Jul 18, 20101
On to IPXI and In Pursuit of Standards, Efficiency and Transparency in the IP Marketplace
By: Ian McClure
Please forgive my temporary hiatus from IP Prospective updates, for the last two weeks have been hectic. In the last two weeks, I have made the decision to leave the private practice of intellectual property law and join Gerard Pannekoek's team at IPXI in the pursuit of standards, efficiency and transparency in the IP marketplace. I have followed the development of IPXI closely for over two years now, as I have posted about IPXI more than once on this medium. As an outsider, I have watched the growth of the idea into ... Read More
Ian McClure is a former corporate & securities and intellectual property law attorney with 
Trevor M. Blum is a former Associate in the Chicago-based, valuation practice group of Ocean Tomo, LLC., an intellectual property (IP) consultancy. Additionally, he provided instrumental research support to Intellectual Property Exchange International, Inc., an IP exchange start-up. Trevor holds a B.S. from Indiana University and is currently an MBA candidate at the University of Cambridge, focusing on international business and finance. His interests also include entrepreneurship, economics, and informational visualization. He enjoys running and cycling in his free time. Trevor seeks to bring a transnational business perspective to the blog. 