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Newswise — The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) will host two debates on controversial topics at the AUTM 2010 Annual Meeting, Building a Stronger Community, March 18 – 20, in New Orleans, LA.
On Thursday, March 18, 1:30 – 3 p.m., during the AUTM Debate Forum: Role of Inventors in Negotiating License Transactions, perspectives will be shared on the issue everyone is talking about. How involved should academic inventors be in the licensing of their inventions? Should universities be taken out of the equation altogether? Would a “free agent” system where faculty can take their inventions anywhere for licensing be better ? These questions and more will be argued by debaters that have been outspoken on both sides of the issue: Renee Kaswan, IP-Advocate.org, Robert S. MacWright, Ph.D., J.D., Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP, Marcel D. Mongeon, M.B.A., LL.B., Mongeon Consulting Inc., and Robin L. Rasor, University of Michigan.
Explore the issue the American Civil Liberties Union recently brought to the forefront, Friday, March 19, 1:30 – 3 p.m., during the AUTM Debate Forum: Perspectives on Patenting Genomic Inventions. Debaters include: Wesley D. Blakeslee, Johns Hopkins University, Robert M. Cook-Deegan, M.D., Duke University, Michael W. Henry, Athena Diagnostics Inc., Debra G.B. Leonard, M.D., Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and Lori Pressman, Harris & Harris Group Inc.
About AUTM
The Association of University Technology Managers is a nonprofit organization with an international membership of more than 3,000 technology managers and business executives. AUTM members — managers of intellectual property, one of the most active growth sectors of the global economy —come from more than 300 universities, research institutions and teaching hospitals as well as numerous businesses and government organizations.
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