Stevens to hold industry conference on "Managing Intellectual Property" on May 4

Technology managers, product managers, engineers, scientists and attorneys will gather at Stevens Institute of Technology to discuss "Managing Intellectual Property" during a special one-day conference May 4, between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the Bissinger Room on the fourth floor of the Wesley J. Howe Center on the university’s Hoboken campus.

The Conference, conducted by the Stevens Alliance for Technology Management, will provide insight on how others manage intellectual property. The topic was chosen by the Alliance sponsors, considering the pace of global technology change and the strong positions being taken by international courts in protecting the rights of intellectual property holders. Many organizations have come to recognize the lucrative financial value of their intellectual property and are using the associated revenue as major elements of their business strategy.

The Conference will explore all aspects of intellectual property management. Speakers will include: Walter G. Hanchuk, of the law firm Morgan Finnegan, who will discuss licensing and property protection of software and services; Donald W. Merino, Jr., director of Licensing for General Instrument Corp., who will report on licensing strategies and the relationship between patents and product positioning; and Jack M. Granowitz, executive director of the Innovation Enterprise of Columbia University, who will describe how they aggressively manage more than $100 million of intellectual property assets annually for the university.

For more information on this conference, or to register, please contact Sharen Glennon at sglennon@stevens.edu, or 201-216-5381.

The Stevens Alliance for Technology Management is an industry-university partnership under the auspices of the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens. Its mission is to identify, disseminate and facilitate the implementation of more effective practices for the management and utilization of technology.

WHAT: Stevens Alliance for Technology Management Conference: "Managing Intellectual Property"

WHEN: May 4, 1999 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

WHERE: Stevens Institute of Technology, Bissinger Room, Fourth FloorWesley J. Howe Center, Hoboken, N.J. (Minutes north of the Hoboken PATH station and across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan)

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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