Why Mediate Arbitrate Intellectual Property Disputes
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, Geneva, Switzerland Intellectual property is a central component of the contemporary knowledge economy and its efficient exploitation is of crucial importance. Disputes, however, can interfere with the successful use of intellectual property rights and even put at risk a company’s success. While the careful drafting of contracts may reduce their […]
Communications And Networking Throughout The World
Chikao FukudaPresident, LES International At the International Delegates Meeting held in Vancouver, Canada, in late October, Ron Grudziecki handed over the gavel to me for the year 2007-2008. Ron and his Board have done a great job in improving the accessibility and visibility of LESI in this past year, including the development of the LESI […]
To Arbitrate Or To Litigate That Is The Question
Kevin NachtrabSenior IP Patent Attorney, Johnson & Johnson (Europe), Brussels, Belgium It is an issue addressed in virtually all contract negotiations. Anyone involved with transactional work routinely deals with it. When raised, it often becomes the subject of a heated debate. And yet, it is probably one of most important but misunderstood and neglected issues […]
U.S./Canadian Licensing In 2006; Survey Results
Richard RazgaitisSenior Advisor at CRA International Inc., formerly Charles River Associates (which acquired InteCap, Inc. in 2004), President of the Licensing Foundation. (2004-2007) This paper is the fourth such report of an annual survey conducted by The Licensing Foundation, a wholly owned subsidiary of LES (USA & Canada). As in prior years, the survey was […]
Dreadful Drafting: The Do’s And Don’ts Of Grant Clauses
John T. RamsayQ.C. of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Barristers & Solicitors, Calgary, Canada DevCo, an Alberta corporation based in Calgary, has developed and now manufactures and distributes novel detector heads that are used in the image capture device in digital x-ray systems. These units have unique designs for the image capture process and use proprietary […]
Financial Valuation Techniques In IP Licensing
Ivan ChaperotSenior Licensing Manager, Alcatel-Lucent, Paris, France In negotiations, offering multiple options to the other party sometimes improves the efficiency and the probability of reaching an agreement. The more creative the options are in view of the issues to be resolved, the more likely the negotiation will be successful. This general principle also applies when […]
Defining Best Efforts In Licensing An Alternative Solution
Trichy V. KrishnanHead of Marketing Dept., NUS School of Business, National University of Singapore, Singapore Murali SathanamAttorney, Lodestar Systems, Houston, TX, U.S.A. Many studies have examined the possible reasons for two or more parties having strengths in disparate but complementary disciplines to come together to form a cooperative exchange relationships or open-ended sharing relationships. These […]
A Pragmatic, “Just-in-Time” Business Model For Academic Technology Transfer
Robert S. MacWrightPh.D., Esq., Executive Director and CEO, University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. Many see our profession as more focused on public good than revenues. Nevertheless, I firmly believe that academic technology transfer is a business, and that we best serve the public good when we view it that way. Since 1997, […]
Integrated Licensing With R&D
Kieran ComerfordManaging Director, Comerford Technology Management, Ltd., Dublin, Ireland Many organizations no longer do all of their R&D in-house. Increasingly, companies innovate by using a combination of R&D and externally sourced technologies. These may be acquired by licensing or sometimes by imitating competitors. Many of the larger companies which formerly had large R&D units are […]
An Overview Of Technology Transfer Practices In India, As Of 2007
Julia SiripurapuCorporate Associate, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC, Boston, MA, U.S.A. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of technology transfer practices in India, with a focus on technology transfer programs in academic institutions. In the first part of this paper, I provide an analysis of the current research […]
