Cleve B. Tyler, PhD, is a managing director at Berkeley Research Group, LLC who specializes in applying economic analyses to antitrust, intellectual property, and damages issues. An economic consultant with more than twenty years of experience, Dr. Tyler also teaches, writes, and speaks about competition and intellectual property topics. He has testified at deposition and trial in federal court, in state court, and at arbitration and have analyzed economic and damages issues across many industries. Dr. Tyler is an adjunct professor of economics in Johns Hopkins University’s applied economics program, teaching graduate-level courses in industrial organization and microeconomics.  He is an author of the book Assets and Finance: Calculating Intellectual Property Damages, published by Thomson-Reuters, and authored a chapter on expert testimony admissibility in prior versions of this book (annually 2010-2020).

Chris Schulte is a Managing Director in the Disputes & Economics Practice of the Ankura Consulting Group. Chris has focused on financial issues pertaining to intellectual property since 2003, and his practice concentrates on the valuation and licensing of IP and the determination of economic damages in IP litigation. Chris has also provided analytical, strategic, and corporate finance support to clients engaged in IP licensing negotiations, patent portfolio sales and acquisitions, and other business transactions. These engagements have included the provision of strategic guidance, direct support of ongoing negotiations, and the design and formation of IP-licensing businesses. Chris has also published articles and instructed courses about IP licensing, valuation, opportunity assessment, and damages issues.