These days Intellectual Property has proven to be an extremely valuable asset to any company portfolio, but protecting company interests in the rapidly expanding global economy is become ever more challenging. There are daily challenges to be faced in privacy and data collection, trademarks, corporate transactions, and patents and copyrights. Argyle Executive Forum is pleased to present its 2008 Leadership in Intellectual Property forum, where these and other issues facing today’s executives will be addressed by the top intellectual property experts in the industry.

The forum will bring together 130 to 150 general counsels and marketing executives of major media, entertainment, software, biotech and consumer goods companies in charge of managing and protecting copyrights, patents, trademarks and various other forms of intellectual property rights. The event will also convene select advisors and service providers from the intellectual property rights protection community.

Please note that the limited seating for members of the advisory community is offered first to those that are supporting the event as sponsors. Participation by partnership organizations (advisory firms, vendors, etc) is limited to clients of Argyle Executive Forum. Argyle meetings are by invitation only. If you did not receive an invitation but would like to inquire about attendance, please click here.

*Press policies for member meetings are set at the individual session level. Some sessions may be on the record, while others are off. Please consult the meeting agenda, which will indicate which sessions are off the record. To inquire about media presence, please click here.

Perspectives By:

Jeffrey B. Fromm
Former Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Director of Intellectual Property
Hewlett-Packard Company

Gregory Gorder
Founder and Vice-Chairman
Intellectual Ventures

William Heming
Deputy General Counsel & Chief IP Counsel
Caterpillar Inc.

Ramsey Homsany
Associate General Counsel
Google Inc.

Jacqueline Leimer
Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Global Intellectual Property
Kraft Foods Global Inc.

Robert D. Manfred, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Labor & HR
Major League Baseball

Stanley Pierre-Louis
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property & Content Protection
Viacom Inc.

Bruce Proctor
General Counsel, Intellectual Property
Diageo

Cary Sherman
President
Recording Industry Association of America - RIAA