While attending my 50th reunion at HLS last spring, two specific thoughts occurred to me. One concerned the passion for excellence instilled in me by my somewhat daunting law school experience, but nevertheless something for which I am indebted to the school. The other is that, while at HLS, I had no serious focus about a career path that fits my aptitudes.
It was my good fortune to stumble on technology licensing a few years following graduation. This discipline, which requires knowledge of U.S. and foreign law, entrepreneurship and negotiating skill, has fulfilled my ambitions and provided the framework for a fascinating career. I therefore suggested to Dean Kagan that my experiences, and those of a few of my peers, could provide useful insights to the Harvard community, especially since there is new emphasis on IP. This joint program with the Licensing Executives Society is the result.
The time and place of the meeting are: Wednesday, March 2, 2005 7:30-9:30 p.m. (and longer if helpful) Austin North - Harvard Law School
I have been an active member of LES since 1967, when it was in its third year, with 60 members, all in the U.S. The Society has since grown to over 11,000 members with productive chapters in every commercially significant area of the world. Each of the people I approached to appear on this program enthusiastically agreed to participate - a typical LES reaction. These panelists are:
Alan H. Gordon, an active IP lawyer, who has been a partner in two patent law firms and now heads his own practice in Houston. He is also a marvelous teacher.
Dennis Unkovic, a senior partner of a 60 person Pittsburgh law firm and author of several publications on foreign technology related transactions. He annually spends several months abroad, principally in Asia.
Lita Nelsen, Director of the Technology Licensing Office at M.I.T. She has greatly expanded their program and also participates in the M.I.T. incubator program for start-up technology based companies.
Ada Nielsen, Manager of Commercial Development of BP Chemicals, is involved in setting strategies for negotiations and energy policies. She and Dr. Nelsen will also comment about the growing importance of women in the licensing field.
Robert Goldscheider, Chairman of The International Licensing Network, a firm of technology management consultants. He is the author of several books and treatises on the law and business of licensing and has broadened his focus from strictly legal issues to include commercial, financial and cultural factors in negotiations.
In addition, D. Patrick O'Reilley, President of LES (USA & Canada) is hoping to attend and Dean Kagan has been invited to observe and participate.
The invited attendees are the student body and faculty of the law school, as well as interested persons at the Business School, Engineering School and the Science Faculties. In addition, all LES members in the Boston area, who number over 400 professionals, are being invited. It is expected that there will be lively interchanges, perhaps resulting in valuable contacts.
This is an experimental initiative with several objectives. It could familiarize students with a variety of career opportunities in the IP field. If the response is positive, it is planned to organize a student chapter of LES at Harvard, which can provide access to practicing professionals.
In addition, this meeting can be a model for similar exposures to other areas of specialized legal practice, e.g. tax, litigation, wills and estates, bankruptcy, real property, etc., each of which could be conducted on an annual basis.
Anyone seeking further information should contact Erica George at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. (617) 495-7513.
My wife's father is hessaby as in www.hessaby.com (they stole his cash and put it there) and my mother-in-law family is related by marriage tot the Pakravans., who headed the SAVAKPan Am was nicknamed PanIran as the Shah's family was the largest shareholder. I have extreme amount of details of exactly was going on
from the Iranians wanting him to return their assets to other coup attempts to 6 months before the Shah son pretended he was bankrupt in a public trial, to my wifes relative coming to our house talking about the coup and we did not know they were in Washington DC, to the Iran Contra hearings trial that was going to start Feb 20 th, 1989 to the tipping of the coup to the Iranian govt, ,to something in writing I can prove the coup to the Salamon Rushtie Feb 14th insult to islam to get the people on the street to avoid the coup to the Iranian govt announcement of a coup by 'dissent mullahs' announced at the time to the negiotations between the Bush people involved pretending they were going to make a deal to the 'nice' stories plant in US newspapers at the time (including the Post) as part of the negotation to the fact the bomb had to placed out of London based on the flight path as I worked at USAir at the time creating the flight plans for the 'planes to fly themselves' to overt CIA agents around me at the time to the fact that Bollier, the guy who made the timer for the bomb's wide was IRANIAN and the Libyans told me and said they were not allowed to say... there were 3 witness only.. the main one was trashed.. Bollier and a guy whom said he soldm the Libyan a suitcase in Malta.. hence, one the suitcase guy would be left.. the Libyans did not put up a defence in exchange for evidence to trash the main witness on the stand to what an overt CIA agent told me in the US 4 years later.. etc. etc and the details of several coups to the new World bank (my wie's cousin involved who used to work at the work bank)and US loans starting May 1990 to Iran to the fact that PANAm was shut down 18 months later as they thought it would be targeted again because of the Shah connection (the US airlines go in and out of bankruptcy all the time - this was the one of the first US airlines - an ICON) etc
I also know where the Iranian govt officials have money in the US, Canada and UK; the back door dealing etccall me for details.. Barry Lanza 00 44 1786831554.. My father-in-law was a convicted spy given amnesty