Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that it has teamed up with the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago, Illinois, to host an upcoming executive program on intellectual property management. This program, entitled “Strategies for Management of Intellectual Property,” will be held from June 9-12, 2008, and according to the WIPO press release (link below), the program “will offer an opportunity to gain a practical understanding of the various strategies and approaches to enable effective development and optimization of a company’s intellectual property assets, to formulate effective IP-focused business strategies and to successfully negotiate IP licensing agreements with business partners.” According to the WIPO announcement, eight speakers from the Kellogg School of Management and the WIPO Worldwide Academy, and the WHU-Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management are preliminarily scheduled to speak on a broad range of topics, including licensing and license agreements, acquisitions, effective negotiation, international IP trends, and others. Full course details and registration links are provided below.

WIPO Announcement: LINK
Program Details: LINK
Program Registration Webpage: LINK