Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Patent Ownership Rights: Structuring Assignment and Employment Contracts — Key Provisions, Implications for Litigation, Recent Court Treatment" on May 3, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Eman Ahmed-Fakhry, Senior Counsel, Hospital Therapies Department, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals; Anne Elise Herold Li of Crowell & Moring; and Robert Schaffer of Troutman Sanders will guide counsel on securing patent ownership to inventions created by employees or independent contractors, discuss essential provisions and strategies when structuring employee-assignment and contractor agreements and discuss the implications for litigation when assignment is not explicit and other pitfalls in structuring these agreements.  The webinar will review the following issues:

• What key provisions should counsel include in employee assignment agreements?
• What hurdles must counsel watch for to establish ownership of employee or contractor-created inventions?
• What strategies should counsel employ to ensure ownership of employee or contractor-created inventions?

The registration fee for the webcast is $297.  Those interested in registering for the webinar, can do so here.