Global Patent Strategies: Best Practices for Successfully Managing Your Patent Portfolio

Managing IP’s first e-symposium, to be held on September 3, will be a unique opportunity to learn about, and ask questions on, the most pressing issues in US patent practice. Spanning five hours, the e-Symposium will include a keynote presentation, four hour-long online seminars and numerous polls and opportunities to ask questions of the speakers. Topics covered will include patent reform, litigation and monetization strategies. By taking part in the e-Symposium, you will be able to listen to the discussion, view all the slides and ask questions from the comfort of your own desk, anywhere in the world. This symposium will be invaluable for all patent.

Internet liberalization: opportunities and challenges for IP owners

Last month, ICANN approved plans to open up the top-level domain space to a broader range of applicants. There are predictions the decision could lead to hundreds of new gTLDs being launched, bringing a risk of cybersquatting to IP owners.

This web seminar will look at the reality of the announcement and the gTLD application process. Our panel of experts will provide advice on how trade mark owners can protect their rights in TLDs, as well as consider the opportunities the changes represent. It will be held on August 6th at 10:00am EDT / 3:00pm BST / 4:00pm CEST and will feature speakers from Yahoo! Inc. DotAsia, Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services and other thought leaders.

Global Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies: Tackling Trans-shipment Issues Using Customs and Other Enforcement Techniques

Managing IP will host a free web seminar, in association with Kluwer Law International and Baker & McKenzie, on best practices and techniques for global anti-counterfeiting. Join the web seminar to find out what your business can do to combat counterfeiting across multiple jurisdictions and hear first-hand advice from leading in-house counsel from Eli Lilly and BAT, and practitioners from Baker & McKenzie.

The web seminar will last approximately one hour and will address IP protection and enforcement issues facing IP owners around the globe.

Don’t miss this unique discussion which will also include an interactive Q&A session between the audience and our panel.

Internet Brand Protection: Tackling Online Infractions

With brands constantly under threat from new technologies and strategies, brand owners need to know how to prevent abuse of their online content, logos, emails and related information.

In this MIP web seminar, MIP editor James Nurton will chair a panel of domain name/internet specialists, lawyers and in-house counsel who will discuss the cost of online infractions, including the risks to corporate identity, and will discuss what brand owners can do to take action.

This web seminar will be essential for anyone who helps manage global brands and needs to know the latest tactics to ensure protection and take action against activities which damage and devalue the brand.

It will last one hour and will feature presentations from domain name and internet specialists, followed by a question-and-answer session.

IP Litigation at the ITC: Recent Developments and Best Practices

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) is playing an increasingly prominent role in patent enforcement in the US - for both American and overseas companies.
With its unique procedures and remedies, and increasingly IP-experienced Commissioners, the ITC is becoming a vital consideration in many enforcement strategies - especially in industries such as telecoms and semiconductors where fast and effective relief against infringement is required.

In this free Managing IP web seminar, a panel of IP practitioners with experience of acting before the ITC will discuss how it can be of use to IP owners and provide strategic advice on handling disputes there. They will also discuss recent developments and cases.

Anti-Counterfeiting in China

Managing IP will host a free web seminar, in association with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, on anti-counterfeiting in China on March 19. Join the web seminar to find out about the latest strategies to tackle IP piracy in China, and hear first-hand advice from brand owners and practitioners.

Speakers will include Barbara J Kaplan, senior counsel with V.F. Corp., owner of brands including The North Face, Jansport, Nautica, Lee and Wrangler, as well as Roxanne Elings and Harley Lewin of Greenberg Traurig.
The web seminar will last one hour and will address how to secure effective IP protection in China, how to investigate when counterfeiting problems arise and what options you have to enforce your rights.

As more and more western companies invest in China, and many find themselves faced with IP challenges, this will be an unmissable seminar for all IP counsel.

The event will also include an interactive Q&A session between participants and our panel.

Guerilla Cyber-Assaults: Protecting Your Brand on the Internet

Activities ranging from domain name hijacking to phishing and online fraud are becoming more common and more sophisticated. With brands under threat from new technologies and strategies, brand owners need to know how to prevent abuse of their online content, logos, emails and related information.

In this MIP web seminar, MIP editor James Nurton will chair a panel of domain name/internet specialists, lawyers and in-house counsel who will discuss the online threats to your brand, and how you can fight them.

This web seminar will be essential for anyone who helps manage global brands and needs to know the latest tactics to ensure protection and take action against activities which damage and devalue the brand.

The Launch of .ASIA

Find out more about .ASIA, including whether you should apply, what can be applied for during the sunrise period, what the validation system is, and how the .ASIA auction and dispute resolution procedures work.
Our panel will include Edmon Chung from the DotAsia Registry and other domain name specialists from VeriSign, Deloitte and others for a lively and highly topical seminar. Panelists will also answer your questions about the opportunities and challenges of the new .ASIA domain.

This web seminar will be essential for all in-house counsel, legal advisers, trade mark administrators and domain name specialists, and especially for those businesses that are active in or have expansion plans for the Asian region.

Trends in Technology Licensing

The web seminar will feature in-house IP specialists, including David Fligor of Tivo, and Greenberg Traurig professionals and will cover strategies for technology licensing in the light of recent legal and business developments.
In particular, the panelists will discuss licensing in a converging world, digital rights management standards, the recent US Supreme Court decision in MedImmune and the Supreme Court's overturning of the automatic bar on vertical price restraints.

This web seminar will be essential for all in-house counsel and outside advisers who handle technology licensing in the US and internationally, especially those working in high-tech and cutting-edge industries.

Patent Sales, Acquisitions and Valuation

The web seminar will feature in-house IP specialists and others, including Andrew Ramer of Ocean Tomo, and will cover different opportunities and strategies for leveraging your patent and technology assets through sales and acquisitions.

The strategic and financial advantages of both selling and acquiring patents will be discussed, and the speakers will also address how to make transactions as efficient as possible.