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As the only market-based consulting firm specializing in intellectual property, CONSOR provides services in the following four areas: valuation, litigation support, licensing, and disposition. CONSOR has built a solid foundation of clients and gained invaluable work experience over the past 25 years. We take a marketplace business approach in order to help our clients reach their goals, using real-world evidence and marketing criteria. We are dedicated to assisting our clients in maximizing the value of their intellectual property and intangible asset portfolios, while helping to minimize risk and uncertainty.
Valuation and Research
The proprietary data controlled by CONSOR related to intellectual property valuation is unmatched. For over two decades the firm has been accumulating and organizing information and data related to trademarks, patents and copyrights and the royalty rates, values and transaction prices of those assets. Both current and historical data are available not only from our private resources, but also from public databases. Whether establishing royalty rates for trademarks, patents, domain names, copyrights, artwork or other intellectual property, or whether establishing value for these same assets, CONSOR provides the research and data necessary.
Litigation Support and Expert Witness Services
CONSOR provides clients and their legal counsel with IP litigation support and expert witness services based on exceptional experience in assessing damages in intellectual property litigation for a wide range of industries and IP issues. Our principals are Daubert qualified experts whose areas of expertise include valuation and the quantification of damages, fair market royalty rates, infringement and confusion, licensing customs and practices, and bankruptcy.
Licensing and Leveraging
Our core specialty is the licensing and leveraging of trademarks and brands patents and other IP. We use leveraging as the ability to maximize the value of IP and intangible assets, using our proprietary licensing techniques and skills. We provide expertise on the licensing of all types of intellectual assets ranging from celebrities to portfolios of copyrighted material, and from patents and technologies to trademarks and corporate brands. Beyond licensing, leveraging may also take the form of selling, joint ventures, co-branding, or even mergers.
Disposition
CONSOR understands that the importance of being able to identify, value and manage intangible assets effectively. The firm has actively managed, or co-managed with legal counsel, a variety of transaction formats, including auctions, outright sales of assets or IP portfolios, valuation and management of asset contributions to joint ventures, collateralization of intellectual property for secondary or mezzanine funding, and the valuation and assembly of assets for securitization. Through experience and the application of traditional and proprietary valuation methodologies, the experts at CONSOR can extract the maximum value from any transaction.
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