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| IP Partner LLC
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Tel: 303.596.8239
Fax: 720.304.3410
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Boulder, CO., April 10, 2006 – IP Partner
LLC, a consulting firm specializing in intellectual asset
management, today announced the publication of an article, Using
Patent Landscape Mapping to Identify Specialty Pharma Opportunities,
in the March/April issue of Specialty Pharma.
Patent Landscape Mapping (PLM) is a tool to
analyze existing intellectual property (IP) to determine the risks
and opportunities of participating in a given technology and/or
product space. PLM describes the technologies and alternative
solutions that have been applied to a particular product category
and identifies competitors, outlining their strategies, strengths
and problem-solving approaches. PLM enables a company’s scientific
and commercial management teams to identify the best opportunities
for investment in a selected product area, to create a strategy to
protect their IP, and to establish differentiation with respect to
their competitors.
Specialty Pharma, www.specialtypharma.com,
is an innovative publication committed to providing specialty
pharmaceutical companies a forum to communicate to their current and
prospective business partners, namely big pharma, biotech, drug
delivery, drug discovery, and other specialty pharma companies as
well as the investment banking community.
“We are pleased to be able to present our
methods in such a focused and well-read publication. IP often takes
a center stage in battles between companies with billions of dollars
and years of R&D at stake. It’s no wonder that every company having
intellectual property needs to make patent landscape mapping an
integral component of its risk reduction protocol . Our methods help
businesses to accomplish that.” Says Dr. Eve Y. Zhou, Present of IP
Partner.
The article is authored by David A. Sacks.
VP, Licensing and Eve Y. Zhou, Ph.D., President of IP Partner LLC.
Mr. Sacks recently joined IP Partner and has over 30 years of
experience in the pharmaceutical industry in licensing, business
development and product development. He is also the founder and
president of Pharma Technologies LLC, a business development
consulting firm. Dr. Zhou is the creator of the IP-Savvy(SM) series
of proprietary tools for patent mining and patent landscape
analysis.
A reprint of the article can be found on IP
Partner’s website, http://www.ip-partner.com/resources.htm.
About IP Partner
IP Partner LLC is a consulting firm
specializing in the creation, strategy, utilization, and
monetization of intellectual assets. It is the creator of IP-Savvy(SM)
and IP-Invent(SM) series of proprietary tools for patent analysis,
mapping and IP value extraction. IP Partner’s clients include
companies and law firms involved in pharmaceutical, healthcare,
biotechnology, medical device, materials, energy, data storage,
software, and telecommunications industries.
For further information, please visit
www.ip-partner.com, or contact:
David A. Sacks
Eve Y. Zhou, Ph.D.
(480) 529-7123
(303) 596-8239
daves@ip-partner.com
evez@ip-partner.com
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Boulder, CO., April 5, 2006 – IP Partner
LLC, a consulting firm specializing in intellectual asset
management, welcomes Mr. David A. Sacks
of Scottsdale,
Arizona to the company as Vice
President, Licensing. Mr. Sacks was most recently with LTS Lohmann
Therapy Systems as Director of Business Development.
“We are very pleased about Dave joining IP
Partner. He has the combination of intellectual property licensing
skills, technical knowledge, and industrial background that is
perfectly suited to our service and our clients’ needs,” said Dr.
Eve Y. Zhou, Founder and President of IP Partner. “Coming from the
pharmaceutical industry where IP is pivotal to companies’
livelihood, Dave sees that these companies can greatly benefit from
the intelligence and insights offered by IP Partner’s patent
research and technology landscape mapping. This, in turn, empowers
businesses to achieve better success in striking revenue generating
licensing, partnering and M&A deals.”
Mr. Sacks works with companies who are
monetizing their IP or acquiring patent portfolio pertinent to
internal R&D and growth strategy. His experience spans over 30 years
in a variety of pharmaceutical areas, including big pharma, generic
and specialty pharma, and drug delivery. He spearheaded LTS’ drug
delivery licensing program in North America, built a hospital and
specialty product line through licensing for Schein Pharmaceutical
and founded Pharma Technologies LLC, a consulting firm specializing
in business development and licensing. He also held research and
development positions at Wyeth Laboratories and A.H.
Robins/Elkins-Sinn.
Mr. Sacks holds a masters degree in
Chemistry from Boston University and a MBA from Temple University.
He is an active member of the Licensing Executives Society.
About IP Partner
IP Partner LLC is a consulting firm
specializing in the creation, strategy, utilization, and
monetization of intellectual assets. It is the creator of IP-Savvy(SM)
and IP-Invent(SM) series of proprietary tools for patent analysis,
mapping and IP value extraction. IP Partner’s clients include
companies and law firms involved in pharmaceutical, healthcare,
biotechnology, medical device, materials, energy, data storage,
software, and telecommunications industries.
For further information, please visit
www.ip-partner.com, or contact:
David A. Sacks
Eve Y. Zhou, Ph.D.
(480) 529-7123
(303) 596-8239
daves@ip-partner.com
evez@ip-partner.com
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DENVER, CO — Townsend and Townsend and Crew
LLP, a 165-attorney law firm specializing in intellectual property,
antitrust and complex litigation, and IP Partner LLC, a Boulder
consulting firm specializing in patent mining, valuation and
licensing of intellectual assets, present Managing and Profiting
From Intellectual Assets, a practical and comprehensive training
course for business professionals, on April 20 from 8:00am to
5:00pm. The seminar will be held at Townsend’s office in the Tabor
Center office tower located at 1200 17th St. Suite 2700 in Denver.
The course will provide an overview of
intellectual property, and discuss how the strategic analysis and
management of patents and other intellectual capital can provide a
competitive advantage by helping business build their intellectual
assets and manage and license them to create significant revenue.
The course is approved for seven hours of
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits by the Colorado Bar
Association.
For more information or to register: www.
ip-partner.com/training or call 303-499-6903 x2.
IP Partner is a consulting firm
specializing in patent mining, valuation and licensing for
intellectual assets. It is the creator of ip-savvy(TM) and
ip-invent(TM) series of proprietary tools for intellectual asset
management and value extraction. IP Partner has provided services to
companies in the Biotechnology, Data Storage, Software, Chemical,
and Energy industries. For more information, please visit
www.ip-partner.com or email: info@ip-partner.com.
Originally founded in the 1860s, Townsend
and Townsend and Crew LLP focuses on intellectual property law,
teaming with businesses, inventors, entrepreneurs, scientists and
investors to protect their innovative products and ideas. The firm
offers a full range of intellectual property services: patent
prosecution; licensing; trademark and copyright; and litigation,
with additional expertise in antitrust; and other complex business
litigation. With offices in San Diego, San Francisco, Palo Alto,
Walnut Creek, Denver and Seattle, Townsend has more than 165
attorneys, many of whom have advanced technical degrees and
extensive scientific and business experience. For more information,
visit the firm’s Web site located at
www.townsend.com.
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Boulder, CO. – November 24. 2003
IP Partner LLC, a firm specializing in
intellectual property (IP) management, recently completed a pivotal
patent analysis and mapping project for encryptX. According to
encryptX President David Duncan, IP Partner’s work has allowed
encryptX to address investors’ needs and attract additional
investment to the small but growing company. This is great news for
a startup focused on developing cutting-edge information technology
products.
Intellectual property has become a leading
indicator of corporate value in today’s savvy and demanding
financial community. Because technology develops at such a torrid
pace, intellectual property often comprises a significant portion of
a technology company’s value and gives differentiation in the
marketplace. encryptX is no exception. The company develops software
security technology for protecting, managing and sharing sensitive
information.
encryptX’s charge from its investors was to
identify defensible technology that belongs to encryptX, and to
develop an IP strategy to ensure continuing revenue streams for
investors. Duncan says that, without IP Partner’s help, he knew he
was facing an enormous task. “We knew we would need outside help. We
needed an IP attorney, but it’s a very expensive process, and the
amount of time and work needed would make it prohibitive. We
realized that the way to offset the cost was to do a lot of the
legwork ourselves. But we are a small company with a small staff
focused on critical activities. We didn’t have that luxury. IP
Partner pitched us on the approach and how they would help us, and
by using their service we saved a significant amount of money.”
encryptX worked with IP Partner for two
months. Says Duncan, “The product exceeded our expectations in every
way. We also engaged a patent attorney. He looked at the patent map
and was blown away.” Duncan said the attorney is using IP Partner’s
color-coded map to do his work.
Dr. Eve Zhou, founder and President of IP
Partner, comments, “encryptX is like many small firms whose patents
and know-how often are the biggest, if not the only valuable assets
they have. Yet most of them don’t have the expertise in house when
it comes to managing and utilizing IP as a strategic asset. With
outside help they can build an IP portfolio early on and along the
way that will strengthen the company’s goals, whether that is to
secure funding, attract strategic partnerships, create royalty fees,
or increase product revenues.”
Duncan agrees. EncryptX is already backed
with its investors and, because of the work of IP Partner, can
present their defensible technology in a documented and
straightforward manner. Duncan is excited about continuing to work
with IP Partner. “The next phase is the strategy phase, forming the
plan into a strategy that will help us take advantage of what we
learned so far. We have reaped significant value so far, but we’re
even more excited about what lies ahead.”
About IP Partner
IP Partner LLC is a consulting firm
specializing in the creation, strategy, utilization, and
monetization of intellectual assets. It is the creator of ip-savvyTM
and ip-inventTM series of proprietary tools for intellectual asset
management and value extraction.
About encryptX Corporation
encryptX Corporation is a security software
applications company that provides businesses with the ability to
protect, organize, and locate sensitive business information.
encryptX solutions enable users to safely share information
internally with employees, and externally with partners and vendors.
For further information, please contact:
encryptX Corporation, (303) 431.4550, dduncan@encryptx.com, http://www.encryptx.com;
or Eve Zhou of IP Partner LLC, 303-596-8239, evez@ip-partner.com,
http://www.ip-partner.com.
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BOULDER,
Colo., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- DPHI, Inc. announced today that it
was granted six patents from the U.S. patent office,
underscoring the innovation of its small form factor optical
storage device. The six patents are in addition to six patents
previously awarded. Additionally, DPHI has acquired the services
of IP Partner LLC in order to utilize the licensing revenue
opportunities the patents represent. The two companies have
already been working together for over two months.
As the
small form factor optical market emerges, DPHI's patents will
enable the company to establish compelling advantages and
acquire new licensing revenue. The patents cover the areas of
optical data storage devices, optical head alignment, optical
recording mediums with writeable capabilities, and access
control of writeable mediums.
"In
today's knowledge-based economy, intellectual assets drive more
and more companies' market value," said Bill Almon, Jr., CEO and
President of DPHI. "Intellectual property management is a
strategic part of our business and we are committed to
commercializing our patents in order to add value to our company
and its shareholders. IP Partner brings the expertise and
strategic focus that can help us to speed up this process."
DPHI was
granted ten patents overseas including Taiwan and Singapore. It
expects to see a steady flow of granted patents as the result of
over 140 filings between the years 1999 and 2001.
"We
believe DPHI's intellectual assets represent tremendous
commercial value to the company's core business objectives,"
said Dr. Eve Zhou, CEO of IP Partner. "Intellectual property
licensing can be a significant revenue and profit generator: the
market has soared from $15 billion to over $110 billion in the
last 10 years, according to data from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
With a large IP portfolio and unique innovations, DPHI is well
positioned to benefit from this trend."
About IP
Partner
IP Partner LLC is a consulting firm specializing in the
creation, strategy, utilization, and monetization of
intellectual assets. It is the creator of ip-savvy(TM) and
ip-invent(TM) series of proprietary tools for IP management and
value extraction.
About
DPHI
DPHI, Inc. provides micro-optical storage technology
uniquely suited to digital recording, playback and distribution.
The DataPlay(TM) platform features a miniaturized optical engine
and removable media that enable new ways of storing and securing
digital content and data for the growing market of portable
electronic devices and systems. The company's technologies are
suitable for a broad spectrum of applications in industry
verticals and in consumer electronics.
The
DataPlay(TM) platform is recognized as a pioneering small form
factor optical technology designed specifically to meet the
needs for portable and secure digital content creation and
distribution. Unique to the DataPlay(TM) platform is its
patented media-based "DRM" architecture and system. Employing a
combination of proprietary hardware and software encryption and
authentication innovations, content placed on the micro-optical
DataPlay(TM) media from a trusted source can be accessed only by
those with the recognized authority.
For
further information, please contact: Kathy Bowers of DPHI, Inc.
(DataPlay), +1-303-447-8484, kbowers@dataplay.com, http://www.dataplay.com/;
or Eve Zhou of IP Partner LLC, +1-303-596-8239, evez@ip-partner.com,
http://www.ip-partner.com.
SOURCE
DPHI, Inc.
Web
Site: http://www.ip-partner.com http://www.dataplay.com
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