Agenda
Day 1 – July 20, 2006

8:00 am
Registration & Networking

8:30 am
Identifying the Right IP Strategy for Your Business

• Carrot licensing vs. stick licensing 
• Best practices for in-licensing versus out-licensing
• Revenue generator vs. bargaining chip
• Propriety of overlapping licenses
• Degree of litigiousness
• Best practices for cross-licensing to avoid taxation
• Risk reduction strategies
• Building an IP strategy that reflects a company’s goals and culture
• Modulating your IP strategy to fit within your overall business plan

Moderator: Scott P. Cooper, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP 

Panelists: Timothy J. Hadlock, Senior Counsel – Intellectual Property, Chevron Corporation
                Gene Potkay, Ph.D., Vice-President, Intellectual Property Patent & Licensing      
                         Management, Avaya Inc.
                 Sharon K. Grosh, Director, Strategic Intellectual Asset Management, 3M 
                         Innovative Properties Company
                 Matthew M. Sarboraria, Patent Counsel, Oracle Corporation

9:15 am
Financing IP Litigation

• When should you consider a contingency fee agreement with your lawyers? 
• What type of case is of interest to contingent fee lawyers? 
• When can you use a contingency fee agreement in a defensive case? 
• What are the risks and benefits of a contingency fee agreement? 
• What considerations should you take into account when hiring a contingency law firm? 
• What are the various types of contingency fee arrangements? 
• What are the alternatives to contingency lawyers insofar as financing IP litigation? 

Speaker: Ronald J. Schutz, Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
               Robert Kramer, Founder, Altitude Capital

10:00 am
Coffee & Networking Break

10:30 am
Computer and Internet Law and the Safeguarding of Trade Secrets

• The FTC’s undermining of online contracts
• Blogs and online postings
• Open-sourcing, sharing or giving away, non-core IP
• Modification of IP for personal use
• The implications of the Grokster decision
• Outsourcing the manufacture and design of product
• Disintermediation of the supply chain
• Participation in standards setting

Speakers: Mark D. Rasch, Senior Vice President and Chief Security Counsel, Solutionary, Inc.
                 Mark Tolliver, CEO, Palamida, Inc.

11:15 am
Using IP Securitization to Drive Your Business Strategy

• Using IP securitization as a business tool 
• Creating liquidity through IP securitization 
• Achieving GAAP sale treatment through IP securitization 
• Using IP securitization as a risk transfer vehicle 
• Using IP securitization to expedite joint ventures and joint marketing initiatives 
• Is your IP portfolio suitable for the capital markets? 
• What is life like after IP securitization? 
• Supporting case study

Speakers: Ronald S. Borod, Chair of Structured Finance Group, Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
                 Don Davis, Managing Director and General Counsel, Commercial Strategy

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12:00 am
Luncheon & Networking
Sponsored by Proskauer Rose LLP

1:15 pm
Imperative Legal Issues 

Mitigating The Risks of Countersuits
• Knowing when and how to file suit
• Cross-licensing to competitors
• Building a feared patent portfolio
• Patent assertion vs. litigation

Class Action Law Suits - An overview of the trends, causes, merits, and settlements of class action lawsuits brought about by allegations of mismanagement of intellectual property.
Best Practices for Electronic Records Management
The Impact of the Changing Supreme Court on IP Rulings 

Speakers: Kristin H. Neuman, Senior Counsel, Proskauer Rose LLP 
                 Steven M. Bauer, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP 

2:15 pm
Patent Trolls: Identifying Them & Mitigating Their Damage

• Why trolls are becoming more prevalent
• Distinguishing between patent trolls and legitimate asserters
• Ways unfair assertion impacts innovation and ROI
• How trolls contribute to uncertainty and cost
• Troll defenses

Moderator: Bruce Berman, President, Brody Berman Associates, Inc.

Panelists: Irv Rappaport, Co-Founder, IP Checkups 
                Joe Beyers, VP - Intellectual Property Licensing, Hewlett-Packard
                Terry Ludlow, Founder and CEO, Chipworks
                Peter N. Detkin, Managing Director, Intellectual Ventures
                Alan Grimaldi, Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Practice, Howrey LLP
             
3:30 pm
Coffee Break & Networking

3:45 pm
Using Intellectual Property to Make Investment and Merger & Acquisition Decisions

Investment Considerations
• Escrowing for contingencies
• IP Assets: With or without a royalty stream
• Return on R&D
• Cost per patent
• The inherent weaknesses of "goodwill"
• GAAP Accounting
• Determining the role of IP assets in driving corporate performance

M&A Considerations
• Trademark searches
• Representations and warranties
• Evaluating value of IP
• Licensing programs
• Redundant IP
• Encircled IP
• Securing trade secrets

Moderator: Ron Laurie, Managing Director, Inflexion Point Strategy

Panelists: Tim Croll, Senior Corporate Counsel - IP & Asst. Corporate Secretary, 
                             LSI Logic Corporation
                David Frankel, Managing Director, Blueprint Ventures
                Mark Menna, CEO, NanoVentures LLC
                Mark Ick, Director of Business Development and Licensing, Motorola, Inc.

4:30 pm
Due Diligence for Executing Your Licensing Strategy

• Addressing the future - best practices to deal with difficult assessments
• The effective due diligence report
• Structuring the diligence - the right assessment for the right deal
• Due diligence as assessment tool
• Disclosure schedules consistent with findings
• Protection mechanisms

Speaker: Ira J. Levy, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP

5:00 pm
Adjournment & Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by Chipworks

*agenda subject to change