Valuation Methods for Patents and Portfolios

When considering valuation methods for patents and portfolios there are some fundamental concepts that need to be understood. Fair market value is one of them. Fair market value is defined as a price at which property would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to [...]

2021-01-05T09:30:11-08:00

Example “Value” View of Patent Portfolios

Example of a Small Bicycle Seat Portfolio in “VALUE” View The “Example of a Small Bicycle Seat Portfolio in VALUE View” figure shows how the ten aforementioned bicycle seat patents lay out on this grid. Note that the two of the patents have European and Japanese counterparts. In this case the company should [...]

2021-01-02T11:00:56-08:00

“Value” View of Patent Portfolios

“Value” View of Patent Portfolios Once art that is covering commercial or strategic products or programs is understood the next tool to be used is the “VALUE view of Patent Portfolios”, as is shown in the Figure. This mapping of patents was created by a pairwise comparison of the products or technologies claimed [...]

2021-01-02T10:59:40-08:00

Using Corporate Sustainability as an Integration Vehicle

In their final report of their 8-year study of how corporations address sustainability, MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group examined the crossroads at which sustainability finds itself in 2017. At this time, despite sociopolitical upheaval that threatens to reverse key gains, their research showed that companies can develop workable — [...]

2020-12-24T11:52:03-08:00
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