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Valuing Intellectual Property

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on the valuation of IP, and covers four main themes. First, it shows how people from different backgrounds can perceive value very differently. Second — the most important theme of this chapter — is the evaluation of the market, cost and income approaches, the three most-frequently used and widely accepted valuation methods for measuring IP assets. Third, some less-frequently used methods are outlined. Finally, the significance of valuation is discussed to examine how IP valuation can serve different purposes in business.

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Yang, D. (2013). Valuing Intellectual Property. In: Understanding and Profiting from Intellectual Property. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137094667_8

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