Independent Board of Directors

The idea for IP Street originated with Lee, a co-founder of the US's top ranked firm for patent quality, Lee & Hayes (Spokane, Seattle, Austin, Portland, Taipei, and Beijing). Lee became engrossed in the notion of mining IP data to plot business strategy when he was hired by an investment bank to predict the likely outcomes of the landmark NTP v. Research In Motion (RIM) case. In the time since, he and his firm have come to represent several of the largest patent filers in the United States, and Lee has become a recognized evangelist on the rise of intellectual assets in the U.S., China, and beyond. Lee gathered his colleagues at Lee & Hayes, some IP experts and others business strategists, raised funds, and went to work assembling the technologies and talent behind IP Street today.

After sharing ideas with top financial advisors at Fidelity, JP Morgan, Goldman Sach, and Morgan Stanley, Lewis realized that to become the Morningstar of the innovation economy, he needed expertise in the news media space, in public policy, and international business. With this in mind, he solicited the following independent board of directors:

• Outside Directors
  • Stacey Cowles
  • Dennis Hopton
  • George Nethercutt