What is Intellectual Property (IP)?

Intellectual property (IP) rights can be a business’ most valuable asset. For example, Forbes reported that while Disney’s 2013 hit Frozen grossed US$1.3 billion at the box office, the licensing of the IP rights accumulated US$107.2 billion in retail sales. Lucasfilm’s astute decision to retain the IP licensing rights for consumer products for the first six Star Wars films [...]

2025-08-25T01:07:28+00:00August 25th, 2025|Intellectual Property, Trademarks|Comments Off on What is Intellectual Property (IP)?

What is IP?

Intellectual property (IP) rights can be a business’ most valuable asset. For example, Forbes reported that while Disney’s 2013 hit Frozen grossed US$1.3 billion at the box office, the licensing of the IP rights accumulated US$107.2 billion in retail sales. Lucasfilm’s astute decision to retain the IP licensing rights for consumer products for the first six Star Wars films [...]

2025-04-09T07:16:25+00:00April 9th, 2025|Intellectual Property|Comments Off on What is IP?

Accounting for IP in a Sale of Business: Know what you’re giving away (and charge for it!)

Gaining a thorough understanding of what your business is worth is a tricky process. Regardless of past investments and future potential, ultimately it will only be worth what somebody is (currently) willing to pay for it. Too often however, in formulating a sale price, many business owners will neglect to take proper account of (or [...]

2020-05-12T04:23:53+00:00May 21st, 2019|Business Advice, Contracts, Corporate Advisory, Intellectual Property|Comments Off on Accounting for IP in a Sale of Business: Know what you’re giving away (and charge for it!)
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