The IP Investment Bank

BRIGHT LIGHTS CONFERENCE 2010

During the week of May 10th, 2010, MDB Capital Group hosted 40 innovative companies, some of the top names in the field of IP, and members of the investment community at our 1^st Annual Bright Lights Conference in San Francisco. Bright Lights is the first public company conference to focus exclusively on companies with disruptive and market changing IP. This event exceeded expectations and proved that there is a deep desire to better understand and invest in intellectual property as an emerging asset class.

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The Bright Lights Conference showcased 40 of the most innovative public companies ranked in the 90^th percentile for technology leadership from over 1,600 small cap companies with U.S. patents, as rated by PatentVest, MDB’s proprietary IP business intelligence database. (Click here for an example of a PatentVest Report.) In addition to company presentations, expert panels, IP workshops and one-on-one investor meetings, MDB provided analysis and objective data regarding the technology leadership and competitive landscape of the companies presenting during this exclusive, invitation-only event.

The Bright Lights Conference underscores MDB’s commitment to advancing the financial market’s understanding of the hidden value of intellectual property assets and future technologic leadership.

The 40 companies presenting at Bright Lights were selected from more than 1,600 small cap companies which were scored, ranked and analyzed on the basis of their rate of innovative change; as well as the novelty, quality and industry impact of their patents. Back-tested IP and financial data will be presented for the first time to indicate the selection of companies on the basis of these IP metrics can be correlated to benchmarked financial performance.

Intellectual Property: IP “The Last Frontier”

60% of the value of the Wilshire 5000 is intangible, over $7 trillion of market value.
New patent applications are growing 6x faster than GDP with over 180,000 new U.S. patents granted annually.
Significant opportunities exist for investors and corporate executives to benefit from being able to identify, quantify and objectively analyze intellectual property data, peer group competitiveness and rapidly emerging technology trends.

Why Did Our Attendees Come to Bright Lights?

To discover the untold stories of disruptive IP from the most innovative small cap companies across the technology spectrum, industries include: energy, life sciences, consumer, technology, media, telecommunications, environmental and industrial.
To listen to compelling presentations, participate in Q&A sessions and one-on-one meetings with senior management and expert analysis to gain in-depth insights into each company
To meet thought leaders and IP experts in patent analysis, strategy and due diligence in order to identify disruptive innovation and emerging and enabling technology trends.
To recognize leaders, laggards, opportunities and risks before the rest of the market does.