IP MONETIZATION: New York 2014
Intellectual property has now become one of an organization’s most valuable business assets – with heavy pressure for IP leaders to create strong ROI from patent portfolios. IP owners are also facing broader challenges such as new federal legislation, increased threats from NPEs, and educating and collaborating across their organization.
The IP Monetization: New York Summit 2014 brings together IP thought leaders from a wide range of industries to benchmark and develop successful monetization strategies for valuating, accounting for, and commercializing IP assets and deliver consistent and long-term revenues.
- Due Diligence – The Building Blocks of Your Monetization Strategy
- The New Monetization Landscape: Goodlatte and AIA So Far – What to Expect?
- Running a Licensing Program – The Operating Company Perspective
- Litigation & Monetization – Striking the Right Balance?
- The Processes and Structures of a Monetization Program
- To Sell, To License or To Enforce - Using The Best Tool to Harvest Your IP
- The Human Factor – Building Your Team and Managing Your Leadership
- Chief IP Counsel
- VP & Director of IP Strategy
- Chief, Deputy and Associate General Counsel
- Intellectual Property, Trademark and Copyright Counsel
- Head of Litigation
- Director of Business and Legal Affairs
- Director/VP of Intellectual Property
- Director/VP of Licensing
- IP Counsel
- Patent Counsel
- VP & Director of Intellectual Asset Management
Dr. Webb received her B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University in NY, and her post-doctoral training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is currently Vice President, Intellectual Property at ARMGOâ„¢ Pharma, Inc, a privately held biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small-molecule therapeutics to treat debilitating cardiac, musculoskeletal and neurological disorders. Prior to joining ARMGO, Dr. Webb was at Aton Pharma, Inc., where she was part of a team focused on the discovery of a novel class of histone deacetylase inhibitors leading to the oncology drug SAHA (Vorinostat). She is the recipient of many honors and awards including a Fulbright scholarship. She is also registered patent agent with over 15 years experience in intellectual property portfolio management.
David Shofi is an attorney and IP strategist with over 24 years of experience in technology and intellectual property. He is presently Chief Legal Officer for Univercells, a Belgian business-to-business technology provider focused on increasing the availability of affordable vaccines and biotherapeutics to address global health challenges. Previously, as Vice President, IP Strategy Solutions and Chief IP Counsel for CPA Global, David helped clients of all sizes assess and identify opportunities for improvement of their IP processes As CIPC for ATMI, a semiconductor and lifesciences company, David managed all aspects of IP - strategically building the IP team and portfolio toward a successful company divestiture. David also served as IP Counsel for IBM Corporation, where he led development of processes relating to standards, open source software and due diligence. He was also an associate at the Baker Botts law firm. David earned his law degree from Pace University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
Principal member of IBM CHQ patent enforcement, strategy, and operations team. Responsibilities include development and implementation of patent monetization strategies, including enforcement and assignment; member of IP policy team; analytics; strategy and process development; advising worldwide enforcement legal team. Chair of Intellectual Property Owners Licensing Committee.
Catherine Toppin is Senior Patent Counsel & Manager at General Electric. Catherine has held several roles within GE’s IP group, most recently as a global team of patent attorneys and agents that provide IP support for multiple GE business units. Her practice currently consists of IP strategy and counseling, portfolio development and commercial transaction drafting and negotiation. Before joining GE, Ms. Toppin was an associate in the IP Group of a general practice firm in Boston, MA. She also worked as a Patent Examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She earned her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and her J.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore Francis King Carey School of Law.
Outside of work, Catherine speaks to underrepresented students and young professionals on the job and in her community. She is an active Princeton alumna, and currently serves on the board of the Association of Black Princeton Alumni, and the Leadership Advisory Council of the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She also serves on the boards of the Urban League of Southern CT, and Project S.T.E.P., a program that provides music education to underrepresented students in Boston. Her accolades include the Award for Service to Princeton, the Urban League Woman of Power Award, The Network Journal’s 2017 40 Under Forty Achievers, and most recently, the National Bar Association’s 2017 Diversity in Tech Award. In her spare time, Catherine enjoys salsa dancing and playing violin as principal second violinist in the New Westchester Symphony Orchestra.
