Foley & Lardner LLP and the accounting firm of Grant Thornton LLP have assembled a team of professionals in the fields of valuation, IP, forensic accounting, and litigation to share their perspectives on IP valuation. Their insights will be presented in a three-part Web conference series.
The third session, Navigating Uncertainty: Valuation of IP in Litigation took place on Thursday, July 30, 2009.
You may know how much you paid to acquire certain technology and how that value is reflected on the balance sheet, but how much is your IP worth in a courtroom? What strategies might you employ to maximize this value? How has the current economic uncertainty affected this value? Mr. Michael J. Lockerby, Partner with Foley’s IP Litigation Practice and Chair of the Washington, D.C. Litigation Department, and Mr. Bryan Moser, Director with Grant Thornton LLP’s Advisory Services Practice, discussed approaches to valuing IP in litigation from an economic and legal perspective, including:
- How valuation principles apply in infringement and other IP litigation
- How IP damages should be calculated and what legal tests must be met in order to reclaim the value of your company’s IP based on approaches such as lost profits, reasonable royalty, and diminution of value
- How to determine if diminution of value resulted from a competitor’s actions such as theft or infringement, or if it was coincidental with declines in the broader economy
Additional sessions include:
- Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Navigating Uncertainty: Patent Values and the Evolving IP Market
- Thursday, June 25, 2009
Navigating Uncertainty: Valuation of IP in a Business Transaction
For additional information, please contact Kristen Martin at [email protected] or 312.832.4725.
Michael J. Lockerby is the attorney responsible for the content of these programs.
