Licensing & Business Development

Read my published article: "An Overview of Structured Licensing," Les Nouvelles, December 2001

A. Recent IP Management and Marketing Projects

B. Major Past Transactions, Sales, or Out-Licenses

Client

Technology

Result

Role

Network Solutions, Inc.

Digital certificates for web servers

Netsol acquired by Verisign, Inc. ($23 bill)

Advisor to CEO of Netsol

Identrus, LLC

Digital certificate authority, technical and business model

Adopted by consortium of 65 banks; has won 2 international awards

Author, Designer

CertCo, Inc.

Identity warranty protocol patent

Licensed to Identrus and Microsoft .NET

Lead Inventor

Bankers Trust Co.

E-commerce security infrastructure business

Spun out into startup company (V=$150m)

Co-Founder

C. Patent In-Licenses Executed

Licensee

Technology

Licensor

Bankers Trust Co.

Certified e-Mail Patent Portfolio

MIT Professor

CertCo, Inc.

Role-Based Authorization Patents

Fischer Intl Systems

CertCo, Inc.

Portfolio of e-Security Patents / Marks

Bankers Trust Co.

Bankers Trust Co.

Encryption Key Recovery Patents

MIT Professor

Bankers Trust Co.

Encryption Software License

RSA Data Security

D. Funded Incubation Projects

Project Name

Technology

Sponsor

Covar Financial

Online credit risk management

BT Strategic Ventures

Operational Risk

Online operational risk metrics

BT Strategic Ventures

Certified E-Mail

Trusted content delivery system

BT Strategic Ventures

Valify

Wireless communications security (IPR sold to CoreStreet, Ltd. 2003)

Fintegrity Ventures
OS Crypto Open source encryption software Fintegrity Ventures