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BringingUnlikeMindTogether
WorkshoponPatents,PatentingandMonetisingPatents6thDecember2010
TheIITMadrasResearchParkfacilitatesresearchanddevelopmentbytheinstituteinpartnershipwithindustry,assisting
thegrowthofnew
ventures,andpromotingeconomicdevelopment.Patentsarerecognizedasanessentialpartofpromotingeconomicdevelopmentthroughinnovation.Filingpatents
isanessentialfirststepforinnovators,andmustbedonepriortopublication.Welldraftedpatentsarebehindthesuccessofeverysuccessfulnewventure.Maxvalisacompanyinvolvedinhelpingcompaniesmaximize
the value of their inventions through patent related services and
is partneringwith
IITMadrasResearchParktowardtheircommonobjectives.
Patentshavebecomeanimportantassetclassforcompanies,sometimesyieldingmorerevenuesfrom
licensing the patents than sale of products. Judgments in patent
infringement suits have awarded
damagesworth billions ofUS $ thatUniversities have gotten in the
act of patenting, licensing and
sometimesenforcingtheirpatents.
TheCohenBoyerpatents,whicharefundamentalpatentscovering
recombinant DNA technologies formed the basis for Genentech and
have earnedmore than $500
million.
USuniversitiescurrentlyreapcloseto$2billiondollarsinlicensingrevenuesannually.
Thisworkshopwill introducepatents, patenting, and discuss
approaches tomonetizingpatents. The
event is freeandopen toparticipants from
IITMadrasResearchParkand facultyand studentsof IIT
Madras.Otherswillbeaccommodatedonspecialrequest,ifspaceisavailable.
Programme: 6th December 2010
Venue: Auditorium, IIT Madras Research Park
Date
S.No Topic Speaker Time1 Welcome Address and Introducing
SpeakersDr.SandhyaShekhar 2.30pm
1. IntroductiontoIntellectualPropertyPatents, Trademarks,
Copyrights Basic
Knowledge Required for Scientists and
Engineers.
2. IntroductiontoPatentsWhy Patent? Patenting Concepts,
Patent
Drafting,ClaimDrafting,FileFirstandThen
Publish
Dr.D.BommiBommannan 2:403:30pm
TeaBreak 3:303:45pm3. PatentSearch,PatentFilinginIndia
Dr.V.Shankar 3:454:15pm4. Discussion5. MonetizingPatents
Building a Portfolio; Licensing and
Assertion
Dr.D.BommiBommannan 4:305:00pm
6. Discussion 5:005:30pmREGISTRATION
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ProfileofDr.D.BommiBommannan,PhD,JD
hankar, PhD
D. Bommi Bommannan is the founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board
of MaxVal Group, Inc. Bommi
founded MaxVal in 2003 to maximize the value of patents,
particularly in the life sciences arena.
Before founding MaxVal, Bommi was associated with Menlo
Ventures, where he established a
medical device incubator. At the incubator, he cofounded two
medical device companies and was
the CEO of one of them, NTERO Surgical, Inc., until 2002.
Through MaxVal, Bommi develops and implements patent portfolio
management strategies for
various companies. His Indian subsidiary MaxValIP, develops
sophisticated software tools for
patent data analysis and mining.
Bommis work experience includes research and management
positions at Merck, Cygnus, and Alza.He is an inventor on more than
20 patents and has published more than 50 articles in
scientific
journals. He received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from a joint
program between UCSF and UC,
Berkeley, his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from
A.C. Tech., Anna University
(Chennai, India) and his law degree (JD) from Stanford Law
School (order of the coif). He is aegistered patent attorney (USPTO
and California).r
Profile of Dr. V. S
V. Shankar is Vice President, MaxvalIP Limited. He has been with
Maxval since 2006 in patent
searching, patent drafting and analysis in the area of medical
devices. Currently he leads several
initiatives in the areas of exploring new business
opportunities, establishing resource competence,
quality management systems and planning, apart from patent
drafting and filing in India.
Prior to Maxval, Shankar has 20 years of experience in materials
and engineering research at Indira
Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, at least eight of
which have been in technology
development. He received his PhD in Metallurgical Engineering
from IIT Madras for work done at
the Indira Gandhi Centre, in 2001. He has a masters degree in
Materials Science & Engineering
from Oregon Graduate Institute (USA) and a bachelors degree in
Metallurgical Engineering from
National Institute
ofTechnology,Tiruchirappalli.HeisaregisteredIndianPatentAgentwiththeIndian
Patent Office and a certified International Welding Engineer. He
has published over 25 papers in
scientificjournals.
