Ryan Schultz
Vice President, Business Development at Woodsford- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Woodsford
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vice President, Business Development
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Jun 2022 - Present
Working with leading lawyers worldwide and claimants to provide litigation funding for all types of litigation, such as patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, commercial, bankruptcy, appeal, and mass tort. In addition, we work with patent holders who are looking to sell or exclusively license their patent portfolio. Working with leading lawyers worldwide and claimants to provide litigation funding for all types of litigation, such as patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, commercial, bankruptcy, appeal, and mass tort. In addition, we work with patent holders who are looking to sell or exclusively license their patent portfolio.
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Robins Kaplan LLP
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United States
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Legal Services
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400 - 500 Employee
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Partner
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Jul 2010 - Jun 2022
● Strategized with clients on assessing risk and opportunities related to their intellectual property portfolios, including identifying areas to focus research and development and areas that competitors are expanding into that may impact the client’s businesses. ● Conduct freedom to operate analysis on competitors' IP portfolios. ● Collaborate with patent prosecution counsel to develop and enhance patent portfolios worldwide that protect the client’s innovation and have monetization capabilities over a wide range of technology. ● Analyzed over 60 opportunities to assert IP assets in monetization or licensing campaigns. ● Conduct due diligence in analyzing IP portfolios to determine value and strength of the portfolios in potential acquisitions. ● Negotiated numerous IP-related agreements, including asset purchase agreements, license agreements, joint development agreements and non-disclosure agreements. ● Supervised and handled all facets of litigation in forums across the world, including pretrial motions, discovery, depositions, summary judgment, appellate, and Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings. Show less
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Finance Committee
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2013 - Jan 2019
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Quarles & Brady LLP
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United States
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Law Practice
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700 & Above Employee
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Attorney
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Sep 2006 - Jun 2010
Commercial litigation with a specilization in intellectual property litigation (patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets). Commercial litigation with a specilization in intellectual property litigation (patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets).
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Education
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University of Cincinnati College of Law
Juris Doctorate -
University of Minnesota
BS, Biochemistry