THE JOURNEY TO COMMERCIALISATION

Whatever the size of your organisation, bringing new products to the market or entering new markets can be challenging. Obstacles range from protecting your own intellectual property and navigating around that of others, to finding the right collaboration partner and getting finances in place.

At the 2024 Annual Conference, LES B&I will bring those with an interest in licensing and intellectual property together to share experiences and thoughts on how to face the challenges and make the journey to commercialisation run smoothly.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

“Practical Guide to IP Strategy”
This presentation will discuss IP strategy and how to align it with business. Why great strategies may win on paper but fail in practice? Why making a great IP strategy is so hard and what to do about it?
“Trouble on the Tracks – from origin to enforcement
– a real journey of IP commercialisation”
James Love will interview Gordon Donald, past MD of Yorkshire manufacturing company Geofabrics Ltd, on the successful protection and enforcement of patented technology, including:
1. A journey through IP protection, commercialisation and enforcement;
2. The value of patents to an SME;
3. How a small Yorkshire company took on a multinational;
4. A client’s perspective of High Court patent litigation.

 

VIEW THE PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME.

 

REGISTER HERE

Click here for the manual registration form.

The Conference will be followed by a 3-course dinner at Picolinno (£65).

LES100 TRAINING COURSE

The full-day LES100 Training Course, “Commercialising IP through the Power of Licensing” will be held on Thursday, 6 June.

This is the introductory course in the Licensing Executives Society’s Intellectual Asset Management Series and it is designed for those who are relatively new to licensing.

It is specifically aimed at:

  • -SMEs who require an introduction to licensing Intellectual Property (IP),
  • -Those who are new to or considering a career in licensing and technology transfer,
  • -Lawyers and Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys looking for greater familiarity with the business of IP licensing,
  • -Entrepreneurs who need to understand the value of their IP,
  • -Technologists who want to understand how to identify and monetise IP,
  • -Those working in university technology transfer, and
  • -Students interested in learning the basics of IP and how to commercialise IP through licensing.

More information can be found here.

REGISTER HERE

Click here for the manual registration form.

Thank you to our sponsor!

Sponsorship Brochure will be launching soon!

Thank you to our venue hosts!

ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS:

Please contact les@northernnetworking.co.uk for more information on sponsoring or if you have any questions regarding the Conference/LES100.