The degree to which these issues are implicated for each company depends on the details of its strategic plan:
- Does the company envisage a distributed production grid, or is it planning to build a few large facilities?
- Will the production equipment be manufactured in the United States or abroad?
- Will the company own and operate the electricity generators?
Representatives from industry-leading companies taking a wide range of technical approaches to these problems discussed some of the problems they face and the solutions they’ve found. A particular focus of the conversation was the intellectual property challenges these companies face—employment contracts, trade secret protection, freedom to operate issues, outsourcing production, and filing strategies.
Panelists
- Jeff Hagan, Investment Banker, Managing Director, Canaccord Adams
- John Kinney, CEO, Clean Fund LLC
- Annemarie Meike, Ph.D., J.D., Business Development Executive, Industrial Partnerships Office, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-795
- Justin Raade, President and Founder, Halotechnics
Foley Speaker
- George C. Best, Partner and member, IP Litigation Practice
Foley will apply for CLE credit after the breakfast briefing.
George Best is the Foley attorney responsible for the content of this program.
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