Len Rubin, Counsel, will speak at this event, which is geared towards general practitioners, intellectual property specialists, corporate counsel and others who need to know the basics of how to license and protect their intellectual property.

Topics will include:

• Drafting techniques and suggestions for specific clauses
• Key provisions and practical considerations in trademark and copyright licenses
• Open source licenses and the impact of GPLv3
• Special issues for User-Generated content and the Internet
• Strategies for exploiting technological property rights
• Coordinating patent licenses with software and database licenses
• Enforcement and protection of rights in the international arena
• Avoiding antitrust problems
• Rights and remedies in the event of bankruptcy
• What happens when the agreement has to be enforced
• The “real world” relevance of license provisions
• Ethical issues in licensing