Mr. Anson, Chairman of CONSOR, is a seasoned licensing valuation and marketing professional with a long history of successful programs at firms such as Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Playboy Enterprises and Hang Ten International. He holds a Masters degree in Business Administration (honors) from Harvard University and is active in all of the major international trademark and intellectual property associations as a speaker and an officer. Wes is a prolific author on the subject of licensing and intellectual property and has published over 150 articles in the United States and overseas. Since founding CONSOR over twenty years ago, Wes has constructed and implemented numerous licensing programs for major corporations and has performed valuations of hundreds of intellectual property components.
Selected Offices & Memberships
- Member, IP Litigation Committee, American Bar Association, 2010 - Present
- Co-Chair, Valuation Standards Committee, Licensing Executives Society International, 2009 - Present
- Member, Law Firm Committee, International Trademark Association, 2009 - Present
- Board of Directors. National Auctioneers Association, 2008 - 2009
- Chair, Asset Sales Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2005 - 2008
- Co-Chair, Trademark Licensing Committee, American Bar Association, 2005 - 2006
- Member, International IP Arbitration and Mediation (NAM), 2003 - 2009
- Co-Chair, Trademark and Character Licensing Committee, Licensing Executives Society International, 2003 -2004
- Co-Chair, Internet/E-Commerce Committee, Licensing Executives Society, 2002 - 2003
- Co-Chair, IP Sub-Committee of the Asset Sales Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2002
- Chairman, Valuation Committee, Licensing Executives Society 2002 - 2003
- Editorial Board, Licensing Business Review, 2002 - Present
- Member, Turnaround Management Association, 2001 - Present
- Chairman, Trademark Licensing Committee, Licensing Executives Society, 2001 - 2002
- Chairman, Internet Licensing E-Commerce Committee, Licensing Executives Society, 2000 - 2001
- Editorial Board, Licensing Economics Review, 1999 - Present
- Member, Board of Delegates, International Licensing Executives Society, 1996 - Present
- Lifetime Member, LIMA Board of Advisors, 1996 - Present
- Co-Chairman, Valuation and Taxation Committee, Licensing Executives Society, 1995 - 1996
- Associate Member, American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, 1995 - 2008
- Advisory Board, The Licensing Journal, 1996 - Present
- Certified Instructor, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
- Associate Member, American Society of Appraisers, 1993 - 2009
- Chairman, Trademark Licensing Committee, Licensing Executives Society, 1992 - 1994
- Board of Directors, Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association, 1990 - 1996
- Vice President, Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association, 1987 - 1990
- Director, MICEL (French Licensing Organization), 1985 - 1987