Speaking 2009

The current schedule of public appearances and conference speaking
engagements for Ron Laurie and other members
of Inflexion Point staff is provided below.

2010
February 23-25, Newport Beach, CA
12th Annual IBF Corporate Venturing & Innovation Partnering Conference
(International Business Forum)
Panel: Investing in the IP Marletplace: New Business Models for Patent Acquisition,
Enforcement & Defense (Moderator)

March 24, San Francisco
IP Markets 2010
(ICAP Ocean Tomo Spring Auction)
IP Think Tank

April 14-15, Palo Alto
Future of IP and Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley and Beyond
(IP Counsel Café)
How is Damages Law Affecting the Patent Market?

May 6-7, San Francicso
IP Monetization 2010
(Practicing Law Institute)
The Patent Market: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?

June 20-22, Munich
IP Business Congress 2010
(IAM Magazine)
The CIPO role in knowledge-based business

2009
January 21, New York City
Maximizing Returns on IP Portfolios
(Incremental Advantage)
Panel: IP Asset Management – An Overview of Best Practices (Moderator)
Panel: The Roles and Responsibilities of Chief Intellectual Property Officers
Panel: Patent Trolls: Identifying Them & Mitigating Their Damage
Case Study of Spinning-Off IP

February 6, Berkeley
T heory & Practice of Patent Valuation
(Berkeley Center for Law & Technology)
Valuation Practices: Buyers and Sellers – Aggregators and Brokers Panel

February 18, Dallas
Maximizing Returns on IP Portfolios
(Incremental Advantage)
Panel:The Roles and Responsibilities of Chief Intellectual Property Officers
Panel: Patent Trolls: Identifying Them & Mitigating Their Damage
The Role of IP in M&A Decisions

March 18, Palo Alto
Creating New Opportunities in a Challenging Economy
(LES-Silicon Valley Eighth Annual Conference)
Building the Team Around the Technology

March 24, Palo Alto
Maximizing Returns on IP Portfolios
(Incremental Advantage)
Patent Trolls: Identifying Them & Mitigating Their Damage (Moderator)

March 26, San Francisco
IP Markets 2009
(Ocean Tomo Spring Auction)
IP as a value Driver in M&A

May 7, Montreal
LES Spring 2009 Meeting
Panel: Effective and Intelligent Patent Evaluation
A Buy-Side Perspective on Patent Value

May 13, San Francisco
IP Monetization
(Practising Law Institute)
Current Developments in Patent and Technology Monetization

May 19, Philadelphia
Maximizing Returns on IP Portfolios
(Incremental Advantage)
Panel: IP Asset Management – An Overview of Best Practices (Moderator)
The Role of Intellectual Property in Merger & Acquisition Decisions

June 8, Washington, DC
FICPI World Congress
Panel: IP Valuation, IP Auctions, IP Licensing
The Current Patent Monetization Marketplace

June 22-23, Chicago
IP Business Congress
(IAM Magazine)
Plenary: The 21st Century CIPO

July 16, Webcast
IP Think Tank Podcast
Panel: Where To Now in the Age of Intangibles?

July 22-23, Chicago
IP Markets 2009
(Ocean Tomo Summer Auction)
Panel: IP Think Tank: The Future of the IP Marketplace
Existing and Emerging IP Business Models

September 7, Goteborg, Sweden
CIP Forum 2009
(Center for Intellectual Property)
Panel: Beyond Out-Licensing: Defining and Engaging in IP Financial Transactions
Current Markets in Patent and Technology Monetization

September 18, Santa Clara
SD Forum Open Innovation and Corporate Research Fair
Panel: Open Innovation in Practice

September 22, Webcast
Strategies for Commercializing Patent Assets in a Down Economy
(IPEngine IP2Value Webinar No. 1)
Challenges in Patent Valuation

September 24, Menlo Park
M&A Journal IP Roundtable 2009
Buying into the Idea Business

October 30, San Francisco
15th Annual IP Law Institute
(Practicing Law Institute)
Corporate Panel: Managing IP in a Challenging Economic Environment
Exisiting and Emerging IP Business Models

December 2, Webcast
Patent Valuation
(IP Engine IP2Value Webinar No. 3)
How Financial Buyers Assess Patent Value

December 4, Ann Arbor
Markets for Patents: Emerging Practices and Directions for Research
(Univ. of Michigan Law School)
Panel: The Business of Buying and Selling Patents
How Financial Buyers Assess Patent Value

December 11, East Palo Alto
10th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute
(Univ of Texas, Stanford, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology)
Panel: Patent Markets and IP Valuations: Where Are We Now and What’s Ahead?
How Finaniclal Buyers Assess Patent Value

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