David M. Braitsch
Senior Advisor, The Chicago Corporation

Prior to joining The Chicago Corporation, Senior Advisor David Braitsch was the former Director of Intellectual Property Asset Management for the Eastman Kodak Company, a (founding) member of Kodak’s Licensing Group, and previously served as Manager for Intellectual Property for R&D.

Mr. Braitsch is an experienced leader of successful intellectual property initiatives with a demonstrated ability to work with multiple parties, organizations and large and small corporations to resolve mutual issues and generate value. He has extensive experience in portfolio management, licensing, buying and selling patents, patent valuation and licensing opportunity development, and has supported patent litigation activities, formulation of transactional strategies and development of tactics for responding to external assertions. He has a demonstrated ability to design and implement enterprise-wide solutions and processes that withstand time and organizational change.

Before becoming active in Licensing and Intellectual Property Management, he held several senior management positions in both Kodak’s Consumer Imaging Business and R&D organizations including 7 years residence in Europe as Associate Director and subsequently Director of Kodak’s European Photographic Research Labs located in France, England and Germany.

Mr. Braitsch holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Florida and was an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Rochester.

His professional affiliations include the Licensing Executive Society as co-chair of the LES Rochester Section, and the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association. He has given numerous talks at local and national conferences and most recently chaired the IP Law Summit conference on Patent Licensing and Litigation Strategies.

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