Registration Closed: Please contact chapters@les.org for onsite registration availability.
DATE & TIME
Monday, February 13, 2012
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Registration & Breakfast
9:00 AM – 5:30 PM: Course
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM: Reception
LOCATIONS
Course
ExxonMobil Upstream Technical Training Center
3102 Buffalo Speedway
Houston, TX 77098
Directions
Parking
Reception
Blanco's Bar & Grill
3406 West Alabama @ Buffalo Speedway
Houston, Texas 77027
(713) 439-0072
DESCRIPTION
This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives. Each course, taught by both legal and business experts working as a team, is divided into five topics with examples, exercises and interaction between instructors and fellow students. Topics include: Introduction to IP; Basics of IP Commercialization & Licensing; Determining Reasonable License Fees & Royalty; Managing Risks; and a Licensing Case Study.
The course is divided into the following five modules:
| Module 1. | Introduction to IP: Introduction to the different types of IP including patents, trademarks, copyright, trade dress, and trade secrets. |
| Module 2. | Basics of IP Commercialization & Licensing: Introduction to licensing, including reasons for licensing, description of licensing agreements, infringement, competition law, and relationship-building. |
| Module 3. | Determining Reasonable License Fees & Royalty: Licensing risks and rewards, different valuation methods (e.g., Market, Financial, Cost) and their pros and cons, and royalty structures. |
| Module 4. | Managing Risks: Identifying and managing different types of risk, including confidentiality, infringement, liability, collection of royalties and other fees, and unlicensed competition. |
| Module 5. | Licensing Game: Students put into practice what they've learned by dividing into licensee and licensor teams and then discussing and negotiating terms of a licensing case study, based on both public and confidential information they are given. At the end of the negotiating session all teams report their results and how and why they reached them. |
CLE/CPE
IP Basics is approved for CLE in the following states:
Texas: 7.0 hours
California: 7.0 hours
Illinois: 7.0 hours
Pennsylvania: 7.0 hours
Click here for more information about CLE
INSTRUCTORS
Malcolm (Mal) J. Kaus, Independent Consultant
Jeffrey Whittle, Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani
REGISTRATION FEE
(includes breakfast, lunch, and networking reception)
LES Member and Non-Member: $195
University Faculty: $125
LES Student Member: $25
Non-Member Student: $35*
*For non-member student, fee includes one year LES (USA & Canada) student membership
Can't make the course. Join course participants and faculty at the evening networking reception at Blanco's Bar & Grill.
Reception Only
LES Member: $20
LES Non-Member: $25
Online Registration Deadline: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 12 PM CST
CANCELLATION POLICY
No refunds after February 6
Substitutions are permitted
COURSE CONTACTS
Online Registration
chapters@les.org
Course & Location
Anne M. Culotta
anne@culottalawfirm.com
Nearby Hotels
Renaissance Houston Greenway Plaza Hotel
6 East Greenway Plaza
Houston, TX 77046
(713) 629-1200
website
Courtyard by Marriott Houston West University
2929 Westpark Drive
Houston, TX 77005
(713) 661-5669
website
Residence Inn Houston-West University
2939 Westpark Drive
Houston, TX 77005
(713) 661-4660
website
INSTRUCTOR BIOS
Malcolm (Mal) J. Kaus
Malcolm (Mal) J. Kaus, retired from ExxonMobil as Upstream Intellectual Property Process and Licensing Manager had responsibility for all ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company’s work processes and procedures for the acquisition, maintenance, assertion and defense of its Intellectual Property. As Licensing Manager, Dr. Kaus had responsibility for all licensing transactions impacting ExxonMobil’s Upstream business. He was also responsible for Intellectual Property aspects of Commercial Agreements, Joint Developments and Joint Industry Programs, as well as dispute resolution and enforcement issues.
Prior to this assignment, Mal Kaus was Intellectual Property Process and Global Polymers Licensing Manager, with responsibility for all ExxonMobil Chemical's work processes and procedures for the acquisition, maintenance, assertion and defense of its Intellectual Property. As Global Polymers Licensing Manager, Dr. Kaus was responsible for all licensing transactions (in/out) impacting ExxonMobil's global polymers businesses including polyethylene, polypropylene, specialty ethylene elastomers, butyl rubber and adhesives strategic business units. ExxonMobil Chemical is a premier licensor of high pressure Low Density Polyethylene technology with operations or licensees in over eight countries and ten locations. ExxonMobil Chemical also licenses its Polypropylene technology.
Previously Dr. Kaus was Global PE Products Technology Manager, with responsibility for ExxonMobil's product development and customer technology support for its worldwide PE business. This includes LLDPE, HDPE, LDPE, EVA, EAA IOTEK Ionomers, EXCOR EAA's, EMA and a variety of other specialty copolymers. Technology support is provided from ExxonMobil's Technology Centers located in the United States (Baytown and Baton Rouge), Canada (Sarnia) and Belgium (Machelen) and Singapore.
Prior to this assignment Dr. Kaus was responsible for Exxon Chemical's intellectual property litigation in the metallocene catalyst area. Partially overlapping the above assignment, he was also Polypropylene Marketing Manager from 1996 until December 1998, with responsibility for market strategy, pricing, supply/demand planning and financial analysis for Exxon Chemical’s North American Polypropylene business
Previously, he was worldwide EXXPOL® Venture Manager, and had responsibilities for three areas: EXXPOL Ethylene Polymers (Exact® Plastomers); EXXPOL Propylene Polymers (Achieve™); and EXXPOL catalyst manufacturing. He was appointed to this position in 1991. He was responsible for all activities related to the manufacturing, product development, sales and marketing of Exact Plastomer products; and for commercial supply of all EXXPOL catalysts and raw materials, as well as catalysts for licensee use.
Preceding his assignment as worldwide EXXPOL Venture Manager, Dr. Kaus was Exxon’s Chemical’s worldwide ESCOR® / IOTEK® Venture Manager from 1988 until 1991 and was located in Antwerp, Belgium.Kaus joined Exxon Chemical Company in 1980 in Baytown, Texas as a Senior Research Chemist working in the Polyolefin Catalyst Development group. In 1982 he was named Department Head of the Polyolefin Catalyst Development group, and in 1985, he was named Department Head of North American Polyethylene product development and technical service. Prior to joining Exxon Chemical Company, Kaus held R&D management positions at Dart Industries and Stauffer Chemical Company. During this time he also held the position of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Pace University (New York).
He is a summa cum laude graduate of Washington and Jefferson College with honors in Chemistry and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. Dr. Kaus earned his Doctorate in Chemistry from Brown University in 1976. He also holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston. He is the inventor of a number of patents in the areas of polyolefin catalysis and polypropylene. Dr. Kaus is also a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP™) and is currently serving a two-year term on the CLP Board of Governors.
Jeffrey Whittle
Jeffrey Whittle has experience representing clients in various technology-based transactions, including
licenses, agreements for technology development, transfer, acquisition, joint development, product
development, strategic alliance, collaboration, and product distribution, as well as various other intellectual
property agreements in the software, e-commerce, energy, telecommunications, mechanical/electrical,
financial, and medical industries.
Mr. Whittle also has experience representing clients in various patent, trademark, copyright and other
intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark and copyright preparation and prosecution, mergers
and acquisitions, due diligence investigations and opinions, strategic planning, portfolio analysis, various types
of intellectual property, litigation and client counseling. Mr. Whittle is a frequent speaker and author nationally
and internationally.