IP rights prove crucial in dealmaking

Headline: IP rights prove crucial in dealmakingSource: EuromoneyDate: August 2001Author: Joff Wilde Technology companies have played a majorrole in forcing the investment community tostart taking intellectual property seriously.Telecoms and their equivalents in thesoftware and biotechnology sectors, forexample, are all dependent to a greater orlesser extent on patents and other forms ofintellectual property.       […]

Headline: IP rights prove crucial in dealmaking
Source: Euromoney
Date: August 2001
Author: Joff Wilde

Technology companies have played a majorrole in forcing the investment community tostart taking intellectual property seriously.Telecoms and their equivalents in thesoftware and biotechnology sectors, forexample, are all dependent to a greater orlesser extent on patents and other forms ofintellectual property.

       
The activities of such companies as Texas Instruments and IBM make it clear what a strong portfolio of intellectual property rights can mean to the bottom line.






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