Intellectual property the focus of April 16 seminar

The campus community is invited to attend an April 16 seminar in the in Durham Research Center II Commons Area on intellectual property (IP) and licensing.

Registration and more Register online. Contact Susan Drammeh at sdrammeh@unmc.edu for more information.

The seminar is part of a professional development series developed by UNMC, its technology transfer company, UNeMed, and the Licensing Executives Society (LES) — a professional society composed of nearly 5,000 members engaged in the transfer, use, development and marketing of intellectual property.

The seminar will cover:

• IP basics — patents, trademarks, know-how, and trade secrets;
  
• Smart strategies for creating, organizing, managing and securing IP assets;
  
• Commercialization — bringing IP to market;
  
• Royalties and ideas for maximizing IP value and making money; and
  
• A licensing game with an interactive deal negotiation.

A limited number of student and postdoc scholarships are available through UNeMed. In addition to breakfast and lunch, students and postdocs also will receive a one-year membership in LES.

The cost to attend the seminar is:

• LES members and non-members — $195
  
• University/government — $125
  
• Non-member student — $35