Via Licensing Alliance Appoints Three New Members to its Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO, May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Via Licensing Alliance LLC (Via LA), the collaborative licensing leader, announced today the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors: Patrick Patnode, President of GE Licensing, an affiliate of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE); Jako Eleveld, Vice President and Head of IP Licensing at Koninklijke Philips N.V. (NYSE: PHG); and Keiko Higuchi, Senior Manager and Head of Patent Pools in the Corporate Licensing Division of the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TSE: 6503).
- SAN FRANCISCO, May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Via Licensing Alliance LLC (Via LA), the collaborative licensing leader, announced today the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors: Patrick Patnode, President of GE Licensing, an affiliate of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE); Jako Eleveld, Vice President and Head of IP Licensing at Koninklijke Philips N.V. (NYSE: PHG); and Keiko Higuchi, Senior Manager and Head of Patent Pools in the Corporate Licensing Division of the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TSE: 6503).
- Their appointment follows the conversion of partial ownership in MPEG LA to an ownership stake in Via LA by affiliates of GE, Philips, and Mitsubishi Electric in connection with the recent combination of Via Licensing Corporation and MPEG LA, L.L.C.
- “I’m delighted to welcome Patrick, Jako, and Keiko to the Via LA Board,” said Andy Sherman, Chair of Via LA’s Board of Directors.
- The new appointees will help the Via LA Board oversee the fulfillment of that mission.