概要
Brian Berman is VP of Sauvegarder Investment Management. Sauvegarder Investment Management is a multi-strategy investment firm dedicated to IP-related financing and investment opportunities including structured senior debt, structured equity, and high-value licensing and monetization campaigns. SIM invests across IP as an asset class and across jurisdictions, primarily focusing on the US, Europe and Asia.
職歴
Sauvegarder Investment Management
VP
IPwe
Co-Founder, VP
Hershkovitz & Associates
Patent Agent
Draft and prosecute patent applications before the USPTO. Specialize in alternative energy, business methods, mechanical engineering, medical devices, and biomedical engineering.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Examiner
Generated 112% production for the 2009 fiscal year. Examined business method patent applications, such as targeted advertisements, online and wireless coupons, incentive programs, video games, and software. Drafted responses to patent attorneys’ arguments. Organized social activities. Recommended cost-cutting and revenue generating agency-wide measures for the USPTO.
Warner Bros.
Legal Clerk Internship
Drafted official rules for online and wireless sweepstakes. Answered questions from marketing department, regarding the sweepstakes. Drafted domain name license agreement. Analyzed video game for trademark and copyright infringement. Revised and redlined wireless contracts. Analyzed actor, producer, and director employment agreements.
学歴・資格
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, LL.M., Intellectual Property and Technology Law
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D.
Washington University in St. Louis, B.S., Biomedical Engineering
