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IP-Consulting

"The war of the future is the war of IP."
Wen Jiabao, former Premier of the People's Republic of China

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A patent is a securitised right of ownership that assures a company a monopoly on a technology within a limited period of time. With this monopoly, the owner supports his competitive position, secures future market shares and uses the invention to increase earnings and thus increase long-term corporate value. The value of a patent portfolio is therefore a reference to success potential.

The value of a patent-protected technology is influenced by a variety of factors, but can usually only be inadequately determined by means of classical valuation methods due to its immaterial nature. International Accounting Directives forbid most of the activation in the balance sheet of time-intensive, intensive research and development work, based on patent-protected technologies. In addition, technologies are generally not ready-for-sale products, and cannot be transferred directly into standard and evaluable price / quantity frameworks for the required cash-flow determination with regard to valuation questions.

Nevertheless, it is important to note that investments in intangible assets are steadily increasing and the market value of a large number of companies is decisively determined by intangible assets, in particular patent-protected technologies.

On the basis of its global patent database (more than 80 million patents from more than 70 countries), ARIAD has developed objective and scientifically based analytical methods that allow a statistical evaluation of available patent information for commercial purposes. The analytical methods allow for a sound and objective benchmarking from a technological point of view. ARIAD creates, on request, differentiated analyses on the quality of patent portfolios and the technological positioning of companies. The following results are obtained from ARIAD IP Consulting:

  • Innovative capacity
  • Competitive positioning
  • Future earnings and development perspectives

The patent indicators developed by us also allow the identification of new ...

  • technology trends
  • technology markets
  • market participants/competitors.

The analytical methods and results are independent of internal company information. Thus the data are not manipulable and provide objective and reproducible values for decision-makers and investors.