IP MONETIZATION: SF - 2013

2013 Conference Overview

The steep growth in IP acquisitions, sales and settlements has transformed IP into a company's key revenue stream and the basis for its valuation. As a result, IP executives are under increased pressure to generate ROI from their organization's portfolios. A strategic approach is essential to build a balanced monetization plan that delivers immediate results, while also creating future opportunities.

IP Monetization: SF focuses on giving you the tools and knowledge to build a successful strategy to harvest your IP: portfolio benchmarking, evaluation, enforcement, licensing, selling, managing internal stakeholders and many more topics.

Thank you to all our speakers and sponsors who made this event a success. Please contact steve.camac@centerforceusa.com to discuss speaking opportunities for next year's conference.

KEY TOPICS DISCUSSED

Evaluating your IP assets
How best to work with internal and external stakeholders
Monetization within your wider IP strategy
Running a successful licensing program
Best practices for selling IP assets
Enforcement & Monetization for operating companies
The road from IP generation to monetization

WHO ATTENDED

Chief IP Counsel
VP & Director of IP Strategy
Chief, Deputy and Associate General Counsel
Intellectual Property, Trademark and Copyright Counsel
Head of Litigation
Director of Business and Legal Affairs
Director/VP of Intellectual Property
Director/VP of Licensing
IP Counsel
Patent Counsel
VP & Director of Intellectual Asset Management

SPEAKERS

Mark Stignani
Of Counsel
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner

Fergal Clarke
Director IP Business Analysis
Lenovo

Stuart Rosove
VP Business Development & IP
Irdeto

Stuart has driven next-level growth and turnaround initiatives as an Internet startup CEO and senior executive at both private and public software companies. Skillful at understanding market dynamics, he has created enduring strategic alliances/partnerships for the companies he has lead and represented. Stuart turned around BayTSP, an 11-year old anti-piracy firm, by driving heightened and more consultative interaction with customers, re-focusing current and emerging services, increasing internal collaboration and negotiating customer and supplier agreements to support profitable growth. He identified Global partners and led the sale of the Company to Irdeto in 2010. Previously, Stuart was VP, Media & Entertainment of Digimarc where he was responsible for Intellectual Property Licensing, market development and strategic partnership development. He was also responsible for the joint venture between Digimarc and Nielsen (2009). Earlier in his career, Stuart founded and was CEO of Sequel Technology which specialized in Internet access control software for Fortune 1000 customers. Recognized for establishing best practices in safeguarding digital content, Stuart is the creator of “The Piracy Continuum,” a framework for understanding consumer behavior in digital media consumption. The Piracy Continuum has been called “the most comprehensive security overview,” and is becoming widely adopted as a strategic foundation for planning next generation copyright programs by creators and distributors around the world. Stuart is also an inventor with patents in content identification, internet access control and mobile content consumption and an author with contributions to publications such as The New York Law Journal. Stuart has completed the Executive Program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and a Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Manitoba in Canada. Specialties:18+ years of experience in technology infrastructure and security, digital media, digital media management and security and Intellectual Property development and commercialization: s Executive Leadership s Market Development, Strategic Planning s Strategic Relationship Development & Management s Technology Commercialization, Product Direction & Product Development s Sales and Marketing Strategy s P&L Management, Operational Planning.