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Licensing Executives:
LES Members Converge to Test New Meeting Venue

May 19. 2010 - Members of the Licensing Executives Society met in Boston this week where the traditional "we present, you listen" sessions were replaced with new interactive panel and roundtable discussions. Members addressed "hot topics" in intellectual property management. The appeal of the new format showed as members lined up in plenary sessions to ask compelling questions or report round table findings. Industry luminary Vanu Bose shared thoughts on balancing IP against first mover strategies. A lively "War and Peace" panel addressed "patent trolls" and "open source collaboration," including a touch of legal posturing followed by hardball audience questions.  Viewpoints were exchanged about the role of patent pools and new patent defensive consortiums.