Patent valuation:improving decision making through analysis

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Murphy William J. (William Joseph), 1949-
Group Author: Remus Paul C., 1945-; Orcutt John L.
Published: John Wiley & Sons,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, N.J.
Publication Dates: c2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Wiley finance series
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xiv, 379 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781118027349 (hbk.)
1118027345
Index Number: C93
CLC: C93
Call Number: C93/M978
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Valuation basics -- Patent basics -- Using valuation analysis to improve patent decision making -- Disassembly -- Preparing for the valuation -- Income method : discounted future economic benefits analysis -- Advanced income methods : incorporating the value of future decision opportunities -- Market methods -- Cost methods -- Pricing patent licenses -- Patent infringement damages -- Unlocking the potential value within patents -- Valuation in patent-based tax-planning strategies.
"A practical resource for valuing patents that is accessible to the complete spectrum of decision makers in the patent processIn today's economy, patents tend to be the most important of the intellectual property (IP) assets. It is often the ability to create, manage, defend, and extract value from patents that can distinguish competitive success and significant wealth creation from competitive failure and economic waste. Patent Valuation enhances the utility and value of patents by providing IP managers, IP creators, attorneys, and government officials with a useable resource that allows them to use actual or implied valuations when making patent-related decisions. Involves a combination of techniques for describing patent valuation Includes descriptions of various topics, illustrative cases, step-by-step valuation techniques, user-friendly procedures and checklists, and examples Serves as a useable resource that allows IP managers to use actual or implied valuations when making patent-related decisions One of the most fundamental premises of the book is that these valuation skills can be made accessible to each of the various decision makers in the patent process. Patent Valuation involves narrative descriptions of the various topics, illustrative cases, step-by-step valuation techniques, user-friendly procedures and checklists, and an abundance of examples to demonstrate the more complex concepts"--Provided by publisher.