Dr. Michael P. Akemann has been engaged in economic research and consulting for the past twenty-five years.
He is an expert on damages issues in intellectual property (IP), antitrust, and other complex commercial litigation matters. He is also an expert on public interest, domestic industry, and tailored remedies issues in Section 337 matters before the US International Trade Commission (ITC). In addition, he has substantial experience analyzing antitrust liability and class certification issues, with a particular focus on exclusive dealing and other vertical restraints.
Dr. Akemann has testified in US federal courts and California state courts on IP damages; fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) considerations; antitrust matters; and other commercial damages issues. He has also testified on public interest, domestic industry, and tailored remedies issues on matters before the ITC; and on FRAND-related issues before the Shenzhen (China) People’s Intermediate Court.
Dr. Akemann has experience working in a wide variety of fields, including the smartphone, computer hardware and software, semiconductor, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, payment cards, cable television, and transportation industries.
Dr. Akemann graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, San Diego with a BA in economics and political science. Dr. Akemann also holds an MA and a PhD in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he focused on industrial organization and game theory. He has published articles on a variety of issues in the field of economics, including analyses of exclusive dealing contracts, other vertical contractual restraints, and complex damages issues. These publications have appeared in various outlets, including the Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Corporation Law, Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, Handbook of Marketing Analytics, and Research in Law and Economics.
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
PhD, Economics, 1998
MA, Economics, 1996
University of California, San Diego
BA, Economics and Political Science, 1993
Professional Affiliations
American Economic Association
Member
American Bar Association, Antitrust Section
Associate member
