EverEdge Global is pleased to announce the appointment of Marie Papageorgiou as a Senior Manager in its Singapore office. Marie further extends the capabilities of the company’s intangible asset strategy team and is one of a number of new appointments the company has, or is currently filling, as it continues its strong growth trajectory. Paul…
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Getting a return on investment on your patent portfolio According to the US Patent Office, there are more than 3 million patents in force today in the United States. However, it is estimated that fewer than 3 percent of these have been licensed or commercialized, which means that ultimately they are not making any money…
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According to Forrester Research, “U.S. firms annually waste $1 trillion in underused intellectual property assets by failing to extract the full value of that property through partnerships.” This is based on a market of around 3 million patents in force in the US. Extrapolate that figure out globally – where the World Intellectual Property Organization…
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Often when we start talking to companies about intangible assets someone around the board table will say “you mean IP right? Like patents?” The answer is “yes… and no.” For good or ill patents tend to receive an outsized share of attention relative to their actual impact. Many companies (and countries) boast about the number…
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Due diligence is fundamental to any major business transaction, whether that be an acquisition, sale, merger, investment, debt issue or IPO. Due diligence has traditionally included financial, legal and management audits and potentially production and information systems audits. In today’s knowledge based economy this is no longer enough. Today, intangible assets make up over 87%…
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Eighty-two percent of senior executives believe that traditional valuation methods can no longer be relied upon to capture a company’s true worth, as corporate value becomes increasingly driven by intangible assets. This is according to a poll of 135 Australian senior C-suite executives taken during a series of recent events in Sydney and Adelaide. Today…
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Agenda Week By Tony Chapelle July 29, 2019 The great majority of corporate value — nearly 90%, by some accounts — isn’t noted in company books due to accounting rules that keep intangibles such as knowledge assets off of balance sheets in most cases. Critics say the rules can leave intangible assets undervalued, underutilized or poorly protected.…
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It is estimated by the US IP Commission that intellectual property or intangible asset theft costs the US economy between US$225 and US$600 billion annually – with China being pointed to as the main perpetrator. To put this into perspective, this equates to around FOUR times the value of gold is mined globally per annum…
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Countries – and companies – are collectively losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year through the loss of trade secrets and confidential information, with several Governments moving to make the theft of these assets a criminal offense. Today, the theft of these assets is the number one intangible asset risk companies face. However, many…
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The first and most important intangible asset risk is the leakage of critical confidential information. Most companies, unfortunately, leak like a sieve and are constantly losing valuable intangible assets out through customers, suppliers, and employees – but how can you prevent this?
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