IP Law & Business Magazine Announces the 5th Annual IP Counsel Forum

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Incisive Media’s IP Law & Business magazine announced plans for its 5th Annual IP Counsel Forum, to take place March 24 - 25, 2009 at the Hilton San Jose in California. Targeted to general counsel, chief intellectual property counsel, intellectual property litigators, patent prosecutors and venture capital firms, the theme for this year’s two-day conference will be “How the Economy Affects Your IP.” A complete conference agenda and details are available on the Web at www.iplawandbusiness.com/ipcounsel.

Key session topics will include:

• “IP Litigation During Economic Hard Times: Are You Ready?”
• “Creating, Protecting, and Assessing IP in Today’s Marketplace”
• “Best Practices for Patent Litigation”
• “Employment Agreements That Protect a Company’s IP”
• “A Discussion on Patent Reexaminations”
• “Green IP – Legislation, Patents and Trademarks for Green Technology”

Industry experts and practitioners who will be speaking at the conference include;

• Graham Allan, VP law and deputy GC, legal services, Cisco Systems, Inc.
• Michael Bishop, general counsel, AT&T Knowledge Ventures, Inc.
• Thomas Donahue, chief counsel, intellectual property management, Boeing
• Mary Huser, VP, deputy general counsel, Ebay, Inc.
• Christopher M. Turoski, senior intellectual property lawyer, Cargill Incorporated
• Marc Vockell, senior counsel, litigation, Dell Inc.

This program has been approved for CLE, MCLE, CPE and CPD credits.

For additional conference information, or to register, please contact customer service at (212) 457-7905, e-mail rachel.lewyn@incisivemedia.com or visit www.iplawandbusiness.com/ipcounsel.

The conference is presented by IP Law & Business, in conjunction with Incisive Media Conferences and Trade Shows, a leading producer of educational and networking events for business leaders and professionals.

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