Presentations

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 Remedies in Trademark Cases.” Moderated […]

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 learn from the misfortunes of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The 2009 Intellectual Property Spring Seminar presented by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan in cooperation with the Institute of Continuing Legal Education offered attendees the opportunity to learn about the most recent intellectual property issues from nationally renowned experts. In his seminar, entitled Maximizing the Value of Corporate IP: […]

When sales of assets take place under Section 365 of the bankruptcy code, interesting issues can arise. For example, how does one deal with unexpired leases on non-residential property? What about technology licensing issues? More importantly, what about the other intangible assets and intellectual property found during a sale in bankruptcy? In a 90-minute program […]

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 subsections of intellectual property in […]

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 in any valuation and the […]