Prioritizing Your IP Portfolio

Time: Noon - 1:30 p.m. EDT Location: Online Presenter: Laura Schoppe, MBA, MSe, RTTP Fuentek LLC Rene Meadors Georgia Tech Research Corporation Nichole Mercier, PhD Washington University in St. Louis Do your technology managers have overwhelming caseloads? Are patent costs outpacing growth in licensing revenues? Are departments underreporting new inventions given their research dollars? This session will present best practices in getting the IP portfolio under control, which in turn increases staff productivity, minimizes patent costs, and positions the TTO to achieve greater success. Drawing on the real-world experiences at several universities, the panellists will share their successful strategies to optimize the IP portfolio.