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We provide expert opinion and testimony relating to economic, valuation, and licensing issues in intellectual property (IP) disputes, and other types of complex commercial litigation.

Visit Ocean Tomo for more information about J.S. Held's intellectual property services.

Our experts with Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, have industry-leading experience across all types of disputes and are particularly skilled in the determination of damages in matters involving intellectual property (IP). Our testifying experts have decades of litigation analysis experience, benefiting clients when they evaluate complex financial data, qualitative facts, supporting testimony, and damages-related case law. 

We are known for our “teaching” —as opposed to “telling”—approach of expert testimony. Rather than only providing a judge or jury with an opinion, we communicate the key facts and relevant theories in a clear and logical manner, and client list is evenly balanced between plaintiffs and defendants.

Antitrust Litigation

Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, is uniquely qualified to support the assessment of the interplay between antitrust and IP rights concepts. Ocean Tomo’s experts rely on the firm’s collective experience to consider and address the economic impact of IP licensing in the normal course of business, the effects of IP infringement and enforcement actions, and the real-world business considerations underlying IP-driven transactions. Our expertise across all facets of the IP market enables a unique perspective on the role of IP in antitrust contexts.

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Expert Testimony

Our financial testimony professionals have industry-leading experience across all types of disputes and are particularly skilled in the determination of damages in matters involving intellectual property (IP). Our testifying experts have decades of litigation analysis experience, benefiting clients when they evaluate complex financial data, qualitative facts, supporting testimony, and damages-related case law. We have served as experts in U.S. District Courts, U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, state courts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the International Trade Commission (ITC), international courts, and arbitration tribunals.

Our experts have provided testimony in deposition and at trial on the issue of intellectual property damages, as well as other economic and licensing topics related to IP, including financial damages, International Trade Commission matters, antitrust litigation, and bankruptcy and insolvency, among others.

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Financial Damages

Our financial expert professionals have industry-leading experience across all types of disputes and are particularly skilled in the determination of damages in matters involving intellectual property (IP). 

Litigants and their counsel have a number of options when engaging financial experts and litigation support services. For decades, professionals with Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. held, have been at the forefront of IP damages issues and analysis. Our financial experts apply their extensive experience to considering the complex financial data, qualitative facts, supporting testimony, and damages-related case law that are pertinent to the determination of economic damages.

> Learn more about our Financial Damages expertise.

Hatch-Waxman Disputes

We are retained on behalf of branded and generic pharmaceutical firms to provide economic and financial analyses and expert opinions relating to Hatch-Waxman disputes. Through our work, Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, has developed expertise in evaluating, for example, the economic and business factors, as well as the drug product features that influence physician prescription practices. We are regularly asked to evaluate claims by branded drug companies of irreparable harm (in response to PI Motions), as well as economic damages resulting from the introduction of generic drug products in the United States. In connection with our work, we have analyzed and evaluated the cost structures and profitability of numerous multinational branded drug companies. In addition, we have extensively analyzed market, prescription, sales, and other financial data compiled by third-party research firms such as IMS Health.

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Intellectual Property Disputes

We leverage expertise in commercial litigation, valuation, and damage evaluations to provide defensible opinion in intellectual property (IP) disputes.

Our experts address complex legal, financial, and economic concepts in intellectual property disputes by utilizing decades of experience in IP, as well as expertise in financial forensics and business valuation. We perform IP and enterprise/equity valuation analyses to support our clients in all forms of litigation and provide expert opinion valuation reports and expert deposition and court testimony to thoroughly defend our assumptions, methodologies, and conclusions.

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ITC 337 Investigations

Our financial experts with Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, have significant experience with 337 investigations involving issues of patent infringement, trademark infringement, and trade secret misappropriation. 

Our experts go beyond a simple accounting to gain a comprehensive understanding of industry considerations that may bear on issues such as the significance of domestic investments, the applicability of potential remedies, or the impact of an exclusion order on the public interest. We have assisted counsel in every stage of a 337 investigation, from acquiring products and evaluating domestic industry and public interest considerations prior to filing through assisting with settlement negotiations prior to the issuance of a Final Determination.

> Learn more about our expertise in ITC 337 Investigations.

Pharmaceutical Antitrust Consulting

Our experts with Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, deliver specialized expertise to assist pharmaceutical firms seeking to comply with FTC regulations and U.S. antitrust laws as they negotiate Hatch-Waxman-related agreements.

We provide financial and economic consulting services to branded and generic firms based on the procedural position of either the Hatch-Waxman litigation or the ensuing antitrust action(s). Our team leverages our experience in valuing intangible assets and intellectual property to guide clients through legal proceedings, including pre-Paragraph IV filing, crafting settlements, and defending deals in antitrust litigation.

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