Laura Labeots, Ph.D., J.D. will present at the 2018 Research University Summit, hosted by Aon's Higher Education Practice on Thursday, December 6; 9:00 - 10:00 a.m., in Chicago, Il. She will address the following topic:
"Business Incubators, Industrial Parks: Who owns the Risks?”
The session will cover a number of topics, including:
- Invention Ownership: The inventing faculty member? The university? The research sponsor? Or, a combination of the three?
- When a faculty member has successfully brought a university-researched patent to the marketplace, who does he or she ultimately work? His/her own company? The sponsoring company? Or, the university?
- Common Patent Issues, i.e. First to File Rights
- Patent Trolls