The year 2017 was a great one for Pellegrino & Associates. We worked with a number of repeat clients and enjoyed working with many new ones. All of these clients bring interesting concepts from a variety of industries. Among these industries, the law industry increasingly seeks our services. In fact, nearly half of our engagements in 2017 involved law firms. As a result, we provided our expertise to two of the biggest IP litigations in the country last year! Also, one of the rulings on Mike’s opinions made headlines on Docket Navigator. Our firm’s experience as expert witnesses continues to prove valuable in many cases related to intellectual property.
Throughout the year, we attended a variety of conferences and were invited by several organizations for speaking engagements. These organizations and conferences included the following: Global IP ConfEx, ICLEF webinars, Financial Poise webinars, LES webinars, USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy, and IAM’s 3rd Annual Patent Licensing.
Via our projects and speaking engagements, we have traveled all over the country. For instance, we traveled to Baltimore, Battle Creek, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., to name a few. Not only do we get to travel to some interesting places for our projects and speaking engagements, but we get to learn about interesting topics daily. Some of our project topics in 2017 included the following: airlines, battery technology, bicycle crank systems, biotechnology, cardiovascular innovations, catheterization, chain drive systems, customer service, electronic health record systems, face protection market for both industrial and extracurricular activities, medical, monoclonal antibodies, system and methods for allocating resources in a network, and women’s handbags.
Other highlights include the publication of Mike’s article, “Flawed System Leaves Innovators Without Fair Patent Protection” in the Indianapolis Business Journal. Click the article title to read Mike’s perspective on the topic of patents and asserting patent rights. Mike was also nominated as one of the world’s leading IP strategists on IAM’s Strategy 300, which lists the top 300 people in the intellectual property world. Check out Mike’s bio at the following link: http://www.iam-media.com/strategy300/directory/Detail.aspx?g=eb47c05b-eac0-4f8a-a182-4e292d59c7a4&q=P. In addition, Mike is working on a new version of BVR’s Guide to Valuing Intellectual Property. This third edition will feature updated content, as well as new chapters. Examples of new chapter content will include information on Monte Carlo simulations, the intersection of big data and patent valuation, ways to build models to account properly for time variance, and others.
While we love what we do, we also find great value in taking time every quarter to regroup and connect as a team. This past year, we enjoyed some friendly competition at former racecar driver Sarah Fisher’s go kart facility. We also took some opportunities to take in some fresh air for a hike in beautiful Brown County and another adventure in southeastern Indiana for a peaceful kayak trip. We finished the year collaborating on an island in the Breakout Game room. All of our adventures as a team outside the office give us a moment to appreciate each other and a chance to regroup. And every adventure is so much fun!
As you can see, we’ve had a productive year filled with fun adventures, interesting projects, great business relationships, new speaking engagements, and educational conferences. As we enter our 15th year in business, we look forward to learning more about innovations and working with former and new clients in 2018!