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New Licensing Alignment Services for Companies Involved with Trademark Licensing

CONSOR’s research indicates that success in licensing requires alignment between the marketing objectives of the licensor and the business objectives of the licensee. The company’s Licensing Alignment service helps to identify and incorporate key performance indicators into the license agreements so they reflect critical business drivers of the licensed businesses.…

Is the Crisis Over?

Optimism is no longer just a coping mechanism in a slumping industry. It’s now a realistic outlook for the immediate future of licensing. The hemorrhaging is done, and the licensing industry is close to stabilizing. In short, we think the crisis is over. However… View / Download Article

Is the Licensing Crisis Over?

Weston Anson, Justin Skinner and KC Moffatt of CONSOR tackle this volatile topic in a new article from The Licensing Book: Optimism is no longer just a coping mechanism in a slumping industry, but rather a realistic outlook for the immediate future of licensing. The hemorrhaging is done, and the…

Monetary Remedies in Trademark Cases

Recent multi-million dollar verdicts and mounting pressure for trademark protection programs to pay their own way have led to an increased interest in monetary recovery in trademark litigation. The INTA focused on this issue at their 132nd Annual Meeting in Boston this year with an advanced level program, entitled “Monetary…

IP Matters: Essentials for Non-IP Lawyers

A basic understanding of intellectual property is a must for every attorney, regardless of area of practice. YourABA spoke with Weston Anson to learn more about valuation of intellectual property, licensing, and how intellectual property is changing. View / Download Article

Setting the Standards: Advances and Challenges in IP Valuation

The US transition to a knowledge economy is all but complete, exposing an economic foundation built squarely upon intangible assets and specifically intellectual property. Arguments over whether or not IP has become an asset class are settled – it is. Debate now centers on whether this new market place will…

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…

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…

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…