IP Research Group was formed by the key members and executives of Semiconductor Insights (now Techinsights) and Chipworks, all with decades of intellectual property experience in the US, Japanese and European jusrisdictions. Located in North America, we have developed a broad worldwide network of resources and experts to bring to bear on your technical licensing needs.
Our clients have direct relationships, access and interaction with our experts – no sales representatives or junior associates to act as intermediaries. You spend your time – and your budget – working directly with the experts directly responsible for your project.
In addition to our core team, IP research group has 30 primary subject matter experts, and a secondary network of over 150 experts, so you can be assured that we bring exactly the right expertise and experience to bear on your project.
Siva Manoharan, Founding Partner of IP Research Group (IPRG), has over 20 years of semiconductor design, licensing and reverse engineering experience working with numerous US and international companies in support of their intellectual property licensing and technical competitive design analysis programs. As a senior member of Semiconductor Insights (now Techinsights) and IPRG Siva has analyzed many thousands of patents and generated hundreds of claim charts that have formed the core of many litigation and licensing campaigns. Siva has also served as an expert witness in cases involving semiconductor intellectual property misappropriation and willful cloning of devices. He has extensive design and analysis background and insight in the fields of semiconductor memories, high speed interfaces (SERDES), PLLs and clocking strategies, wireless Radio front-end circuits, and semiconductor low power design methodologies.
Jason Ghie started his career with Semiconductor Insights where his technical and management posts included Manager of Patent Brokerage, Operations Manager of Engineering, IP Account Manager, Patent Engineer, and IP Analyst since joining the company in 1996. He has worked extensively with in-house corporate counsel teams of key technology companies, and external licensing agencies on strategies to effectively evaluate and monetize their IP assets. Jason left SI in the fall of 2008 to join the IP Research Group as a partner. Jason holds a Bachelor of Science & Engineering from Ottawa University and is a licensed member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario. In recognition of his strong technical and IP acumen, he has served as an advisor and expert witness in several intellectual property suits on behalf of Semiconductor Insights’ clients.
Derek Nuhn provides strategic advisory services across licensing, litigation, and patent brokerage. With more than 30 years of experience spanning a wide range of technologies, he is widely recognized as a leading technical and business expert in the licensing industry.
He was a founding executive at TechInsights and went on to design and execute major licensing programs at WiLan. He now advises companies worldwide on identifying, structuring, and executing IP and patent commercialization strategies, generating multiple eight-figure revenue streams for his clients.
Derek was named one of Canada’s Top Forty Under 40 and served as a senior executive at one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies. He has also been recognized multiple times as one of the IAM 300 Global Leaders. In addition, he is frequently retained as an expert witness in IP and technology litigation across the United States and Canada.
