Archive for the ‘IP’ Category

« Older Entries

IPmetrics’ IP Valuation Techniques MCLE Presentation

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

 

The Padres leading the Brewers after the MCLE Event

The view from the tower suite after the IP Valuation MCLE Event

 

The inaugural MCLE @ the Ballpark presentation last night was well attended by San Diego IP attorneys.  The 1-hour MCLE presentation on Intellectual Property Valuation Techniques covered the importance of context, methodological nuances, and offered key points to look out for, as well as an engaged Q&A session.  After the presentation, the attendees were treated to a great ballgame from the tower suite witnessing the Padres prevail over the Brewers and even a home run right into the Western Metal Supply building rounding out the experience.

Check our website for more information on MCLE Events.

Tags:
Posted in IP | Comments Off

IPmetrics’ David Drews at the 2013 LESI Annual Conference

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

David Drews CLP, President of IPmetrics, spoke today at the 2013 Annual Conference of the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. LESI is the umbrella
organization of national and regional associations for licensing executives with the shared goal of advancing the Intellectual Property industry on a global scale.

D Drews at LESI 2013

David was asked to present a workshop on the topic of The 10 Most Common Mistakes in IP Valuation, guiding  valuation practitioners, licensing executives, and IP counsel in navigating through complex reports to assess the most useful information needed to support the decision making process in business worldwide.  During the workshop, with the participation of subject matter experts Dwight Olson and  Eduardo de Mello e Souza, the topics covered included the problems, requirements and common inadequacies in the following aspects of intellectual property valuation assessments:

  • Standard of Value
  • Treatment of Tax Effects
  • Input Selection Problems
  • Distinction between IP Value and Business Value
  • Sufficiency of Detailed Context Information
  • Comparability of Market Transactions
  • Profiling Risk
 LESI 2013 Rio de Janeiro
The slides illustrating the presentation can be requested via email from: info@ipmetrics.net

Posted in IP, IP Management, Licensing, Valuation | Comments Off

A Patent Value Guide to: Research in Motion [RIMM]

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

By: Fernando Torres, MSc
A Patent is the right to exclude others from practicing an invention for a number of years, granted in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention.  The Value of a Patent depends on the profitability of the exclusive business opportunity the patent carves out for the owner.

Research in Motion Ltd.

  • Owns thousands of patents (issued and pending) mostly in Canada, Europe and the US.
  • In 2011, acquired US$775 million portion of Nortel patents (US$4.5 billion) as part of a consortium
  • Intangibles are US$3.37 billion on June 2, 2012 balance sheet.

Research in Motion’s Patent Portfolio

  • In the US, holds over 3,000 utility patents, design patents, or published applications.
  • About one-third are designs or patents directly related to the well known Blackberry® handsets.
  • Another portion deals with wireless communications.
  • Yet another refers to touch screen phones.

Research in Motion’s Potential Patent Value

  • The portfolio contains innovations for future applications, such as: Combining the use of capacitive and resistive touch sensors to improve accuracy, and LTE telecommunication technology.
  • Includes systems and methods for instant messaging which are current technology.
  • Yet has many more designs and patents only applicable to the legacy Blackberry® phones.
  • Component patents in the portfolio could be used for litigation defense and offensive strategies.
  • Typical patent litigation can cost $2 or $3 million with only 40% of cases recovering more than the cost of litigation.
  • In the current environment, the RIM patents could be attractive litigation leverage for Google (Motorola mobility), Microsoft (Nokia), and Samsung and HTC (vs. Apple).

The Interview

Posted in Economics, IP, IP Management, Patents | Comments Off

« Older Entries