Rewards and Risks of "Green:" Where Innovation Is Meeting Investment

In our first installment, “Where Innovation Is Meeting Investment,” we revealed U.S. innovation trends based on issued green technology patents and garnered insights from a leading global investor in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries. The discussion included: 

• Innovation landscape — white space versus over-saturation
  
• How investors assess investment opportunities
  
• Which green technology sectors appear likely to attract investment in the near to mid-term
  
• Financing and IP strategies for green technology companies at different life cycle stages

Featured Guest Speaker

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  Greg Kats, Senior Director and Director of Climate Change Policy, Good Energies

Featured Foley Speakers

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  Edouard C. LeFevre, Partner and member, Private Equity & Venture Capital and Transactional & Securities Practices
  
  
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  John M. Lazarus, Senior Counsel and Chair, Green Energy Technologies Team

Series Moderator

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  Leon Radomsky, Partner and member, Green Energy Technologies Team

Edouard C. LeFevre 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. Details will be announced soon.