INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGIES FOR VC AND PE INVESTORS

Lex Machina is launching a whole new type of Legal Analytics applications - Comparator Apps

The IP Stars researchers will provide information on this year's research process, which begins in September, and answer questions from IP practitioners and business development executives

In 2015, charitable donations to colleges and universities reached an all-time high of $40.3 billion. As university endowments seek greater returns in a diverse international marketplace, the challenges from investing in funds in high-risk jurisdictions increase exponentially.

Join Kroll Associate Managing Director John Arvanitis and guest Michael A. Lukasek, CPA, Managing Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Office of Investments, to discuss how to build a world-class compliance program for endowments. Participants in this webinar will gain insights into topics including:

Best practices for vetting and engaging with investments and fund managers in high-risk jurisdictions.
How to establish protocols in preparation for the compliance requirements of the changing regulatory environment.

Three reasons why you join us on July 15

1. Regulatory regimes around the world are evolving and expanding. Higher education endowments must ensure compliance with not only all federal and state laws, but increasingly, foreign regulations as well.
2. Recently, a number of legislative proposals have been advanced that seek to regulate endowment activity and revoke tax-exempt status, leading to heightened scrutiny of and public visibility into endowments and their activities.
3. Expanding into high-return but high-risk jurisdictions can also intensify reputational risks to institutions.

Earlier this year, hundreds of senior compliance leaders told Kroll and Ethisphere what they perceive to be their greatest risks in our 2016 Anti-Bribery and Corruption Report. Do you share the same challenges? Are you aware of or giving the requisite attention to new risks that have emerged? More important, what are the most effective ways to stay ahead of bribery and corruption challenges in 2016 and beyond?

In this interactive webinar on June 22, you will have the opportunity to learn about proven strategies and best practices for solving compliance challenges from our world-leading experts in FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and the growing number of international compliance laws.

Join in the conversation with Kevin Braine and Joe Spinelli from Kroll, and Erica Salmon Byrne from Ethisphere, as they share their insights on the practical implications of the most significant findings in the ABC Report, including the growing concerns over personal liability. All participants will also receive a digital copy of the ABC Report with statistics helpful for benchmarking their compliance programs.

A discussion of an insightful statistical analysis of IPR and CBM trials at the PTAB. The analysis avoids pitfalls that obscure true picture of PTAB proceedings. More importantly, the discussion will address how the statistics should shape your PTAB trial strategies.

This webinar will cover topics including:

• A Dive Into Key PTAB statistics
• Overall success rates, on a claim by claim basis
• Comparisons of success rates for statutory grounds
• Trends in institution rates
• Comparisons to district court success rates
• Differences in technology areas
• The likely reasons behind the numbers
• A glimpse into the future

ベトナムは、アジア太平洋地域のなかでも引き続き海外からの直接投資が多い国のひとつです。堅調なGDP増加、多くの自由貿易協定、インフラ改善、多い若年層、安価な労働力といったマクロ経済視点での好材料がビジネスを呼び込む要因となっています。一方で今年1月に開催された第12回共産党大会で選出された新指導部の動向は、投資家にとって不確定要素やリスクが残ります。また、南シナ海を巡る地政学的な状況についてもベトナムでビジネスを展開する際の懸念材料であり、さらに、政府による情報統制は、ディールの行使に際して大きな課題となっています。

投資先としてのベトナムについて、クロールのシニア・マネジング・ディレクター、アジア太平洋地区統括責任者である影山正と、マネジング・ディレクター、東南アジアのジャパンデスク・ヘッドである坂出國雄がセミナーを開催し、クロールが過去にベトナムで行なった調査を踏まえながら、ベトナムでのビジネス上および政治上のリスク、新指導部の動向、自由貿易協定が海外からの投資に与える影響、事業運営する際の留意点やビジネスリスクについて紹介します。皆様のご参加を心よりお待ち申し上げております。

Vietnam continues to be a major foreign direct investment destination in Asia Pacific. The country has positive macro-economic factors demonstrated by its solid and continued GDP growth, a number of free trade agreements, improving infrastructure and a young demographic and low labor costs which has encouraged businesses to relocate there. However, there remain a number of potential uncertainties and risks for inbound investors given the new government administration following the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 12th National Congress in January. The geo-political situation around the South China Sea is also an issue for those operating in Vietnam, and limitations in obtaining information and disclosures can present challenges to parties executing transactions.

Join Kroll and Duane Morris to learn about the risks and opportunities offered by Vietnam. Richard Dailly, Managing Director at Kroll, Giles Cooper, Partner, and Manfred Otto, Associate at Duane Morris will share more about Vietnam as an investment destination, what the legal and political risks are of doing business there and how the new administration and free trade agreements could affect inward foreign investment. They will also address the complexities of running a business in Vietnam, reviewing operational risks from investigations Kroll has conducted, Duane Morris's experiences with respect to due diligence of Vietnamese partners, compliant and workable solutions.

Join Lex Machina on April 28 for the release of our new 2015 ANDA Litigation Report.
Register here for a live webcast, where Jeff Gargano, Partner McDermott, Mark Rachlin, Senior Patent Counsel GSK, and Owen Byrd, CG Lex Machina will discuss our latest report on ANDA litigation and how you can leverage Legal Analytics to make data-driven decisions about Hatch-Waxman case strategy and tactics.

The presentation is about a magic eight (ball). Not quite the answer machine you knew as a kid, but similar.

Today your clients expect outside counsel to manufacture answers on demand. Answers about extrinsic risks, expressed in terms of what client stakeholders are doing in legal, technology and business terms. And they may want you to bring the answers to the table before they commit to the firm. You can't just shake the old 8ball for answers but you also can't cost-effectively predict problems before they arise. Or can you?

Spend 45 minutes with Anaqua to hear from World Leading IP Strategist Barry Brager as he discusses 8 factors of insight you can bring to the table in your client development - far in advance of your next client win.


Barry is a Certified Licensing Professional that brings a unique combination of expertise in entrepreneurship, analytics and marketing to the firm’s diverse teams, tools and techniques. In his role, Barry helps clients fully leverage innovation and IP strategy with a range of Expert Services from IP creation to IP monetization that have supported decisions related to billions in IP transactions.

Broadcasting live from the MIP Africa Roadshow taking place on April 6 in New York, this 60 minute webinar will discuss the vastly different approaches needed to effectively protect your IP rights in Africa.

Topics include:
•The last frontier: How African laws and systems are evolving in an ever-changing world
• Adopting strategies for protecting and enforcing IP rights in Africa – unique challenges
• Navigating vastly different approaches across territories in order to effectively protect IP rights
• Gaining traction from the significant economic improvements that have occurred in many
African economies

Presenters: Simon Brown, partner and chair of trade marks department, Adams & Adams; Kevin Curran, global IP counsel, Ascensia Diabetes Care; Charles Macedo, partner, Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein; Jenny Pienaar, partner - trade mark litigation, Adams & Adams; James Nurton, managing editor, Managing Intellectual Property.