Mr. Blum, CPA, CFE, CPEA, CFF has over 30 years of professional experience as a forensic accounting testifying expert in damages, intellectual property, reasonable royalties & royalty audits. Mr. Blum is a leading licensing contract terms expert. He was 2017 California CPA of the Year & 2012 Certified Fraud Examiner of the Year.
Strengths in intellectual property, royalties, patents, trademarks, copyrights, DMCA, toys, entertainment, energy, music, breach of contract, and consumer products. Former Chief Audit Officer at Beats Electronics, 20 years as an accounting firm Partner including the Big 4. Employee of Fortune 50 companies Occidental Petroleum, Unocal, and the Walt Disney Company. While at Ernst & Young, Mr. Blum led fraud and forensic investigations nationally. Vice Chair (2016-2017) Board of Regents of the 80,000 member Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Mr. Blum has lead more than 1,500 forensic accounting investigations.
Complex Economic Litigations and Intellectual Property Expert Witness - As an Economic Damages expert witness, Mr. Blum has worked on matters from simple to several billion dollars complex litigations. He has been retained as an expert witness for more than 100 matters. Most retentions have required a Federal report. Mr. Blum is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Professional Environmental Auditor, and Certified in Financial Forensics by the AICPA. His damage calculations have consistently been accepted over other experts. His reports are noted as best examples by judges. Broad range of clients for leading law firms. Representative clients: Amgen, Microsoft, Disney, Dolby, Sony, Paramount Pictures, Mattel, GM, Sears, IGT, IMG, Tessera, Philips, Diageo, Harley-Davidson, DKNY, Chrysler, Ross, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Shark Tank, WWE, Warner Bros., McDonalds, SAG, DGA, WGA, Conor McGregor, UMB Bank, Bank of America, Everlast, etc.
Areas of Expertise:
- Complex Financial Litigation
- Patents
- Copyrights
- Trademarks
- False Advertising
- Malpractice
- Royalty Auditor Competence
- Royalty Disputes
- Wrongful Termination
- Construction Defect
- Film Distribution
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- Oil & Gas Pipelines
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Breach of Contract
- Business Interruption
- Class Action
- Lanham Act
- Trusts & Estates
- USITC
- DMCA
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Royalty auditing is a niche service that has exploded in popularity over the last 20 years. The primary purpose of a royalty audit is to test whether a licensee has complied with a license agreement or statutory requirement. The royalty auditor is hired by an intellectual property owner (aka, licensor) or minerals owner to inspect the books and records of a licensee primarily to determine if usage-based monetary amounts have been paid as contractually required. In addition to monetary damage calculations, most royalty audits examine for breach of contract in a wide variety of areas, such as intellectual property protection, record keeping, distribution channels, and permitted usage.
Sidney P. Blum
This book navigates readers through the nuances of drafting the best possible financial terms for license and other self-reporting agreements and shows how proper monitoring and auditing should occur once a deal is in place. The 2014 Edition includes updated information on how to properly write the financial aspects of royalty contracts to protect the licensor, licensee, and other concerned parties. Additional sample terms and "real-world" agreements have also been included.
Sidney P. Blum
This book navigates the nuances of drafting financial terms for license and other self-reporting agreements and shows how proper monitoring and auditing should occur once a deal is in place. This book will modernize and remold how agreements are written and will greatly enhance the bottom line of licensors and other contractors. Lawyers involved in drafting license and other self-reporting contracts typically understand boilerplate provisions but not the financial nuances that are subject to high degrees of interpretation that eventually costs their clients significant money and business relationships.