Robert P. Marley with Unisys Corporation to Speak at the Knowledge Group’s Effective Strategies and Best Practices to Monetize Your Patent Portfolio

New York, NY, February 05, 2016 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Robert P. Marley, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Unisys Corporation will speak at the Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “Effective Strategies and Best Practices to Monetize Your Patent Portfolio.” This event is scheduled on Thursday, May 19, 2016 from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (ET).

For further details, please visit:
https://theknowledgegroup.org/effective-strategies-and-best-practices-to-monetize-your-patent-portfolio-live-webcast/

About Robert P. Marley

Bob is responsible for all aspects of intellectual property within Unisys. This includes world-wide IP creation, management, assertion, litigation and licensing in support of Unisys’ commercial, public-sector and R&D activities. Unisys, a worldwide IT corporation with over 20,000 employees, designs, builds, and manages mission-critical solutions, software and information systems for both business and government environments.

Bob’s legal career began as an associate at Fish & Neave in New York City. Before joining Unisys in 2007, Bob held positions as a Senior Attorney with AT&T Bell Laboratories and Managing IP Counsel for Motorola’s Broadband Technology Division.

Prior to obtaining a law degree, Bob was a semiconductor research engineer with Siemens Electronics, primarily focusing on Si and GaAs high-frequency device development and fabrication.

Event Synopsis:

Determining a patent portfolio’s precise value has been a continuous challenge for patent owners nowadays as it is considered to be context specific. Several companies worldwide identify Intellectual Property (IP) as one of their most valuable asset classes. However, as patents reach the end of their theoretical lifetime, patent owners seek ways to return their investments over the patent before selling or voluntarily abandoning them. Considering this, companies are in need to build and maintain a robust patent portfolio management strategy to maximize profits and mitigate future monetary risks or loss.

In this two-hour live Webcast, a seasoned panel of key thought leaders, regulators and practitioners brought together by The Knowledge Group will provide the audience with the fundamentals as well as recent legal issues in managing patent portfolios. The panel will also share their expert thoughts and opinion on how to best monetize patent portfolios.

Key topics include:

- Patent Portfolio Management – Legal Perspective
- Valuation of Patent Portfolios & Best Practices
- Aspects of Portfolio Management and Monetization
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Patent Monetization
- Business, Legal and Other Considerations
- Identifying Patents to Monetize
- Developing evidence of use to demonstrate the value of specific patents
- Monetization Methods
- In-House Licensing/Cross Licensing Programs
- Use of Licensing Agents to Assist In-House Licensing Efforts
- Patent Sales
- Privateering
- Use of Membership Organizations to Monetize Assets
- IP Market Place
- Patent Pools
- Litigation

About The Knowledge Group /The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Group was established with the mission to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webinars that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format. To contact or register for an event, please visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org/