Scott Weingust

Scott Weingust is the leader of Stout’s Intellectual Property Valuation practice. He has more than 25 years of experience providing consulting services to corporations, law firms, universities, and investment firms primarily in the areas of intellectual property (IP) valuation, damages, monetization, and management. His practice primarily focuses on valuing patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, the right of publicity (e.g., name, image, and likeness), software, license agreements, royalty streams, domain names, and other intellectual property and intangible assets.

Scott has provided testimony as a damages and valuation expert in IP-related litigation, including having offered opinions in Federal District Court and Federal Bankruptcy Court. He has testified on a variety of dispute matters, including those with claims associated with patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, fraudulent transfer, breach of contract, marriage dissolution, and others. He has also led project teams on a variety of pre-case and early-case assessments of IP-related damages to assist with decisions related to whether a case should be filed and/or financed, and to support dispute resolution efforts.

He has performed due diligence, valued IP and other intangible assets, and determined royalty rates and other licensing deal terms for a variety of purposes, including transactions (licensing, purchase/sale, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions), tax strategy and compliance (related-party transactions, trust & estate issues), corporate strategic decision-making, use of intellectual property for capital raising efforts (debt and equity), financial reporting, regulatory compliance (Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute), and bankruptcy, among others. He has been directly involved in IP licensing negotiations and has developed many dynamic IP pricing/valuation models to inform transactions and investment decisions.

Scott is currently an adjunct professor at DePaul University’s College of Law, where he teaches a course on IP valuation. He has also previously taught classes on IP valuation and related topics at the New York University School of Law, The John Marshall Law School, Michigan State University’s College of Law, and the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law. He has spoken at conferences or other events for many organizations, including the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Licensing Executives Society (LES), American Bar Association (ABA), American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), and the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC), among others. 

Scott has been recognized as one of the world’s leading IP strategists as part of the IAM Strategy 300 from 2017 to 2025 and as one of the world’s leading patent professionals as part of the IAM Patent 1000 from 2020 to 2025.