The qualifications and enthusiasm exhibited by CONSOR professionals for each project are exceptional.  We are the leaders in intellectual property licensing and trademark valuation and have a strong and experienced staff.  Most importantly, we are professional marketers who understand how to extract maximum leverage and value from intellectual property.  We specialize in assisting major corporations and other intellectual property holders in setting technology and trademark licensing policies and strategies, as well as negotiating license agreements and calculating market values that work in the marketplace.  CONSOR also specializes in the area of trademark and brand valuations.  We base our opinions on our expertise in this area and use a marketplace business approach.  We apply real world marketing criteria to our research and utilize our proprietary index of licensing and trademark information that includes over 8,000 valuation and licensing transactions.

Below we briefly outline recent assignments for a variety of clients:

Licensing and Royalty Rates:  In a typical assignment, a UK-based multinational consumer goods manufacturer had our firm develop a licensing strategy and plan identify licensing candidates, royalty rates and terms and assist in negotiations and structuring the business aspects of the deal.

Bankruptcy/Reorganization:  We were retained by the Court to set definitive marketplace royalty rates for Barneys, LA Gear, Boston Market, Kenar, Marvel and Western Union, leading to the establishment of market values for the names and trademarks.  Additionally, we were retained by the creditors of Macy's to set corporate and brand trademark values, which led to their acquisition by the Federated Group.

Trademark Sales/Acquisition:  As we do for many financial services firms, we provided a complete licensing plan and trademark valuation for a highly visible client of The Blackstone Group, using our proprietary VALMATRIX technique and our proprietary data resources.  The client's international name and trademark was the subject of a financing negotiation and sale.

Portfolio Management:  CONSOR provides management services to organizations that have multiple components of intellectual property, including Delphion and Visteon.  Whether the IP is a portfolio of technologies and the related patents or several brand names with a multitude of sub-brands, CONSOR is able to help the organization leverage the portfolio effectively and maximize the return generated.

International Royalty Rates and Values:  Multiple clients, including IBM/Lexmark, United Technologies and General Electric, have had us establish arm`s length royalty rates, based on our proprietary data and VALMATRIX techniques thus providing them defensible, market‑based royalty rates and values for their trademarks and technology.

Internet Assets:  CONSOR is the leading firm in developing licensing and brand extension strategies for, and calculating the value of, Internet assets.  Not only can we help your organization maximize the effectiveness of this important marketing channel, but we can also help turn it into a profit center via licensing and other leveraging techniques.