Last week’s completion of a $200 million deal with NPE Malikie Innovations Limited saw more valuable IP leave Canadian ownership and was for a much lower amount than CEO John Chen and his board had originally planned for
Relying on too few apportionment parameters can be risky while using multiple methods can help safeguard a potential payout
A company’s brand can be one of its most valuable intangible assets and neglecting it in pursuit of scale can be extremely damaging. In this regard, business owners can learn important lessons from Starbucks – one of the great business success stories in the world.
Like many others, the bank held thousands of patents as security for loan deals, but almost certainly had no idea of their value – or lack of it
16 March 2023
Marconi's Kasim Alfalahi takes the top spot for Avanci's stellar showing in our countdown of the patent market’s most innovative and influential dealmakers and decision takers
15 March 2023
We compiled data from Westfleet Advisors’ annual litigation funding reports to find patent finance shot up by nearly 50% since 2020 – to the benefit of rights holders
10 March 2023
Value can be hidden in the many years of effort, millions of dollars of investment capital and fine-tuned market strategies, which all contribute to driving long-term business success and scaling up a company’s overall worth. It is thus crucial to find a way to reflect this on a company’s balance sheet.
08 March 2023
Ron Epstein’s IP advisory firm acts as “virtual in-house counsel” for small companies and his recent successes include a $150 million settlement for one client and half-a-billion in verdicts for another
01 March 2023
New rules on transfer pricing drawn up by the OECD, which could be adopted by authorities in well over 100 countries, are set to have a major impact on how businesses manage their intangible assets
16 February 2023
SPACs can learn much from Coach Saban’s so-called ‘seven-second process’, reshaping it into a unique method to keep investors excited about target businesses and their intangible assets during the dreaded transfer portal period.
15 February 2023
Nanoco Group pockets $90 million after attorneys and a litigation finance firm are paid
03 February 2023
America risks losing ground in the next tech revolution he warns in an interview with Burford Capital Managing Director Katharine Wolanyk
17 January 2023
Industry practitioners remain optimistic against an unstable financial backdrop
04 January 2023
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