Economic Damages-IP Contracts Licensing, Royalties
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- Company: ECONOMIC DAMAGES, IP, ROYALTIES, LICENSING, BUSINESS DAMAGES
- Phone: 818-631-3192
- Website: royaltyaudit.info/
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Business Damages and Intellectual PropertyKeywords/Search Terms:
Damages, Economic Damage, Accounting, Intellectual Property, DMCA, Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Royalty Audit, Fraud, False Advertising, Valuation, Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Employment Law, Brands, Complex Business Litigation, Personal Injury, Lost Profits, Unjust EnrichmentEducation:
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration-Accounting, CSUN; Accounting Theory and Practice, CSUNYears in Practice:
33Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:
40Additional Information
ECONOMIC DAMAGES, IP, ROYALTY AUDIT, LICENSING & BREACH OF CONTRACT EXPERT When the expert truly matters, retain an expert trusted by juries, judges, and leading litigators. Sidney Blum is a nationally recognized forensic accounting and economic damages expert specializing in intellectual property, licensing, royalty disputes, breach of contract, fraud, and complex commercial litigation. His more than 30 years of experience includes leadership roles at KPMG, Ernst & Young, and industry positions including Chief Audit Officer of Beats Electronics. Mr. Blum has been the retained expert in more than 160 matters involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, false advertising, trade secrets, royalty audits, DMCA claims, licensing disputes, fraud, class actions, entertainment accounting, and complex breach of contract matters. His damages analyses are frequently adopted over opposing experts in high-stakes litigation and arbitration. Representative matters include: - Leading expert in royalty audit disputes. - Sample expert testimony: ($300 million breach of contract judgement, $325 million stockholders' settlement, $66 million DMCA judgement, $350 trademark settlement). - Plaintiff expert in one of the largest trademark jury awards of 2015. - Defense expert in one of the largest trademark settlements of 2015. - Expert involvement in major pharmaceutical, entertainment, and technology disputes. - Expert in significant music copyright and royalty matters. - Intellectual Property & Licensing. Mr. Blum is particularly known for intellectual property and licensing disputes involving pharmaceuticals, entertainment, music, medical devices, consumer products, and technology. His work includes: - Reasonable royalty analyses. - Georgia-Pacific factor analyses. - Lost profits. - Licensing and royalty compliance. - Royalty auditor standards and competence. - Trade secret and unfair competition damages. - False advertising and Lanham Act damages. - Royalty Audit Expertise - Valuation. - Marketing. - Wrongful termination. - Fraud - Personal injury. - Business interruption. Mr. Blum led royalty audit practices and developed global royalty audit methodologies for Big 4 accounting firms including KPMG and Ernst & Young. He is widely recognized as a leading authority on domestic and international royalty auditing and has worked on behalf of many of the world’s most recognized brands and artists. Fraud & Forensic Accounting Mr. Blum was named the 2012 Fraud Examiner of the Year by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (from more than 85,000 members) and previously served on its board of directors. He has led more than 1,500 forensic accounting investigations involving fraud, corruption, financial misconduct, and damages analysis. Publications & Industry Experience Mr. Blum is the author of books on contract financial language and auditing published by Oxford University Press and LexisNexis. His industry experience includes: - Pharmaceuticals - Film & television - Music & entertainment - Consumer products - Medical devices - Manufacturing - Apparel - Energy - Technology - Toys & licensing