Brian Buss, a Director with the Forensic Consulting Group of CBIZ, specializes in intellectual property valuation and expert testimony. A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 25 years of experience in valuations, financial analysis, and corporate finance around the world, Brian provides strategic advice and valuations for owners of intellectual property portfolios, expert testimony regarding economic damages, valuation, and IP asset apportionment in civil litigation, and valuations of trademarks, patents, copyrights, brand assets, trademarks, trade secrets, technology assets, and intangibles.
As an expert witness, Brian has provided expert opinions and testimony on economic damages, IP infringement, trade secret misappropriation, profit apportionment, and defamation both in Federal Court, State Court, US Tax Court, US arbitration and international arbitration.
As a valuation consultant Brian has worked with multi-national corporations, not-for-profit organizations and closely held local businesses to evaluate and identify IP portfolios and revenue models, analyze license transactions, compare acquisition offers, sell intangible assets, obtain new capital and resolve disputes.