This seminar is not available for CLE Credit
The goal of this Video Leadership Seminar is to provide executives with critical information on understanding and negotiating technology licensing agreements. The video features 80 minutes of live video with William F. Swiggart of Swiggart Agin LLC sharing his best practices on various strategies and external factors that play into structuring a technology licensing agreement. The Video Leadership Seminar provides an inside look at the options executives have when structuring a licensing agreement, key provisions to pay attention to, and specific negotiation strategies to get the best terms possible.
Topics covered in the Video Leadership Seminar include:
Strategies for structuring licensing agreements
Specific provisions to be aware of and how to structure them
A list of the most often negotiated items and what your best case scenario is for each area
The key players and their motivations in structuring an agreement
Problem areas to avoid that could haunt you later
A detailed look at the most significant IP laws behind licensing agreements
Case Studies of specific situations and what you should learn from them
About William F. Swiggart:
William F. Swiggart incorporates and grows start-ups, and facilitates transactions such as debt and equity investments, IP licenses, and mergers & acquisitions. He registers and defends trademarks and copyrights, and also helps resolve business conflicts. Mr. Swiggart is a graduate of Princeton University (A.B. 1977) and the University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D. 1982), where he was a member of the Connecticut Law Review. He has served as General Counsel to Bitstream Inc., and to ON Technology Corporation.
Mr. Swiggart is a frequent lecturer on topics of licensing, technology, & start-up issues to groups such as the New England Corporate Counsel's Assocation, the Mass. Bar Association, and the MIT Enterprise Forum. He helped found, and served as first President of the Princeton Entrepreneurs Network, Inc., a 501(c)(3) qualified organization that promotes entrepreneurship via national and regional events, and currently serves on its Board of Directors and as Boston Chapter Head. He is a founding member of the AIGC, and edits its journal, The Independent Counsel.
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