IP finance

"Where money issues meet IP rights". This weblog looks at financial issues for intellectual property rights: securitisation and collateral, IP valuation for acquisition and balance sheet purposes, tax and R&D breaks, film and product finance, calculating quantum of damages--anything that happens where IP meets money.

Showing posts with label Trade Secret. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Trade Secret. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 May 2021

It is simplistic and short-sighted to undermine Covid-19 patent rights

President Biden’s administration is making a major mistake by its top trade advisor, Katherine Tai, advocating a waiver of patent rights for...

Friday, 24 June 2016

Brexit and IP Practice: What does it mean?

As we all know, Brexit happened yesterday (I guess depending on your time zone). I am disappointed by the vote, but that is democracy. It ...

Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Almost One Billion Dollar Verdict in U.S. Trade Secret Case

Wow! That is quite a verdict. A Wisconsin jury awarded $240 million in compensatory damages and $700 million in punitive damages for seven...

Thursday, 18 August 2011

Coca Cola and Air Brakes

The recipe for Coca Cola has famously been kept confidential since its initial formulation in 1886. An example of the long-term value of co...

Monday, 19 October 2009

Can One Contract Around a Trade Secret?

I begin a new teaching term next week and that means two sessions with my MBA students, setting out the basics of IP law, before we delve i...

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