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  • December 2000
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Intellectual Asset Valuation

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Gavin Clarkson
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  • | Pages:23
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Abstract

Discusses the shortcomings of the current "rules of thumb" for intellectual asset valuation in the context of intellectual property licensing transactions. As an alternative to the present scheme, this note proposes quantitative methods for such valuations in order to better inform the parties negotiating the elements of an IP transaction.

Keywords

Valuation; Intellectual Property

Citation

Applegate, Lynda M., and Gavin Clarkson. "Intellectual Asset Valuation." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-192, December 2000.
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