General Patent Corporation Adds Vice President of Licensing , Dr. Yoriko Morita, Who Will Focus on Licensing in Asian Markets
Online, April 30, 2014 (Newswire.com) - General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and IP management firm, has added Dr. Yoriko Morita to its corporate management team as Vice President of Licensing. Dr. Morita is an experienced licensing executive with an extensive IP and technical background.
"We are pleased to welcome Yoriko to our management team. Dr. Morita's considerable IP and licensing expertise will enable her to make immediate and impactful contributions on behalf of our patentee client base," says Dr. Alexander Poltorak, Chairman and CEO of GPC. "The addition of Vice President of Licensing is a reflection of GPC's philosophy that patent business should be transacted through licensing negotiations rather than litigation."
Prior to joining General Patent, Yoriko Morita served in senior licensing executive positions at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), MBio Diagnostics, OmniVision Technologies and Phiar Corporation. She has been a Registered U.S. Patent Agent since 2001, and she is a member of the Licensing Executives Society and is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP). Dr. Morita has been responsible for the prosecution, oversight and cultivation of a patent portfolio that includes over 1,200 IP matters. She holds a BA in Physics from Lawrence University, a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado and an Executive MBA. Dr. Morita is fluent in Japanese.
"I am delighted to join General Patent Corporation, the oldest patent licensing firm in the world. I look forward to working with an experienced team of licensing and IP professionals at GPC and contributing to the success of the company," says Dr. Yoriko Morita.
About General Patent Corporation
General Patent Corporation, headquartered in Suffern, N.Y., is a leading intellectual property boutique focusing on patent licensing and patent enforcement. GPC represents inventors, small companies, universities and other patent owners in patent assertion matters. GPC also provides IP-related services as IP strategy and management, IP valuation and patent brokerage. Founded in 1987, GPC is the oldest patent monetization firm in the U.S. For more information, visit www.GeneralPatent.com.
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