Biography

Mike Pellegrino

President

Mr. Pellegrino is the President of Pellegrino & Associates, LLC (P&A), a boutique intellectual property (IP) valuation firm. Mr. Pellegrino has significant experience valuing patents and other forms of intellectual property, establishing royalty rates, evaluating businesses, and calculating economic damages. His company engagements number more than 400 for more than 300 clients, ranging from Fortune 100 companies like IBM, GE, Liberty Mutual, American Express and Lockheed Martin to startups. Judges, attorneys, and government entities such as the IRS and the SEC have widely accepted Mr. Pellegrino’s work product. Courts at the state and federal level, tax jurisdictions, and arbitration panels have accepted Mr. Pellegrino’s work for issues including bankruptcy valuations, estate tax valuations, copyright infringement claims, trade secret misappropriation claims, patent infringement claims, breach of contract claims and others. One North Carolina court stated that Mr. Pellegrino’s work is “clearly in the mainstream of IP valuation methodologies” and that Mr. Pellegrino’s qualifications were “outstanding.”

Mr. Pellegrino’s experience positions him as a thought leader in intangible asset valuation. He is the author of first and second editions of BVR’s Guide to Intellectual Property Valuation, with more 1,000 copies in circulation among a variety of customers including attorneys, tech transfer officers, business valuation firms, competing IP valuation firms, and more. In addition, his finance- and software-related articles appear in internationally and nationally recognized outlets, such as IAM Magazine, CFO Magazine, MSNBC.com, FoxNews.com, and others. Mr. Pellegrino has had the pleasure to teaching thousands of people about valuations. Various venues around the globe, including law firms, universities, accounting firms, appraisal firms, valuation firms, state bar associations, and other organizations, frequently request his expertise at speaking engagements regarding intangible asset valuations and the tax effects of embedded application software and intellectual property.

Some of the venues include the following:

  • Professional societies: American Society of Appraisers, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators, The Association for University Technology Managers, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, the Oregon State Bar Association, and state CPA societies from Florida, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, and Ohio.
  • Government agencies: The National Institutes of Health, The Malaysian Government, the Malaysian Patent Office, and International Visitor Leadership Program which was part of the United States Department of State
  • Others: Purdue University, The University of Illinois School of Law, the Indiana University School of Law, The Indiana University School of Informatics, Georgetown University Law Center, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Rutgers University, TEDx, the Management Roundtable, and Business Valuation Resources

In addition to speaking engagements, Mr. Pellegrino teaches webinars regarding valuation and related topics. To date, students number more than 1,200 and include those across most major economic analysis firms, the IRS, financial institutions, and others. For instance, students come from Charles River Associates, Stout Risius Ross, Inc., Wells Fargo, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, JP Morgan Chase, KPMG, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Pellegrino has also taught scores of technology transfer and IP managers from the likes of Baxter Healthcare, John Deere, DSM, Harley Davidson, Novelis, Johnson & Johnson, Pepsi, Nestle, Alcoa, Dow, Georgia-Pacific, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Kraft Foods, Celanese, SC Johnson, Altria, AB Inbev, James Hardie Building Products, Avery Dennison, Vale, Exxon Mobil, United Health Group, General Electric, FedEx, The Hershey Company and Baxa Corporation among others.

Mr. Pellegrino has taught on IP valuation to officials from the governments of Brazil, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Thailand, Guatemala, and New Zealand on behalf of the U.S. State Department. Mr. Pellegrino has also counseled the Malaysian government and its respective patent offices on patent valuation standards for asset-backed lending initiatives. Mr. Pellegrino also served as a valuation expert to the World Bank and Vietnam for similar topics. Mr. Pellegrino has counseled and testified before legislators about valuation issues. He was also instrumental in helping to change Indiana law regarding the valuation of embedded application software for personal property tax reporting purposes and for the taxation of patent-derived income. Mr. Pellegrino authored the administrative rules that Indiana’s Department of Local Government and Finance now uses to administer the evaluation of software appraisals for property tax matters.

In addition to his valuation expertise, Mr. Pellegrino developed a state-of-the-art patent analytics tool that provides key insights and intelligence into the patent landscape. This system removes information asymmetry rampant in the patent marketplace by consolidating millions of disparate records into a user-friendly database.

Mr. Pellegrino’s educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in computer science from Indiana Institute of Technology and a Master’s degree in business administration from Ball State University. Mr. Pellegrino also completed additional accounting coursework sufficient to fulfill the academic requirements for an undergraduate accounting degree. In addition, Mr. Pellegrino has completed both the 15-hour and 7-hour update USPAP training programs, is current with all USPAP training and has passed all required USPAP exams. He has also completed numerous ICLEF and NBI seminars on a variety of issues; he has counseled and testified before legislators about software valuation issues; and he was instrumental in helping to change Indiana law regarding the valuation of embedded application software for personal property tax reporting purposes and for the taxation of patent-derived income. In addition, Mr. Pellegrino is a regular speaker on the tax effects of embedded application software and intellectual property and intangible valuation, and he has served as a judge for early-stage and high-tech business competitions since 2006.

Mr. Pellegrino has testified in the following proceedings:

  • Plaintiff retained: Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. vs. Orthopedics Northeast, P.C., triPractix, LLC, Raymond Kusisto and Todd Plesko, Deposition, United States Federal Court, Northern District of Indiana, Cause 1:06-cv-00173-WCL-RBC.
  • Court retained: Vernon et al. v. Cuomo et al., Appointed as a neutral valuation expert, North Carolina Business Court, Wake County, Cause 06CVS8416.
  • Defendant retained: Expert testimony in an appeals conference with the Internal Revenue Service in support of a Section 41 income tax controversy for a Fortune 100 company.
  • Plaintiff retained: Valuation consulting services for Scalf v. LCCVB, Lake Superior Court, Civil Division, Cause No. 45D10-0406-PL-00093.
  • Witness: United States Securities and Exchange Commission, In the Matter of City of Moberly, Missouri, Deposition, Case LA-3924.
  • Plaintiff retained: DW Data, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, d/b/a Digital Work v. C. Coakley Relocation Systems, Inc., Deposition, United States Federal Court, Northern District of Illinois, Cause 1:10CV01666.
  • Witness: Shelter Life Insurance Company et al v. Morgan, Keegan & Company Inc. et al., Circuit Court of Cole County, Case 12AC-CC00184.
  • Debtor retained: Harper Brush Works, Inc., trial testimony, United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Iowa, Cause No. 12-01757-als11.
  • Plaintiff retained: Bruce E. Buchan vs. Cherokee Air Products et al., Deposition, Allen County Circuit Court, Cause 02D01-1102-PL-62.
  • Plaintiff retained: Crystal Flash Petroleum, LLC v. Indiana Department of State Revenue, Deposition, Indiana Tax Court, Cause 49T10-1104-TA-00025.
  • Plaintiff retained: Creative Integrated Systems, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. et al., Deposition & trial testimony, United States Federal Court, Central District of California, Cause 2:10-CV-02735.
  • Plaintiff retained: Biomet Heartland Orthopaedics, Inc. v. Biomet Orthopedics, Inc. et al., Deposition & trial testimony, Arbitration.
  • Defendant retained: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. vs. Dr. Ricardo Sasso, Deposition & trial testimony, Arbitration, Matter No. G-14-18.
  • Defendant retained: AJZN, Inc. vs. Donald Yu et al., Deposition & trial testimony, United States Federal Court, District of Delaware, Cause 1:13-cv-00149.
  • Defendant retained: TCL Communication Technology Holdings, Ltd., et al. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, et al.,, Deposition, United States Federal Court, Central District of California, Cause 2:15-cv-02370.
  • Plaintiff retained: Bonutti Research Inc. et al. v. Lantz Medical, Inc., Deposition, United States Federal Court, Southern District of Indiana, Cause 1:14-CV-00609.
  • Plaintiff retained: Separation Design Group IP Holdings LLC v. Inogen, Inc., Deposition, United States Federal Court, Central District of California, Cause 2:15-CV-08323.
  • Defendant retained: Fitzmark Inc. v. Greg Humrichouser, et al., Deposition, Marion Superior Court, Civil Division 1, case number 49D01-1602-PL-003874.
  • Respondent retained: Allison Huynh v. Scott Hassan, Deposition, Santa Clara Superior Court, case number 615FL013853.
  • Defendant retained: Patrick Kelly v. Ann Kelly, Deposition, County of Minnehaha, South Dakota, 49 Division 16-000267.
  • Plaintiff retained: Rick C. Sasso, M.D. v Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al., Deposition and trial testimony, County of Marshall, Indiana, case number 50C01-1806-PL-000027.
  • Defendant retained: HTC Corporation et al. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson et al., Deposition, United States Federal Court, Eastern District of Texas, Cause 6:18-cv-00243.
  • Claimant retained: CardioNet et al. v. InfoBionic, Inc., Arbitration, Cause 01-17-0004-4742.
  • Defendant retained: Probatter Sports LLC v. Sports Tutor, Inc., Deposition and trial testimony, United States Federal Court for the District of Connecticut, Cause 3:05-cv-01975.
  • Defendant retained: Allison Huynh v. Scott Hassan et al., Deposition, Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, C.A. No. 2019-0893-JTL.
  • Plaintiff retained: US Medical Networks LLC v BioFire Diagnostics LLC, et al., Deposition, United States Federal Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, Cause 3:19-cv-01848-N.
  • Plaintiff retained: Epic Tech, LLC v. Fusion Skill et al., Deposition, United States Federal Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, Cause 4:19-cv-2400.
  • Plaintiff retained: F.T., LLC v. Thomas Dr. Sexton Ph.D., et al., Deposition, No. 1:19-cv-03027-RLY-MJD, (Ind. S.D., 2019).
  • Plaintiff retained: Personalized Media Communications, LLC v. Apple Inc., Deposition & trial testimony, Case No. 2:15-cv-01366-JRG-RSP, EDTX, 2015).
  • Plaintiff retained: Lifted Limited, LLC v. Novelty, Inc. et al., Deposition, United States Federal Court, Colorado District, Denver Division, Case No. 1:16-CV-03135.
  • Petitioner retained: Acqis Technology, Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiary v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Trial testimony, United States Tax Court, Docket Number 9261-17.
  • Plaintiff retained: ADASA, Inc. v. Avery Dennison Corporation, Trial testimony, Case No. 6:17-cv-01685-MK, DOR, 2021).
  • Plaintiff retained: Daedalus Blue, LLC v. SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd., et al., No. 6:20-cv-00073, (W.D. Tex., 2020).
  • Defendant retained: EMR (USA Holdings) Inc., v. Richard Goldberg et al., District Court for the 116th Judicial District, Dallas County, Texas, Cause DC-17-14064.
  • Defendant retained: EMR (USA Holdings) Inc., v. Ken Goldberg et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Cause 1:18-cv-07849-ER.
  • Plaintiff retained: PARTS ID LLC v. ID PARTS LLC., No. 1:20-cv-11253, (D. Mass., 2020).
  • Defendant retained: Sanho Corporation v. KaiJet Technology International Ltd., Inc., et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Case 1:18-cv-05385-SDG.

Mr. Pellegrino has authored or contributed to the following books regarding software and intellectual property matters:

  • Pellegrino, Michael J., BVR’s Guide to Valuing Intellectual Property, 2nd Edition, Business Valuation Resources, February 2012.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Understanding the Factors That Will Improve Precision and Credibility in Celebrity Valuation,” Valuing Professional Practices and Licenses: A Guide for the Matrimonial Practitioner, 4th Edition, Edited by Ronald L. Brown, Aspen Publishers, June 2011.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., BVR’s Guide to Valuing Patents, Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property, Business Valuation Resources, May 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., BVR’s Guide to Valuing Intellectual Property, Business Valuation Resources, July 2009.

Mr. Pellegrino has authored or co-authored the following technical pieces regarding software- and finance-related matters:

  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Apple, Facebook and Google still have work to do with inventor diversity,” IAM Magazine, The IP Media Group, June 2021.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The USPTO leads the way in promoting diversity in the patent system,” IAM Magazine, The IP Media Group, May 2021.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Not all patents are created equal: The Wizard of Oz and patent portfolios,” IAM Magazine, The IP Media Group, Issue 94, March/April 2019.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Mike Pellegrino Recommends Sometimes Ignoring Expert Advice,” Indianapolis Business Journal, 2018 Innovation Issue, June 2018.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Flawed System Leaves Innovators Without Fair Patent Protection,” Indianapolis Business Journal, May 2017.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The Nascent Patent Market in the Automotive Sector,” IAM Magazine, The IP Media Group, Issue 77, May/June 2016.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “An Inside Look at the Innovation Impairment Myth of Patent Reform,” IAM Magazine, The IP Media Group, Issue 74, November/December 2015.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Apple, Samsung and the Battle for Patent Supremacy,” IAM Magazine, The IP Media Group, Issue 59, May/June 2013.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “New Model Accounts for Crucial Factors in IP Valuations,” Business Valuation Update, Business Valuation Resources, Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2012.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Taking Issue With the Value of Tiger Woods’ Sponsorships,” Business Valuation Update, Business Valuation Resources, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Intellectual Property Cost of Capital Estimation Model,” Valuation Strategies Magazine, Thomson Tax & Accounting, May/June, 2009, pp. 6-15, 47.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Why the Income Approach is Favored When Valuing Intellectual Property (IP),” Business Valuation Update, Business Valuation Resources, Vol. 15, No. 5, May 2009.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Key Questions to Help IP Analysts Choose the Right Valuation Method,” Business Valuation Update, Business Valuation Resources, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 2009.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing Voting Rights in an IP Holding Company,” Business Valuation Update, Business Valuation Resources, Vol. 14, No. 9, September 2008.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Misusing Fair Market Value,” Valuation Strategies Magazine, Thomson Tax & Accounting, March/April, 2008, pp. 12-27, 48.
  • Brewer, Ryan M. and Michael J. Pellegrino, “Exceeding Auditor Expectations: A Guide to IP Valuation Reports,” Business Valuation Update, Business Valuation Resources, Vol. 14, No. 4, April 2008.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Reality Check: Testing Valuation Conclusions for ‘Fool’s Market Value’,” Business Valuation Update, Business Valuation Resources, Vol. 13, No. 12, December 2007.
  • Buuck, Dale E., and Michael J. Pellegrino, “The Valuation of Early Stage Technologies,” Valuation Strategies Magazine, Thomson Tax & Accounting, May/June, 2007, pp. 4-13, 44-47.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Maximizing Favorable Tax Treatment for Software Embedded in Purchased Assets,” The Journal of Taxation, Thomson Tax & Accounting, August 2006, pp. 79-89.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The Valuation of Intellectual Property,” in the Proceedings of the 2005 Valuation for Mergers and Acquisition Seminar, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, December, 2005.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The Valuation of Embedded Application Software,” Valuation Strategies Magazine, November/December 2005, pp. 12-20.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “PRO-SPEAK: Legislature Clearing Up Software Tax-Exemption Confusion,” Business People Magazine, July 2005, pp. 114-116.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Cutting Taxes for Electrical Manufacturing and Coil Winding Companies,” Proceedings of the 2005 Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Conference, Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Association, Indianapolis, IN, October 2005, pp. 263-266.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “CLR Debugging: Improve Your Understanding of .NET Internals by Building a Debugger for Managed Code,” MSDN Magazine, November 2002, pp. 89-103.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Active Scripting APIs: Add Powerful Custom Debugging to Your Script-Hosting App,” MSDN Magazine, December 2000, pp. 71-91.
  • Disz, T., M. Papka, M. Pellegrino, and M. Szymanski, CAVEcomm Users Manual, Argonne National Laboratory Publication ANL/MCS-TM-218, December 1996.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Virtual Co-Location and Remote Engineering in the Coil Winding Industry,” Proceedings of the 1996 Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Conference, Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Association, Rosemont, IL, September 1996, pp. 387-393.
  • Disz, T., M. Papka, M. Pellegrino, and R. Stevens, “Sharing Visualization Experiences Among Remote Virtual Environments,” Proceedings of the International Workshop of High Performance Computing for Computer Graphics and Visualization, Swansea, Wales, July 1995.
  • Disz, T., M. Papka, M. Pellegrino, R. Stevens, and V. Taylor, “Virtual Reality Visualization of Parallel Molecular Dynamics Simulation,” Simulation Multi-Conference Symposium, Society for Computer Simulation, Phoenix, AZ, April 1995, pp. 483-487.

Mr. Pellegrino delivered the following presentations within the last 10 years:

  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Guest Lecture on IP Valuation, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, June 2022.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Joachim Henkel, Philip Kline, Jon Putnam, “Empirical Approaches for Valuation of SEPs,” Global Standards Leadership Conference, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, IL, June 2022.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Guest Lecture on IP Valuation, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, June 2021.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “IP Valuation – A Primer” IP360 Autumn Webinar. October 2020.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Virtual Guest Lecture on IP Valuation, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, June 2020.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Intersection of Big Data and Patent Valuation,” American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 2019 Forensic and Valuation Services Conference, Las Vegas, NV, November 2019.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Intersection of Big Data and Patent Valuation,” American Society of Appraisers Joint 2019 Advanced Business Valuation and International Appraisers Conference, New York, NY, August 2019.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Guest Lecture on IP Valuation, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, June 2019.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Deborah Pollack-Milgate, Lisa Laughner, “Off the Shelf: Looking at Innovation from Private Industry” Indiana Health Industry Forum, Indianapolis, IN, March 2019.
  • Carlson, Eric, Michael Falk, DJ Nag, Michael J. Pellegrino, George Summerfield, “Someone’s Been Using My Patents: Detecting, Evaluating and Value Infringement to Monetize University Patent Portfolios” AUTM Annual Conference, Austin, Texas, February 2019.
  • Bork, Daniel, Jason Cohen, Ian DiBernado, Alex Lee, DJ Nag, Michael J. Pellegrino, “IP Protection in the Blockchain Industry” LES USA/Canada Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2018.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “LES IP Valuation Standards Workshop” LES USA/Canada Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2018.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “LES Standards Initiative: Improving the Practice of IP Management” LESI Annual Conference, San Diego, California, April 2018.
  • Jeffrey Bartholomew, Bill Elkington, Paul Roberts, Michael J. Pellegrino, “LES Standards and the Connection to IP Innovation” 18th Annual LES Silicon Valley Chapter Conference Program, Palo Alto, California, April 2018.
  • Natalie P. Raffoul, Michael J. Pellegrino, “Intersection of the Valuation of IP and Early Stage Technologies and Big Data Analytics” CTTP webinar. March 2018.
  • William Cory Spence, Richard Claywell, Andrew Warnecke, Michael J. Pellegrino, “Intellectual Property Issues for the Newish Business: Buying & Selling IP” Financial Poise. October 2017.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Understanding Intangibles: Classification, Identification and Valuation,” A BVR Web Workshop, September 2017.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing IP and Early Stage Technologies,” United States Patent and Trademark Office Global Intellectual Property Academy Association for Southeast Asian Nations, United States Patent and Trademark Office, August 2017.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “How to Create an Innovative Ecosystem,” United States Patent and Trademark Office Global Intellectual Property Academy Association for Southeast Asian Nations, United States Patent and Trademark Office, August 2017.
  • Tilman Muller-Stoy, Sarah Guichard, Sherry Rollo, Tom Gaunt, Michael J. Pellegrino, “Standard Essential Patents/FRAND” LES YMC event, Los Angeles, California, June 2017.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing IP and Early Stage Technologies,” Emerging Enterprises Webinar, Licensing Executives Society, April 2017.
  • Snyder, Natalie, Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing IP Assets in Divorce Cases,” ICLEF webinar. March 2017.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing IP and Early Stage Technologies,” Western China International Fair, Chengdu, China, November 2016.
  • Tilman Muller-Stoy, Prashand Watchmaker, Ian MacLean, Kenneth Porter, Michael J. Pellegrino, “Non-Practicing Entities: Licensing Strategies” LES YMC event, Ottawa, Canada, June 2016.
  • William Spence, Kal Shah, Eric Curtin, Michael J. Pellegrino, “IP 101 2016” Financial Poise. January 2016.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuation of Technology,” Innovate Europe, October 2015.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Dave MacAdam “Advanced Workshop on Monte Carlo: From Classroom to Boardroom to Courtroom,” Business Valuation Resources, September 2015.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Tales from the Trenches: Observations of how testifying experts play dirty and how to rise above advocacy behavior,” New Jersey Society of CPAs, September 2015.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Inside the Apple Innovation Myth,” Indiana University Law School, September 2015.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Segregating Non-taxable Software & Related Costs from the Taxable Hardware,” Institute for Professionals in Taxation, June 2015.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing IP and Early Stage Technologies,” International Finance Group, World Bank Group, May 2015.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Market-Derived Patent Data: What Data is Important and How Does it Impact Value?,” Maryland State CPA Society, April 2015.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuation for IP in Bankruptcy?,” Indianapolis Bar Association, April 2015.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing IP and Early Stage Technologies,” Indiana University Law School, February 2015.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Market-Derived Patent Data: What Data is Important and How Does it Impact Value?,” Oregon State Bar Association, February 2015.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “What are Valuable Green Ideas?” TEDx Hong Kong, November 2014.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Concepts in IP Valuation,” MACRO2014, PWC Conference Center, Hong Kong, November 2014.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Market-Derived Patent Data: What Data is Important and How Does it Impact Value?,” American Society of Appraisers and Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators Annual Conference, October 2014.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Calculating Liquidation Values for Early-Stage and Other High-Tech, High, Risk Intangible Assets,” Maryland State CPA Society, May 2014.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing IP and Early Stage Technologies,” Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity & Innovation, April 2014.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Bill Aimutis, and Ajay Jagtiani, “The Food Industry: A Different Game But an Untapped Potential,” Association for University Technology Managers 2014 Annual Meeting, February 2014.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Kenan Jarboe, “Innovation: Reputation Mountains or Patent Mole Hills?,” Intangible Asset Finance Society, January 2014.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Bill Guthrie, and Ajay Jagtiani, “The Food and Beverage Industry: Untapped Potential,” ACCT Canada Innovation 2013 Annual Meeting, December 2013.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Market-Derived Patent Data: What Data is Important and How Does it Impact Value?,” BVR Teleconference, December 2013.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Segregating Non-taxable Software & Related Costs from the Taxable Hardware,” Ohio CPA Society, November 2013.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing Intellectual Property,” Global IP Valuation Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2013.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Apple v. Samsung: Reading the Tea Leaves to Establish Patent Strategy,” University of Illinois School of Law, October 2013.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J.,“Segregating Non-taxable Software & Related Costs from the Taxable Hardware,” Institute for Professionals in Taxation, April 2013.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing Early-Stage Companies,” American Society of Appraisers, April 2013.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing Brands,” BVR Teleconference, March 2013.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing Early-Stage Companies,” Purdue University, February 2013.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The Valuation of Intellectual Property,” Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, January 2013.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The Valuation of Intellectual Property,” International Visitor Leadership Program, October 2012.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., panel member, Techpoint’s Indiana Entrepreneur Bootcamp presented by Ice Miller, September 2012.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Erica Horn, Marty Dakessian, “Expanding the Property Tax Base: Has the Time Come to Include Intangibles?” Georgetown University Law Center, August 2012.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing Startup Companies,” New York State Society of CPAs, May 2012.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing Early-Stage Companies,” Business Valuation Resources, April 2012.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuation of Early Stage Technologies: Tools, Methods, & Case Examples,” The Management Roundtable, March 2012.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing Early-Stage Companies,” Purdue University, February 2012.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Intellectual Property Valuation: Manner, Methods, and Litigation,” Intellectual Property Valuation & Litigation, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) Conference, Indianapolis, IN, February 2012.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The Valuation of Intellectual Property in Emerging Technologies,” Florida CPA Society, January 2012.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The Valuation of Intellectual Property in Emerging Technologies,” Maryland State CPA Society, November 2011.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The Valuation of Intellectual Property in Emerging Technologies,” American Society of Appraisers Advanced Business Valuation Conference, October 2011.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., panel member, Techpoint’s Indiana Entrepreneur Bootcamp presented by Ice Miller, September 2011.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuation of Early Stage Technologies: Tools, Methods, & Case Examples,” Pellegrino & Associates CLE Seminar, August 2011.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuation of Early Stage Technologies: Tools, Methods, & Case Examples,” The Management Roundtable, June 2011.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing Internet-Based Companies,” BVR Teleconference, March 2011.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuation of Early Stage Technology – Practical Approaches to Ensure Fair Deals,” The Management Roundtable Teleconference, December 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Using Simulation Techniques in Litigation,” Palisade Software Teleconference, October 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Recent Trends in Buying & Selling Your Nanotech Company,” Nano Business Alliance Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Why Value IP?” IP Summit, Chicago, IL, September 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Monetizing IP Assets to Increase Shareholder Value,” IP Summit, Chicago, IL, September 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The Critical Intersection of IP Valuation and Fair Value for Financial Reporting,” IP Summit, Chicago, IL, September 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuation in an Era of Healthcare Reform: The Valuation of Healthcare Enterprises, Assets, and Services in a Changing Reimbursement and Regulatory Environment,” American Society of Appraiser’s 2010 Internal Appraisal Conference, Las Vegas, NV, July 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Intellectual Property Valuation for Litigation,” Intellectual Property Valuation & Litigation, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) Conference, Indianapolis, IN, June 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., and Rob Schlegel, “Software Valuation,” BVR Teleconference, June 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The Mechanics of Intellectual Property Valuation,” Intellectual Property Valuation & Litigation, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) Conference, Indianapolis, IN, April 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Tom Miller, David Dufendach, Brad Pursel, and Mike Taylor, “Advanced Workshop on Valuing Early Stage IP,” BVR’s 3rd Annual Summit on Fair market value for Financial Reporting, New York City, February 2, 2010.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Intellectual Property Valuation Workshop,” National Innovation Conference and Exhibition, Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 2009.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuing Intellectual Property,” National Innovation Conference and Exhibition, Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 2009.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuation for Entrepreneurs,” Purdue University Faculty Tech Boot Camp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
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  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Rob Schlegel, and Neil Beaton, “An IP Cost of Capital Estimation Model,” BVR Teleconference, August 2009.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Bill Sipes, and Kevin Yeanoplos, “Valuing Intellectual Property in Entertainment and the Arts,” BVR Teleconference, June 2009.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., Dustin DuBois, “Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices: Building & Valuing Intellectual Property Portfolios,” BVR Teleconference, December 2008.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Panel Discussion Regarding Considerations in IP Valuation for Litigation,” Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) Conference, Indianapolis, IN, November 2008.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Differences Between IP Valuation and Business Valuation,” Barnes & Thornburg, September 2008.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “IP Valuation Roundtable,” Barnes & Thornburg, September 2008.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “How to Value Intellectual Property,” Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) Conference, Indianapolis, IN, June 2008.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuation for Entrepreneurs,” Purdue University Faculty Tech Boot Camp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, October 2007.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Valuation for Angel Investors,” Successful Angel Investing: The Art of the Deal Conference, AngelNet, Indianapolis, IN, August 2007.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Indiana’s New Income Tax Deduction for Intellectual Property,” Techpoint New-Economy New Rules Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, July 2007.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Great Inventions Deserve Protection: Learn How to Protect and Value Your Important IP Assets,” Webinar Co-Sponsored by Pellegrino & Associates, LLC and Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN, June 2007.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “The Value in Protecting and Exploiting Intellectual Property and Other Licensing Matters,” Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) Conference, Indianapolis, IN, December 2006.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Capturing the Value of Invisible Assets,” Seminar Co-Sponsored by Pellegrino & Associates, LLC and Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IN, December 2006.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Issues in Bioenergy Valuation,” American Society of Appraisers Indiana Chapter Lunch, Indianapolis, IN, September 2006.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “How to Value Intellectual Property,”
    • BioStart Business Incubator, Cincinnati, OH, March 2008.
    • Indiana Venture Center, Indianapolis, IN, July 2007.
    • Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, Fort Wayne, IN, January 2007.
    • Indiana Venture Center, Indianapolis, IN, June 2006.
    • National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research National Conference, Louisville, KY, May 2006.
    • Northeast Indiana Angel Investor Meeting, Fort Wayne, IN, April 2006.
    • Indiana Venture Center, Indianapolis, IN, June 2005.
    • Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, Fort Wayne, IN, June 2005.
    • Vision Angel Investor Reception, Muncie, IN, May 2005.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Tax Issues for Embedded Software,” National Property Tax Group Quarterly Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, April 2006.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Leveraging Intellectual Property to Maximize Your Company’s Value,” Techpoint New-Econoour New Rules Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, April 2006.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “How to Value Intellectual Property for M&A Transactions,” Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) Conference, Indianapolis, IN, December 2005.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Indiana’s New Property Tax Laws for Software,” Techpoint CFO Peer Group, Indianapolis, IN, August 2005.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Cutting Taxes for Electrical Manufacturing and Coil Winding Companies,” Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Conference, Indianapolis, IN, October 2005.
  • Pellegrino, Michael J., “Intellectual Property Protection and Valuation,” Techpoint New-Economy New Rules Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, April 2005.

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