LES Britain & Ireland Upcoming Events
In a joint Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and Licensing Executives Society Britain & Ireland (LES B&I) webinar, Samantha Williams and Claudia Duffy will each present their thoughts on what leads to a successful university spin-out offering practical advice on how the interests and expectations of the parties can be accommodated. With Graham Johnson moderating they will then discuss some of the issues that may have been holding back successful commercialisation of IP and how those might be overcome.
LES*/CIPA Member – FREE
Non Member – £70
*Please contact cpd@cipa.org.uk to receive the free LES member rate.
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Speakers:
Dr. Claudia M. Duffy, EPA BSc, MSc, PhD (Cantab) Founder of Innovare IP and Alta IP
A former Scientist turned European Patent Attorney and IP Entrepreneur, Claudia has 10 years’ experience as a Research Scientist (in Munich and Cambridge), over 16 years’ experience as a Patent Attorney in both in-house (for two Cambridge University spin-outs) and private practice roles (in London, Cambridge and Edinburgh) and over 5 years’ experience as an IP Entrepreneur. She is the Founder of Innovare IP, a full-service practice of patent and trademark attorneys working with entrepreneurial communities, investors and universities and Alta IP, a LegalTech company developing a Suite of Apps based on digitised IP services.
Claudia is an Ambassador for Women Enterprise Scotland, a Professional Member of the Economy and Enterprise Committee of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She is also a Member of CIPA’s and EPI’s IP Commercialisation Committee.
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Samantha Williams, Trinity College Dublin Knowledge Exchange Office and LES B&I Council
Dr Samantha Williams has a D.Phil. in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford and then worked in industry as a research scientist with Unilever Research in the United Kingdom. She then joined the Medical Research Council’s Technology Transfer Group based in London and continued to pursue a career in technology transfer, with over 20 years’ experience in both the UK and Ireland in the successful commercialisation of intellectual property arising in the academic sector. She has been Licensing Manager at Trinity College Dublin, since 2017 and is responsible for Trinity’s Intellectual Property licence agreements to established companies and to new Trinity spin-out companies. She is also currently Chair of the Irish Chapter of LES Britain & Ireland and a Director of LES Britain & Ireland Ltd.
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Graham Johnson, Appleyard Lees IP LLP and President of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Britain and Ireland
Graham Johnson is a partner at Appleyard Lees IP LLP and President of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Britain and Ireland. As a dual-qualified patent and trade mark attorney with over 20 years’ experience, Graham has worked with both universities seeking to create spin-outs to commercialise their IP and businesses wishing to utilise university-originating IP
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Speaker: Nicole Topping, Vice President Legal – Iconix International
More details coming soon.
LES Britain & Ireland Past Events
At the CITMA Paralegal Conference, they are bringing you a full day of high-value learning opportunities with a programme developed to match your interests.
This is your chance to nurture and grow skills and competencies specific to your career as a paralegal.
Benefits at a glance
- Learn about a variety of paralegal-specific subjects from some of our industry’s most inspiring speakers
- Take part in hands-on sessions to boost your skill sets
- Gain five hours of CPD to support your development goals
- Make new connections within the paralegal community
The speakers joining on the day represent a wealth of experience from the paralegal profession and beyond, enabling them to share highly relevant insight with you.
Alongside developing your professional skills and knowledge, the conference will also see you invest in your network.
The LES100 Training Course will be taking place in LONDON on Thursday, 6 June 2024!
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.
The course will provide an overview of intellectual property and licensing, divided into five modules, with examples, exercises, and interaction between instructors and fellow students including a mock licensing negotiation.
It is 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.
What does the course cover?
An overview of IP and IP Licensing, divided into five Modules, with examples, exercises and interaction between instructors and fellow students in each Module:
Module 1: Introduction & IP Basics: This Module introduces, defines and gives examples of the different types of IP including patents, trademarks, copyright, designs and trade secrets in the context of commercialisation.
Module 2: Basics of IP Commercialisation & Licensing: Introduction to Licensing, including reasons for licensing, description of licensing agreements, infringement, competition law, and relationship-building.
Module 3: Determining Reasonable Licence Fees & Royalty Rates: This Module talks about risks and rewards, different valuation methods (Market, Financial, Cost) and their pros and cons, together with royalty structures.
Module 4: Managing Risks: Identify the different kinds of risk and how to manage them, i.e. confidentiality, infringement, liability, collection of royalties and other fees.
Module 5: Licensing Game: Students put into practice what they have learned by dividing into licensee and licensor teams that then discuss and negotiate terms on a licensing case study. At the end of the sessions all teams report their results and reasoning.
How long is the course?
One full day. Modules 1,2 and 3 are presented in the morning, and Modules 4 and 5 in the afternoon. Module 5, with its negotiating and reporting sessions, is the longest of the five. Lunch is included.
Instructors.
LES100, as with all LES courses, is taught by LES volunteers who are active practitioners in their fields.
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The LES B&I 2024 Annual Conference will be held on Wednesday, 5 June. Click HERE for full details.
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.
– Navigating the IP Maze – IP strategies for growing businesses
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The Conference will be followed by a 3-course dinner at Picolinno (£65).
On Thurday, 6 June there will be a full-day LES100 Training Course, “Commercialising IP through the Power of Licensing”. Find out more here.
A discussion with Scottish B Corp Beauty Kitchen and B Leader Mehalah Beckett
Jo-Anne Chidley and Mehalah Beckett will discuss the following:
- Third party certification
- B Corp
- Standards and process
- Sector specific considerations
- Collective action and IP
LES Member – FREE
Non Member – £20
Non Member Group Rate (up to 5 colleagues) – £50
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Join LES B&I’s North-West Committee for an evening meeting in Manchester.
Speaker: James Wall, Legal Counsel at Therme Group
LES Member – £25
LES Member Guest (must register with member) – £30
Non Member – £35
Group booking discounts available upon request to the LES B&I Admin Office
Pricing includes light food and drinks.
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LES B&I Scotland Committee is excited to announce:
“What’s the Gen? An Overview of Global Trends in Generative AI Litigation and Practical Use Cases for IP Professionals”
Mark Cruickshank, Managing Legal Counsel at RBS, will talk about RBS’ GenAI global case tracker they have compiled, pull out some key themes from the litigation and offer a few thoughts on where it might end up and what the impact will be.
Anoop Joshi, Chief Trust Officer at Trustpilot, will talk about some Practical Use Cases of GenAI that Trustpilot and share his view on the opportunities it presents for them.
LES Member – FREE
Non Member – £20
Non Member Group Rate (up to 5 people) – £50
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Are you involved in global licensing? Do you try to keep track of what’s happening in the IP and licensing world? If you answered ‘yes’ to these questions, then our new series of 90-minute webinars is just for you!
LESI, in conjunction with LES Britain & Ireland, LES Andean Community and LES Singapore, is delighted to announce the next in their series of “ask me anything” sessions . You will hear from speakers in Britain & Ireland on what’s current in their patent and licensing world and also have the opportunity to ask questions and join interactive discussions with other attendees.
Moderator: Graham Johnson – Partner at Appleyard Lees IP LLP
Speakers: Patrick Cantrill, General Counsel at Getech Group PLC – “Technology licensing – a checklist for striking deals with larger players”
Dai Davis, Solicitor and Chartered Engineer Partner at Percy Crow Davis & Co. – “IP, Brexit and Licensing: some high level issues now the dust has settled”
Tom Gaunt, Partner and Head of Intellectual Propery at Lewis Silkin LLP – “The Unitary Patent and the UPC a few months in and the mood music from the UK”
When considering the cost of patent filing strategies, a trade secret programme might initially look very favourable. But is it? We bring together a panel of expert practitioners to consider the relative return on investment (ROI) of the seemingly mutually exclusive strategies of trade secret and patent protection, and the considerations which should be applied better to optimise financial return on the innovation.
The panel will be chaired by Dr Karl Barnfather, Senior Patent Practitioner at Withers & Rogers LLP, and he will be joined by speakers:
- Jennifer Burdman, Chief IP Officer at Valo Health in Boston
- Nigel Swycher, CEO and founder of Cipher (recently acquired by LexisNexis)
- Dai Davis, Solicitor and Chartered Engineer at Percy Crow Davis & Co.
Find Out More about the Speakers Here!
LES Member – FREE
Non Member – £20
Non Member Group Rate (up to 5 people) – £50
Please join us for the 3rd Scottish LES event of the year.
We are delighted to be joined by Ooni. Kristian Tapaninaho and Christie McCluskey will take us through the journey of Ooni so far. Taking us back to Kristian’s initial idea and how the technology and brand have achieved global sucess. They will also cover what the future looks like for Ooni.
Kristian invented the world’s first portable wood-fired oven in 2012 and since then, he has gone on to build world-class product and a world-class team at Ooni. He will be joined by Christie McCluskey who is the General Counsel at Ooni. Christie joined Ooni in March 2022 to set up Ooni’s in-house legal team. Christie has worked with big brands in the past. Having previously worked with the global marketing teams and the engineers at William Grants & Sons she is passionate about innovation and building a strong brand.
LES Member – FREE
Non Member – £20
Non Member Group Rate (up to 5 people) – £50
Join LES B&I for our YMC Conference where panellists and contributors will discuss a wide range of topics which we are expecting will impact the protection and licensing of intellectual property for years to come.
You will hear from the Intellectual Property Office on its “One IPO Transformation” project, look at how the Unified Patent Court could impact licensing (and litigation) in Britain and Ireland, and consider developing hot topics such as global licensing structures and (of course) the metaverse!
It will be a great opportunity to meet, share experiences and hopefully learn something new!
View the Preliminary Programme & Speaker Bios
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Lee McNeil – Founder, Tebex Limited
Session speakers include:
LES Member – £30
LES Member Guest (must register with LES Member) – £50
Non Member – £80
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Interested in a discounted group rate? Please contact les@northernnetworking.co.uk for further information.