1 Choosing a Path to the Marketplace - Licensing or Start-Ups Seminar 2 April 20 and 21, 2005

2 Seminar Presenters u Peter Durant –Senior Partner, Nixon-Peabody u Pamela Francis –NTID Research u Andrij Harlan –Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies u Varda Main –Director, Technology Licensing Office u Mick Stadler –Executive Director, RIT High Technology Incubator

3 Agenda u Welcome and Introduction (Varda Main – 15 minutes) –When is the right time to bring a technology to the marketplace? –Options for licensing a technology u Deciding to Start a Company (Mick Stadler – 30 minutes) u License or Start-Up Decision (Pamela Francis – 15 minutes) –The C-Print® Story u Working with a Licensee (Andrij Harlan – 15 minutes) –The Wiper Blade Test Fixture license a year later u Legal Issues: Licensing and Start-Ups (Peter Durant – 30 minutes) u Wrap-up and Q&A (Varda Main – 15 minutes)

4 Idea to Market Seminar Series u First session offered last month –Intellectual Property, Licensing and Start- Ups at RIT: Perceptions, Myths and Reality u Starting in Fall Quarter What to do with IP while staying at RIT? How to take IP into a start-up? Copyright including fair use in classes