Olivia Becker

Ms. Becker has extensive experience in patent transaction strategy and execution. At Ocean Tomo a part of J.S. Held, Ms. Becker is responsible for sourcing patents and managing buyers for private sale, live auctions and the Ocean Tomo Bid-Ask™ market.  Her decade of experience includes working with individual inventors, SMEs, universities, research centers, leading global companies and law firms.  Ms. Becker has a deep understanding of both the primary and secondary market for patent transactions.

Ms. Becker also jointly serves as Vice President at Ocean Tomo China, leading patent transaction sourcing for this joint venture between Ocean Tomo and Sinofaith IP. Sinofaith headquarters are based in Shanghai, with subsidiaries and branch offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Changsha, among others. In total, the Sinofaith IP Group represents more than 1,000 professionals with knowledge or background in law, commerce, technology, market, and government relations.

Ms. Becker started her career at ICAP Patent Brokerage (ICAP) in 2010, working on a series of more than a dozen ICAP Ocean Tomo Auctions.  At ICAP, Ms. Becker managed west coast patent brokerage and was a member of the life sciences team.

Following five years at ICAP, Ms. Becker became the first Director of Business Development at Unified Patents Inc, a post-America Invents Act member-based organization whose goal is reducing the number of non-practicing entity (NPE) assertions in specific technology areas such as content delivery, cloud storage, automotive and internet of things.

Ms. Becker is a frequent speaker at IP professional events where she addresses intellectual property monetization strategy.