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Thomas Britven is president of ASQ Consulting Group. With more than 30 years’ experience as an economic consultant and trusted adviser, Mr Britven has served some of the world’s largest clients in hundreds of financial damages claim and business consulting matters. His extensive expertise includes complex financial damages analysis in intellectual property, breach of contract, business interruption, unfair competition, forensic accounting and business valuation disputes.
Mr Britven has provided expert testimony at over 50 trials, arbitrations and mediations involving lost profits, reasonable royalties and unjust enrichment, among other things. Mr Britven’s IP experience includes patents, trade secrets, trademarks, trade dress and copyright.
In addition to his extensive patent practice, Mr Britven is regularly called upon to apply his expertise in large trade secret misappropriation matters. This work typically includes assessment of both remedies and damages with a focus on the causal connection to the alleged wrongful conduct.
Mr Britven has applied his IP damages, valuation, licensing and strategy skills in numerous complex matters in diverse areas, including aerospace, automotive, banking, biotechnology, computers, consumer products, healthcare, industrial products, manufacturing, medical devices, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, software, telecommunications and wireless technologies, among many others. He has also served as president of the Licensing Executives Society Foundation.
Mr Britven is a certified licensing professional, public accountant, valuation analyst, fraud examiner and a chartered global management accountant.
Mr Britven received his bachelor’s degree in business administration in accounting from the University of Iowa. He is also a graduate of the owner/president management programme at Harvard Business School.