Together with the Comparative Legal Research Center of ONO Academic College, and with sponsorship from WIPO:
JMB, Fa(c)tor & Co. are proud to announce a forthcoming event titled “Whose Invention is it? The Employer or the Inventor-Employee”
Dr. Shlomit Yanisky Ravid will cover the topic from an Israeli perspective and present her model for divvying up profits and royalties, and leading International IP Expert, Professor Jeremy Phillips, world-renowned author, editor and lecturer on IP issues and the pet owner of the IPKAT, will be providing an International perspective. Both wrote their Ph.D. dissertations on aspects of the topic.
Dr. Yaron Zelekhah, former Chief Accountant of Israel, and lecturer at ONO, will reveal why tax payers lose out under the current regime, particularly with hospital employees filing patents directly; Prof. Hagit Messer Yaron, the former Chief Scientist, will explain what she believes is the correct balance for university researchers.
We will be rounding off the evening with a panel discussion which I will be moderating, that includes a variety of interesting speakers including Former Knesset Member, Molly Polishuk Bloch who proposed legislation to regulate the issue, Mr. Perry Smith Head of IP at NDS; Dr. Shulamit Hirsch, patent attorney and IP Director of Ramot, the tech-transfer organization of Tel Aviv University, Mr. Dov Hirshberg, Director of IP at Powermat, a successful start-up, and Chairman of Compugen.
The program may vary slightly from that advertised.
The event will take place on 6th September 2009 at ONO’smain Campus, Rehov Zahal 104, Kiryat Ono.
Although participation is free, seating is limited, so advanced registration by email to
seminars@israel-patents.co.il is essential.
Posted by Dr Michael Factor 
