Intellectual Property

Why emphasize Patents?

… but perhaps the most important factor about IP is that if you don’t ‘own’ it, you can’t

• raise capital if you need it
• 'trade' with it and
• -even more critically - its absence can be major deterrent to being able to collaborate with others

Value Creation

One well-cited study suggests that, when assessing market value of firms, investors place close to Twice the Value on patent royalties than on other operating income.
Source: Markets in Intangibles: patent licensing. An academic paper. Feng Gu, Boston University and Baruch Lev, New York University