Podcast: How Much Is Your Intellectual Property Worth?

Finding out can help determine a company’s value in a merger or acquisition.

All Three Podcasts Available Now!

In Part 1, Nerac’s intellectual property analyst and registered patent attorney Mr. Lloyd and Professor Hsu, a management professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, answer questions about the current legal environment and the kinds of issues companies confront in valuing patents.

In Part 2, they talk about the specifics of patent valuation and the risks companies assume when they acquire patent portfolios.

In Part 3, they answer questions about patent valuation for medical device companies, including industry-specific risks and what’s on the patent horizon.

Growth through Valuation and Acquisition of Intellectual Property in the Medical Device Industry

We invite you to download a complimentary white paper that investigates the dynamics of intellectual property and valuation for medical device manufacturers.

Marketplace Review

April 2008 Issue:

Virtual Autopsy

Imagine on an episode of CSI where instead of a human body being sliced up with a scalpel and saw, the cadaver is wheeled into a machine that produces a three-dimensional image of its interior for the medical personnel to view. While the scene might not offer quite the visual drama, the scenario is neither science fiction nor the fantasy of some television script writer. In fact, it is the idea behind the virtual autopsy. (more)

Multi-Billion-Dollar Opportunity

For years, patients’ only option to relieve chronic, debilitating lower back pain was spinal fusion. However, in the past 10 years, orthopedic manufacturers have introduced a broad range of artificial disc replacements that promise to eliminate pain and restore motion. Even so, opportunities are there for innovative companies to apply new materials and technologies to an expanding market. (more)

Fire in the OR

Operating room fires, once thought to be rare, isolated incidents, apparently are more prevalent than previously realized. The fact that these fires were significantly under-reported but are now gaining extensive media scrutiny increases the need for innovative companies to address minimizing these risks through their product development strategies. The lack of innovative patents indicates there is a potential to tap into a severely deficient market opportunity. (more)

Court Watch

In April, the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia barred the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from instituting the sweeping rules changes it proposed to limit the number of continuing applications, requests for continued examination (RCEs), and claims that an applicant could make. Even so, it is important to keep an eye on this case. The USPTO is considering an appeal. (more)