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==Relevance to Bootstrappers==
 
==Relevance to Bootstrappers==
[http://http://www.usa-canada.les.org/  LES] is the US and Canada part of an international organization ([http://www.lesi.org/ LESI]) of a wide variety of people involved in creating, managing, protecting, commercializing and licensing '''intellectual property'''.  That includes business people, patent attorneys, litigators, specialty service organizations and consultants.  On its [http://www.usa-canada.les.org/eventscalendar/ calendar], LES has several conferences during the year, special education programs in subjects such as Technology Transfer, Intellectual Asset Management, Valuation, Negotiation, etc. There are local [http://www.usa-canada.les.org/chapters/ chapters] including one here in [http://www.usa-canada.les.org/chapters/centraltx/ Austin] that is planning some workshops for late July and in the Fall.
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[http://http://www.usa-canada.les.org/  LES] is the US and Canada part of an international organization ([http://www.lesi.org/ LESI]) of a wide variety of people involved in creating, managing, protecting, commercializing and licensing '''intellectual property'''.  That includes business people, patent attorneys, litigators, specialty service organizations and consultants.  On its [http://www.usa-canada.les.org/eventscalendar/ calendar], LES has several conferences during the year and special education programs in subjects such as Technology Transfer, Intellectual Asset Management, Valuation, Negotiation, etc. There are local [http://www.usa-canada.les.org/chapters/ chapters] including one here in [http://www.usa-canada.les.org/chapters/centraltx/ Austin] that is planning some workshops for late July and in the Fall.
  
 
Bootstrappers - or more accurately [[all]] business owners - need some appreciation of intellectual property.  IP includes not only patents, but copyright, trademarks and trade secrets as well.  Those assets and the intellectual capital ("know how" that allows you to operate you business and compete) that is not formalized into a form of IP needs to be managed well to:
 
Bootstrappers - or more accurately [[all]] business owners - need some appreciation of intellectual property.  IP includes not only patents, but copyright, trademarks and trade secrets as well.  Those assets and the intellectual capital ("know how" that allows you to operate you business and compete) that is not formalized into a form of IP needs to be managed well to:
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     - avoid the trouble and expense of infringing the IP of others
 
     - avoid the trouble and expense of infringing the IP of others
  
As the Bootstrap Network's Ambassador to LES, Don Jarrell is negotiating arrangements with LES to re-distribute to Bootstrap members some presentations, papers and other resource material produced by its members for its conferences and local chapter activities.  More information will be posted here as this is worked out.
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As the Bootstrap Network's Ambassador to LES, Don is negotiating arrangements with LES to re-distribute to Bootstrap members some presentations, papers and other resource material produced by its members for its conferences and local chapter activities.  More information will be posted here as this is worked out.
  
 
If you want to use or know more about the resources of LES, including identifying or contact specific members in compaines you want to do business with, or you have some general questions about IP, please feel free to contact [mailto:don@digitalthinkinginc.com Don Jarrell].
 
If you want to use or know more about the resources of LES, including identifying or contact specific members in compaines you want to do business with, or you have some general questions about IP, please feel free to contact [mailto:don@digitalthinkinginc.com Don Jarrell].

Revision as of 11:00, 26 May 2007

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Don Jarrell of Digital Thinking Inc

Relevance to Bootstrappers

LES is the US and Canada part of an international organization (LESI) of a wide variety of people involved in creating, managing, protecting, commercializing and licensing intellectual property. That includes business people, patent attorneys, litigators, specialty service organizations and consultants. On its calendar, LES has several conferences during the year and special education programs in subjects such as Technology Transfer, Intellectual Asset Management, Valuation, Negotiation, etc. There are local chapters including one here in Austin that is planning some workshops for late July and in the Fall.

Bootstrappers - or more accurately all business owners - need some appreciation of intellectual property. IP includes not only patents, but copyright, trademarks and trade secrets as well. Those assets and the intellectual capital ("know how" that allows you to operate you business and compete) that is not formalized into a form of IP needs to be managed well to:

    - get maximum operational and commercial value from the IC/IP
    - protect it in some respects from exploitation by your competitors
    - avoid the trouble and expense of infringing the IP of others

As the Bootstrap Network's Ambassador to LES, Don is negotiating arrangements with LES to re-distribute to Bootstrap members some presentations, papers and other resource material produced by its members for its conferences and local chapter activities. More information will be posted here as this is worked out.

If you want to use or know more about the resources of LES, including identifying or contact specific members in compaines you want to do business with, or you have some general questions about IP, please feel free to contact Don Jarrell.