John Magee, Arthur D. Little's Chairman of the Board, recently had a discussion with Bernard Lacomis, President of Arthur D. Little Enterprises (ADLE), about the process of developing and licensing new technology. ADLE is a subsidiary of Arthur D. Little that turns ideas – –from many sources – into new products. The two men also discussed ADLE's successful development of the new Commercial–Advance technology, which allows VCR users to skip over commercials in prerecorded television programs, and ADLE's approach to protecting valuable intellectual property.