford University and Oxonica Norma Formanek, Sr.Vice-President and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Electric Power and Research Institute Andrew R. BarronPh.D., Associate Dean for Industry […]

New Rules For Licensing In A New World

Marshall PhelpsCorporate Vice President, Intellectual Property, Microsoft Corporation Thank you for that kind introduction. You know, the last time I spoke before this august body, I had just been hired by Microsoft after a 28-year career at IBM and a 3-year career as a venture capitalist. And it’s funny, but at the time, every media […]

Recent U.S. Decisions And Developments Affecting Licensing – June 2008

Brian BrunsvoldFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., Attorney, Washington, DC, USA John PaulFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., Attorney, Washington, DC, USA Under U.S. law, patents are granted to the inventors of the patents, who, like other patent owners, typically transfer ownership of their patents by an assignment. U.S. patent law generally requires […]

Agreements On Research Cooperation Between Industry And University In Germany—Revised “Berlin Contract”

Heinz GoddarBoehmert & Boehmert, Patent Attorney, Munich, Germany Hermann MohnkopfRollsRoyce, Deutschland, IP Counsel, Blakenfelde-Mahlow In les Nouvelles 2003, pp. 176–183, the authors have reported on components for agreements relating to research cooperation between industries and universities in Germany, generally known, since then, as the “Berlin Contract.” The model solutions according to the “Berlin Contract” had […]

Software & Valuation In The Information Society

Dwight OlsonV3Data, Principal, San Diego, CA, USA The LES mantra of the 1990s was that “Wealth in the 21st Century would be measured in ownership of intellectual property.” Well, the information age is here and we see an increasing number of corporations accumulating wealth based on intellectual property including (Software). We watched Microsoft’s enterprise value […]

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