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DWIGHT OLSON JOINS CONSOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dwight C. Olson is currently Executive Vice President at TAEUS International Corporation. He was the founder of Data Securities International (DSI), now a subsidiary of Iron Mountain Inc., the world’s largest records management company. Mr. Olson has over 40 years of experience in the computer industry. He began his career in the research and development of supercomputers, parallel processing systems and related application architectures in the 1960s.

MARK ANSON APPOINTED CEO OF HERMES PENSIONS MANAGEMENT LTD.

CONSOR Director, Mark Anson, has left his post as Chief Investment Officer of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) to become the Chief Executive Officer of Hermes Pensions Management Ltd., a leading British investment management company. He will manage a staff of 297 and $103.4 billion in funds.

WESTON ANSON APPOINTED TO HELIX BIOMEDIX BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CONSOR Chairman, Weston Anson, has been appointed to the Helix BioMedix Board of Directors. Helix BioMedix, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has a portfolio of issued patents that covers six distinct classes of peptides, including over 100,000 unique peptide sequences. Read the complete press release.

WESTON ANSON APPOINTED CO-CHAIRMAN FOR THE ASSET SALES COMMITTEE FOR THE AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE (ABI)

The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) is the largest multi-disciplinary, non-partisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. The ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues.

The Asset Sales Committee is one of a handful of key committees within the ABI organization – the committee is charged with monitoring trends and activities in asset sales of all types from machinery to real estate, and most importantly, including intangible assets and intellectual property. In making the announcement of Mr. Anson’s appointment, the president of ABI stated that as American industry is increasingly dependent on its intangible asset base, it is important that the committee have a chairman whose career and professional focus is specifically on the issues of value, disposal, reinvigoration, and liquidation of intangible assets and intellectual property.

SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES

CONSOR officers and principals are active on the speaking circuit. The principals of CONSOR have presented to a wide range of organizations on the topics of intellectual property, valuation leverage and monetization. For more information on speaking opportunities, please contact Doug Bania at 858-454-9091 x216 or dbania@consor.com.

CLE - CORPORATE IDENTITY VALUE: THE VALUATION OF GOODWILL AND TRADEMARKS

Weston Anson and Daryl Martin provided a presentation (outlined below) at the 20th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference put on by the American Bar Association, entitled "Corporate Identity Value – The Valuation of Goodwill and Trademarks," in Arlington, Virginia.

Corporate Identity Value: The Valuation of Goodwill and Trademarks

Does a company’s goodwill have value without an accompanying trademark? Valuation of national and global trademark portfolios will be discussed using real case studies, as well as the value of corporate goodwill in a business deal or merger, in bankruptcy or re-organization or in litigation.

Valuing the corporate trademark / corporate identity
What is goodwill? Does it have value?
How to value the goodwill of a trademark.
Trademark value in a deal: FASB 141/142
Residual goodwill – do old trademarks have value?
How licensing can increase value
Market Value versus Strategic Value versus Realizable Value

CONSOR is able to provide continuing education seminars and speaking engagements. For more information on scheduling CLE workshops, please contact Doug Bania at 858-454-9091 x216.

NEW BRAND VALUATION BOOK OUTLINE AVAILABLE

Weston Anson, CONSOR Chairman, is in the process of writing another book, Brand Valuation: Profit Based Principles, Problems and Pitfalls for Managers. The outline is based on current issues in branding and brand valuation, and is available by clicking the title.

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A CELEBRITY ESTATE OR CELEBRITY IMAGE??

"Weston Anson, of CONSOR, values music celebrities and estates, as well as entertainment properties for a living. In this article he offers two case studies from his practice."

What`s It Worth: Putting a Figure on a Musician`s Estate and Celebrity Image

This article looks at two real world case studies based on the author`s practice at an intellectual asset consulting firm.

The first case study considers the value of a music library and a musician`s estate, after the death of that musician, and asks: what is the value of a body of work, including music copyrights and future tour income?

The second case study examines the value of celebrity images. The valuation was done in the context of a lawsuit by two celebrities against a consumer goods company.

The “article” was also the basis for a recent statewide CLE program on the valuation of celebrity rights. That program was chaired by Weston Anson and Michael Einhorn of CONSOR, and was broadcast live to all intellectual property attorneys in the state.

Copies of both the article and the CLE program are available by clicking below.

What`s it Worth: Putting a Figure on a Musician`s Estate and Celebrity Image

CA Law Brownbag Seminar 01-19-05

CONSOR® is dedicated to helping clients establish and build the value of their intellectual property and intangible asset base, while minimizing risk and uncertainty.

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