Brian Yates

Brian Yates is CEO of iPEL, Inc., which he founded in 2017. iPEL secured $200 million in capital for the purpose of acquiring and monetizing patent assets. Through a series of acquisitions and divestments, Mr. Yates curated iPEL’s current patent portfolio, which covers many of the core products and services being offered by leading technology companies around the globe.

From 2000 to 2010, Mr. Yates represented technology companies as a patent prosecutor and patent litigator. In 2011, he left legal practice to become an entrepreneur. During the six years leading up to iPEL, Mr. Yates founded more than 40 technology companies – each one focusing on a different aspect of technology and owning valuable patent rights. While Mr. Yates did not personally invent those amazing technologies, he did partner with extremely talented companies and individuals.

During the past decade, Mr. Yates has successfully licensed the patents of his wholly-owned companies to more than 1,000 companies, including nearly every technology company on the Fortune 1000. Excluding transactions where Mr. Yates served as legal counsel for a client, he has successfully completed patent transactions on behalf of his own companies, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mr. Yates obtained his chemistry degree from Whittier College and his JD from Loyola Law School, where he graduated with honors and received numerous awards, including the American Jurisprudence Awards for obtaining the highest grades in constitutional law, trial advocacy, advanced legal writing, and appellate advocacy.