Most followed Intellectual property / patents person on LinkedIn. Co-Founder of Unified Patents, the Anti-Troll and founder of 2 previous video codec companies with successful exits. He has also been called "the most disruptive person in IP" for his outspoken advocacy that patent and markets need more transparency if they are to become institutionally valued. Secretly, under to alias, DJ APiX, he mixes old school hip hop and dance music at all the major venues in metro Tri-valley region. 🤣🤣Unified's mission is to stop low-quality assertions by aggressive SEPs and NPEs and to help improve patent quality and decision making. He is responsible for running Unified’s operations, counsel & docket management, analytics, and marketing.He has co-authored papers on PTAB analytics and procedures which have been published in law reviews affiliated with the U. of Chicago, U. of Colorado, and Northwestern among others. A full list of his contributions can be found in SSRN. Most recently, Shawn was VP of Licensing and Business Development at Intertrust Technologies, Inc. responsible for patent and technology licensing programs with over $500 million in revenue. Prior to that he founded or was a senior executive at companies which have gone IPO. EVP & GM, Platform Divison at Nexstreaming (KOSDAQ: 139670) and Co-Founder, VP of Sales and Business Development at Envivio (NASDAQ; ENVI / purchased by Ericsson). Shawn has a JD/MBA from Boston University and a BS in Mathematics from UCLA. He is an active member of the California Bar.