Food Licensing in India December 2011 -- Food Licensing in India CONSOR recently wrote about the growing food licensing industry in India for the Licensing India’s Retailer December 2011 issue....... Download Article

Wes Anson - Guest Speaker October 2011 Weston Anson is Chairman of CONSOR®, an intellectual asset consulting firm specializing in trademark, patent and copyright licensing, valuations, and expert testimony....... Download Article

Is the Crisis Over? June 2010 -- The Licensing Book Optimism is no longer just a coping mechanism in a slumping industry . It’s now a realistic outlook for the immediate future of licensing. The hemorrhaging is done, and the licensing industry is close to stabilizing. ...... Download Article

Branding is No Longer Enough June 2009 -- The Licensing Book "BRAND" has become the code word in licensing. The touchstone, cure-all and magic potion that everyone desperately uses to describe their property or program. There is a naïve belief that "branding" is the powerful ta...... Download Article

Into the New Economy - New Assets, Valuation Techniques, Regulations & Issues June 2008 -- ABF Journal (Vol. 6, No. 6) The "Intangible Asset Economy," describes the environment in which corporations operate today. Financial and economic reporting and control systems continue to have trouble keeping pace with this new Intangible Asset E...... Download Article

Licensing's Silent Crisis February 2007 -- The Licensing Book The licensing world seems to be buzzing with a positive, upbeat attitude about the direction of the industry. At first look, you will notice licensing show attendees smiling and talking about successful licensing progr...... Download Article

Intellectual Capital: Understanding the Value and the Risk January 2004 -- ABF Journal (Vol. 2, No. 1) As intellectual capital will continue to play a larger and larger role in all business deals in industrialized nations, lenders and other banking interests must learn to both understand the assets and understand how to f...... Download Article

Identifying Valuable Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy - Part II June 2002 -- ABI Journal (Vol. 21, No. 5) In this article, we provide a quick guide to the bundling of assets. We review 15 primary and secondary groups of IP. We touch on the valuation process and look at the basic formula for establishing value......... Download Article

Identifying Valuable Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy - Part I May 2002 -- ABI Journal (Vol. 21, No. 4) In virtually every commercial bankruptcy today, the question of intellectual property - identifying, valuing and securitizing it - has become of serious importance. In this article, we provide an overview......... Download Article

Valuing IP in a Bankruptcy February 2002 -- Licensing Economic Review (No. 2002-1) LER interviews Wes Anson, Chairman of CONSOR, on a timely topic -- how to value and dispose of intellectual property, information technology and other intangible assets in a bankruptcy environment......... Download Article