ABSTRACT

Intellectual property rights and assets have become a major contributor to market capitalization for different companies. This book discusses the processes of valuation of patents and the legal and regulatory concerns around patent securitization.

Patents are used as an instrument of securitization to attract funds towards supporting further research and monetisation which opens-up new areas of research. They are utilised through means such as licensing, sale and purchase, financing and others. This book provides an in-depth look into the importance of patents and more importantly their securitization. It analyses the patent securitization applications as well as existing methods towards gauging the suitability of patents. The authors explore simple yet suitable methods for the valuation of patents that can be applied to the existing models to arrive at a pragmatic value. The book also includes studies and tests these systems for their reliability and application in different research areas and companies.

This book will be of interest to practitioners involved in financing and monetisation of patents, academics, researchers and students working in patent valuation, financial management, economics international economics.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|21 pages

Gateway to the key concepts

chapter Chapter 2|35 pages

Exploration of the usage of patents in different areas

chapter Chapter 3|5 pages

Various impediments to patent securitization

chapter Chapter 4|36 pages

Patent valuation methodologies

An elaboration

chapter Chapter 6|8 pages

Validation of the model

chapter Chapter 7|7 pages

Discussion and conclusion