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Evaluating Patent Investments

Identify and Evaluate Patent Investments

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Date : Audio CD Available

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Hosted By : Beard Group Law and Business Publishers and the Intellectual Property Prospector

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As investors seek new sources of investment returns, patents have become an area of increased focus and importance. More and more companies are exploiting their patent portfolios as profit centers, often unlocking hidden values, and investors are looking for ways to capitalize on this trend.

How can you better identify and evaluate potential patent investment opportunities? Learn from David Ruder, your instructor for this 90-minute audio conference (with interactive Q&A session), who has been called one of the most innovative minds working in IP today.

Learn from Davids extensive experience in identifying and evaluating patents and let him show you:

How patent assets are incorporated into investment strategies, including:
o Equity investing (fundamental and event)
o Opportunistic arbitrage (licensing and litigation)
o Securitization deals
Current approaches to patent analytics
Todays top trends and challenges in patent licensing and litigation
Investments in patent litigation
Impact of recent Supreme Court rulings and potential patent reforms
Insights for patent-rich companies seeking capital

Continuing Education Credit:
Training is accredited for 1.50 MCLEs in California, and applications are pending in Texas and Tennessee. New York has reciprocity with California and Tennessee. For non-attorneys and attorneys practicing in other states, Certificates of Attendance are available upon request.

Who Should Attend:
Managers of private equity firms looking for ways to acquire and commercialize specific IP assets; hedge fund managers seeking to uncover new insights into publicly traded stocks; opportunistic entrepreneurs look for new ways to make money. IP attorneys including those seeking CLE credit in California, Texas and Tennessee will also benefit.

SPECIAL OFFER
Save nearly $50 with Audio Conference/Book Learning Package
Save money when you enroll in this audio conference AND purchase Strategies for Investing in Intellectual Property ($79.95 value). Written by your audio conference instructor, this new 154-page book provides an overview of strategies for investing in intellectual property assets of all forms, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other rights.

Speaker(s):

David S. Ruder
Terrier IP Investments, LLC

David S. Ruder has been working with intellectual property investment issues throughout his career as an investment banker, attorney, and intellectual property entrepreneur. In 2007 he established Terrier IP Investments, LLC, a private investment firm focused on intellectual property-based investments in firms backed by private equity and venture capital.

He began his career working as an investment banker on Wall Street, helping companies in the consumer and entertainment sectors raise capital or engage in M&A transactions. Based on early exposure to intellectual property issues, he went on to receive a JD/MBA from Northwestern University with concentrations in technology and intellectual property. He practiced law for a major national law firm, working on intellectual property transactions including patent licenses, software development agreements, and due diligence on private equity buyouts. David also performed IP due diligence for private equity clients who would purchase companies or assets with IP portfolios.

Upon seeing increased interest intellectual property from the investment community, he co-founded River West Brands LLC, where he pioneered a method for acquiring and licensing dormant consumer brand intellectual property. He completed transactions with several Fortune 500 companies in the consumer sector relating to the sale, licensing, and acquisition of brand intellectual property assets. Example transactions include the acquisition of the NUPRIN brand of ibuprofen from Bristol-Myers and the later sale of the brand to CVS Corporation; the acquisition of intellectual property relating to the COLECO video game brand; and the acquisition of the SOHO NATURAL SODA brand and its license to Arizona Beverage Co. While at River West, David formed a strategic alliance with Ocean Tomo, LLC, which was then a startup intellectual capital merchant bank. He helped form Ocean Tomos M&A advisory practice, which was focused on advising companies how to position their patent portfolios and other IP assets in the context of raising financing or forming joint ventures.

David is also a co-founder of Adaptive Alpha LLC, which is a research and development company focused on developing inventions and understanding risk in the asset management industry. Adaptive Alpha has authored several papers and has begun building a patent portfolio around its work. Most recently, David has been a consultant to Altitude Capital Partners, which is focused on investments in businesses with compelling intellectual property litigation portfolios.

Evaluating Patent Investments


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