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IP Valuation Series: What has Value?

WHAT HAS VALUE? CONSOR specializes in the valuation of intangible assets and intellectual properties. However, many times companies are unsure about what intangible assets in their portfolio have “value”? A starting point is defining what are intangible assets and what are intellectual properties. One key difference is that an intellectual…

IP Valuation: The Market Approach

CONSOR’s last post in the IP Valuation series concentrated on the Cost Approach. Another important valuation methodology to use is the Market Approach. Remember, it is important that at the beginning of the valuation process, all the different methodologies available to value the particular set of intangible assets are considered.…

IP Valuation: VALMATRIX® Analysis

The proprietary system VALMATRIX® Analysis Technique, was developed by CONSOR more than two decades ago. It uniquely employs a matrix of the most important predictors of value for a trademark, patent, or piece of software. The technique is an integral part of the royalty rate, competitive environment, and comparable transaction…

IP Valuation Method – The Cost Approach

Once portfolios of intellectual properties and intangible assets have been determined, then the process of placing value on those assets can begin. At the beginning of the valuation process, it is prudent that all the different methodologies available to value the particular set of intangible assets are considered. Four methodologies…

CONSOR Expert Testifies for IRS in Michael Jackson Estate Trial

What has been described as the “tax trial of the century” by the Hollywood Reporter, the tax battle between the Internal Revenue Service and the Estate of Michael Jackson was held in Tax Court during February, 2017. CONSOR Chairman Weston Anson testified on behalf of the IRS. The big discrepancy…

Valuing Music, Celebrity and Entertainment Trademarks in Litigation

The value and valuation of music libraries and copyrights, celebrity images and rights of publicity, and trademarks and brand names for musical groups, are all part of our practice area. And the issues of value for these assets, both when doing a deal and in litigation have become increasingly important.…

The Marlon Brando Estate: Publicity Rights as Intangible Assets

Several months after Marlon Brando’s death in the summer of 2004, counsel and executors for his estate sought advice on publicity rights – whether they had value, and, if so, what was the residual value (if any) of the publicity rights of Marlon Brando upon his passing. In the case…

The Great Tom Clancy Divorce

Divorce. The very word sends shivers down the spines of all parties involved. The spouses, the lawyers, the accountants, the finders of fact. Emotional, expensive, time consuming, and often acrimonious, divorce can be a major part of a general practitioner’s work. Now, add to that divorce environment a new element…

Service Merchandise: A Broad Range of Asset Classes

Service Merchandise had been a leader in retail and direct response consumer goods sales for a number of years. In fact at one time they were perceived as a threat to what was then the world’s largest retailer, Sears Roebuck and Company. Obviously, times have changed dramatically. The demise of…

Morgan Confections: How Mismanagement Destroys Value

Throughout this handbook, we have often referred to the effects of time and context on the value of both intellectual property and intangible assets. It is useful to talk about other potential impacts on value; and, nothing illustrates the principal that management can impact value better than this brief case…

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