The Twin Cities IEEE Engineering Management Society invites you to attend a presentation:
 

Intellectual Property Issues in Outsourced Product Development
By Peter Forrest
Thursday, 26 April, 2007 6:30pm to 8:30pm
 

Hosted by:
PaR
899 Highway 96 West
Shoreview, MN 55126
 

Agenda:
6:30 to 7:00 Refreshments, networking
7:00 to 7:45 Main presentation
7:45 to 8:30 Questions and networking.
 

About the Topic/ Outline:
Intellectual Property Issues in Outsourced Product Development

Companies that outsource product development activity (whether onshore or offshore) do so at the risk of losing their intellectual property, even when development contracts address the problem. As outsourcing continues to extend beyond software into other technologies, identifying and managing such risks takes on greater importance. This talk will outline the major legal and business challenges to avoiding undue exposure to loss of these vital intangible assets.

About the Speaker:

Peter Forrest is an Attorney with Moore & Hansen in Minneapolis. He has a diverse business background, is curious about new technologies, and loves to dig obscure facts out of patent and technical databases. Fortunately, he’s figured out how to practice law at the same time, and his clients benefit greatly from his research and counsel on intellectual property and technology development strategy. Peter’s clients receive broad-based, cost-effective advice based on his balanced practice of creating, licensing, and litigating patent issues. He is certified by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. And, of course, he’s experienced in dozens of technical fields, notably electronics, optics, materials science, computer architectures and applications, data storage, financial and e-commerce methods, and many types of medical devices. Clients throughout the U.S., the Pacific Rim and Europe value his services. Peter has a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Seattle University, a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law, and a Master of Science degree in Management of Technology from the University of Minnesota. For his complete BIO see http://www.mhiplaw.com/attorneys.html.

Location:
 

PaR
899 Highway 96 West
Shoreview, MN 55126

PaR Systems will be hosting this meeting. PaR is located at 899 Highway 96 West in Shoreview, MN 55126.

Directions:

From 694 take Lexington Ave. North to Highway 96 and turn right. Take the 2nd left onto Milton Street and turn left immediately into the parking lot in front of the building. Drive through the parking lot to the west side of the 2 story office building. The main entrance is in the front corner.


Cost:
Free for EMS members and non-members attending for the first time; $10 otherwise. Refreshments will be provided.
Registration:
Please pre-register before noon on April 24th 2007 by using the online registration form at:
http://www.tc-ieee-ems.org/meetingregistration.htm

For more information about the meeting call Dave Hendrickson at
(612)709-7675 or email daveh(REMOVE THIS PART)ATcomputerDOTorg
For further information about the Twin Cities IEEE Engineering Management Society Chapter, see our web site at http://www.tc-ieee-ems.org/