Founder and Partner of Global IP Law Group. Mr. Berten works on all aspects of monetizing clients’ patent portfolios, and directs the firm’s litigation effort and has been the principal IP advisor on several of the largest patent transactions in history, with transaction value in excess of $7.5 billion.Mr. Berten led Global IP’s representation of Nortel Networks regarding the monetization of Nortel’s patent portfolio from late 2009 through the sale of the patents in June 2011. Global IP’s representation culminated in a record-setting sale of $4.5 billion for Nortel’s important telecommunications patents to a consortium that included Apple, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM, and other companies.Mr. Berten was the primary IP advisor to Alcatel-Lucent regarding the companies successful $2.6 billion secured debt financing, which was secured in part by Alcatel-Lucent’s more than 40,000 patent assets.Mr. Berten advised the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee on patent matters in the Eastman Kodak bankruptcy proceeding. Kodak’s restructuring included a transaction involving more than 3,000 patent assets for approximately $525 million.