A VC playbook for IP due diligence. Five business questions beyond legal review that reveal the real value of a startup’s technology and patents.
POSTED BY ipCG Team AT 12:38 P.M. March 24, 2017
VC investments can improve monetization options and mitigate risk when diligence considers IP assets from a holistic business perspective, beyond the traditional legal opinions.
Yes, legal diligence should also inform investment decisions, with tests like ownership, pending third-party demands, assertion entity risk, and freedom-to-operate. But those legal opinions don’t answer the above questions.
Running diligence on a technology investment? ipCG’s IP valuation work answers the business questions legal review cannot, or start with a quick portfolio value screen.
Across most VC-intensive sectors, candidate investments require higher quality and more focused IP rights to improve the likelihood of returns. With this broader, business-oriented perspective of IP diligence, investors can mitigate and/or diversify their risk. In addition, post-investment, they will have a stronger base of IP rights from which to capture opportunities.
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