GSU Corporate IP Roundtable
The GSU Corporate Intellectual Property Roundtable ("Roundtable") is a partnership initiative between the Georgia State University College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business and provides the premier forum for the exchange of intellectual property ideas, best practices, information, and networking, exclusively for corporate attorneys and business people.
The Roundtable is organized by Kent Stier, Merchant & Gould, and Jackie Hutter, The Hutter Group,and is one of the Initiatives of the GSU Intellectual Property Advisory Board (IPAB)
The 2009 Members of the Roundtable include:
AT&T
Chick-Fil-A
CISCO
Coca-Cola Company
Collegiate Licensing
CompuCredit
Cox Communications
Equifax
General Electric
Georgia Power
Georgia State University
Georgia Institute of Technology
J.M. Huber Corporation
LexisNexis
McKesson Provider Technologies
Microsoft Corporation
Newell Rubbermaid
Panasonic
Scientific Games International
Southern Company
Southwire
The Weather Channel
Turner Broadcasting System
UPS
The Roundtable has hosted luncheons focussing on such topics as IP Enforcement/Defense. One presentation was prepared and presented by three panelists from local law firms, including Bill Ragland, Jim Ewing, and Bill Dyer.
Sub-Groups of the Roundtable have included:
- IP Inside the Company
Subject Matter:
- Strategy
- Budget
- Incentives
- Sr. Management Buy-in
- Culture
- Internal Public Relations
- Training
- Employee/vendor Agreements
- IP Marketing
Subject Matter:
- Strategy
- Budget
- Prioritization
- Licensing
- Selling
- IP Enforcement/Defense
Subject Matter:
- Strategy
- Budget
- Approaching Infringers
- Responding to Offers to License
- IP Asset Development
Subject Matter:
- Strategy
- Budget
- Prioritization
- Quality
- Cost
- Timeliness
Another partnership initiative between the
Georgia State University College of Law and the
J. Mack Robinson College of Business is the
Corporate IP Institute, which is an annual two-day comprehensive event. For more information, Contact Chason Carroll at
chason.carroll@compucredit.com.
Comments or suggestions may also be sent to suggestions@gsuip.org.
