Qualitative Valuation Methods for Patent Portfolios

Number of Patents Versus the Value of Each Patent Valuation methods, both relative and financial, create a continuum of values. When one plots the “Number of Patents Versus the Value of Each Patent” one gets a lognormal distribution as shown in the figure. As mentioned in previous chapters, for most unmanaged portfolios, 1% [...]

2021-02-15T10:41:55-08:00

Evaluation of a Competitor’s Value of its Patent Portfolio

Value Map for Assessing Internal & External Value to a Corporation When the number of patents from all parties of interest is less than 100, they can be further checked for the internal and external value of the respective patent portfolios. To do so they are mapped (own company “client” along with competitor [...]

2021-01-04T13:30:38-08:00

Step One for Licensing-In Technology and Business Opportunities

Compared to other options, in licensing reduces the time to market, reduces research and development costs, provides an entrance into a legally protected market, and helps build relationships with potential future strategic partners and acquisition candidates. Once licensing in strategy has been formulated, an organization would undertake the following four steps in order [...]

2021-10-08T15:07:48-07:00

Technology Strategy via Reviewing the Environment

The reviewing the environment approach to technology strategic planning consists of looking both inside and outside the company for patterns that affect the technology project portfolio. What follows are a mix of methodologies from various sources. They allow a corporation to see clearly the environment in which they are operating. Although many of [...]

2021-01-29T14:26:26-08:00

Strategic Planning for Incremental Growth

Learning Customers’ Needs   Needs of Potential Customers Discussion Points Customer Development Process Relative Effectiveness The most critical component of incremental business strategy is to understand customer’s needs. In the “Learning Customers’ Needs” figure the common forms of gathering needs are shown. In contrast to this list are the “Needs of Potential Customers” [...]

2021-01-27T12:40:28-08:00
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