The Value of Patents

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Never before have Canadian businesses been so focused on the value of patents. With the historic sale of Nortel Networks Corporation's technology patents for US$4.5 billion and the Federal Court of Appeal's approval of business method patents in Canada (Attorney General) v. Amazon.com, Inc. 2011 FCA 328, the patent race is on, leaving businesses and financial institutions scrambling to keep up with their competitors who have been patenting their innovative way of doing business for decades. 

From an IP perspective, understanding the value of patents is critical to identifying patent opportunities, building a patent portfolio, or defending against the patent rights of a competitor. From an M&A perspective, companies need to understand how to assess the value of patents as part of the valuation of a business.

Please join Chris Hunter, Matt Marquardt and Allyson Whyte Nowak as they discuss how to identify patent opportunities in your organization, how to assess the value of patents, and how to use patents offensively and defensively as part of your company's overall IP strategy.

For your convenience, this seminar will be presented twice as a breakfast session and a lunch session. To register, please click on the RSVP button and select one of the sessions.

Time and Venue

Breakfast Session
Thursday, May 10, 2012
8:00 a.m. Breakfast  
8:15 - 9:00 a.m. Seminar

Lunch Session
Thursday, May 10, 2012
12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Seminar

Norton Rose Canada
Suite 3800
Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower
200 Bay Street
Toronto

Registration

Please register by May 1.