RAGNAR OLSON

Ragnar Olson is a partner of Global IP Law Group, where he works on all aspects of clients’ efforts to monetize their patents, including licensing, sales, and litigation.

Prior to joining Global IP Law Group Mr. Olson was Director of Ocean Tomo’s patent transactions group. At Ocean Tomo, Ragnar worked on both public auctions of intellectual property and private patent transactions and oversaw more than $100 million of patent sales. His work involved the review of thousands of patents in numerous technical fields, and the successful transfer of hundreds of patents.

Before Ocean Tomo, Mr. Olson worked professionally as a Chemist for Baxter Healthcare, Stepan Company and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Through this cumulative experience Mr. Olson has worked with a wide variety of chemical substances, including pharmaceutical compounds, soap complexes and controlled substances, among others. At the DEA, Mr. Olson testified numerous times in Federal Court and worked as a Law Clerk with the agency.

Mr. Olson holds a degree in Chemistry, with a minor in Economics, from the University of Indiana; he holds a JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law, as well as a certificate in Intellectual Property. Mr. Olson is currently obtaining a Master’s Degree in Information Technology from Northwestern University where his course work consists of telecommunication engineering focusing on signals, spectra, and bandwidth; attenuation, distortion, and noise; filtering and equalizing; modulation and multiplexing. His coursework also has a concentration in computer architecture, operating systems, algorithms, application software and management of systems.

Mr. Olson is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is licensed to practice law within the state of Illinois. Mr. Olson is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.