Wherever a business uses specialist knowledge to serve its customers, its activities will have intellectual property (IP) at their core. This IP might lie in “formal” rights like patents, designs or trademarks; increasingly, in a service-driven economy, it is likely to involve proprietary processes, trade secrets and copyright material. But IP poses companies with a … Continue reading »
A case study on Concrete Canvas Supporting company valuations and licensing agreements The Sollomon valuation system helps proprietors and licensees to understand and agree the value of intellectual property and intangibles for licensing purposes and equity distribution. Concrete Canvas Ltd manufactures a ground-breaking material which allows concrete to be used in a completely new and … Continue reading »
A new report, authored by Inngot for the ‘EcoMind’ cross-border initiative co-funded by the EU, has just been published. It investigates the IP challenges and solutions of most relevance to sustainable innovation. EcoMind is a programme to support sustainable business growth and the development and market introduction of new, environmentally friendly products and services. One … Continue reading »
Martin Brassell, CEO of Inngot, considers how founders can realise value from their hard work in a pre-start context There are many areas in which expectations differ between investors and entrepreneurs seeking investment. One of the areas that often proves hardest to resolve is the question of valuation, especially if a business is yet to … Continue reading »
Individuals value their intellectual property for many reasons; whether it’s getting started, becoming established in your business sector, looking to grow through funding and investment, finding partners, identifying their intangibles or valuing their intellectual property. Inngot’s online IP valuation tool will help you unlock the value in your innovations. Called Sollomon, it’s quick and confidential, … Continue reading »
Traditionally, “innovation” has been viewed as being synonymous with scientific discovery and the development of new physical products. Accordingly, it has been measured using established yardsticks such as research and development expenditure and patent production. However, in the UK, the service sector now counts for over 75% of added value, and technical development is often … Continue reading »
Intellectual Property has too long been seen as a guard against imitators and should be better used forging partnerships and raising valuations, Sean Hargrave Discovers. There are two major problems with the way the business world considers intellectual property (IP). Many companies see a patent, trademark or registered design mainly as a defensive measure and … Continue reading »
Intellectual property is about much more than just patents and your firm must protect these assets, writes Martin Brassell, chief executive of Inngot To get an idea of the strategic importance of “intellectual assets” in general, take a look at how value is assigned to FTSE 100 companies. Back in the 1980s, market capitalisation and … Continue reading »
Just because copyright is automatic, it doesn’t mean you can let it look after itself By Martin Brassell, CEO Inngot.com | Source & Publisher- Computerworld UK | View the article here Much of the debate around copyright law is currently focused on its (in) ability to protect artists’ original works, at a time when their predominantly digital … Continue reading »
By Martin Brassell, Chief Executive, Inngot.com | Computerworld UK | Compare a company’s market capitalisation with its tangible assets and you’ll find a gap of up to 75%, which IP experts assure us rests in intangible assets. However, in a survey, the Intellectual Property Office who issue patents in the UK found that 86% of … Continue reading »
