Should the market approach be used to value patents?

• Main Authors: Lee, Alex Kang Hao., Tay, Edwin Kae Wen., Wong, Alan Ho Loon.
• Other Authors: Tan, Harry Soo Kiat
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Law::Intellectual property
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9334
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The increased reliance in our knowledge economy for firms to use patents as value drivers makes it critical to obtain accurate and reliable patent valuations. This report investigates whether the market approach should be used to value patents and proposes new mechanisms to obtain such market valuat...