Certificate Workshop on Intellectual Property Law
The Parasol Foundation International LL.M. Program at Tel Aviv University is organizing a two-hour Certificate Workshop on Intellectual Property Law. The workshop will be held on Monday, 16 January, 2023 at 7 pm (IST).
The topic of the workshop is "Licensing of Intellectual Property: Legal Issues for Tech Companies", and will be presented by Adv. David Mirchin, lecturer at the Parasol Foundation International LL.M. Program.
The workshop will explore the common legal issues faced by technology companies in the licensing of intellectual property. Participants will also be given practical training in examining licensing agreements.
The workshop will be followed by a presentation on the Parasol Foundation International LL.M. Program at Tel Aviv University by Prof. Ronen Avraham, the Academic Director of the program
The workshop is suited for law students and professionals who wish to develop an expertise in intellectual property law and technology law. It is particularly useful for participants who wish to obtain an LLM.
*Please note that attendees will be required to attend the full two-hour session to be eligible to receive the participation certificate for the workshop.
About the presenters
Advocate David Mirchin
David Mirchin heads the Technology Transactions and Licensing Group of Meitar, Israel's leading international law firm. He is a leading expert on software, licensing and intellectual property transactions. Previously, he was a corporate attorney for 6 years in the Boston offices of McDermott, Will & Emery, and Mintz Levin, and prior to that worked as a foreign corporate lawyer in the Tokyo, Japan firm of Konaka, Toyama and Hosoya.
He currently teaches a course in Technology Licensing Law at Tel Aviv University Law School. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his B.A. in Chinese History from Yale University.
Prof. Ronen Avraham
Ronen Avraham is a professor of law at Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law. He came to Tel Aviv from the University of Texas at Austin. Before then, he was an Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University in Chicago. Professor Avraham obtained his LL.M. and J.S.D. from Michigan Law School after receiving his LL.B. and MBA, Magna Cum Laude, from Bar Ilan University (Israel). Professor Avraham has published primarily in referee journal, such as Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, American Law and Economics Review, Journal of Legal Studies, as well as in top law reviews.
Professor Avraham is the author the Dataset of State Law Reforms, currently in its 5th edition, which is an important research tool in the study of tort reform in the United States. Professor Avraham teaches Torts, Insurance, and Economic Analysis of Private and Public law. Professor Avraham's primary research interests are in economic analysis of torts and healthcare law and the intersection of liability reform and healthcare reform. In addition he writes about contract theory and theories of justice.