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Guidance
IP Health Check: agreeing a price for IP rights
This booklet is designed to help businesses looking to license, buy or sell Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) to arrive at a valuation.
From:
Intellectual Property Office
Published
24 June 2014
This publication was withdrawn on
This guide is now longer current and will not be updated. It has been replaced by the guide: Valuing your intellectual property.
Documents
Agreeing a price for IP rights
PDF, 1010 KB, 40 pages
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IPR valuation checklist
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IPR valuation checklist
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Details
This booklet is designed to help businesses conducting transactions involving IPRs arrive at a fair valuation of their IPRs.
This booklet:
will help you understand whether you are charging or paying too much
describes the common methods of valuing IPR
provides an easy-to-complete checklist, in scorecard form, which you can use to assess the value of IPRs in your transaction
lists other useful resources
The supporting checklist sets out the major issues businesses need to think about before licensing, buying or selling their IP.
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