June 18, 2026 | Julie Watson Speaking at AUTM Webinar

Special Counsel Julie Watson will be a featured panelist at an upcoming AUTM webinar. Details on the session are below:

“The Non-Exclusive Royalty-Free (NERF) Dilemma in Academia and Industry” – June 18, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

The webinar will focus on the Non-Exclusive Royalty-Free (NERF) license and its role in shaping research and industry partnerships. Panelists will break down key NERF language and explore how it applies to material transfer agreements, sponsored research agreements, and clinical trial agreements – areas where universities and industry often balance competing priorities.

Julie will be joined on the panel by Tatiana Litvin-Vechnyak, Vice President of Georgetown University’s Office of Technology Commercialization.

Julie Watson concentrates her practice in early-stage intellectual property transactions, particularly in the dynamic realm of technology startups and university technology transfer and has earned a reputation for her acute understanding of client needs and her ability to provide strategic solutions and has been recognized by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine as one of the “World’s Leading Patent Practitioners” with deep knowledge of university licensing and tech transfer.  As past chair of the Board for the Certified Licensing Professional™ (CLP), faculty for AUTM’s Advanced Licensing Course, and a lecturer for a number of academic programs including at Wake Forest University's School of Medicine and Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law, she is dedicated to continuously advancing the profession.

AUTM members can register for the webinar here.