Courtney Quish, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group
Ms. Quish is a Managing Director based in Menlo Park for the Fortress Credit Funds Business where she heads Asset Management for Fortress’s Intellectual Property Finance Group.  In this role, she provides counsel and advice to portfolio companies that are engaged in monetization efforts. Ms. Quish has over 20 years of experience assessing and monetizing patent assets. Prior to joining Fortress in 2018, Ms. Quish held the position of Vice President of Patent Strategy and M&A at Rovi Corporation, a TiVo Company where she was responsible for leading patent acquisitions and patent-heavy corporate acquisitions as well as designing and implementing IP monetization strategies. Prior to joining Rovi, Ms. Quish was a Member of Mintz Levin’s patent litigation practice where she spent the majority of her time representing patent owners in licensing and litigation matters including litigation in U.S. district courts and the International Trade Commission. Ms. Quish has been recognized by Intellectual Asset Magazine on a number of occasions, including being identified as one of the World’s Global Leaders in IP and the World’s Leading IP Strategists, where individuals are recognized for their experience related to creating and enforcing critical patent rights to help maximize the value of IP portfolios. In the past, Ms. Quish was also identified as one of the 40 world “Elite Dealmakers” and 1 of 10 “IP Personalities” by the same publication.  Ms. Quish earned her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and her B.A. with High Honors from Middlebury College.

Joe Chernesky, Founder & CEO, VideoLabs, Inc.
Joe is the Founder and CEO of VideoLabs and NovaCloud Licensing and has more than 30 years of general management and P&L experience at Fortune 100 technology companies, private equity, and innovative start-ups.  Joe also serves as a Board Director and Board Advisor for several technology companies and non-profit organizations.

Most recently, Joe was President of Nagra IP, Inc and SVP of innovation, intellectual property and corporate development at the Kudelski Group.Prior to Kudelski, Joe served as Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing at Intellectual Ventures (IV).Joe co-founded and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of IPotential, a leading provider of IP strategy and patent monetization services.Prior to IPotential, Joe served as Vice President of Boeing Management Company, where he was responsible for its IP policy, strategies and initiatives.Before joining Boeing, Joe held several management positions at Intel Corporation in IP licensing and business development, new product development and corporate treasury.

Joe earned a BS and MBA from the University of Arizona and served for 10 years as a US naval officer in various assignments throughout the world.

James Yoon, Partner, Litigation, Wilson Sonsini
Jim, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, has more than 25 years of experience as a trial lawyer, patent litigator, counselor, and IP strategist. He has litigated over 200 patent cases and has tried numerous cases in federal courts, state courts, and at the International Trade Commission. Jim has recently secured notable trial wins for Scale Computing, Lutron Electronics, Epistar, Cyntec, and VB Assets. He was recognized among Bloomberg Law’s inaugural “ Unrivaled Litigators” list in 2025 and named a 2025 “ Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year ” finalist by The Recorder.

Jim earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his B.S. in electrical engineering from GMI Engineering & Management Institute.

Moderator: Kent Richardson, Partner, Richards Oliver Law Group, LLP
Mr. Richardson counsels clients on a variety of patent and business matters, including patent buying, selling, licensing, valuation, prosecution, and operations. He provides data-driven advice using his firm’s proprietary database of patent market information covering 358,000 patent assets. He has licensing and marketing patent portfolio experience, resulting in more than $1B worth of patent license bookings. Mr. Richardson has served as an expert witness on patent monetization and licensing practices in UK and US cases. Mr. Richardson is a lecturer on IP at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Before founding ROL Group, Mr. Richardson was general manager of ThinkFire’s Silicon Valley office. He has worked in various senior management roles with growth businesses such as Senior Vice President of Business Affairs at Sezmi, Managing Director at Constellation Capital, Vice President of Intellectual Property at Rambus and General Counsel at Numerical Technologies. He was also a private practice attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Mr. Richardson has over 60 published articles and has lectured on patent strategy, intellectual property, and related business issues at Stanford, Santa Clara, Center for Intellectual Property, IPBC, and LES.

Mr. Richardson is a member of the California Bar, and a US Patent and Trademark Office registered patent attorney. He holds five US patents.  He has a JD and a BSc in computer engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada.