Inside the role of IP in M&A transactions
In the last few decades, business leaders have had to consider one more factor that has been growing in significance: Intellectual property. Companies now see IP, especially patents, as keystones of business architecture.
March 24, 2014 at 08:00 PM
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Mergers and acquisitions are, by their very nature, extremely complex transactions. A wide variety of factors must be taken into account when a company decides it wants to buy, sell, divide or combine companies or business units. And, in the last few decades, business leaders have had to consider one more factor that has been growing in significance: Intellectual property. Companies now see IP–especially patents–as keystones of business architecture.
“More than ever, patents are viewed as assets with value, either in and of themselves or as ways to generate revenue,” says Mallun Yen, executive vice president at RPX Corporation, where she oversees new products and initiatives.
“IP is an increasingly valuable asset class in business,” agrees Kevin Rhodes, vice president and chief intellectual property counsel for 3M. “Intellectual assets for an M&A target or company you are trying to value in connection to M&A are materially impacted by assets they have.”
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