Valuing intellectual property in Japan, Britain, and the United States

As over half the assets of many major companies are now intangible assets, there is an increasing need to assess more accurately the value of intellectual property (IP) from a wider interdisciplinary perspective. Re-evaluating risk and understanding the true value of intellectual property is a major problem, particularly important for business practitioners, including business analysts and investors, venture capitalists, accountants, insurance experts, intellectual property lawyers and also for those who hold intellectual property assets, such as media, publishing and pharmaceutical companies, and universities and other research bodies. Written by the foremost authorities in the field from Britain, Japan and the US, this book considers the latest developments and puts forward much new thinking. The book includes thorough coverage of developments in Japan, which is reviewing the value of IP at a much quicker pace than any other country and is registering ever-increasing numbers of patents in the course of inventing its way out of economic inertia. Introductory chapter : valuing IP / Ruth Taplin Technology transfer from U.S. universities : the need to value IP at the point of commercialisation / Terry Young The role of entrepreneurship and venture businesses in redefining the value of intellectual property in Japan / Takumo Kiso Understanding how IP is valued in Japan in relation to medicine / Tomoyuki Hisa Intellectual property litigation, business valuation, and insurance solutions : an overview / Ian Lewis Pressures to protect intellectual property value and the insurance solution / Matthew Hogg Standardisation and patent pools in Japan : it's affect on valuing IP and limits under competition law / Masako Wakui Re-defining brand valuation within the Japanese context / Akito Tani Japanese patent publications as a source of information / Steve Van Dulken. The book includes thorough coverage of developments in Japan, which, as the country where significantly more new patents are registered each year than in any other country, is particularly important for this subject.