Understand the value of your intellectual property and turn commercial potential into licensing agreements.
KapelisIP helps companies, research organizations, and other IP owners assess the financial value of their intellectual property and generate income through licensing.
We combine technical understanding, valuation expertise, and practical commercialization experience. Our work can cover patents, software, and trade secrets either as individual assets or as part of a broader technology portfolio.
IP Valuations
A reasoned assessment of IP value to support commercial decisions and negotiations.
KapelisIP provides IP valuations tailored to the asset, the purpose of the valuation, and the information available. Valuations can support licensing negotiations, technology transfers, IP acquisitions or sales, spin-off arrangements, investment discussions, and portfolio decisions.
We assess how the IP contributes to commercial value, considering the relevant technology, market opportunities, competitive position, development requirements, and risks. The analysis connects the valuation with the business circumstances in which the assets will be used.
Experience and Methodological Expertise
Our expertise combines formal training in patent valuation with more than 15 years of practical experience in valuing intellectual property for commercialization, licensing, and technology transfer.
This experience includes developing IP valuation methods that remain in use today, as well as cost-based approaches and methods tailored to the valuation of IP in spin-off transactions.
We draw on a broad range of approaches, including:
- Income-based methods, such as relief-from-royalty, excess earnings, and risk-adjusted income analysis.
- Market-based methods using relevant licensing, acquisition, and company comparables.
- Cost-based methods reflecting the resources required to develop or replace relevant assets.
- Decision-tree, scenario, and probability-based models for uncertain commercial outcomes.
- Approaches tailored to early-stage technologies, venture funding, and spin-off arrangements.
Methods are selected to suit the valuation question and the available evidence. Where appropriate, we use several approaches to examine the result from different perspectives.
A Clear Basis for Decision-Making
The outcome is a documented valuation with the relevant assumptions, supporting analysis, and an explanation of the factors driving value.
Depending on the engagement, the result may be presented as a value estimate, a range, or alternative scenarios. This helps you understand both the commercial potential and the uncertainties that matter in negotiations and investment decisions.
IP Licensing
Develop licensing opportunities and carry them through to signed agreements.
KapelisIP develops and executes licensing engagements for IP owners. The work can focus on a particular technology or prospective licensee, or cover a broader licensing effort across several companies, markets, or applications.
We define the commercial proposition, identify suitable partners, initiate discussions, and lead licensing negotiations through to a signed agreement. We manage the process within the mandate agreed with the client and coordinate specialist legal and technical input where needed.
The service can include:
- Assessing the commercial relevance and licensing potential of selected assets.
- Identifying and prioritizing prospective licensees and applications.
- Preparing the commercial proposition and supporting materials.
- Initiating and managing discussions with potential licensees.
- Developing licensing structures, pricing, and commercial terms.
- Conducting negotiations and managing the transaction through agreement finalization and signing.
The engagement can cover the full licensing process, from initial assessment to a signed agreement, or a defined part of that process according to the client’s needs.
Flexible Fees and Shared Commercial Risk
Our compensation arrangements are tailored to the opportunity and the agreed engagement. They can include fixed fees, time-based fees, success-based compensation, or a combination of these models.
For selected licensing engagements, KapelisIP can carry the financial risk of the agreed engagement in full, with compensation payable only if licensing succeeds.
This can enable IP owners to pursue suitable licensing opportunities without committing upfront service fees. The suitability of this model is assessed case by case, considering the assets, commercial potential, expected workload, and prospects of reaching an agreement.
The scope, success criteria, compensation structure, and responsibility for any external costs are agreed before work begins.
Discuss Your Valuation or Licensing Needs
Do you need to establish the value of selected IP assets, prepare for a transaction, or pursue licensing opportunities?
Contact us to discuss your objectives, the assets involved, and an appropriate scope and commercial arrangement.