ADVANCED
IP LICENSING TRANSACTIONS

Conference in Detail
Friday • June 25, 2004


8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 Introduction and Overview
Michael L. Bishop, Esq.
Program Co-Chair
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
Atlanta, GA

James Steinberg, Esq.
Program Co-Chair
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Atlanta, GA
8:45 Negotiating and Drafting Licensing Agreements
Trends in transactional models and current thinking on key terms such as required consents, indemnifications
David S. Teske, Esq.
Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, GA
Antitrust and misuse issues in complex licensing
Gordon T. Arnold, Esq.
Arnold & Ferrera, L.L.P.
Houston, TX
10:15 Break
10:30 IP Management Strategies
A conversation about the best internal processes and procedures for both licensor’s and licensee’s
Michael L. Bishop, Esq.
Program Co-Chair
James Steinberg, Esq., Program Co-Chair
11:30 International Transactions
Special issues for multinational transactions involving the export or import of technology
Raymond Van Dyke, Esq.
Nixon Peabody LLP
Washington, DC
12:15 Lunch (on your own)
1:30 Content Licensing
Issues and strategies related to obtaining rights to media and other content
Joseph W. Looney, Esq.
Adams and Reese LLP
New Orleans, LA
2:15 Trademarks and Branding
A conversation about strategies for maximizing the value of trademarks and terms to include and avoid in trademark licensing agreements
Elizabeth A. “Betty” Morgan, Esq.
Moderator
Hunton & Williams LLP
Atlanta, GA

Joan L. Dillon, Esq.
Joan Dillon Law, LLC
Atlanta, GA

James Reed, Esq.
Managing Director of Trademark Licensing
BellSouth Intellectual Property Marketing Corporation
Atlanta, GA
3:30 Break
3:45 Licensing Economics
Valuing intellectual property; alternative royalty structures
David A. Kennedy, CPA
Intellectual Property Asset Corporation
Atlanta, GA
4:15 Maximizing the Bottom Line and Receiving Full Value
Tax issues: Tax planning for offshore intellectual property transfers and other sophisticated tax strategies
Joseph B. Darby, III, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Boston, MA
Avoiding problems arising from licensing with troubled companies: Issues related to the uncomfortable interface between intellectual property law and insolvency law
Gary K. Saidman, Esq.
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Atlanta, GA
5:30 Adjourn


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