Portland – October 15, 2026 -- Michael Lubitz, founder and Senior Managing Director of Global Technology Transfer Group (GTT Group), will moderate a 50-minute masterclass on structuring high-return patent deals at IAM Live: Patent Transactions 2026 on October 22 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront.
Session targets buy-sell deal structuring with five corporate and funding panelists
The session, titled "Masterclass: Buy-Sell Patent Transactions That Pay," runs from 11:30 AM to 12:20 PM PDT. Lubitz, who also founded Ideaship, will lead a panel that draws on executives and funders from across the IP market.
The co-panelists are:
- Russell Genet, Longford Capital
- Elizabeth Stover, Doehler
- Ksenia Takhistova, LCM Biosensor Technologies
- Keith Walker, Nagra-Kudelski
- Todd Langford, Illumina
Panel agenda covers valuation, private equity buyers and IP finance
The discussion will focus on three deal-making topics:
- Building credible patent valuations to maximize deal returns.
- Assessing private equity patent buyers as either disruptors or dealmakers.
- Using IP finance to structure higher-yield transactions.
Lubitz said that as capital structures and buyer profiles change across the IP landscape, success depends on combining precise market intelligence with robust valuation models. He added that he wants to discuss how participants can structure buy-sell agreements that handle current economic complexity and deliver measurable value.
The panel brings together a patent transaction advisor, an IP-focused litigation funder (Longford Capital Management), and corporate patent holders and buyers, including Illumina and Nagra-Kudelski.