Licensing Best Practices (eBook)

ROBERT GOLDSCHEIDER conceived and edited the first volume and is Coeditor of this book. He is an attorney and pioneer of the profession of technology management consulting. He heads the International Licensing Network, which was formed in 1975. He has also established precedence as an expert in litigation and has testified over fifty times. Mr. Goldscheider is the author of two treatises on licensing issues that are regularly update and has published over thirty articles on licensing-related subjects. He has been active in LES since 1967, has regularly lectured at LES and other meetings around the world, and believes he has taught more people about licensing than anyone alive. ALAN H. GORDON has thirty-five years' experience in the practice of intellectual property law. He established Alan H. Gordon & Associates after having been aprincipal/partner of Fish & Richardson, P.C.; a partner/shareholder with Arnold, White & Durkee (now Howrey, LLP); and an associate with Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis (now Buchanan Ingersoll P.C.). He earned his BS in engineering from Columbia University in New York City and his JD (with Honors) from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is a registered patent attorney in the U.S. and a registered patent agent in Canada and the Philippines. He is an author and frequent lecturer in the intellectual property area and has appeared numerous times as an expert witness in patent, trademark, trade secret, and licensing cases. Mr. Gordon has served as a local chapter chair, committee chair, trustee, vice-president, and secretary of the Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada).

Preface.

About the Editors.

About LESI.

PART 1: TERRITORIAL COMMENTARIES.

1. Licensing and Technology Transfer to China: A Roadmap.

2. Software Licensing as a Driver of the Indian Economy.

3. The Industrialization of Korea ( 1962 to 2002) from thePatenting and Licensing Perspective.

4. Japan on Its Way to Revitalization.

5. Secrets of Successful Dealmaking in Asia.

6. Modern Mexican Laws Governing Intellectual Property,Licensing, Antitrust, R&D, and Inventors Rights.

7. Licensing in Scandinavia: Home of Entrepreneurial Inventors,Industrialists, and Philanthropists.

PART 2: SCIENTIFIC ISSUES.

8. Global Innovation and Licensing Opportunities on theInternet.

9. Energy and the Environment: Driving Technology andLicensing.

10. Essentials of Licensing Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, andOther Cutting-Edge Technologies.

11. The Big Picture: nanotechnology Impacts Everyone.

12. Ensuring Royalty Compliance in High-TechnologyLicensing.

PART 3: BUSINESS, LEGAL, AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES.

13. Licensing Challenges Encountered by a Multinational LawFirm.

14. Small Companies' View of Licensing.

15. Managing Intellectual Property Allocation in JointVentures.

16. Experience in Norway with Strategic Alliances as a Work FormWhen Commercializing Technology.

17. Application of Game Theory to Intellectual Property RoyaltyNegotiations.

18. Administration and Auditing of License Agreements to PromoteControl and Harmony.

Suggested Reading List.

Index.

"The unique social science approach to legal principles was very effective and made the book not only easy to read, but very enjoyable." (Legal Information Alert, September 2006)