IP valuation project managers should make sure team members are all playing by the same rules
At a pre-IP valuation meeting, set and communicate the standards all will be working under. In BVR’s Guide to Intellectual Property Valuation, Mike Pellegrino lays out fundamental procedures before valuing IP, instructive to IP owners and analysts alike: Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on [...]
U.S. Copyright Office outlines priorities in planning document
Organizations with copyrighted properties and analysts should review the “seventeen priorities and ten special projects” presented in a planning document issues by the U.S. Copyright Office last month. You can retrieve a copy of the report here. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this [...]
How to protect the IP value of photographic images
Jeremy Nicholl says to register photographic images at the US Copyright Office. “The U.S. may be a Berne signatory, but in practice the USA has a dual copyright system: major protection and zero protection.” Unregistered images are still copyrighted, but the remedies are quite limited. Registration carries with it statutory damages of $150,000 per infringement, [...]
To attract needed investment current accounting should reflect all intangible assets on the balance sheet
There have been excellent arguments articulated for presenting all of a company’s intangible assets on the balance sheet: transparency, C-level attention, etc. Now Professor Baruch Lev (NYU) has urged the move to trigger the investment that will be required to pull the nation’s economy out of its current state. As reported in IAM-Magazine, Lev proves [...]
What happened to the ICAP auction of covenants not to sue (CNSs)?
IPBlog reported on an interesting twist in IP value, that of extracting the value of a covenant not to sue from IP rights, and the auction of such CNSs that was to be held on September 27. Though there are clearly confidentiality issues that surround covenants not to sue, as Intangible Asset Management points out, [...]
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled on patentability of scientific stem cell research
Scientific research which involves removal of a stem cell from a human embryo at the blastocyst stage, entailing the destruction of that embryo, cannot be patented. However, the use of human embryos for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes which are applied to that human embryo is patentable (but their use for purposes of scientific research is [...]
Survey finds brand equity integral to the success of private equity firms
In July, BackBay Communications conducted a survey on brand equity in private equity firms. 70% of the survey respondents from private equity firms considered strength-of-brand to be “very important,” manifesting itself in more successful fundraising, improved deal flow and recruiting. Evidence of their recognition of the importance of brand equity is the finding that more [...]
Proving lost profits pays off big for plaintiff Novozymes
The jury award in the damages phase of Novozymes v. Danisco includes $16.7 million for lost profits and $1.6 million in reasonable royalties for infringement of products for which plaintiff Novozymes did not prove lost profits. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Healthcare intangibles may face a new round of impairment testing
Accounting Standard Codification 350 – Intangibles, Goodwill and Other Indefinite Lived Assets governs the accounting treatment for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets previously accounted for in a business combination, and increased M&A in healthcare has served to focus more attention on the intangible assets recognized on companies’ financial statements. In the opinion of Andrew Galbraith, [...]
Patent auction scheduled for this week
The multi-industry, technology-based ICAP Ocean Tomo Live IP Auction is scheduled for November 16 and 17. Here’s a current look at the patent portfolios offered. To participate, contact ICAP Patent Brokerage CEO Dean Becker at Dean.Becker@us.icap.com. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
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