It is the details that matter in IP valuation.  It is our experience that many valuation analysts spend a lot of time analyzing the details of historical financial performance of IP to derive value.  We don’t summarily submit to historical performance as a measure of IP value.  For one, it doesn’t work well, particularly if there is no historical performance for the IP.  Second, IP valuation is like stock valuation: past performance is not indicative of future results.

At Pellegrino & Associates, we’re different.  While we use historical performance as a means to test reasonableness, we also spend considerable effort investigating the context of the IP in the hands of the intended owner.  We ask the tough questions to get to the heart of the IP’s value.  What makes the IP special?  How easy is it to design around?  What are the meaningful substitutes?  How easy is it to detect infringement?  Does the IP owner have the resources to enforce protection?  These are the types of issues that fundamentally drive the value of IP.  Not historical performance.  We quantify and condense these and many other responses into a comprehensive valuation report.  Our valuation reports are big, thick, and our clients have told us can be a suitable remedy for insomnia.  However, our clients also appreciate the detail of our work and how it provides for a comprehensive, defensible value position.

Want to know the value impact of not paying patent maintenance fees?  Want to know how much a poor employee agreement can lower the value of a trade secret?  What to know how much value an appropriate IP legal defense strategy can preserve?  We can tell you.

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