Blog

The Road to Asia

A fundamental shift is taking place in the automotive industry. CONSOR’s Weston Anson and Fernando Torres discusses the changes in the industry and the impact on automotive brands and trademarks. View / Download Article

New Book from the ABA Focuses on IP Valuation and Management

The newest book from the authors at CONSOR, IP Valuation and Management, is now available from the ABA. In a time of great economic, social and political change in the world, intellectual property is more important than ever. Given the current trouble surrounding businesses and portfolios, clients are actively seeking legal guidance and advisement to […]

CLE: Valuing the Intangible: Where to Start?

In this accredited Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course, Weston Anson, Lewis Koppel, and Justin Skinner of CONSOR use real-world cases to demonstrate how intangible assets have increasingly become a part of just about every deal, litigation, or estate, and have implications that legal practice areas. The discussion covers the topics of how IP is relevant […]

CONSOR Intellectual Asset Management Expands Its Right of Publicity Litigation Support Services

Publicity rights poised to become next big battleground in IP litigation as celebrities increasingly invoke their rights and courts recognize the importance of these rights for both living and deceased celebrities. Rights of publicity are being exploited, enforced and protected more frequently than ever — and the damages awarded continue to rise. In the recent […]

Intellectual Property Assets of Friedman’s Jewelers and Crescent Jewelers to be Sold with Aid of CON

CONSOR Intellectual Asset Management has been retained to manage the marketing and sales initiative for the intellectual property and other intangible assets of Friedman’s Jewelers and Crescent Jewelers. The first Friedman’s store opened in Savannah, Georgia in 1920. By the late 1990s, Friedman’s Inc. had become the largest specialty retailer of jewelry in the nation […]

The Economic Tsunami: Key Issues in IP Due Diligence

Ride the waves with the panelists as they talk about how to avoid the wipeout and catch the fat wave in restructuring hi-tech companies, how to rip your way through valuing IP assets, and how to follow the wake and avoid getting walled off in current credit markets. Explore how to hang loose in the […]

CONSOR Sells Fortunoff IP Assets For $2+ Million

In a marathon session lasting nearly 24 hours, CONSOR established a sequestered bidding process in the offices of a well-known law firm in New York City. Chief among the assets to be sold was the name itself, which with accompanying assets sold for $1.8 million. CONSOR then separately sold other intangibles of use to particular […]

Brand Values and Valuation in Current Economic Downturn

Held in Chicago, the 2009 annual IP Business Congress focused on the issues raised by the economic downturn and how it affected intellectual property. With tangible asset values declining rapidly — particularly real estate — most organizations are increasingly turning to their IP to seek value. Weston Anson, Chairman of CONSOR, presented on the topic […]

Branding is No Longer Enough

“BRAND” has become the code word in licensing. The touchstone, cure-all and magic potion that everyone desperately uses to describe their property or program. There is a naïve belief that “branding” is the powerful talisman that will solve each person’s licensing problems, and that branding will restore light to our traditional licensing business — A […]

Corporate Brand Royalty Rates and Deals

Licensing International Expo and the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA) partnered in support of Licensing University to present a conference program with hands-on classes that covered a comprehensive range of must-know topics. As part of a comprehensive panel on corporate brand royalty rates and deals, CONSOR Chairman Weston Anson discussed the core issues presented […]