Caliber Advisors is a premier provider of expert testimony and analysis for IP-related litigation. Caliber Advisors’ industry knowledge and expertise in economics, finance, accounting and transactions make us uniquely qualified to understand and convey the value and impact of proprietary rights. Our experience spans a broad range of industries, intangible properties and types of claims.
Why Caliber Advisors?
Formulating and presenting an objective and credible damages opinion requires a specialized skill set. The consultants at Caliber Advisors combine project experience across dozens of industries with broad functional expertise to answer the most difficult questions surrounding complex IP damage issues. From the moment we are engaged, Caliber Advisors will spotlight key issues and deliver clarity and focus to the process. Our extensive trial experience produces opinions that are not only sound, but clear and compelling to the court. At Caliber Advisors, we understand that the keys to successful expert testimony are depth, clarity, communication and demeanor.
Clients
At Caliber Advisors, our experience attracts the most sophisticated clients. We have been retained by a wide range of agencies, public and private businesses representing diverse industries of national and world wide economies. Our clients and services include:
- Federal agencies (the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice) to testify as IP experts.
- World-class academic institutions and non-profits to assist in pricing and analyzing technology transfers.
- Board of Directors of commercial enterprises from a range of industries to evaluate the value of IP for licensing and M&A considerations.
- Prominent law firms to represent their clients in IP litigation matters.
Expertise
The Caliber Advisors professional litigation team have opined and testified in numerous state and federal courts and jurisdictions, including the US Tax Court. Caliber Advisors has proven experience in mediations, arbitrations and appellate conferences. Our expertise is broad and diverse and has been applied in many IP litigation contexts. Most recently, we have been selected to:
- Negotiate a settlement in the largest tax dispute in US history for the taxable transfer of IP, GlaxoSmithKline v. Commissioner
- Opine and testify on the fairness of the settlement between ConnectU v. Facebook.
- Opine and testify on key IP transfer cases in the US Tax Court, including Xylinx v. Commissioner.
- Opine and testify on the distribution of Microsoft’s IP assets in Microsoft v. Franchise Tax Board (State of California).
Services
At Caliber Advisors, we assist our clients with a wide range of IP litigation needs. We have winning experience in:
- pre- complaint analysis
- discovery and document review
- preparation of expert reports and rebuttal reports
- assistance with settlement negotiations
- deposition testimony
- trial testimony
Approach
Caliber Advisors has proven experience analyzing complex patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation claims. In these matters our professional experts apply rigorous analytical techniques pertaining to the
- nature and validity of a claimed proprietary position,
- market definition,
- competitive injury; and
- damages
Results
Formulating and presenting an objective and credible damages opinion requires a specialized skill set. From the moment we are engaged, Caliber Advisors will spotlight key issues and deliver clarity and focus to the process. This focused approach is highly effective for our clients. Please let us know how we can be of service to you.