Kevin Fournier is an IP counsel with IBM, and provides IP legal advice to the IBM business, mainly in the areas of contracts concerning technology services, joint development/collaboration, patent licensing, software licensing, and mergers & acquisitions. He also advises regarding invention disclosure reviews, patent application filing and prosecution, and patent assertions, sales and maintenance. Fournier provides extensive IP education sessions to IBM legal professionals and the IBM business, as well as speaking externally in various conferences in the IP area.