This conference will provide an opportunity for interaction among practitioners with diverse individual focuses - venture capital representatives and start-up executives, licensing strategists and business development directors, in house attorneys and leading legal experts.

Topics covered include: Initial Patent Filing Considerations, Attracting Initial Investments, U.S. — U.K. Biotech Partnering, Winning Patent Prosecution Strategies, Globalizing Your Patent Estate, Using the Madrid Protocol to Obtain International Trademark Protection, Patent Portfolio Due Diligence, Licensing Tips and Tools, The Nanotechnology Industry, and Post-Issuance Considerations (including Hatch-Waxman).

Registration Fee: $695