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Raymond Millien

Mr. Millien is co-founder and partner at PCT Government Relations, LLC. Previously, he was General Counsel of Ocean Tomo, LLC, an IP investment bank. While there, he was responsible for overseeing all legal, legislative and regulatory affairs, as well as assisting the firm's management with acquisitions and the structuring of joint ventures. During his tenure he oversaw all legal aspects of innovations such as the world's first live IP auctions and the launch of the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index (AMEX: OTPAT).

Prior to Ocean Tomo, he was Vice President and Group IP Counsel at American Express Company where his responsibilities included managing the company's global patent portfolio and leading brand and technology outward-licensing deals. He was also the company’s representative to the Financial Services Roundtable Patent Committee, worked on legislative affairs and worked within several industry groups to draft position papers, amicus briefs and comments to pending federal regulations.

His previous experience includes practicing law in the Washington, DC offices of DLA Piper US LLP and Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC. Prior to attending law school, he was a software design engineer with General Electric and a graduate of their GE Edison Engineering Program.

Mr. Millien is a frequent international speaker on IP and its intersection with the financial markets. He is also a national lecturer for the BAR/BRI® Patent Bar Review course, and has served as an adjunct professor of legal writing and oral advocacy at the George Washington University Law School, and a professorial lecturer of IP Law at the George Washington University School of Engineering. He has authored the two books, Little Blues: How to Build a Culture of Intellectual Property within a Small Technology Company (Euromoney/MIP, 2006), and From Finals to the Firm: Top Ten Things New Law Firm Associates Should Know (Matthew Bender, 2003).

Mr. Millien received a B.S. from Columbia University, and a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. He is admitted to the Illinois, New York, Virginia, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court bars, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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