ABI is pleased to announce your 2008-2009 co-chairs, as well as the addition of five new leadership positions. These new positions are a result of your feedback regarding opportunities for involvement and advancement in the association.
Co-Chairs: Stephen Gray
Gerald (“Jerry”) Shapiro
Education Director: Dan Dooley
Listserve Moderator: AVAILABLE
Membership Relations Director: AVAILABLE
Newsletter Editor: Ian Fredericks
Special Projects/Task Force Leader: Cyrus Pardiwala
Click here for contact details for each position, in addition to position descriptions and instructions for expressing your interest in available positions.
The committee participated in a four-way joint presentation among the Financial Advisors, Technology and Telecommunications, Investment Banking and Asset Sales Committees on the topic “Everything that the Bankruptcy Professional Needs to Know about Intellectual Property.” As many financial advisors have experienced, intellectual property is often not well described, nor is its value evident. Intellectual property is a broad term encompassing numerous classes of assets, including patents, trademarks, trade names, brands, customer lists, etc., all with their own legal underpinnings and peculiarities. The presentation concentrated on patents, likely the most prevalent form of intellectual property that we deal with and sometimes a source or unexpected and significant value.
Click here to read the full minutes.
Committee News
Going Forward
Our new team is excited about the prospects of expanding the activity of our committee, and we invite all of you to join us and participate actively. Participation can be in many forms. Using our ABI committee listserve to ask questions, post interesting ideas, etc. is one way. Letting our membership know about interesting articles, decisions and unexpected outcomes is another.
Our goal is to get our advisory community to actively interact, and we are open to suggestions on how best to do that. We intend to host several webinars on timely topics and would enjoy suggestions in that regard.
This committee “belongs” to all its members, and we are very interested in hearing what our members have to offer. Please take us up on this offer, as we are all likely to benefit.
Thanks,
Stephen Gray
Gerald (“Jerry”) Shapiro
