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Into the New Economy – New Assets, Valuation Techniques, Regulations & Issues

The “Intangible Asset Economy,” describes the environment in which corporations operate today. Financial and economic reporting and control systems continue to have trouble keeping pace with this new Intangible Asset Economy. Examples of the issues raised in our financial reporting system, and in the related disclosure requirements for companies with…

CLE: Valuation, Damages and Expert Witnesses in IP Disputes

In this accredited Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course, Weston Anson unpacked the issues surrounding the valuation analysis of economic damages in IP cases, and imparted strategies to maximize the effectiveness of the use of expert witnesses in an IP litigation case. He covered damages theories for each of the major…

What is your Intellectual Property Worth? Methods for Determining Value

At the 25th National CLE Conference, IP expert Weston Anson tackled the topic of how to determine the value an IP asset or asset portfolio in his presentation, “What is Your Intellectual Property Worth?” Using real world case studies to demonstrate the concepts, Mr. Anson discussed the importance of context…

Continuing Turmoil and Crisis In Subprime Mortgages: Challenges And Opportunities of the Sale Process

The ABI Asset Sales Committee presented the educational program at the ABI Winter Leadership Conference, entitled “Continuing Turmoil and Crisis in Subprime Mortgages: Challenges and Opportunities of the Sale Process,” moderated by Weston Anson. Panelists included Don D. Grubman, a partner with the New York office of Hahn & Hessen…

Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress Adopt CONSOR Royalty Opinions

In a public hearing before the copyright board, XM/SIRIUS selected CONSOR’s valuation and licensing team to establish appropriate copyright royalty rates for non-music programming. The three person panel elected to adopt CONSOR’s valuation recommendations as the basis for ongoing royalties—thus saving XM/SIRIUS billions of dollars in royalties over the next…

Licensing’s Silent Crisis

The licensing world seems to be buzzing with a positive, upbeat attitude about the direction of the industry. At first look, you will notice licensing show attendees smiling and talking about successful licensing programs. However, if you are able to corner someone and ask them how they are really feeling…

Branding is Not Enough in the Licensing Industry

The U.S. brand licensing industry is in crisis and unless action is taken quickly, things will continue to stagnate if they do not get even worse. Brand has become the code word in licensing. Weston Anson writes about how the licensing industry cannot rely on “branding” alone. View / Download…

The Silent Crisis in the Licensing Industry

The atmosphere at trademark or brand licensing shows are, at the surface, upbeat and positive about the industry. Probe further, and we find alarming trends and changes in basic conditions and constraints under which licensors and licensees must work. Weston Anson writes about both real and imagined licensing trends, and…

Landmark Decision: No More Georgia-Pacific

The Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. U.S. Plywood Corp. case in 1970 established a list of 15 factors to be considered when calculating royalty rates, resulting in the Georgia-Pacific factors. Now those untouchable rules have collapsed, after Middle District of Florida Judge Hernandez Covington allowed the plaintiff’s damages expert, CONSOR Chairman Weston…

IP Transfer Pricing

Appropriate valuation methodologies must be employed to allow affiliated companies’ use of intellectual property and other intangible assets to be adequately compensated through market-based licensing arrangements and fees.Transfer pricing is the practice by which the price or fee for use of an asset is established for transfer from one affiliated…