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IP Health Check: agreeing a price for IP
rights
This publication was withdrawn on 12 December 2014
This guide is now longer current and will not be updated. It has been replaced by the guide:
Valuing your intellectual property.
From:
Intellectual Property Office
First published:
24 June 2014
This booklet is designed to help businesses looking to license, buy or sell Intellectual Property
Rights (IPRs) to arrive at a valuation.
Documents
Agreeing a price for IP rights
PDF, 1010KB, 40 pages
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IPR valuation checklist
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IPR valuation checklist
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Skeleton licence
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Detail
This booklet is designed to help businesses conducting transactions involving IPRs arrive at a
fair valuation of their IPRs.
This booklet:
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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.
Published:
24 June 2014
From:
Intellectual Property Office
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