Thought leadership.

In this whitepaper, Adam discusses how companies (and countries) with unique, intangible assets and associated capabilities capture more of the value that they create from innovation activities (and remain competitive).

John Cronin, Managing Director and Chairman, Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal Partner, and Bruce Story, Senior Advisor are among 300 of the world’s pre-eminent IP strategists named in the latest edition of IAM Strategy 300

POSTED BY ipCG Team AT 1:29 P.M. June 7, 2018 On May 9-11, ipCapital Group (ipCG) held its 14th annual Thought Leadership Conference at the Essex Resort & Spa in Vermont. This year’s theme was The RenAIssance of IP. The conference was filled with provocative discussions revolving around hot topics in intellectual property (IP). Following the full day …

POSTED BY Ken Statler AT 12:51 P.M. September 29, 2017 Artificial Intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction. It’s being used in a wide variety of industries to drive innovation and efficiency. In fact, Microsoft has just identified AI as a top priority and expects it to drive business in the future. 1 In the …

POSTED BY ipCG Team AT 8:45 A.M. May 31, 2017 On Thursday May 11th, ipCapital Group held its 13th Annual Thought Leadership Conference, bringing together innovation and intellectual property (IP) leaders from around the world in the picturesque Essex Resort & Spa in Northwest Vermont. This year’s conference theme was Effective Innovation – Transforming Ideas into High-Value IP. Below …

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 …