Rewards and Risks of "Green:" How to Make Your IP Assets Work Double-Duty While Minimizing the Risks of Disputes
Your innovation and IP assets drive your business growth and provide a critical competitive edge. When extracting monetary value from your IP assets — such as licensing efforts — what’s not readily apparent can distract you from realizing profitability and even trap you into complicated disputes. In this series installment, How to Make Your IP Assets Work Double-Duty While Minimizing the Risks of Disputes, we shared first-hand experience from leading industry innovators to address methods for protecting the value of your technology investments via a well-managed licensing program and implementing safeguards from the hindrance of potential litigation disputes.
This discussion included:
- R&D: Creating royalty revenue and leveraging IP assets
- License grants: Enforcement rights versus ramifications
- Patent infringers: Safeguarding and managing their pursuit
- Potential litigations: Vital financial and business considerations
- Licensing parties: Licensing large patent portfolios versus a broad range of technologies
Featured Guest Speaker
- Martin Hanssmann, President of AltaStream Energy Solution Inc.
Featured Foley Speaker
- Debra D. Nye, Partner and member, Intellectual Property Department
- Sven Riethmueller, Partner and member, Private Equity & Venture Capital and Transactional & Securities Practices
Series Moderator
- Edouard C. LeFevre, Partner and member, Private Equity & Venture Capital and Transactional & Securities Practices
Debra D. Nye is the Foley attorney responsible for the content of this program.
Additional Series Programs: The next session of this series will address safeguarding against questioning by the FTC and competitors on the basis of unfair trade or false advertising as a green technology company. A separate invitation will be distributed.