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15601 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1050
Addison, TX 75001
Mr. Kennedy is an expert in intellectual property valuation and negotiating the economics of patent sales and licensing agreements. He has been acknowledged as one of the World’s Leading IP Strategist by Intellectual Asset Management for each of the last 11 years.
Mr. Kennedy has bought and sold patent portfolios and negotiated license agreements in commercial transactions and helped clients establish royalty rates for individual patents and large portfolios of implementation and standard essential patents. Additionally, he has provided forensic consulting services in litigation matters and has testified as an expert witness in numerous matters involving patents, copyrights, and trade secrets covering a wide variety of technologies and technical benefits. Mr. Kennedy has testified as a patent licensing and reasonable royalty expert in ICC International Arbitration proceedings and federal courts – including opining on royalty rates for standard essential patents, implementation patents, and US and worldwide portfolio rates.
His intellectual property experience includes:
Mr. Kennedy's professional experience started over 35 years ago as a CPA for Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC). His experience includes investing in and raising venture capital for intellectual property-based companies and negotiating the economics of patent sales. He has also purchased patent portfolios and implemented licensing programs as an owner and manager of the patents and on behalf of investor groups, inventors and corporations including the determination of appropriate royalty rates in the marketplace.
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