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The Intellectual
Property Symposium brings together a unique combination of thought
leaders in electronic systems, software, and semiconductors across the
engineering, business and legal professions.

This event is co-chaired by Rick Merritt, Editor-at-Large of EE Times and Mike McLean, Vice-President of IPinsights, Semiconductor Insights. Working with our Advisory Board
that includes senior executives from ARM, Cisco Systems,
Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and TSMC, they have created an in-depth
program that will resonate with those in the engineering, business and
legal communities.

The
conference is open to anyone who wants to understand what is going on
in the rapidly changing marketplace for patents and intellectual
property at the level of chips, systems and/or software in the
electronics industry.

Presented by EE Times, Semiconductor Insights and Portelligent, this two day symposium includes:

Keynote addresses on the state of intellectual property in electronics from:

• Peter Detkin, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures and former head of IP at Intel
• Mike Meurer, a noted author on the problems of the patent system and Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
• Jon Dudas, Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office

Plenary panel discussions on topics including:

• Issues in silicon IP with top technologists from Intel and Texas Instruments
• IP practices in China from companies with hands-on experience including TSMC and UTS Starcom
• Open source software with executives from Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and MontaVista

Drill-down sessions with recognized experts including:

• Three of the top SoC sessions from the IP ‘07 conference in Grenoble, France
• David Pressman, noted author on how to write and read patents effectively
• The head of IBM’s IP business on managing open standards and alliances
• The vice president of IP at Cisco on building an effective defense strategy

Wednesday, April 16th