DATE: October 14, 2015 TIME: 3:30 – 5:00 PM
LOCATION: Montgomery County Department of Economic Development, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 800, Rockville, MD 20850
PRESENTER: Ami Gadhia, J.D., LLM, CLP, Portfolio Director, Technology Licensing, Office of Technology Transfer, The Johns Hopkins University, and Dinesh Melwani, Esq., Partner, Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
ABSTRACT: Ms. Gadhia and Mr. Melwani will discuss Intellectual Property (IP) Licensing Strategies, including technology transfer considerations relating to corporations, universities, and startups. They will provide an overview of the technology transfer function between academia and industry, and the collaborative relationship technology transfer fosters between universities, corporations, and startups. Our speakers will discuss exemplary contentious issues (including prosecution of patents, improvements based on collaboration, publication, and financial terms), the reasons these issues are typically contentious, and potential solutions for bridging the gap and closing the licensing deal.