Questions about the value of intellectual property arise in specific contexts: a transaction, a licence negotiation, a dispute over damages, a contribution to a venture, an insolvency. In each of those the number matters, but the legal questions underneath it usually matter more.

Those questions come first. What exactly is owned, and by whom. Whether the chain of title is complete. What rights have already been granted away, and on what terms — an exclusive licence to a major market changes the picture entirely. Whether registrations are current and enforceable. Whether anything material is in dispute. A valuation built on assumptions about any of these is only as reliable as those assumptions.

In litigation the framework is set by law rather than by finance: what measure of damages is available for the claim, what evidence supports it, and what a court will admit. The Firm advises on that framework and works alongside the valuation and accounting experts whose opinions carry it.

The Firm does not provide appraisals or valuation opinions, and does not hold itself out as a valuation professional. The work here is legal: establishing what is owned and what it is encumbered by, and advising on the legal standards that govern how value is proved.