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Ron Laurie
Managing Director,
Inflexion Point Strategy
RonLaurie@IP-Strategy.com
650-814-5600
Ron Laurie has worked in Silicon Valley since before it had that name, initially as a
computer programmer and systems engineer, and then as an intellectual property
lawyer and strategist. In 2004, he co-founded Inflexion Point Strategy, LLC, the first
intellectual property investment bank advising technology companies and
institutional investors in bringing the unrealized value of high-quality IP assets to
the bottom line by increasing corporate valuation in M&A transactions, by building a
defensive patent shield against litigious competitors and by generating additional
top-line revenue via creative exclusive field-of-use licensing programs. Ron is also
a founding partner in Percipience, LLC, a board-level advisory firm focused on IP
strategy and competitive intelligence, focused innovation and patent valuation. Ron
has been named as one of the World’s Leading IP Strategists by Intellectual Asset
Management (IAM) Magazine and is on the advisory boards of the Certified Patent
Valuation Analyst accreditation program and the IP Management & Valuation
Reporter.
Prior to launching Inflexion Point, Ron was a founding partner of Skadden Arps'
Palo Alto office where he chaired the firm's IP Strategy and Transactions Group for
six years. He was also a founding partner of the Silicon Valley offices of Weil
Gotshal and Irell & Manella.
As a lawyer, Ron advised clients in the semiconductor, computer, software,
communications, media and financial services industries on intellectual property
strategy -- a subject which he taught at Stanford and Boalt (UC-Berkeley) law
schools -- with a primary focus on the strategic use of IP assets in complex
business transactions including mergers and acquisitions, technology divestitures
and spin-outs, joint ventures and strategic alliances. At Skadden, he led IP teams
in some of the largest technology deals ever done, worth over $50 billion.
Ron is a registered patent attorney and a substantial part of his prior law practice
involved strategic planning, competitive analysis and commercial exploitation of
patents on leading-edge software-based technologies such as encryption,
biometrics, and Internet telephony. He wrote the Priceline “reverse auction” patent
which was the first Internet business method patent to gain national attention when
it issued in 1998.
Ron has advised major US and foreign computer and semiconductor companies
in implementing reverse engineering and “clean room” design programs for the
development of compatible software and chip products in order to minimize legal
exposure for copyright and mask work infringement.
Ron was an IP litigator for ten years handling high-visibility patent, copyright, trade
secret and trademark infringement cases in Federal and state courts, including
representation of Hewlett Packard in its successful defense of the “look and feel”
copyright infringement suit filed by Apple Computer against HP and Microsoft over
the Macintosh user interface.
Ron has been an advisor to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright
Office, the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress, the National
Research Council, the National Academy of Science and the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO). He is on the Executive Council of the Berkeley Center
for Law & Technology and is a permanent faculty member of the World Law
Institute. He is on the editorial board of The Computer and Internet Lawyer
magazine and co-edited a two-volume treatise titled International Intellectual
Property. He has been a Director of the Computer Law Association, and has served
on the Executive Committees of the International Intellectual Property Association
and the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California. He has spoken
on IP and computer law topics at conferences of lawyers, engineers, business
executives, judges and government officials in the United States, Europe, Japan,
Korea, Australia and Brazil.
Managing Director,
Inflexion Point Strategy
RonLaurie@IP-Strategy.com
650-814-5600
Ron Laurie has worked in Silicon Valley since before it had that name, initially as a
computer programmer and systems engineer, and then as an intellectual property
lawyer and strategist. In 2004, he co-founded Inflexion Point Strategy, LLC, the first
intellectual property investment bank advising technology companies and
institutional investors in bringing the unrealized value of high-quality IP assets to
the bottom line by increasing corporate valuation in M&A transactions, by building a
defensive patent shield against litigious competitors and by generating additional
top-line revenue via creative exclusive field-of-use licensing programs. Ron is also
a founding partner in Percipience, LLC, a board-level advisory firm focused on IP
strategy and competitive intelligence, focused innovation and patent valuation. Ron
has been named as one of the World’s Leading IP Strategists by Intellectual Asset
Management (IAM) Magazine and is on the advisory boards of the Certified Patent
Valuation Analyst accreditation program and the IP Management & Valuation
Reporter.
Prior to launching Inflexion Point, Ron was a founding partner of Skadden Arps'
Palo Alto office where he chaired the firm's IP Strategy and Transactions Group for
six years. He was also a founding partner of the Silicon Valley offices of Weil
Gotshal and Irell & Manella.
As a lawyer, Ron advised clients in the semiconductor, computer, software,
communications, media and financial services industries on intellectual property
strategy -- a subject which he taught at Stanford and Boalt (UC-Berkeley) law
schools -- with a primary focus on the strategic use of IP assets in complex
business transactions including mergers and acquisitions, technology divestitures
and spin-outs, joint ventures and strategic alliances. At Skadden, he led IP teams
in some of the largest technology deals ever done, worth over $50 billion.
Ron is a registered patent attorney and a substantial part of his prior law practice
involved strategic planning, competitive analysis and commercial exploitation of
patents on leading-edge software-based technologies such as encryption,
biometrics, and Internet telephony. He wrote the Priceline “reverse auction” patent
which was the first Internet business method patent to gain national attention when
it issued in 1998.
Ron has advised major US and foreign computer and semiconductor companies
in implementing reverse engineering and “clean room” design programs for the
development of compatible software and chip products in order to minimize legal
exposure for copyright and mask work infringement.
Ron was an IP litigator for ten years handling high-visibility patent, copyright, trade
secret and trademark infringement cases in Federal and state courts, including
representation of Hewlett Packard in its successful defense of the “look and feel”
copyright infringement suit filed by Apple Computer against HP and Microsoft over
the Macintosh user interface.
Ron has been an advisor to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright
Office, the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress, the National
Research Council, the National Academy of Science and the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO). He is on the Executive Council of the Berkeley Center
for Law & Technology and is a permanent faculty member of the World Law
Institute. He is on the editorial board of The Computer and Internet Lawyer
magazine and co-edited a two-volume treatise titled International Intellectual
Property. He has been a Director of the Computer Law Association, and has served
on the Executive Committees of the International Intellectual Property Association
and the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California. He has spoken
on IP and computer law topics at conferences of lawyers, engineers, business
executives, judges and government officials in the United States, Europe, Japan,
Korea, Australia and Brazil.
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Suzanne Harrison
Director,
Inflexion Point Strategy
Suzanne@IP-Strategy.com
415-509-4469
Since 1988, Suzanne has been assisting companies leverage their intangible
assets into strategic value and/or financial return.
She is a founding principal of Percipience, LLC, a board-level business advisory
firm specializing in corporate IP value capture and risk-reduction, patent valuation
and focused innovation.
Suzanne is also the CEO and founder of Gathering2.0, the first online peer
community for IP professionals. Gathering2.0 works with Fortune 500 patent
buyers to increase information transparency and efficiency in the emerging patent
marketplace, while pricing legal risk. She is also a convenor of the ICM Gathering,
a group of twenty major industrial companies that have been meeting since 1995 to
define, create, and benchmark best practices around Intellectual Property
Management (IPM) and other intangibles (I-stuff).
Previously, Suzanne led Intellectual Asset Management Consulting practices for
LECG and ICMG. Suzanne is a recipient of the Licensing Executives Society North
America Fellowship. She holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the
University of California at Davis, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. She
has written numerous articles and is a frequent speaker on the subject of how
companies can extract value from their innovations. Suzanne is the co-author of
Einstein in the Boardroom published by John Wiley & Sons in 2006 and Edison in
the Boardroom also published by John Wiley & Sons in 2001.
Director,
Inflexion Point Strategy
Suzanne@IP-Strategy.com
415-509-4469
Since 1988, Suzanne has been assisting companies leverage their intangible
assets into strategic value and/or financial return.
She is a founding principal of Percipience, LLC, a board-level business advisory
firm specializing in corporate IP value capture and risk-reduction, patent valuation
and focused innovation.
Suzanne is also the CEO and founder of Gathering2.0, the first online peer
community for IP professionals. Gathering2.0 works with Fortune 500 patent
buyers to increase information transparency and efficiency in the emerging patent
marketplace, while pricing legal risk. She is also a convenor of the ICM Gathering,
a group of twenty major industrial companies that have been meeting since 1995 to
define, create, and benchmark best practices around Intellectual Property
Management (IPM) and other intangibles (I-stuff).
Previously, Suzanne led Intellectual Asset Management Consulting practices for
LECG and ICMG. Suzanne is a recipient of the Licensing Executives Society North
America Fellowship. She holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the
University of California at Davis, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. She
has written numerous articles and is a frequent speaker on the subject of how
companies can extract value from their innovations. Suzanne is the co-author of
Einstein in the Boardroom published by John Wiley & Sons in 2006 and Edison in
the Boardroom also published by John Wiley & Sons in 2001.
Jim O'Shaughnessy
Director,
Inflexion Point Strategy
Jim@IP-Strategy.com
262-573-0252
Jim O’Shaughnessy is a seasoned IP executive with thirty-five years of varied
experience. He has channeled his professional activities into consultation and
advisory services to a worldwide clientele interested in his intellectual property and
innovation strategy services.
He is a founding principal of Percipience, LLC, a board-level business advisory firm
specializing in corporate IP value capture and risk-reduction, patent valuation and
focused innovation.
Previously, Jim was a senior partner in the international law firm of Foley & Lardner
and an officer of Rockwell International, where he was responsible for the entire
intellectual asset portfolio of that multinational corporation. Jim launched
Rockwell's highly successful IP monetization program, out-licensing IP and
technology from the company’s many independent businesses and its corporate
science center. He also led the litigation teams that defended Rockwell from
claims of infringement and developed successful strategies for dealing with “trolls”
that attacked the company.
Jim was a co-founder of Lake Street Holdings, LLC, which focused on valuing and
brokering technology on behalf of clients striving to monetize their intellectual
assets. He also founded Donges Bay Group, LLC, a consulting firm that advised
large, multinational enterprises on intellectual property and innovation strategies.
Jim has considerable experience as an expert witness in intellectual property-
related litigation matters and is an accomplished witness on the stand. He also
serves frequently as an arbitrator in complex intellectual property disputes,
including service on international arbitration panels.
Director,
Inflexion Point Strategy
Jim@IP-Strategy.com
262-573-0252
Jim O’Shaughnessy is a seasoned IP executive with thirty-five years of varied
experience. He has channeled his professional activities into consultation and
advisory services to a worldwide clientele interested in his intellectual property and
innovation strategy services.
He is a founding principal of Percipience, LLC, a board-level business advisory firm
specializing in corporate IP value capture and risk-reduction, patent valuation and
focused innovation.
Previously, Jim was a senior partner in the international law firm of Foley & Lardner
and an officer of Rockwell International, where he was responsible for the entire
intellectual asset portfolio of that multinational corporation. Jim launched
Rockwell's highly successful IP monetization program, out-licensing IP and
technology from the company’s many independent businesses and its corporate
science center. He also led the litigation teams that defended Rockwell from
claims of infringement and developed successful strategies for dealing with “trolls”
that attacked the company.
Jim was a co-founder of Lake Street Holdings, LLC, which focused on valuing and
brokering technology on behalf of clients striving to monetize their intellectual
assets. He also founded Donges Bay Group, LLC, a consulting firm that advised
large, multinational enterprises on intellectual property and innovation strategies.
Jim has considerable experience as an expert witness in intellectual property-
related litigation matters and is an accomplished witness on the stand. He also
serves frequently as an arbitrator in complex intellectual property disputes,
including service on international arbitration panels.
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Eugene Shteyn
Director,
Inflexion Point Strategy
Eugene@IP-Strategy.com
408-242-4981
Eugene Shteyn advises technology companies on implementing structured
invention creation processes and innovation development strategies. Eugene has
also designed and taught four different courses on model-based invention and
innovation at Stanford University. He applies his ground-breaking methods across
a broad range of technology domains and has facilitated corporate invention
development programs that have resulted in the filing of hundreds of patent
applications relating to nanotechnology, digital media, internet services, software
architecture, security, high-performance networking, gaming and medical devices.
Eugene is a named inventor on 28 U.S. patents and more than 50 pending patent
applications. He has guided and motivated high-impact interdisciplinary teams,
and has established standards alliances among major global companies. Much
of his work is embodied in current products and industry standards. He was a
Director of Intellectual Property Licensing at Hewlett Packard and a Principal
Scientist at Philips Research in Silicon Valley. He is currently a visiting scholar at
the Laboratory for Nanostructured Energy Conversion Devices (LNECD) at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He holds degrees in mechanical engineering
and computer science.
Director,
Inflexion Point Strategy
Eugene@IP-Strategy.com
408-242-4981
Eugene Shteyn advises technology companies on implementing structured
invention creation processes and innovation development strategies. Eugene has
also designed and taught four different courses on model-based invention and
innovation at Stanford University. He applies his ground-breaking methods across
a broad range of technology domains and has facilitated corporate invention
development programs that have resulted in the filing of hundreds of patent
applications relating to nanotechnology, digital media, internet services, software
architecture, security, high-performance networking, gaming and medical devices.
Eugene is a named inventor on 28 U.S. patents and more than 50 pending patent
applications. He has guided and motivated high-impact interdisciplinary teams,
and has established standards alliances among major global companies. Much
of his work is embodied in current products and industry standards. He was a
Director of Intellectual Property Licensing at Hewlett Packard and a Principal
Scientist at Philips Research in Silicon Valley. He is currently a visiting scholar at
the Laboratory for Nanostructured Energy Conversion Devices (LNECD) at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He holds degrees in mechanical engineering
and computer science.
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Stuart Soffer
Director,
Inflexion Point Strategy
StuSoffer@IP-Strategy.com
650-400-4101
Stu Soffer has been involved as a testifying and consulting technical expert in over
120 IP cases since 1993. His primary focus is on the analysis of patent validity
and infringement via the lingua franca of claim charts. Stu is the co-author of the
Thesaurus of Claim Construction published by Oxford University Press in 2010 and
2012, the comprehensive guide to the analysis of patent claims, used by
prosecutors, litigators and the courts. He also frequently consults on IP
development, licensing and commercialization, including serving as a member of
corporate patent review committees and advising startups on approaches to
incorporating IP strategies into their business plan.
In 2009, Stu was recognized by IAM Magazine as one of the world's 250 leading IP
strategists. Since 2006, he has been a Non-Resident Fellow at the Stanford Law
School Center for Internet and Society. He has a degree in Computer Science and
has served as VP of software development for a public company. He has
hands-on experience in standards development, real-time process control, clinical
information systems, library automation and networked information and retrieval
systems.
Director,
Inflexion Point Strategy
StuSoffer@IP-Strategy.com
650-400-4101
Stu Soffer has been involved as a testifying and consulting technical expert in over
120 IP cases since 1993. His primary focus is on the analysis of patent validity
and infringement via the lingua franca of claim charts. Stu is the co-author of the
Thesaurus of Claim Construction published by Oxford University Press in 2010 and
2012, the comprehensive guide to the analysis of patent claims, used by
prosecutors, litigators and the courts. He also frequently consults on IP
development, licensing and commercialization, including serving as a member of
corporate patent review committees and advising startups on approaches to
incorporating IP strategies into their business plan.
In 2009, Stu was recognized by IAM Magazine as one of the world's 250 leading IP
strategists. Since 2006, he has been a Non-Resident Fellow at the Stanford Law
School Center for Internet and Society. He has a degree in Computer Science and
has served as VP of software development for a public company. He has
hands-on experience in standards development, real-time process control, clinical
information systems, library automation and networked information and retrieval
systems.
Richard Wu
Director, Asia Operations
Inflexion Point Strategy
RichardWu@IP-Strategy.com
886-937-901032
Richard Wu is based in Taipei, and manages Inflexion Point's operations in the
Asia-Pacific region.
Richard has more than twenty years of design engineering and management
experience with both Taiwanese and foreign semiconductor, systems technology,
and medical device companies.
Prior to joining Inflexion Point, Richard was Regional Sales Director for Chipworks,
a leading technical and patent intelligence and analytics firm based in Ottawa,
Canada.
Richard has expertise in patent validity and infringement analysis, product and
process reverse engineering, market sizing, licensing negotiations and patent
litigation support across a broad range of markets and technologies.
Director, Asia Operations
Inflexion Point Strategy
RichardWu@IP-Strategy.com
886-937-901032
Richard Wu is based in Taipei, and manages Inflexion Point's operations in the
Asia-Pacific region.
Richard has more than twenty years of design engineering and management
experience with both Taiwanese and foreign semiconductor, systems technology,
and medical device companies.
Prior to joining Inflexion Point, Richard was Regional Sales Director for Chipworks,
a leading technical and patent intelligence and analytics firm based in Ottawa,
Canada.
Richard has expertise in patent validity and infringement analysis, product and
process reverse engineering, market sizing, licensing negotiations and patent
litigation support across a broad range of markets and technologies.
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Daniel Collopy
Director
Inflexion Point Strategy
Dan@IP-Strategy.com
(+65) 8268 5641
Dan Collopy is based in Singapore. He is also Special Counsel to the law firm of
Spruson & Ferguson (http://www.spruson.com) which provides intellectual property
legal services across Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and is an
Adjunct Fellow and Instructor at the Singapore IP Academy.
Dan has extensive experience in designing, negotiating and executing complex
corporate transactions in which IP plays a central role, including M&A, joint
ventures, and IPOs. He has also prepared and/or prosecuted more than 300
patents in semiconductor technologies (including memory technologies and
semiconductor processing), communication technologies, electric automobile
engine control systems, avionics and other software / electronics / mechanical /
design areas.
Dan's corporate IP experience includes more than a decade as an IP attorney with
Motorola and several years as Associate General Counsel for Advanced Micro
Devices. More recently, Dan served as an IP Consultant for Exploit Technologies,
the technology commercialization arm of A*Star, (Agency for Science, Technology
and Research), the Singapore government's lead R&D agency. Before
succumbing to the allure of intellectual property law, Dan worked as a criminal
prosecutor.
Director
Inflexion Point Strategy
Dan@IP-Strategy.com
(+65) 8268 5641
Dan Collopy is based in Singapore. He is also Special Counsel to the law firm of
Spruson & Ferguson (http://www.spruson.com) which provides intellectual property
legal services across Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and is an
Adjunct Fellow and Instructor at the Singapore IP Academy.
Dan has extensive experience in designing, negotiating and executing complex
corporate transactions in which IP plays a central role, including M&A, joint
ventures, and IPOs. He has also prepared and/or prosecuted more than 300
patents in semiconductor technologies (including memory technologies and
semiconductor processing), communication technologies, electric automobile
engine control systems, avionics and other software / electronics / mechanical /
design areas.
Dan's corporate IP experience includes more than a decade as an IP attorney with
Motorola and several years as Associate General Counsel for Advanced Micro
Devices. More recently, Dan served as an IP Consultant for Exploit Technologies,
the technology commercialization arm of A*Star, (Agency for Science, Technology
and Research), the Singapore government's lead R&D agency. Before
succumbing to the allure of intellectual property law, Dan worked as a criminal
prosecutor.
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