Listen to experienced IP professionals discuss how to help you right size your IP spending to strike the perfect balance between reducing IP costs and building your company’s IP position and technology value. This panel will also discuss how the changing IP regulatory environment may impact these decisions.
Moderator:
- Joseph Teja, Jr., Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Panelists:
Jeffrey A. Birchak, Vice President Intellectual Property, Fallbrook Technologies Inc.
Bruce Greenhaus, Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel, Entropic Communications, Inc.
Harry J. Leonhardt, Esquire, Vice President Legal, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Bryan C. Zielinski, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Pfizer Inc.
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