Philip W. Kline is the co-founder and CEO of EconEdge LLC, where his practice focuses on intellectual property (IP) valuation, litigation consulting, IP strategy, and transactional services.
Mr. Kline has extensive experience in IP valuation and monetization, including assisting clients in negotiating IP licenses. Mr. Kline has valued IP in a variety of contexts, including damages quantification, bankruptcy, tax planning, and tax disputes. He has also assisted in the quantification of damages resulting from numerous causes of action, including patent infringement, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, theft of trade secret, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, breach of contract, and false advertising.
Mr. Kline’s experience spans a variety of industries. He has worked extensively in the wireless telecommunications space, assisting both licensors and licensees in assessing whether proposed royalty rates for standard-essential patents (SEPs) are fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND). He has also worked on engagements pertaining to numerous other industries including medical devices, consumer electronics, industrial networking, and automotive technologies.
Mr. Kline was the American Bar Association (ABA), Intellectual Property Law (IPL) Section’s liaison to the Licensing Executive Society’s Intellectual Property Valuation and Standards Committee. He is a past chair of both the ABA, IPL Section’s Monetization and Valuation of IP Committee and the ABA, IPL Section’s Economics of the Profession Committee. Mr. Kline has been named one of the World’s Leading IP Strategists by Intangible Asset Management. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the state of Illinois and Certified Licensing Professional (CLP).