High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alexander I. Poltorak (born 1957) is a Russian-born American author, entrepreneur, physicist and scholar. He co-authored two books on intellectual property: Essentials of Intellectual Property and Essentials of Licensing of Intellectual Property, both published by John Wiley Sons. He is the founder, Chairman and CEO of General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property firm focusing on patent licensing and enforcement. He is also the founder and President of American Innovators for Patent Reform, a non-profit trade association representing inventors and other stakeholders in the debate over the future of the U.S. patent system. Dr. Poltorak is a member of the IAM (Intellectual Asset Management) Strategy 250 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists.