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January 24, 2018MELVIN GARNER SPEAKS AT PLI’S IP ISSUES IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS 2018 PROGRAM IN NYC
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On January 8th, Mel Garner spoke at Practicing Law Institute’s IP Issues in Business Transactions program for 2018. He appeared on a panel titled “Designing, Creating, and Pruning an IP Portfolio,” that discussed various topics including identifying a business case and creating an IP value chain, mining IP as a strategic asset, how to acquire and sell IP, obtaining rights, confidentiality issues, and more. Program details can be found at