Openmarket.ru (Site news), June 01, 2010

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE FIELD OF IT AND INNOVATIONS: SPEECH OF ALEXANDER FREEDLAND IN STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, RUSSIA

On May 16, Alexander Freedland, Chair of the Board of Directors of Mirantis / Grid Dynamics spoke as a guest speaker in Stockholm School of Economics, Russia. The topic of the speech of Alexander Freedland was "Work of innovative High-Tech companies and specific of protection of intellectual property and copyright: experience of the Silicon Valley" caused serious interest and active discussion of students of Executive MBA program. The report of Alexander Freedland was decided to matters of protection of intellectual property in the field of IT and innovations. In his speech he said that in current conditions Russian and international companies often encountered breaches in the field of IT and hence the matters of protection of such property were coming to the forefront and were among the key issues for successful development of business. Alexander Freedland focused his report on real cases and interesting moments from practice that he encountered during his work, for instance, during cooperation with such innovative companies as Cadence, KLA-Tencor, Mentor Graphics and some others. He also compared peculiarities of implementation of IP-protection and protection of information on financial, technological and retail markets. Alexander Freedland has more than 20 years of experience of managerial work in IT and High-Tech sectors; he accomplished some projects for establishment of companies and participated in M&A deals. At present, he is Chair of the Board of Directors of Grid Dynamics, which has merged with Mirantis that has existed on the market for more than 11 years about a year ago. Cooperation with the world market leaders, orientation of his business at innovative development and huge experience of work served as the foundation for the report of Alexander Freedland and the speech triggered a live discussion among participants of Executive MBA General Management program. Gasan Abdulkerimov, Vice President of investment company TrustCom, participant of EMBA program of Stockholm School of Economics, Russia, shares his impressions, "The speech of Alexander Freedland was very interesting because he mentioned many real examines of the role of intellectual property in the strategy and development of technological companies – international leaders of IT and High-Tech industry." Alexander Freedland commented on his speech in Stockholm School of Economics, Russia, "Establishing R&D centers in High-Tech sector Mirantis / Grid Dynamics frequently encountered situations in the field of protection of intellectual property. We have a demanding attitude to the matters of IP-protection for our customers because in innovative companies intellectual property is a locomotive of development. I am glad that participants of EMBA program of Stockholm School of Economics understand the value and the seriousness of this issue and I hope that my experience can be useful for them." Stockholm School of Economics, Russia, is an international business school managed successfully from Sweden and having representative offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The school opened its doors in 1997, having presented high-quality international educational programs for successful businessmen with global thinking and managerial experience on the Russian market. For more than ten years Executive MBA programs, as well as corporate and public programs in various areas of business have enjoyed steady demand on the market of business education. At present, Stockholm School of Economics, Russia, is the only Russian school represented in the rating of business schools of Financial Times.