About the Program:
Your patent portfolio reflects decades of painstaking research and millions of dollars of investment, not to mention the cost of filing for and maintaining the patent. That’s why it is so important to be fully prepared when it comes time to monetize your valuable patent assets.
This virtual summit event will take you through the gamut of options for optimizing the sale or licensing of your patents. Our expert panelists will:
- Guide you in preparing your patents for monetization
- Prepare you for negotiations
- Provide detailed advice on working with patent brokers
- Discuss what documents need to be prepared for each type of deal
- Reveal the motivations of buyers and licensees
- Assess patent value in exit strategies
- Explore monetization via litigation finance and sale of royalty streams
- Help you understand your post-sale obligations
- Assess the merits of selling versus licensing
- Explore patent pools and monetizing standard essential patents
- Assess the critical issues in spinning out start-ups
- Guide your deal term considerations
Even if you plan to hire a patent broker or lawyer to identify and negotiate with buyers and licensees, the insight and practical guidance from this program will help you to successfully negotiate agreements with these critical advisors. The knowledge you’ll gain from this information-packed program will have a direct impact on your patent monetization strategies and decisions – and will make a huge difference in the ultimate payout you receive.
This Summit will feature the following sessions:
- A Primer on Patent Monetization
- A Primer on Spinning Off Technologies
- Monetizing Patents Via Exits
- Preparing for Negotiations with Buyers / Licensees
- Working with Contingency Lawyers and Litigation Finance Companies
- Monetizing Standard Essential Patents
- Patent Pools for Complementary IP
- Deal Terms & Negotiating Strategies
- Patent Acquisitions from the Corporate Acquirers’ Perspective
The current speakers’ roster appears below:
- Louis Carbonneau, CEO, Tangible IP
- Marc Booth, Chief IP Officer, Acacia Research
- Adam Saxon, Senior Vice-President, Dominion Harbor Group
- Erika Warner, VP – Brokerage Services, Tangible IP
- Alec Schibanoff, VP, IP Offerings
- Joe Runge, JD, Business Development Manager, UNeMed
- Michael O’Shea, Founder, The O’Shea Firm
- Seth D. Levy, Partner, Nixon Peabody
- David Wanetick, CEO, IncreMental Advantage
- Bao Tran, Founder, Patent Professional Corporation
- Brad Larschan, CEO, Bastille, LLC
- Michael Lubitz, Managing Director & Founder, Global Technology Transfer Group
- Adoram Shemesh, Intellectual Property Consultant, PulseIP
- Dean Skandalis, Senior Vice President of Global Licensing and Compliance, MPEG LA
- Paul J. Corson, Senior Director of Innovation, University of Utah
