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Sex Tape Award in Hulk Hogan Case Hinged on Website Valuation

During the trial in which Terry Bollea (Hulk Hogan) sued the website Gawker over the now infamous sex tape, a valuation expert testified about the amount of damages. But it was not a question of damages over the right of publicity but rather one of unjust enrichment—that is, the gain…

A New IP Battlefield – Right of Publicity

There’s a New Troll in Town – ROP Trolls First, there were patent trolls, then CONSOR was engaged on multiple occasions to help clients that were bedeviled by copyright trolls. Now, we have taken on four cases stretching from California to New York, in opposition to a small group of…

Forbes: Top 25 Intellectual Property Valuation Firms

The world has changed dramatically in the past several decades with more and more of a company’s value attached not to factories, machines, or hard assets but rather the companies’ ideas, processes, and designs – their intellectual property. However, being intrinsically intangible, intellectual properties are far more difficult to value…

Rights of Publicity and the Media

Weston Anson, CONSOR Chairman, recently led a Table Topic discussion at the International Trademark Association’s Annual Meeting in Barcelona on the topic of “Rights of Publicity and the Media.” The use and viewing of media, including social media platforms, is entrenched in our daily routine. Increasingly, celebrities need to be…

Moving Forward by Looking Back

Nostalgia is defined as a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for or return to some past period. What groups drive licensing sales? Millennials: a large consumer group composed of those born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s; Generation X: those born right before the millennials, between 1965 and…

Anson to Discuss Right of Publicity, Technology, and Celebrities

Weston Anson, CONSOR Chairman, will be on a panel discussion, Right of Publicity, Technology and “Celebrities”: Impact on Celebrity Deal-Making and Estate/Tax Planning, at the Entertainment Industry Conference on Wednesday, June 14. The panelists will discuss such topics as: What is the right of publicity? Legal protections for name and…

IP Valuation: The Income Approach

At first glance, the income approach methodology appears very simple because it is based on determining the future income streams that can be, or will be, generated from the intellectual property or intangible assets being valued. The income approach is a widely-used IP valuation methodology; however, it can be complex,…

Patent Licensing: Best Practices for Negotiating Valuable Licenses

Weston Anson, CONSOR Chairman, will be leading a panel discussion at the American Intellectual Property Law Association (“AIPLA”) Spring Meeting, “Patent Licensing: Best Practices for Negotiating Valuable Licenses”, this Thursday, May 17, from 2:00-3:30pm. Along with Mr. Anson, the panelists will discuss various issues surrounding patent licensing, including validity issues,…

How to Value Anything: The Most Difficult Valuations

Weston Anson, CONSOR Chairman, led a discussion at the ABI Spring Meeting, in Washington D.C., on the topic of “How to Value Anything: The Most Difficult Valuations.” The panelists described their approaches to valuing assets that are inherently difficult to value, including Anson’s expertise – intellectual property. Anson will also…

CONSOR in Barcelona, to speak on: Right of Publicity and the Media

Join CONSOR at INTA’s 139th Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, from May 20-24, 2017. Weston Anson, Chairman, and a team of CONSOR analysts, will be in attendance to answer any IP valuation, litigation and brand management questions. CONSOR will be located in booth number D3 at the Fira Gran Via Exhibition Hall.…

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