Technology Licensing

About the editors RUSSELL L. PARR, CFA, ASA, is a Senior Vice President of AUS Consultants, where he assesses the value of intellectual property and advises his clients about the investment value of patents, trademarks, and copyrights. A sampling of his clients includes AT&T, Battelle, Pfizer, Silicon Graphics, TRW, and Exide Corp. He is the author of Intellectual Property: Licensing and Joint Venture Profit Strategies and three other books, and publisher of Licensing Economics Review. Mr. Parr holds an MBA and a BS in electrical engineering and is working toward a PhD in international business strategies. PATRICK H. SULLIVAN, PhD, is a founding partner in the ICM Group, a consulting company focused on extracting value from intellectual capital. He also develops business, financial, and technology strategies for technology-based enterprises and values intellectual assets for business and management use. A sampling of his clients includes Dow Chemical, Xerox, NASA, General Motors, the University of Chicago, and Stanford University. He is also affiliated with Law & Economics Consulting Group, an expert testimony firm. Dr. Sullivan has an undergraduate degree in engineering, a master's in R&D management, and a doctorate in business administration.