Valuation and Exploitation of Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets

"When a company buys another company, how does it value its brands? When an investor is assessing the value of a technology business how does it value its assets? What's a biotech asset worth? This book takes readers through the legal and accounting principles that govern the valuation of assets. A crucial problem for legal, accounting, banking and venture capital professionals and the owners and managers of IP assets. Contents include: Assessing legal protection of ""intellectual capital"" (protectable intellectual property and other intangibles such as brands) ownership of intellectual capital, strength of the intellectual capital, Financial Reporting and intellectual capital, valuation methods and techniques, intellectual property as security for loan facilities"Sykes, John is the author of 'Valuation and Exploitation of Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets ', published 2002 under ISBN 9781858112817 and ISBN 1858112818.