MDB Capital Group to Showcase Small-Cap IP Leaders at 2nd Annual Bright Lights Conference

NEW YORK - Mar. 30, 2011 – MDB Capital Group is pleased to announce the preliminary list of presenting companies for its 2nd Annual Bright Lights Conference to be held on May 10-11, 2011 at Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York City.  Selected from MDB’s 2011 list of 150 “Best and Brightest” small-cap companies, this group of presenting companies is advancing some of today’s most innovative and market-leading intellectual property (IP).  Bright Lights is the only conference with an exclusive focus on publicly-traded companies possessing disruptive and market changing IP, providing institutional investors with a venue to discover the largely unrecognized value of embedded IP.  

Bright Lights will showcase approximately 40 public companies ranking in the 90th percentile for their respective technology leadership from more than 1,500 small-cap companies with granted U.S. patents, as rated by PatentVest, MDB’s proprietary IP business intelligence platform.  In addition to company presentations, IP industry thought-leaders will also be joining Bright Lights sessions, providing insightful analysis and discussions on innovation and IP monetization topics during this exclusive, invitation-only event. Keynote speakers include: Paul Ryan, CEO of Acacia Research Corp. (ACTG), one of Wall Street’s largest IP holders and licensing companies; Marshall Phelps, author, IP Hall of Fame member, former Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property and Licensing at Microsoft, and John Cronin, CEO & Founder of ipCapital Group, one of the foremost experts on IP development & licensing and former head of the IBM Patent Factory.

Bright Lights underscores MDB Capital Group’s commitment to advancing the financial markets’ understanding of IP as a primary source of asset creation in emerging technology companies. Christopher Marlett, CEO of MDB Capital Group, commented, “Market leading IP is an indicator of superior business performance and investment returns. Our Bright Lights conference is a one-of-a kind forum that bridges IP innovation leaders and institutional investors in an environment that shapes policies and strategies for IP monetization and value creation.”

PRESENTING COMPANIES
2011 BRIGHT LIGHTS CONFERENCE

Company

Ticker

Sector- Industry

Acacia Research Corporation

ACTG

IP Services - Research

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

ALXA

Healthcare - Drug. Manufacturing

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.

ALTI

Basic Materials - Spec. Chem.

Ambient Corporation

ABTG

Tech. - Wireless Comm.

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc.

APNT

Tech. - Diversified Elec.

Arrowhead Research Corporation

ARWR

Healthcare - Biotech.

Augme Technologies

AUGT

Services - Broadcasting

BioLase Technology, Inc

BLTI

Healthcare - Med. Instruments

Broadcast International

BCST

Tech. - Wireless Comm.

ChipMOS Technologies, Inc.

IMOS

Tech. - Semiconductor Equip.

CounterPath Corp.

CPAH

Tech. - Software

Crossroads Systems, Inc.

CRDS

Tech. - Data Storage

Dais Analytic Corporation

DLYT

Conglomerates

DARA BioSciences, Inc.

DARA

Healthcare - Biotech.

Dialogic, Inc.

DLGC

Tech. - Comm. Equipment

Digimarc Corporation

DMRC

Tech. - IT Services

Dot Hill Systems Corp.

HILL

Tech. - Data Storage

Electro Scientific Industries

ESIO

Tech. - Diversified Elec.

Energy Focus, Inc.

EFOI

Consumer Goods

Harris & Harris Group, Inc.

TINY

Financial - Div. Invest.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

INO

Healthcare - Biotech.

Johnson Outdoors, Inc.

JOUT

Consumer Goods

Kopin Corporation

KOPN

Tech. - Semiconductor

Lightwave Logic, Inc.

LWLG

Consumer Goods

Lpath, Inc.

LPTN

Healthcare - Biotech.

Memsic

MEMS

Tech. - Semiconductor

Microvision, Inc.

MVIS

Tech. - Diversified Elec.

Misonix, Inc.

MSON

Healthcare - Equipment

Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc.

NSSI

Tech. - Security Software & Serv.

NewCardio, Inc.

NWCI

Healthcare - Equipment

Provectus Pharmaceuticals

PVCT

Healthcare

Reis, Inc.

REIS

Services - Business Services

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc

SFE

Services - Business Services

Superconductor Technologies, Inc.

SCON

Tech. - Semiconductor

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.

TSYS

Tech. - Comm. Equipment

Uni-Pixel, Inc.

UNXL

Tech. - Diversified Elec.

Verenium Corp

VRNM

Materials - Specialty Chems.

Vision-Sciences Inc

VSCI

Healthcare - Equipment

Vu1 Corporation

VUOC

Consumer Goods

WaferGen Biosystems, Inc.

WGBS

Tech. - Science & Tech

ZBB Energy Corporation

ZBB

Industrial Goods

 

 

About MDB Capital Group

MDB Capital Group, LLC is an institutional research and investment banking firm focusing exclusively on small and micro-cap companies possessing market changing, disruptive intellectual property.  For more information on MDB Capital Group, visit:  http://www.mdb.com

 

About PatentVest

PatenVest® is a proprietary intellectual property (IP) business intelligence platform developed by MDB Capital Group. PatentVest quantifies the appropriate valuation of IP and enables the emergence of IP as an investible asset class. For more information on PatentVest please visit: http://www.patentvest.com

 

DISCLAIMER

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. MDB Capital Group, LLC expects to receive or intends to seek compensation for investment banking or other business relationships with the covered companies mentioned in this press release in the next three months. For important information regarding the covered companies in this press release, please contact us at (310) 526-5000 or write to: MDB Capital Group, LLC, Attention: Research, 401 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1020, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

 

 

 

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