Event Overview

The recent purchase of Palm for $1.2 Billion, based on the value of IP, highlights the value of managing IP as an investment grade asset. As companies are acquired, merged or liquidated, IP is spun out and sold, thus creating new opportunities. Bankruptcies have even created opportunities for the ‘Patent Trolls,’ who appear to be getting loads of publicity – i.e. the Blackberry lawsuit, Wi-LAN and the Bluetooth patent holder.

We posit that understanding the value of IP is an art. Tremendous vision and energy is required to transform it into something incredibly valuable and capitalize the opportunity. The next NYVCA Breakfast will bring together a panel of experts, from different industries, discussing what it takes to make this conversion from vision to commercialization.

The moderator, Peter Holden, of Coller Capital, has been investing in IP for two decades. The panelists represent the venture, financial, corporate and other aspects of managing, building and converting IP and hail from the Telecom, FinTech and Pharmaceutical industries. They will each present views and stories about how they financed, grew, managed or spun– off IP successfully, building tremendous value for investors and shareholders.