Intellectual Property Rights and Royalty
Intellectual Property Rights and Royalty
Intellectual Property Rights and Royalty
Team Members
Shashank Patodia (110) Ashutosh Shirwaikar (111) Ashwini Singh (112) Shraddha Sonawane (113) Chetan Tapase (115) Apurva Suvarna (114) Praful Thakur (116)
Valuation Methods
Method
Value of the IP = (Present value of the cash flows)
Discount rate is the companies market based rate of return Cash flows considered over the life of the patent (17 years) Cash flow due to Brand value
Drawbacks of DCF 1. Does not take into account unique independent risks
Method
Involves working backwards from an assumed terminal value i.e. the sale of the investment at some future time
First described by Prof. Bill Sahlman of the Harvard Business School in 1987
Further developed by a Venture Capitalist firm called First Chicago Corporation The basic Formula is: ROI = Terminal Value Post-money Valuation
Method
Step 1: Estimate the Terminal Value Step 2: Discount the Terminal Value to Present Step 3: Calculate the required ownership Step 4: Calculate the current ownership expected dilution Value percentage percentage given
Relief from royalty is based on deprival value theory and looks at the amount of income that a company would be deprived of, if it did not own the intellectual property in question but was required to rent it from a third-party instead
The royalty represents the rental charge, which would be paid to the licensor if this hypothetical arrangement were in place
The ability to determine an appropriate royalty rate depends upon the specific circumstances and requires the identification of suitable comparable transactions and prices involving third parties
Disadvantages
Rental charge can always be assumed
Intuitive
Option is a right but not an obligation, at or before some specified time, to purchase or sell an underlying asset whose price is subject to some form of random variation
Flexibility
Market comparables
Should offer a good indication of a patents value It reflects the exchange of value between two parties In valuing patents it is difficult to find a suitable comparable transaction
Historic Cost
Measures the amount of money spent in the development of the IP at the time it was developed An historic cost measure tends to be unreliable Difficult to provide accurate information on the resources spent
Replacement Cost
Measures the amount of money that would need to be spent in current cost terms in order to develop the intellectual property as it currently exists, but excludes the costs relating to unsuccessful or inefficient prototypes.
Canadian telecommunications gear company - Once had a market value of $250 billion and employed 93,000 people
Googles Motorola Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion at a 63% Acquisition premium over its market value
Acquisition driven by Googles attempt to bolster its arsenal in IP war
Motorola held 24,500 patents at the time of acquisition
FMCG giant Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) today said it would pay a higher royalty to its Anglo-Dutch parent Unilever PLC in a phased manner. The move will increase the companys royalty to 3.15 per cent of its turnover by March 31, 2018 from 1.4 per cent in a staggered manner.
Roy Waldron, chief intellectual property counsel for Pfizer complained that last year India revoked Pfizer's patent for a cancer medicine, Sutent, "to allow Indian generic companies to manufacture and sell generic copies."
ASSOCHAM demands establishment of a National Intellectual Property Right (IPR) Strategy Authority to protect Indian Industry.
FMCG major Nestle on Friday approved a one percentage point increase in royalty to be paid to its parent company Nestle SA from 3.5% to 4.5% of sales. The increase, which will be paid over a five-year period at the rate of 0.20%, will be effective starting January 1, 2014. This will ensure ongoing access to the entire capabilities of Nestle.
Apple Inc. won more than $1 billion after a jury found Samsung Electronics Co. infringed six of seven patents for its mobile devices in a verdict that may lead to a ban on U.S. sales of handheld electronics a judge deems to violate Apples rights.
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