OxFirst’s detailed patent valuation revealed key opportunities and risks associated with the patent portfolio acquisition.
OxFirst’s patent portfolio valuation supported an equity acquisition worth more than five hundred million US Dollars in the Web3 space, understood as a novel approach to the internet. The deal also includes a comprehensive intellectual property licensing deal, which OxFirst enabled through its patent-specific economic assessments.
OxFirst’s detailed patent valuation revealed key opportunities and risks associated with the patent portfolio acquisition. A patent valuation is essential for the effective commercialization of innovative efforts. OxFirst provides an economic base to maximise a firm’s patent portfolio by empowering decision-makers with the material to leverage their company patent assets for success. A patent valuation puts a defined monetary value on intellectual property, turning otherwise intangible business assets into a tangible business opportunity.
OxFirst Managing Director Professor Ghafele said, “The equity acquisition enables further R&D and allows the firm to expand into so far untapped business opportunities. It is great to be able to help new technologies progress further by uncovering the economic value of intellectual property.”
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The underlying patent business strategy drove this remarkable equity acquisition. This stands in contrast to traditional investments, which often limit the IP analysis to a mere legal assessment. This depicts that expert investors are increasingly giving importance to the commercial prospects of patents and are less interested in looking at patents as mere proxies for R&D activity.
New decentralised approaches to the internet are experiencing important growth rates and patent filings correlate with such growth rates. However, given the many opportunities provided by this specific technology, the sector is yet to illustrate how it will proactively put its patents to work and ensure they meet the needs of society. In that respect, the OxFirst patent valuation has certainly offered pioneering insights.
OxFirst is an intellectual property (IP) and competition law and economics consultancy with significant expertise in IP valuation and strategy. Named best IP Valuation Firm 2023 for the third consecutive year, it has over the last twelve years, supported Fortune 100 companies, law firms, private equity firms and policymakers to better understand and utilise their IP. OxFirst was founded by scholars of the University of Oxford and we retain close links with the university to this day. Based in London and Oxford, OxFirst works with corporations from across the globe.
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