Beard Books' latest title gives an overview of investment strategies into intellectual property assets of all forms (patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other rights), and aims to be an invaluable introduction to the subject for all types of investors, from private equity and venture capital investors looking at private deals to hedge fund and mutual fund investors looking at public market opportunities.
This book is also of particular help to corporate and intellectual property lawyers that want to understand current trends relating to intellectual property investing.
Among the topics covered are: accounting and valuation, intellectual property analytics, equity investment strategies, arbitrage, and securitization. The book also provides guidance as to why intellectual property assets continue to be of interest to investors, how investors might establish investment criteria, and provides some commentary as to whether intellectual property should be viewed as a discrete asset class.
