International Collaborations Are Not Without Risk to IP Value
By Mike Moberly, Executive Editor, BVR IP ValuePublishing With increasing frequency, collaboration and cooperation are the themes being played out in global business transaction environments, particularly since the former “conglomerate model” is rapidly fading. Collaboration and cooperation facilitate the increasingly intertwined and interdependent nature of international business. In fact, many business transaction specialists argue cooperation [...]
The “Hargreaves Report” Gives a Roadmap to Revising IP Law in the UK
In October of 2010, Ian Hargreaves, a global thought leader in intellectual property matters, was appointed Chair of Digital Economy, based jointly in Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies and Cardiff Business School. The following month, English Prime Minister Cameron commissioned Hargreaves to perform a review of the legal framework underlying intellectual property [...]
CFOs Need to Get a Handle on Intangible Assets
Yesterday’s blog exposing as incomplete a Journal of Accountancy article that purported to outline a good approach to a CFO presentation in front of venture capitalists brought a question regarding what type of information regarding intellectual property should be available. It’s a good question. Critical to most investments in business opportunities is a well-established intellectual property position with [...]
How (Not) to Woo Venture Capital Investment
An article in June’s Journal of Accountancy recommends a design of a classic CFO presentation to venture capitalists. Here is the suggested outline of the presentation. (1) overview; (2) management team; (3) why you exist; (4) competition and barriers to success; (5) achievements to date; (6) road map for the future; and (7) financials Lest [...]
SAP Again Ordered to Pay Damages to Versata, Only This Time It’s Worse
Back in January, and again in March, we went into detail on how valuators would have to calculate infringement damages for the courts after Uniloc. U.S.A. v. Microsoft, in which the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals resoundingly rejected the 25% “rule of thumb,” “because it fails to tie a reasonable royalty base to the facts [...]
Apple No. 1 in the 2011 BrandZ Top Brands Ranking
WPP is a Dublin-based global communications consulting firm of based in Dublin which offers, among other things, media management, advertising and branding and design services. As part of WPP’s own branding, they offer an annual, entertaining look at the value of the world’s top brands (BrandZ), compiled by their Illinois-based Millward Brown unit. David Roth, [...]
Free BVR webinar on licensing agreement comparables
Though now in appeal, the recent Unilock v. Microsoft ruling striking down the “25% rule of thumb” has placed a burden on appraisers to perform more due diligence when performing royalty rate calculations. In the May 17 free webinar, “A Guided tour of ktMINE,” BVR welcomes Jeffrey Cozzo (ktMINE). BVR believes ktMine is the best source [...]
Recently added to BVLaw valuation case law database
Enpat, Inc. v. Budnic, 2011 WL 768092 (M.D. Fla.)(Feb. 28, 2011) Federal court denies plaintiff’s request to pro-rate past patent infringement damages from actual prior licenses without additional evidence that the parties’ would have used a similar pro-ration during hypothetical negotiations. Experts: none Judge: Fawsett State/Jurisdiction: federal Court: U.S. district court, Florida Type [...]
Microsoft to Buy Skype, and We Can’t Wait to See the Business Combination Accounting
Trying to follow and quantify the intellectual property that will convey in the $8.5B transaction, especially given Skype’s recent history, is next to impossible. When eBay bought Skype from Joltid in 2005, as unbelievable as it seems, the $2.6B price tag didn’t include the peer-to-peer software that drove the system. Well, apparently it included a [...]
U.S. Copyright Group Appears Ready to Strike Again
Undeterred, it appears, by previous unsuccessful attempts to file thousands of “John Doe” suits against owners of IP addresses where illegal downloading has occurred, PCWorld reports the lawyers at U.S. Copyright Group this week are planning to sue over 23,000 BitTorrent users who allegedly downloaded The Expendables without permission. Statutory damages for copyright infringement are high [...]
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