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IP
and Business: Protect to Serve
Strategic
management of intellectual property can attract capital and secure
revenue. Without it, a company's strongest asset can slip away.
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here for the full article
larta Announcements
Coming
this September: Larta University's Fall Session:
Protect
Your Technology--Law Workshop
Intellectual
capital is a company's life blood, and protecting those assets is
a complex, multilayered activity. This workshop covers the most
crucial legal and business strategies any company should know before
exposing its technology to a competitive marketplace--from copyrighting
and trademarks, to contract negotiations and strategic alliances.
September 5 in Irvine at Ernst and Young, September 6 in Santa Monica
at Microsoft.
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Capital Campaign continues for larta
A Personal Letter from Rohit Shukla, President and CEO
Since its founding, larta has been able to provide top-quality
services thanks entirely to the demand for our programs, the generosity
of our sponsors and volunteers, and, especially, consistent support
from the State of California.
click here to read the letter
Survey:
The Region's Tech Economy
from the California
Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency
This survey is being conducted to help
identify the concerns about the sustainability of California’s
technology-based economy and how its success can benefit even more
Californians.
click
here to participate in this survey
Related
articles
How to Keep Others From Ripping Off Your
Ideas
"No
matter how great the technology or how big the market for it, there
is no guarantee that the value from a new technology will go to
the innovator," notes Wharton management professor Sidney G.
Winter in a chapter from the recent book, Wharton on Managing
Emerging Technologies.
click
here for the full article from Knowledge at Wharton
Defining
the intangible: technology transfer and intellectual property
Former UCLA researcher Nir Kossovsky was so frustrated with his
university's inability to patent his inventions for commercialization
that he abandoned academia to start The Patent and Technology License
Exchange (PL-X).
He's hoping his new company might help research institutions with
their unfinished business of technology transfer.
click
here for the full article from the May 11 issue of LA VOX
Technology
transfer and commercialization: The long and winding road
This presentation examines the problems of the tech transfer process,
from Rohit Shukla, larta CEO. We welcome all opinions and
suggestions to this presentation, please click
here to send your comments.
click
here to view presentation in PDF format
The biotech boom: see you in court
The latest battlefront in the Great Stem Cell Kerfuffle flared up
on Monday in the U.S. District Court in Madison, Wisconsin. No real
surprise: the litigants are the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
(WARF) at the University of Wisconsin, where human embryonic stem
cells were first isolated a few years ago and patented; and Geron
(Nasdaq: GERN) of Menlo Park, California, which paid for the exclusive
right to develop six tissue types from those cells. Given Congress's
push to chill stem cell research and President George W. Bush's
decision last Thursday to confine federal funding of such research
to 60 existing embryonic stem cell lines, this case matters. Specifically,
it's vital because most scientists in this field believe there are
not, in fact, 60 lines, but probably something more like 10 or less.
click
here for the full article from Red Herring
Other
articles
.com
Diaries
Where
do new media warriors turn after their online dreams crash and burn?
Uh, old media. A partial list of upcoming books by former Internet
tycoons and their cronies.
click
here to read the list from Talk magazine's print edition
VCs
see rise in tech investments
Silicon Valley and East Coast venture capitalists said for the first
time since January that they expect technology investing to stabilize
and pick up activity, according to a survey by Deloitte & Touche
LLP.
click
here for the full article from Internet Week
Clinic to give embryos to Harvard for stem cell research
The nation's largest fertility clinic will begin providing leftover
embryos to Harvard University scientists for stem cell research,
a deal that could make the Cambridge campus one of the world's top
suppliers of embryonic stem cells.
click
here for the full article from Boston Globe
NIH stem cell registry almost complete
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) registry of the 60 human
embryonic stem cells lines will be completed within the next few
days, according to two groups that have some of the stem cell lines.
click
here for the full article from CNN.com
Money changes everything
During the exuberant heights of the Internet craze, dot-commers
mocked the business practices of the old economy. Now that the bubble
has burst on the Internet craze, old-economy fogies are getting
their say--the basics -- such as profits and a workable business
model -- really are important.
click
here for the full article from Union Tribune
Top
ten perks of the new, new economy
Remember the days of the lavish company retreats, Friday night happy
hours in the office party room and playing foose ball 'till dawn?
Those days may be over for most technology firms. But look on the
bright side, you still have "The Upload" and the Top Ten
List.
click
here for the full article from Washington Post.com
Venture capitalists get innovative to survive
The wise owls of the venture capital world have a disheartening
message: Don't hold your breath waiting for a recovery, and start
finding creative ways to survive.
click
here for the full article from San Jose Mercury News
Bioscience
Venture Salon
If
you are a Bioscience company and would like to present in a private
showcase to investors, please email schao@larta.org.
click
here for more information
Recommended
Fall Conferences
For
technology equipment vendors...
September 11- Guangdong Business Fair
Eight cities from the Guangdong Province of China will team
to host a Business Fair, 2001, bringing with them a laundry list
of goods and products to purchase in the United States for a total
of $221 million. With emphasis on technology products, the eight
cities are looking to purchase computer chips, circuit boards, and
other technology equipment as well as form joint ventures with American
companies. For
reservations and a complete listing of products available for joint
ventures and products sought to purchase in the United States, call
the Los Angeles-Guangzhou office at 213-626-8368. Fax registration
is 213-626-8361 or e-mail at lagsca@prodigy.net.
On
global wireless opportunities...
September 11-13: PCIA Global Exchange 2001
The City of Angels will turn into the City of Global Wireless Opportunities
when PCIA GlobalXChange 2001 opens its doors. Education tracks,
workshops, keynote speakers, and a host of exciting exhibitors on
the expo floor. You'll be able to network with mobile convergence
powerhouses like NTT DoCoMo, Sonera, Visa, MasterCard, Research
In Motion, Intel and more. Register online at pcia.expoplanner.com.
larta members please use promo code PCIA01 and receive 50%
off admission to the expo floor and keynote sessions, and/or off
all education tracks. LA Convention Center, Sept. 11-13.
click
here for more information
For
the US Asian Venture Capital Firms and Angel Investors...
September 17-18: Asia-Silicon Valley Technology Investment Conference
AAMA is a leading Asian American technology business network
fostering US and Asian technology enterprises and entrepreneurs.
Attendance at the conference includes US and Asian venture capital
firms and angel investors. In today's economic climate, the conference
offers a valuable environment for entrepreneurs to meet investors
and partners that may not otherwise be easily accessible. Selected
companies across key industry segments-- Optical Networking Infrastructure
and Photonic Components, Storage Networking and Sub-systems, Wireless
Products, Integrated Circuits, and Enterprise Software and E-Commerce--will
showcase their technology, value proposition, and business model.
Venture capitalists and angel investors will be on hand for discussions.
larta members are invited to attend at AAMA's special member
rate. Please mention larta when registering to qualify for
the discount. Hyatt
Rickys, Palo Alto.
click
here for more information
On
nanotechnology, microsystems, and MEMS...
September 18-21: Small Tech 2001
Washington, D.C. - Attend this trade show and conference premiere
for businesses, customers, and researchers of the small tech industry
that includes nanotechnology, microsystems and MEMS. Meet industry
leaders bringing these revolutionary technologies to the marketplace.
Prepare for a generation of products that will have smaller, faster,
better and more inexpensive components. The implications are sweeping
for biotechnology, energy, wireless communications, automotive and
others. Enjoy a special larta discount of $899 for full conference
registration ($1,195 value). (when registering, enter you heard
about the show from a friend and enter larta as your friend's
name).
click
here for more information
For those interested in tech-based
economic development...
September 19-21: State Science and Technology Institute's (SSTI)
Annual Conference: Creating Opportunity: Tools for Building Tech-Based
Economies
With more than 20 sessions, this event will have something for
everyone interested in tech-based economic development. This year,
in addition to 12 great sessions on policies and practices for tech-based
economic development, there are two new separate tracks of inter-related
sessions on critical themes, Universities in Today's Tech-Based
Economy and Resources for Building Tech-Based Economies. larta
CEO Rohit Shukla will be a featured speaker at this high-profile
event. September 19-21, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Price of admission varies.
click here for more
information
This events calendar is provided as a service by larta on
behalf of various partner organizations and about events vetted
and endorsed by larta.
August
23: SDRTA's Big eSchmooze
It's
Back! If you haven't yet experienced the Big eSchmooze, the RTA's
signature networking event, held only twice a year, now is your
chance! The Big eSchmooze has become San Diego's most happening
technology event, where 1,500 people are expected to come together
in an extremely relaxed and creative setting and schmooze with potential
investors, employers, service providers, start-ups and high-tech
companies.
click
for more information
August
28 & 29: Layoff Lounge in Los Angeles and Orange County
Find your next job or employee at The Layoff Lounge. Prominent
keynote speaker, top hiring companies, and The Karma Club. 6 - 9pm
click for
more information
September
5 & 6: Larta University: Protect Your Technology--Law Workshop
This workshop covers the most crucial legal and business strategies
any company should know before exposing its technology to a competitive
marketplace, from copyrighting and trademarks, to contract negotiations
and strategic alliances.
click
here for more information
September
11: Biobrew Networking Event
Come join your fellow bio business and academic colleagues for
an informal, agenda-free evening--no speakers, no marketing gimmicks,
no kidding. Free admission, free appetizers (thanks to our sponsors)
and cash bar.
click
for more information
September
15: SDRTA Startup 101
San Diego is bustling with technology entrepreneurs and early stage
companies, which face numerous pitfalls, potholes and distractions.
Start-Up 101 will serve as a guidepost- helping entrepreneurs navigate
the path to launching and developing their ventures. Investors will
talk about different funding options available for early stage companies,
including venture capital, corporate funds, loans, angel funding
and friends and family money. Successful entrepreneurs will discuss
critical lessons learned in launching their venture. Experts will
speak on intellectual property protection, financial management,
human resources and marketing. September 15th, 2001, 8 am-12 pm,
San Diego Mission Valley Marriott, $35 pre-registered, $45 at the
door.
click
here for more information
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