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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 likeness, and valuation Exploitation of […]

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. Additionally, Mr. Anson will be […]

What has been described as the “tax trial of the century” by the Hollywood Reporter, the tax battle between the Internal Revenue Service and the Estate of Michael Jackson was held in Tax Court during February, 2017. CONSOR Chairman Weston Anson testified on behalf of the IRS. The big discrepancy in the value of the […]

Jeff Anderson, Director of Valuation and Analytics, proved that Gawker benefited from posting the Hulk Hogan sex tape, during the Florida civil jury trial in March, 2016. The jury eventually awarded CONSOR’s client Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan) $115 million in compensatory damages, and $25 million in punitive damages, for a total of $140 million. […]

CONSOR Chairman Weston Anson’s latest book will be published by the American Bar Association. The book, entitled Right of Publicity: How Much is Your Client Really Worth? delivers a thorough overview of the factors that determine a celebrity’s value. Mr. Anson’s many years of experience providing right of publicity valuations comes into play as he […]

les Nouvelles, the journal of the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), September 2012 issue features an article written by CONSOR Chairman Weston Anson, and Brian Buss, Director of Finance. The article entitled “Simplicity in Global IP Valuation” was written as a result of Mr. Anson’s work as Co-Chair for LESI’s Valuation Standards Committee. The committee […]

CONSOR Chairman Weston Anson was recently quoted in a new book on the subject of intangible asset valuation. Jose Roberto Martins, CEO of GlobalBrands Consultoria, headquartered in Brazil, previously sat down with Anson to discuss his views on such valuations. Martins has provided CONSOR with exceprts of the book in English. Read below to see […]

CONSOR Intellectual Asset Management was hired to provide an intellectual property valuation of the portfolio of copyrights and related intellectual assets (the “IP”) associated with the artistic career of Robert Rauschenberg. His estate holds thousands of pieces of art, photographs, prints and other objects. The objective of the assignment was to determine the value of […]

CONSOR recently attended the Licensing Show in Las Vegas which is considered the place to be to showcase intellectual property and get all your company’s licensing networks in place. While there, attendees were able to pick up a copy of The Licensing Book, which published a Weston Anson and Lacy J. Lodes, Esq. article entitled […]

CONSOR Intellectual Asset Management has named Lacy J. Lodes, Esq. to the position of Licensing Director. The move is a direct result of the success of CONSOR’s Licensing Department. CONSOR’s roots can be traced back to the licensing industry when Chairman Weston Anson and CEO Susan Bailey formed CONSOR’s predecessor firm Marketing/Trademark Consultants, Inc. Ms. […]