Vice President - Intellectual Property at Personalized Media Communications - Sugar Land, TX, US
Personalized Media Communications (PMC) owns a fundamental patent portfolio relating to the control of networked equipment, including online and mobile environments. John Harvey, PMC's founder, first disclosed the inventions in 1981. All of PMC's patents claim priority from 1981 or 1987 and have terms lasting until at least 2027 with many lasting until the 2030's. PMC's portfolio consists of 85 issued patents and 19 pending applications. PMC's licensing strategy focuses on mutually beneficial business outcomes. This approach has resulted in licenses with clients including Cisco Systems, DirecTV, Motorola, Sony, and Zynga.