President and CEO, David R. Jarczyk, will speak at the third annual Duff & Phelps IP Value Summit on December 7-8, 2016, at The Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, California. The event will focus on strategies for optimizing intellectual property across multiple disciplines including valuation and M&A, tax and transfer pricing, litigation, and licensing. The Duff & Phelps IP Value Summit will bring together corporate executives, attorneys, investors, and other intellectual property experts to discuss best practices, challenges, and opportunities in valuing, managing, monetizing, structuring, and protecting intellectual property assets.

At ktMINE, David is focused on finding, organizing, and connecting the world’s IP information to provide the most comprehensive data access to IP owners and analysts across the globe. David will leverage his extensive expertise in IP data and past experience conducting functional, risk, and economic analyses in a variety of industries during the Royalty Rate Trends and Use in IP Valuation session. Hear directly from a leading royalty rate data provider, licensing executives, and valuation experts regarding current trends and rates in various industry sectors as well as key considerations when using royalty rates to value IP.

“The Duff & Phelps 2016 IP Value Summit will take place against the backdrop of a rapidly-evolving regulatory environment, which will likely bring consequential IP policy proposals to the table,” said Jacob Silverman, President of Duff & Phelps.” We look forward to convening a distinguished forum of experts to explore these and related issues across the IP landscape.”