Our Team
Raymond Millien is the Chief Executive Officer of PCT Capital, LLC. Previously, he was General Counsel of Ocean Tomo, LLC, a boutique investment bank focusing on IP assets. While there, he was responsible for overseeing all legal 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.
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 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 coauthored 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.
Representative Presentations
- "Licensing IP in the Current Litigation Environment," IPO Conference on the Increasing Role of Antitrust in Defining Patent Rights, Washington, DC (June 2008)
- "IP and Business Models: The Impact of Recent Changes in Patent Law," 8th Annual Sedona Conference on Patent Litigation, Sedona, AZ (Oct. 2007)
- "Valuing Patents and IP Auctions," PLI Patent Law Summit 2007, San Francisco, CA (Jan. 2007)
- "Valuing IP Portfolios," Entertainment & Sports Law/IP Law Inst. Conference, Cancun, Mexico (Nov. 2006)
- "The Evolving IP Marketplace," NBA 81st Annual Convention, Detroit, MI (Aug. 2006)
- "Public Policy Update - Impact On Patent Quality And Economics," CAI IP Investment Summit, Chicago, IL (June 2006)
- "IP: Monetizing and Protecting Content in the Digital Age," The Deal Convergence 2.0, New York (June 2006)
- "Patent Litigation Update," IIR 2nd Annual Summit on IP Rights for Financial Services, New York (April 2006)
- "Financial Services Industry: Patenting Uphill," AIPLA Annual Mtg., Washington, DC (Oct. 2005)
- "Recent Trends: Software and Business Method Patents," Marcus Evans IP Summit, Phoenix, AZ (Oct. 2005)
- Conference on Technology Transfers in the Fin. Serv. Indus., Zurich, Switzerland (July 2005)
- "Business Method Patents: Moving Forward in a Hostile Environment," Utah IP Summit, Salt Lake City, UT (Feb. 2005)
- "Software/Computer Systems Claims Drafting," AIPLA Annual Basic Training for New Lawyers, Arlington, VA, (Aug. 2002 & Aug. 2003)
Representative Articles
- "Why General Counsel Should Pay More Attention to Intellectual Property," ACC Docket (June 2007)
- "Should You Auction Your IP Rights?," IP Review, Op-Ed (Autumn 2006)
- "Post eBay, Expect More Suits And More Costs," IPLaw360 - Guest Column (June 28, 2006)
- "Adding to the Franchisor's Arsenal: All About Business-Method Patents," Franchising Business & Law Alert (April 2003)
- "The Function of Conjunctions in Patent Claims: 'A and B' May Not Infringe 'A or B'," The Patent Journal (September 2002)
- "Patent Claims Drafting in the New Economy: A Need to Return to Old School Values," IP Today (July 2001)
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