This webinar short course will be facilitated via Zoom. The following is a schedule breakdown of the Intellectual Property Law Update Commercialisation topics and speakers:
8:55am Log in to Zoom – participants arrive
9:00am Welcome and introduction - Chaired by Professor Natalie Stoianoff
9:05am Topic 1 - Identifying and auditing the IP in your business - presented by Professor Natalie Stoianoff
- IP you didn’t know you had
- Valuation of IP
- Key assets brand logo and trade mark
- Patents
- Copyright and confidential material
10:05am Break (10 mins)
10:15am Topic 2 - Licensing your patents and trade secrets for commercialisation - presented by Scott Bouvier (Partner) and Karen Litherland (Senior Associate), King & Wood Mallesons
- Key features of a patent and trade secrets licence
- Designing the licence scope
- Encouraging licensee performance – KPIs and consequences
- Key risks with royalty clauses
- Managing the IP registration and enforcement process
- Structuring options for assignment
- Protecting springboard use
- Managing Unfair Contract Terms (UCT) risk
11:15am Break (10 mins)
11:25am Topic 3 Start-up issues such as choice of structure – presented by Fred Chilton
- Business structures
- Research and development agreements and strategic alliances
- IP ownership and security over IP
- International considerations
- Preparation for exit/external investment
12:25pm Panel discussion and questions from the audience
12:55pm Close