Intellectual Property Rights

Inventive Employees Create Innovative Enterprise

Employer inspires and employees will do their best to outperform. Not every employee is hired to create inventions but every human given the right context and support has an intellect to be creative. In the digital world and knowledge economies, the value of intangibles are significantly higher than the value of tangible assets, which are [...]

Five Facts Seven Attractions for Financing Intellectual Property Assets!

Banks and Financial Institutions have long ago established processes and protocols for financing tangible assets, which can be held as collateral, like land, buildings, commercial properties, plant, and machinery etcetera. Intangible Assets (“IA”) and Intellectual Property Assets (“IPA”) have no physical form to give the same level of comfort to financiers as tangible assets. In [...]

Enhancing Business Valuation – through Disclosure of Intellectual Property Assets and Intellectual Property Rights

Business Valuation Reports based on historical Financial Reports and Projects for the future, supported by marketing strategies and economic data alone, often does not give confidence in the Value of an entity. One of the root causes is lack of disclosure about intangible assets comprising of Intellectual Property (IP) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), besides [...]

Reliable Valuation is the Key to IP Financing

Attracting investors and financiers is relatively easier for ventures with tangible assets like plant, machinery, equipment, and land. The tangible assets can be valued at market rates and are capable of being traded in the event a business venture fails. This provides a sense of security to investors and lenders, albeit subjective. In contrast it [...]

Exporting with Embedded Intellectual Property

Export Goods and Services after Protection of IP Rights In the modern interconnected world, it is a fact beyond shadow of any doubt that, Goods and Services, collectively referred to as “Products,” are being produced and delivered, online and in physical form, within national boundaries and across borders continuously, on a 24x7 basis irrespective of [...]

Recognizing Intangible Assets for Reaping Tax Benefits

“Each IP Asset can have multiple types of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) which can generate economic benefits, either from earning royalties or from licensing and franchising fees.” […]

Launching Intellectual Property Management and Valuation Services

There is hardly an entity whether in service sectors, (Hospitality, Healthcare, Logistics, Shipping, Professional and Educational etcetera), manufacturing, retails, and trading, without any intangible assets, after being in operations for five to ten years. The tangible assets like building, machinery, plant, and facilities help to get started in business, but it is the intangibles which [...]