Nov 15/Web - Intellectual Property As A Business Model

Distinguished Lecture in Law, Technology, and the Arts presented by the Center for Law, Technology, and the Arts

Moot Courtroom (A59) 1 of CLE credit available.

Ms. Quatela will discuss Intellectual Property as a Business Model, including the role of patent protection litigation as part of corporate business strategy. It offers a way to recover research, development, and production costs, as well as a way to generate revenue. Using her experience at Kodak as an example, she will describe the value to the company of putting a large number of licensing agreements in place and of pursuing litigation against other companies to protect Kodak’s patents and intellectual property. For example, settlements Kodak has achieved with Samsung and LG Electronics. She will also describe the litigation Kodak has pursued with Apple and Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry.

Laura Green Quatela General Counsel, Senior VP Eastman Kodak Co. Laura G. Quatela was named General Counsel and elected a senior vice president of Eastman Kodak in January 2011. In her role as Chief Intellectual Property Officer, she is responsible for IP strategy and policy, the Senior IP Strategy Council, and external IP affairs. Previously, Ms. Quatela was Managing Director, IP Transactions. In August 2006, the Board of Directors elected Ms. Quatela a vice president of the company. She joined Kodak in 1999 and held various positions on the Marketing, Antitrust, Trademark & Litigation staff in the company’s Legal Department. She was promoted to Director of Corporate Commercial Affairs, Vice President Legal and Assistant General Counsel in 2004. Earlier, Ms. Quatela was Director, Finance Transformation and Vice President, Finance & Administration (2002-03). Prior to joining Kodak, Ms. Quatela worked for Clover Capital Management, Inc.; SASIB Railway GRS; and Bausch & Lomb Inc. In private law practice, she was a defense litigator specializing in mass tort cases. She earned her B.A. (International Politics) from Denison University (1979) and her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law (1982). She is proficient in Mandarin.

Free and open to the public. Reception follows. 1 hr. continuing legal education credit available, pending approval. _____________________ At one-hour CLE activities, Ohio Supreme Court regulations require attorneys to be present for the entire hour to obtain credit. Therefore, registration for one-hour lectures will close at the time the event is scheduled to start. Everyone is welcome to attend the lecture, but we cannot submit CLE credit for late arrivals. At events longer than one hour, we will submit credit based on an attorney’s arrival time and duration of attendance, but no less than the minimum of one full hour of attendance. We encourage attendees to arrive at registration 20 minutes prior to the start of a lecture to sign in, obtain materials, and be seated. _____________________ DIRECTIONS TO CAMPUS PARKING There is no law school parking, however, public parking, for a fee, is available in the Cleveland Botanical Garden parking underground garage. Also, meter parking might be available. Recording in any form is prohibited. Supplemental Readings: Bibliography IP Monetization Google to Buy Motorola Mobility Strategic Patents Return On Investment