Global IP Technology and Licensing Leaders to Attend Innovative Joint Program Hosted by the Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. and Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) March 14, 2012 in Anaheim, CA

The Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. and the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) will adjoin their meetings for a uniquely innovative, combined program designed for global intellectual property (IP) licensing professionals and technology managers at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel on March 14, 2012.

“We are very pleased to have this opportunity to bring our professional groups together to network, collaborate and debate some of the most critical issues facing our industry today,” said LES (USA & Canada) President Tom Filarski. “These are challenging times, and the importance of collaboration between colleagues across industries and among allied groups is increasingly vital for success.”

"Industry will also benefit from this collaboration," said AUTM President Robin Rasor, CLP, RTTP. "AUTM has always provided a rare opportunity for those companies seeking to collaborate with and ultimately license academic technologies to meet with licensing professionals from nearly every academic institution in the United States. Now with both AUTM and LES in the same venue at the same time, our industry counterparts will find their ability to network even more effective," added Rasor.

The joint programming will include not only a lively negotiation session titled: “Dirty Little Tricks People Play in Licensing Negotiations,” but will also feature the Honorable Randall Rader, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, who will preside over mock oral arguments debating pivotal issues affecting technology transfer. Attendees will be invited to weigh in during this entertaining and informative session.

The joint programming will follow the LES Winter Meeting (March 12-14) and will precede AUTM’s Annual Meeting (March 14-17). All of the week’s events will be held at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel.

March 12-14: The LES Winter Meeting will focus on value creation, as well as cutting-edge issues, strategies, dealmaking and trends in the high tech space, as well as in the clean tech, nanotech and medical devices arenas.

Featured speakers are: Catherine Casserly, CEO of Creative Commons; Loudon Owen, Chairman of i4i and Principal at Patent Monetization; Morgan Chu, Partner at Irell & Manella; Patrick Ennis, Ph.D., Head of Global Technology at Intellectual Ventures; and, Ronald Schutz, Partner at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi. For more information and to register visit www.LES2012winter.org

March 14-17: AUTM’s Annual Meeting will be a four-day networking and professional development conference featuring special interest groups, educational tracks and interactive workshops developed for seasoned technology transfer professionals and newcomers to the field. Attendees will be able to effortlessly set up meetings through AUTM's online partnering system, Collaborate ™. Attendees will also benefit from the AUTM Global Technology Portal, the newest way for universities to market the technologies they have available for licensing and to provide information about their research and physical capabilities. Companies will use the GTP to find the technologies they seek to license as well as to identify universities with which they may wish to enter into research collaborations.

The AUTM Annual Meeting attracts the global community of technology transfer professionals from academia and industry, venture investors and other IP experts, as well as dealmakers from nearly every research institution in the world. For more information and to register visit www.autm.net/2012.