Acknowledgments

• Author: Russell L. Parr
• Profession: President of Intellectual Property Research Associates
• Pages: 17-20

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I continue to learn about the world of intellectual property from my clients, colleagues, and

students and wish to recognize those who have come forth to contribute to this book.

Richard J. Gering, CLP of Asterion Consulting, provides consulting and expert wit-

ness services to clients with an emphasis on economic analysis and damages in complex

commercial disputes and all forms of intellectual property—copyright, patents, trademark,

trade secrets, and trade dress. Economic consulting in intellectual property matters includes

commercial success, lost prots, reasonable royalty, price erosion, convoyed sales, and the

Entire Market Value Rule. He has testied in arbitrations, depositions, and federal court.

Richard has been published in the eld of economic damages and valuation of intellectual

property and has taught economic damages and strategy at the VillanovaUniversity School

of Law. Mr. Gering’s employment experience includes Big Four and regional accounting

rms.

Mr. Gering has a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Business Administration

(1980) and an Honors in Economics (1981) from the University of Natal Durban in South

Africa and an MA in Economics (1986) from the University of Maryland, College Park,

where he was a PhD candidate and completed all requirements except for his dissertation.

He is a Certied Licensing Professional (CLP). His education has been supplemented by

various continuing education courses offered by a variety of professional organizations.

He has spoken before professional and educational groups on various aspects of intellectual

property, economic damages, and valuation. His contributionto this book was accumulated

over many years of comprehensive and challenging steak luncheon discussions about all

aspects of intellectual property. Complex issues became so very clear after a few drinks

with Richard. Thank you, Richard.

Debora R. Stewart, David J. Lambdin, and Megan E. Farrell, of InvotexIP, LLC have

provided a wonderful chapter about auditing license agreement compliance with license and

have found that royalty payment underreporting is widespread and it is often not malicious.

Debora R. Stewart, CPA, MBA, is a managing director and founder of InvotexIP,

LLC (InvotexIP). InvotexIP assists intellectual property owners with a full range of

nancial IP advisory services, including royalty audits and license compliance and

calculation and expert testimony on damages in IP infringement matters. Ms. Stewart

leads InvotexIP’s License Management and Royalty Audit and Compliance practice. She

has more than 25 years’ experience working with corporations, universities, and their

counsel on intellectual property matters. She has worked with clients in a wide range

of industries, from computer graphics, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology to consumer

goods. Ms. Stewart developed a proprietary Royalty Reporting Process to help clients take

a proactive approach to managing royalty reporting and revenue. She has authored several

articles and has given presentations and expert testimony on related topics.

David J. Lambdin, CPA, CFE, is a managing director of InvotexIP, LLC and provides

a wide range of consulting services, including royalty audits, intellectual property com-

pliance, forensic accounting, and other litigation services. He has more than 25 years

of nancial analysis, investigations, and accounting experience. Mr. Lambdin provides

litigation and claims services on engagements involving all phases of the litigation process

both in and out of bankruptcy. His assignments have included intellectual property, breach

of contract, accounting malpractice, securities fraud, intellectual property, bankruptcy

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