Director in the Disputes, Compliance, & Investigations Stout Karen leads the Stout group that focuses on litigation consulting and royalty/contract compliance audit. She has been engaged in intellectual property related matters throughout her 20-plus year career. She prepares damage analyses and performs IP valuations for cases involving IP licensing, patent, copyright, and trademark infringement, as well as misappropriation of trade secrets. The types of damage analyses include calculation of lost profits, price erosion, reasonable royalty, unjust enrichment, pre-judgment interest, and loss of business value.Karen’s litigation consulting experience includes all phases of the litigation process. During the fact and expert discovery phases, she identifies key documents and relevant issues, recommends solutions to the issues and prepares deposition outlines as well as provides vital analysis and information for the experts. During the trial phase, Karen assists attorneys in forming trial strategy, preparing trial demonstratives and outlines for the case. She manages large, complex litigation projects on behalf of the U.S. government and commercial clients in the areas of breach of contract, fraud, employee theft, antitrust and intellectual property, and has been retained by the Department of Justice as a consultant for breach of contract litigation matters. Karen also provides services in royalty compliance audit and IP license negotiations. Fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese, she leads royalty compliance projects in Asia. Through her IP litigation support and royalty compliance work, she has reviewed numerous license agreements involving international and Fortune 500 companies. Through her review of license agreements, licensee books and records, as well as on-site interviews, she has assisted clients in the identification of areas of licensee non-compliance and has uncovered millions of dollars in underpayments.