DataCert's Domenic Leo to Lead Panel Discussion at American Intellectual Property Law Association's Mid-Winter Institute.Session Features Industry Leaders Addressing Corporate Intellectual Property Cost Management HOUSTON -- DataCert, Inc., the leading provider of electronic invoicing and legal spend management solutions, announced today that Domenic Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. , DataCert's vice president of intellectual property business development, will lead a panel discussion centered on corporate intellectual property (IP) cost management at the American Intellectual Property Law Association's (AIPLA AIPLA American Intellectual Property Law Association ) annual Mid-Winter Institute. AIPLA's Mid-Winter Institute will be held in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded on January 24-27, 2007. Cost management of IP spend and expenses has been an increasingly important issue for corporate America over the past several years. Leo's session, "Corporate IP Cost Management," will present an educational discussion on both high-level and hands-on approaches to controlling corporate IP spend. Panelists will discuss how to capture and analyze legal spend, how to project portfolio costs, the latest IP billing standards and global filing strategies. Panelists include Robert Silverman of Concert Pharmaceuticals, William Heinze of Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , Tim Guffey of Procter & Gamble and T. David Reed David Reed or Dave Reed may refer to:
The session, scheduled for Thursday, January 25 at 4 p.m. CT, will commence with opening remarks from Aaron A. Weiss, AIPLA's chair of licensing and management of IP assets committee. For more information on the session, a conference agenda or continuing legal education The purpose of continuing legal education is to maintain or sharpen the skills of licensed attorneys and judges. Accredited courses examine new areas of the law or review basic practice and trial principles. credit eligibility, please visit www.aipla.org. About AIPLA The American Intellectual Property Law Association Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) is a national bar association that was formed in 1897 to improve intellectual property laws and educate the public about such issues. (AIPLA) is a national bar association constituted primarily of lawyers in private and corporate practice, in government service, and in the academic community, with more than 16,000 members. The AIPLA represents a wide and diverse spectrum of individuals, companies and institutions involved directly or indirectly in the practice of patent, trademark, copyright, and unfair competition law, as well as other fields of law affecting intellectual property. For more information, please visit www.aipla.org. About AIMS IP Advanced Invoice Management System IP (AIMS IP) is a practice-specific electronic invoicing and legal spend management solution that allows corporate finance and intellectual property managers to take control of their IP spend. AIMS IP leverages the industry's leading team of professional service providers to optimize the value of a company's legal spend management process. Using AIMS IP, invoices are validated against corporate outside counsel guidelines, routed, adjusted and approved, then posted to intellectual property docketing and/or accounts payable systems. About DataCert, Inc. DataCert, Inc. is the largest and fastest-growing supplier of electronic invoicing and corporate legal spend management solutions. DataCert's products and services provide a substantial return on investment to corporations looking to take control of their outside legal spend. With more than 7,300 customers in 110 countries, including 56 of the Fortune([R])500, DataCert processes in excess of $9 billion of electronic invoicing data on an annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. basis. DataCert is headquartered in Houston with regional offices in London and Austin. Visit DataCert at www.datacert.com for more information. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion