Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar on "Protect Your University's Patents while Avoiding 'Troll' Allegations" on December 15, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern). Mary Anthony Marchant of Morris, Manning and Martin, LLP will help attendees identify when to assert university IP rights, and how to do it in a way that staves off bad PR related to misconceptions of troll-like behaviors. The webinar will cover the following topics:
• Defining the differences between trolls and universities as NPEs
-- Federal Trade Commission’s Patent Assertion Entity activity
-- Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Committees on factors that affect patent infringement litigation
• Key Issues for the university and TTO to consider, including:
-- Public relations with faculty, administration, alumni
-- Protecting university technology and sending a message to potential infringers
-- Public institutions as good stewards of taxpayer funds
• Proactive PR best practices
-- with faculty and other internal stakeholders
-- with the court of public opinion
• Examples of positively and negatively viewed suits from several universities, including:
-- RPI v. Apple
-- Harvard v. Micron and Global Foundries
-- Carnegie Mellon v. Marvell
-- WARF v. Apple
The registration fee for the webinar is $197. Those interested in registering for the webinar, can do so here.
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