Financing the Internet — Legal Issues: Conference 06 15-16 in Portland

Date:  Thu, 2000-06-01

University of Southern Maine June 1, 2000 Portland–The legal environment for equity and debt financing of “dot com” companies. Placing a dollar value on intellectual property and using it as collateral for a loan. “Financing the Enterprises of the Internet,” a conference sponsored by the Technology Law Center of the University of Maine School of Law on June 15-16 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Portland, will explore these issues. The conference is designed to benefit attorneys, bankers, accountants, and individuals and businesses who want to learn about the legal environment for financing technology-based companies. Among the many prominent presenters are: Professor of Law Raymond Nimmer, author of The Law of Computer Technology and co-director of the Houston Intellectual Property and Information Law Program; Nancy Funkhouser from Silicon Valley Bank, who will discuss financing alternatives from a bank