TechInsights Intellectual Property Symposium Unveils Inaugural Industry Panel Discussion TopicsSessions will focus on open source and China's developing intellectual property systemPRNewswire SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- TechInsights (http://www.techinsights.com/ ) today announced the industry panel topics for its inaugural Intellectual Property Symposium (http://www.eetimes.semiconductor.com/ ), a joint effort of EE Times, Semiconductor Insights and Portelligent, which is scheduled to take place April 15-16, 2008 at the San Jose Fairmont. The Intellectual Property Symposium is the first and only event to bring together the foremost legal, business and government minds to discuss the importance and logistics of properly protecting, managing and leveraging intellectual property. Co-located with the Embedded Systems Conference (http://www.embedded.com/esc/sv?cid=IPS ) and the EE Times ACE Awards, the Intellectual Property Symposium will address the information needs in the changing marketplace for patents and intellectual property in the electronics industry and will resonate with members of the engineering, business and legal communities. The Intellectual Property Symposium will offer three panel discussions on issues with open source and the developing intellectual property system in China.
Open Source Panels
IP Risks in Open Source Software
-- This panel discussion will feature the different ways traditional and
emerging companies are using open source software. The latest GPL
Version 3 license is one of the major topics.
-- Panelists: Joe Beyers, VP of Intellectual Property, Hewlett-Packard;
Jim Markwith, Open Source Software Licensing Counsel, Microsoft
Corporation; Jason Wacha, General Counsel, Monavista Software; Jim
Zemlin, Executive Director, Linux Foundation
-- Moderator: Rick Merritt, Editor at Large, EE Times
Managing Third Party IP in Solatersoftware Development Life Cycle
-- This session will describe how processes can be best integrated with
the Software Development LifeCycle to effectively manage risks
associated with using proprietary and open source software within
products.
-- Presented by: Mark Gisi, Sr. Intellectual Property Manager, Wind River
Systems
China Developing IP
-- This session will feature experts who have hands-on experience with
China's developing intellectual property system. Topics will include:
What's the outlook for China's patent office? What are China's IP goals
and are they achieving them? What is the IP litigation situation in
China?
-- Panelists: Dick Thurston, General Counsel, TSMC, Taiwan; Russell
Boltwood, VP, Licensing & Intellectual Property, UTStarcom, Inc.; Jun
Gong, Partner, Jun He Law
The event features attendees from both the technology and patent industries with executive titles such as: Chairman, President and CEO, Chief Technology Officer, Executive Vice-President/Director of Research and Development, Vice-President of Engineering, Vice-President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Vice-President of Intellectual Property and General Patent Counsel, and Vice-President Licensing. Attendees representing companies include: Altera Corp., Cisco Systems, Freescale Semiconductor, Honeywell, IBM, Intel Corp., Marvell Semiconductor, MIPS Technology, Qualcomm, Rambus, Seagate Technology, Verizon and more. The Intellectual Property Symposium will be co-located with ESC Silicon Valley (http://www.embedded.com/esc/sv ), the largest electronic systems design event in North America. To register for the 2008 Intellectual Property Symposium visit: http://www.eetimes.semiconductor.com/ Commentary: Rick Merritt, Editor-at-Large, EE Times "In preparation for this year's Intellectual Property Symposium, we met with industry experts and influencers to determine the most pressing IP issues companies are facing today. Protecting Intellectual Properties, especially in the Embedded Systems industry, is critical and companies need to understand the steps they must take in order to insure their unique ideas, products and service are protected. This year's symposium will address the current issues surrounding Intellectual Properties and with the help of industry experts, forecast the future of IP as well." About TechInsights (http://www.techinsights.com/) TechInsights is the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers -- the Creators of Technology -- that define, develop, and bring to market the electronic products that improve our lives. With global market leading brands such as EE Times, Semiconductor Insights, TechOnline, Embedded Systems Conferences and Portelligent, TechInsights is the leading dedicated information and services business serving the worldwide electronics market. For more information, please visit http://www.techinsights.com/. TechInsights is a division of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion. Contact: Jessica Devaney or Leslie Denson, Horn Group (on behalf of TechInsights) jdevaney@horngroup.com / ldenson@horngroup.com 617.431.1020 SOURCE: TechInsights CONTACT: Jessica Devaney, jdevaney@horngroup.com, or Leslie Denson, Web site: http://www.techinsights.com/ |