https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/07/12/patent-portfolio-valuations/id=85409/
Intellectual Property (IP) is a crucial portion of a company’s assets. Today, a great portion of the assets of fortune 500 companies consists of intangible assets including intellectual property.
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A strong IP portfolio is instrumental for fundraising, leverage in business transactions, exit strategy (e.g. for startups), and business transactions such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), to name a few.
Intellectual property may consist of patents, trademarks, copyright, and trades secrets. Patents are in many cases the most important portion, especially in the high tech and biotech industries. Since there are a large number of transactions in these areas, it is important to assess and estimate the value of a patent portfolio.
Nortel patents sold for $4.5bn
Apple, Microsoft, Sony and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion are part of a winning consortium of six companies which have bought a valuable tranche of patents from the bankrupt Nortel Networks patent portfolio for $4.5bn (£2.8bn), in a hotly contested auction that saw Google and Intel lose out.
Early signs had suggested that Google might be the winning bidder for the patents, which will provide valuable armoury for expected disputes in the communications – and especially smartphone – field.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/jul/01/nortel-patents-sold-apple-sony-microsoft
Conclusions
IP valuation, and in particular patent portfolio valuation, is playing an ever increasing role in today’s business transactions. With patents becoming a great portion of the assets of any company, many professionals need to deal with patent portfolio valuation for a variety of purposes.
Even though traditionally valuation professionals have used a combination of cost-based and market-based valuation, more and more practitioners are using income-based valuation in combination with market data. The income-based model focuses on what potential monetization or potential impact on business a patent portfolio might have, and as such, it is much more dynamic and reliable.
For patent portfolios of potential future value,
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I was reading this article about LG's latest panels and came across a mention of a new "IPS Black" technology. Has anyone else heard anything about this or have any information?
here is the mentioned article: https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/lg-display-latest-panel-development-plans-july-2021#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIPS%20Black%E2%80%9D&text=They%20come%20in%2027%E2%80%B3%20and,2022%20production%20at%20the%20moment.
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