What do potential investors see in Dell?
After Nortel, acquisitions pros today incorporate an estimate of IP value. While many look at Dell and ask, legitimately, is the PC business static, even dying? Others see unrealized value in the balance sheets, and beyond. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Funai to buy Lexmark technology
Lexmark International, Inc. has agreed to sell over 1,500 inkjet printing patents to Funai Electric for $100M. The purchase includes all outstanding shares of Lexmark and is expected to close mid-2013. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Scotiabank rethinks value of Blackberry patents
Scotiabank, the third largest bank in Canada, has revised its opinion of the value of Blackberry’s patent portfolio after reviewing IAM Magazine’s US Patent 100. A report issued by Gus Papageorgiou states the case: Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Revenue recognition standard to change for licensees
We are early yet (the revenue recognition changes discussed below are designed for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2015), but valuators need to be aware that the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in November released a revised proposal that would create a single revenue recognition standard for both [...]
Book reveals real-world tactics for increasing IP value
Analysts who follow IP valuation assignments with formal or informal consulting arrangements to help clients increase the value of their companies and/or assets will benefit from Andrew Sherman’s Harvesting Intangible Assets: Uncover Hidden Revenue in Your Company’s Intellectual Property. Using real-world examples with numerous guidelines and charts, Sherman shares his insight on how to effectively [...]
As rapid change alters the business landscape, brands still may hold value
In the wake of the monumental shifts in the music industry sit skeletons and shadows of retail outlets where consumers listened to and purchased records, tapes and CDs. Last minute gifts could always be purchased as Sam Goody’s. HMV’s demise in the UK illustrates that value still exists in brands. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend [...]
Damodaran on the ‘foolhardy versus rational’ value of goodwill
“There is no asset on a company’s balance sheet that wreaks more havoc on valuation and good sense than goodwill,” writes Prof. Aswath Damodaran (NYU Stern School of Business) in his blog. “The first problem with goodwill is that it sounds good, and when something sounds good, people feel the urge to pay for it. The second problem [...]
Is IP valuation ready for prime time?
IP Value Wire interviewed an investment banker-type last month who was looking to take his firm more into IP valuation as it relates to M&A, trying to take advantage of the fact that IP has become a “new asset class,” according to the New York Times. He was having trouble. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend [...]
News, views and muse
Embedding or linking to copyrighted material does not infringe Last week, Judge Richard Posner and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Flava Works, Inc v. Marques Rondale Gunter, et al, rejected the premise that embedding, linking to, or watching infringing videos constitutes copyright infringement. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about [...]
Kodak free to proceed with patent auction
The Wall Street Journal reports Eastman Kodak Co. will be able to proceed with an auction of its imaging patents rather than wait for a resolution to Apple’s objections. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
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