Intellectual property (IP) refers to intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. These assets increasingly represent significant, material value of businesses, and as such, they need to be properly protected and managed in buy/sell agreements. In a buy/sell agreement, the seller is often required to transfer ownership of any IP that is […]
Intangible
Intellectual Property as a Non-Correlated Investment
Over the last year, market-wide uncertainty has swelled to levels not seen for over a decade. Market fluctuations now have investors increasingly searching for non-correlated returns across all asset classes in an effort to diversify away the risk brought on by this volatile market. Should investors turn to precious metals? Real estate? Emerging markets? There […]
Impact of Emerging ESG Regulations on Valuation
Last month, I had the privilege of joining my colleagues Karyl Van Tassel, CPA/CFF, Richard Donohoe, and Nicole McTernan for a fireside chat regarding the expected impacts of looming Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures from multiple perspectives – accounting, technical, intellectual property (IP), and valuation. In a […]
How IP Practitioners Assess Value in their Work
Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, Senior Director Eric Carnick recently spoke on the topic of Intellectual Property Valuation during a panel at the 2022 Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The panel, entitled “Beauty (or Value) is in the Eye of the Beholder” sought to explore how different […]
Impact of Emerging ESG Regulations on Intellectual Property
Last month, I had the privilege of joining my colleagues Karyl Van Tassel, CPA, CFF, Richard Donohoe, and Nicole McTernan for a fireside chat regarding the expected impacts of looming Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures from multiple perspectives – accounting, technical, IP, and valuation. From an Intellectual […]