Google offers complete patent and trademark databases from USPTO for free
Google and the USPTO have entered into an agreement to make the following USPTO products available to the public at no charge–a good resource for appraisers with research needs in IP cases: Patents (grants, applications, assignments, classification information, and maintenance fee events) Trademarks (grants, applications, assignments, and TTAB proceedings) All data originates from the USPTO. Google [...]
If BV has an iPhone app, are we cool?
For $1.99, you too can do business valuation. At least that’s what Sell This Pig believes! It might be worth your time to go to the site and offer your opinion of the “value” of these valuations! The tool has been available for several months, but the page often fails to load–
Dominos offers a case study on the relationship between brand and value
Watch Dominos Pizza (DPZ) if you want a case study on the relationship between value and brand,. Last spring (2009), two employees uploaded a video to YouTube that displayed misuse of the food they were preparing. The company lost significant same-store sales in the 2nd quarter of 2009, yet, currently, Dominos’ market cap is higher than it has [...]
Do you apply a DLOC in 50/50 ownership situations?
Add your thoughts to this debate on the BVR LinkedIn page.
Work in NYC?
Deloitte’s looking for a Manager of BV in New York City…just in case you were looking for a change of pace!
CFO’s don’t value appraisals done for 409A compliance
The Tax Court recently issued its first reported opinion on IRC Sec. 409A, but although Slater v. Commissioner (T.C. Summary Opinion 2010-1) confirms the restrictive requirements of 409A, it doesn’t address the broader valuation and reporting concerns. Now a new survey of 800 CFOs of privately held, VC-backed companies by Lisa Davis, VP of Sales [...]
What’s the value of a business process? Bilski decision yesterday opens the gates, without a lot of guidance
In one of the most highly anticipated, long-awaited patent decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court finally decided Bilski v. Kappos yesterday afternoon. The Court held that the Federal Circuit Court’s so-called “machine or transformation” test is not the only test for a patentable process (requiring it to be tied to a particular machine or apparatus, or one [...]
GAAP v IFRS exposure draft released by FASB earlier today
The FASB issued today a Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Amendments for Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. Comments on this Exposure Draft are requested by September 7, 2010. For more information and to download a copy of this Exposure Draft, visit FASB.
Don May on hedge fund GPs; and the use of M&A valuation methods
Don points out these articles are available free in his posting this morning to the Valuation Professionals site on LinkedIn.
Update on fairness opinions – learn from the experts
On Thursday, July 15 valuation expert Craig Jacobson (Citrin Cooperman & Company) and attorney Jeffery Rothschild (McDermott Will & Emory) will join BVR for “Fairness Opinions: Judging Transactions in Today’s Economy.” Through their 100-minute webinar, Jacobson and Rothschild will review how changes in regulation, case law, and the economy have changed the landscape for fairness [...]
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