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Licensing Executives Society to Welcome Former USPTO Director and Distinguished Leaders at Silicon Valley USPTO Event on May 14, 2019The Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. (LES) announced today that registration is open for its inaugural LES Leading Edge Series event, Driving Innovation: Standards in Licensing and Intellectual Capital Management, at the Silicon Valley U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in San Jose. The highly anticipated, one-day event will feature a speaker line-up of notable business leaders and members of the technology and intellectual property (IP) communities. The full agenda and speaker list are available on the LES website here. Early bird registration pricing is available through March 29, 2019.
Kappos will deliver the LES keynote titled "Behavioral Issues in Licensing of SEPs and other IP - Defining Acceptable and Best Practices through Voluntary Standards." As Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the USPTO, Kappos was instrumental in achieving legislative reform of the U.S. patent system. He is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost leaders in the field of intellectual capital, including IP management and strategy; the development of global IP norms, laws and practice; and the commercialization and enforcement of innovation-based assets. Among the featured LES Leading Edge Series event speakers, moderators and panelists will be business and technology leaders from Avanci; Avasta Incorporated; Center for Intellectual Property; Collins Aerospace; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Ericsson (News - Alert); Finjan Holdings, Inc.; GE Ventures; InventionShare; PIUS Limited, LLC; Prasad IP, PC; Science Futures, Inc.; Stout Risius Ross, LLC; Tangible IP; The Boeing (News - Alert) Company; USPTO; and Visa among others. Program topics will explore some of the biggest challenges technologists and IP professionals face today and reveal best practices around intellectual capital management and standards. Session highlights include:
For more information about the conference, sponsorships or registration, visit http://lesmeetings.org/leadingedge/standards-in-icm/
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