Taskforce Overview

The Taskforce is a 10-year old performance-oriented consortium of industry, academic and governmental organizations collaborating to define the effects of Intangible Assets - Intellectual Property, Intellectual Capital and Human Capital on the United States' technological and economic growth at the corporate, national and international levels of competitive performance that are essential to America's freedom and prosperity.

Economic opportunity requires robust innovation that transforms knowledge to net worth and a capability to realize the American dream in every entrepreneur's heart; and, to project economic influence in geo-political situations that support our national security.

Some of the notable participants include: UN, Department of Economic & Social Affairs, U.S. Departments of Commerce and Defense, SEC, NASA, National Technology Transfer Center, States of California and North Carolina, MIT, Stanford, SMU, GWU, Texas A&M, Kozmetsky Foundation, Texas Instruments, GE, Ford, Cisco Systems, Freddie Mac, American Express, IBM, Motorola, AT&T, SAIC, Telcordia Technologies, Kodak and approximately some 74 other operations.

New IP Leadership Capabilities Support

The Taskforce has drawn for its 12 year action research and community of IP Professionals to develop data on corporate capabilities to facilitate IP business transactions. This unique approach helps the IP Executive identify opportunities to improve his/her company’s revenue generation and competitive competencies.

The research definitively draws on contemporary knowledge and business practices to improve the capabilities and proficiency levels of the company through the delivery of:

• A Curriculum for Corporate & Executive Development
  1. C Level Leadership
  2. IP Management & Decision Making
  3. IP Valuation
  4. Advanced Financial Strategies
• Integration of Human Capital, IP and Business Strategy
• IP Executive Support for Performance-Based Organizational Diagnostics, Interventions and Support

For more information, please call 972/490-9100
All inquiries are private and confidential

Taskforce Model Patent Sale Purchase Agreement

The Taskforce has developed a model agreement to help frame the agreement between buyer and seller and accelerate the transaction. The agreement is based on many successful transactions.
For questions, contact Ed Gray at egray@fitcheven.com
Model Patent Sale Purchase Agreement

Taskforce WorkProducts Directory

Taskforce reports and work products now available to help you check your team's proficiencies.
Click here to view the Directory

Ever wonder what should be outsourced and what your internal proficiencies are to do IP deals?
Click here to view IP Transactions Scorecards

Leadership Profile

Dr. Steve Henning
Partner Marks Paneth & Shron

Steven L. Henning, PhD is formerly the Academic Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. He previously held an appointment at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and an MBA from the University of Miami (FL).

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