Taskforce Overview
The Taskforce is a 10-year old performance-oriented consortium of industry, academic and governmental organizations collaborating to define the effects of Intangible Assets - Intellectual Property, Intellectual Capital and Human Capital on the United States' technological and economic growth at the corporate, national and international levels of competitive performance that are essential to America's freedom and prosperity.
Economic opportunity requires robust innovation that transforms knowledge to net worth and a capability to realize the American dream in every entrepreneur's heart; and, to project economic influence in geo-political situations that support our national security.
Some of the notable participants include: UN, Department of Economic & Social Affairs, U.S. Departments of Commerce and Defense, SEC, NASA, National Technology Transfer Center, States of California and North Carolina, MIT, Stanford, SMU, GWU, Texas A&M, Kozmetsky Foundation, Texas Instruments, GE, Ford, Cisco Systems, Freddie Mac, American Express, IBM, Motorola, AT&T, SAIC, Telcordia Technologies, Kodak and approximately some 74 other operations.
Malackowski Offers an IP Intensive National Policy
Jim Malackowski, CEO of Ocean Tomo provides a framework for a national policy on Innovation and IP's effects on that policy. The Taskforce has begun developing this framework in more depth that is highlighted by (1) a Discussion Forum (January - March) that results in a published Report in April; and (2) an Executive Roundtable on the top 3 issues in March 4 at the WRG-Taskforce Summit in New York.
Please see the article in the News and Events Section - click here.
The Taskforce Proudly Announces its Fellow Class of 2008 - See News & Events for more information.
Mike Geoffrey (IP Counsel, Reed Smith LLP)
Dr. Jan Jaferian (Sr. VP, UTEK Corp)
Dr. Vassilis Keramidas (Telcordia Technologies, Ret.)
Taskforce Model Patent Sale Purchase Agreement
The Taskforce has developed a model agreement to help frame the agreement between buyer and seller and accelerate the transaction. The agreement is based on many successful transactions.
For questions, contact Ed Gray at egray@fitcheven.com
Model Patent Sale Purchase Agreement
Taskforce WorkProducts Directory
Taskforce reports and work products now available to help you check your team's proficiencies.
Click here to view the Directory
Click here to view the Project Progress
Ever wonder what should be outsourced and what your internal proficiencies are to do IP deals?
Click here to view IP Transactions Scorecards
