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POSTED BY ipCG Team AT 12:38 P.M. March 24, 2017 Summary VC investments can improve monetization options and mitigate risk when diligence considers IP assets from a holistic business perspective, beyond the traditional legal opinions. When doing venture-stage diligence on a candidate’s IP rights, fundamental business questions should include: What is the intrinsic value of current and …
POSTED BY Charles E. Root Jr. and Nancy Edwards Cronin AT 8:07 P.M. January 20, 2017 This is part three in our series on The Internet of Things (IoT) and Implications for Intellectual Property. See also part 1 and part 2. In our second installment of The Internet of Things (IoT), Data, and the Implications for Intellectual Property, we discussed the …
POSTED BY Michael D’Andrea AND Eva Carreira AT 10:08 A.M. Nov 23, 2016 In our previous post, “China and the next Great Wall,” in which we described the country’s movement towards an innovation-based economy, we posited two potential paths (pictured below) for economic development for the world’s second largest economy. Several factors indicate that China …
POSTED BY Charles E. Root Jr. MS. AT 9:59 A.M. Nov 14, 2016 When a corporation purchases another company, the contract for acquisition generally includes something called a “material-adverse-change clause,” or MACC. This clause allows buyers to withdraw or alter a deal if the value of a transaction has been hurt by a significant development, such as …
POSTED BY Jeff Padgett AT 5:24 P.M. Sep 21, 2016 Technology has created new opportunity and new risks The discussions surrounding the dependence of society on technology are well worn. We all know technology and the communication revolution that it has enabled are both powerful forces that are here to stay, creating many new and exciting business …
POSTED BY Charles E. Root Jr. MS. AT 4:18 P.M. August 8, 2016 Intellectual property is big part of a company’s valuation, so it is with some interest here at ipCapital Group that we look at any large corporate sale. Such events help us to fine-tune our own equations and provide mountains of useful data for creating …
POSTED BY ipCG Team AT 8:07 A.M. August 01, 2016 Below is an excerpt from the August, 2016 white paper. Read the full paper here. Summary Investors have driven the valuations of these 3 tech giants (and a select few others) well past their peers, not to mention into a different league from leaders in most other sectors. Elite …
POSTED BY Charles E. Root Jr. and Nancy Edwards Cronin AT 1:48 P.M. May 17, 2016 In our first installment of The Internet of Things (IoT), Data, and the Implications on Intellectual Property, we discussed the need to understand the full landscape of IoT, not just devices. In this second part, let’s talk about “big data”. All of these devices …
POSTED BY Bill Petrow and Jeff Goodwin AT 12:51 P.M. May 13, 2016 The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) of 2016 was signed into law on May 11th, adding national and international protection for trade secrets to the already-existing state-level laws, which are allowed to remain in place according to the new federal statute. Generally speaking, the DTSA provides …
POSTED BY Jeff Padgett AT 5:29 P.M. Apr 28, 2016 ipCapital Group recently had the privilege of attending the 2016 BIOMEDevice Boston conference. Although the array of gears, wheels, pumps, membranes, molds, tubes and tools we witnessed was impressive, from our view, it was the data that stole the show. The Biomedical Innovation series of presentations focused …
POSTED BY Adam Bulakowski and Seth Cronin AT 4:27 P.M. Apr 18, 2016 Since Yahoo launched the sale of its core business and patent portfolio in February, questions have been raised regarding the value of non-operating assets. With estimates ranging from $1B to $4B for the patents alone, many are left to wonder how to value a …
POSTED BY Robert McDonald and Jeff Padgett AT 1:23 P.M. Apr 7, 2016 As innovation consultants, we have a front row seat to watch (and help) companies learn how to be innovative. We’ve seen a lot of companies take a variety of approaches to innovation. One of the most common we see is what we call the “ad hoc” …