Kurt Brasch

Kurt Brasch is the Director of Patent Transactions at Uber. He closed more than 30 bilateral deals in 2017 and 2018, and launched and managed Uber’s UP3 Patent Purchase Programme in April 2017. In September 2018 Mr Brasch was ranked 35th in IAM’s Top 40 Global Market Makers.

Before joining Uber, Mr Brasch led strategic initiatives for Google’s transactions team and headed up multiple patent licence negotiations, including the 2014 Cisco cross-licence. He was named one of the Top 10 IP Personalities by IAM in 2015 for developing and leading Google’s Patent Purchase Promotion (PPP) and Patent Starter Programme. Mr Brasch also worked with the Allied Security Trust to design and launch the IP3 community purchase programme in 2016 that followed on from the success of Google’s PPP.

Mr Brasch joined Google in 2012 after the acquisition of his former employer, Motorola Mobility (MMI). At MMI, he was director of outbound patent licensing for the connected home division and led the intellectual asset management team of 15 technical patent experts. Mr Brasch also drove major initiatives, including the company’s position on patent reform (ie, the America Invents Act) and the overall strategy for the IP business.

Before joining Motorola’s mobile device business (later MMI) in 2008, Mr Brasch created and led a start-up consulting business focused on training technical managers. Before this, he worked at Motorola’s government business for 18 years, nine of which were spent in product management. In addition, he held various roles in international logistics, sales support and finance.

Mr Brasch holds a BS in finance from Arizona State University and an MBA from Northern Illinois University.