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Intellectual Property

GSU Corporate IP Roundtable

The GSU Corporate Intellectual Property Roundtable is the premier forum for the exchange of intellectual property ideas, best practices, information, and networking, exclusively for corporate attorneys and business people. Current members include:

AT&T
Center for Disease Control
Coca Cola
CompuCredit
Cox Communication
Delta Airlines
Equifax
General Electric
Georgia Pacific
Georgia Power
Georgia State University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Kimberly-Clark
Microsoft
SAP America
Scientific-Atlanta
Southern Company
The Weather Channel.

On July 17, 2007, the Corporate IP Roundtable hosted its last luncheon meeting of the year, focussing on IP Enforcement/Defense. The presentation materials (available here) were prepared and presented by three panelists from local law firms, including Bill Ragland from Hunton & Williams, LLP, Jim Ewing, from Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, and Bill Dyer from Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP.

The Corporate IP Roundtable meets 6 times each year for luncheon meetings. In January and the Fall, General Meetings are held on topics of general interest. Throughout the rest of the year, the Roundtable meets for focussed discussions regarding particular areas of intellectual property in a corporation. Four Sub-Groups conduct the discussions during those meetings, and each of the four Sub-Groups hosts at least one discussion per year.

The Sub-Groups are:

  1. IP Inside the Company

    Lead by: Jackie Hutter/ Monika Majors (Georgia Pacific), Karen Sabatino (Southern Company)

    Meetings: March 8th

    Subject Matter:

    • Strategy
    • Budget
    • Incentives
    • Sr. Management Buy-in
    • Culture
    • Internal Public Relations
    • Training
    • Employee/vendor Agreements

  2. IP Marketing

    Lead by: Carol Beckham (AT&T), Corrine Sukiennik (Kimberly Clark)

    Tentative Meetings: April 26

    Subject Matter:

    • Strategy
    • Budget
    • Prioritization
    • Licensing
    • Selling

  3. IP Enforcement/Defense

    Lead by: Chason Carroll (CompuCredit), Jeff Thorpe (Equifax)

    Tentative Meetings: July 17th

    Subject Matter:

    • Strategy
    • Budget
    • Approaching Infringers
    • Responding to Offers to License

  4. IP Asset Development

    Lead by: Vernon Meadows (The Weather Channel), Suzanne Seavello Shope, J.D. (CDC), Andrew Watkins, J.D., Ph.D. (CDC)

    Tentative Meetings: May 31

    Subject Matter:

    • Strategy
    • Budget
    • Prioritization
    • Quality
    • Cost
    • Timeliness

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