VCTF: What's IP Got to Do with It? Evaluation, Valuation and Protection March 22, 2006

http://www.VCTaskForce.com

Venture lawyer Gary Benton will lead a panel of four experts who will speak on IP strategies in portfolio company investment, licensing and exit deals. The panelists include leading experts in venture investment, company management, law and IP consulting with notable experience and successes in their fields. The panel will provide practical business and legal guidance on due diligence and how to evaluate, protect and maximize the value of portfolio company patents, copyrights, trade secrets and other IP. The panelists will share their experiences on IP strategies ranging from building defensive patent portfolios to using royalty licensing models to engaging in "bet the company" IP litigation battles against industry titans.

This will be a valuable program for venture capital investors who are looking at new investment opportunities or advising existing portfolio companies on IP strategies. What's the right way to do IP due diligence? How does IP factor into pre-money valuations? How do you set the value of IP in licensing deals? What are the models for maximizing the value of portfolio company IP? What's the business strategy behind IP lawsuits? What IP strategies will improve exit valuations?

Moderator:
Gary L. Benton, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Panel:
Huoy-Ming Yeh, Co-Founder and Director, PacRim Venture Partners
Peter Redford, CEO and Chairman, TV Interactive Corporation
Lloyd Nirenberg Ph.D., Partner, Shannon Bayes Venture Corporation
David H. Jaffer Ph.D., Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Time:
6:00 - 7:00 PM: Registration, Networking, Hors d'oeuvres and Beverages
7:00 - 8:30 PM: Panel Discussion followed by Q&A

$45 VC Task Force members, $65 Affiliates, $87 General.

Website: http://www.VCTaskForce.com
Email: jr@vctaskforce.com
Phone: 650-968-1304