Intellectual Property Transactions Database

The Financial Valuation Group has developed a proprietary database of empirical research on intellectual property.  This research is a compilation of intellectual property transactions gleaned from publicly available documents.  Various keywords (i.e., licensing agreement, royalty, trademark, patent, intellectual property and copyright) are used to locate the transaction or other information filed in the public records.

 Only recently have advances in information technology and the increasing availability of online public records made research of intellectual property transactions a realistic endeavor.  The results of the research have made available a new level of precision whereby expert witnesses, negotiators and valuers can now draw upon detailed terms of arm's length transactions, allowing deeper insight into accurate returns (such as royalty rates and upfront fees), time horizons and market risk.  The intellectual property professional with requisite skill, education and experience will be able to draw upon the data to form better-founded and defensible conclusions and opinions.

 The Intellectual Property Transactions Database is useful to support:

• Damages in an Intellectual Property Litigation Case
• Reasonable Royalty Percentage Rates
• Accurate Valuation Conclusions
• Rebuttal of Unreasonable Value Estimates Put Forth by Others
• Transfer Pricing Opinions