The MHRD Chair on Intellectual Property Rights,

Presents

CONFERENCE

ON

“IP Valuation & Securitization”

18th September, 2010

National Law School of India University, Bangalore

CONCEPT NOTE:-

Intellectual property is the property created by the intellect of human mind

which encompasses the protection offered by the legal regime of various types
like Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Designs. Intellectual property as a right is
granted for a specific duration. Human intellect and organizational capabilities
play a crucial role in business performance and economic growth. An increasing
share of the market value of firms appears to derive from their intellectual
assets, and firms are managing these assets more actively to identify additional
ways of extracting value from them. Valuation of an Intellectual Property,
specifically in patent is a significant issue for facilitating their exploitation.
While for patent holder, it is important from the point of view of pricing it for
licence purpose, for calculating royalties, securing effective returns during the
grant period, it is equally a matter of concern of many other stakeholders such
as Bank, Financial Analysts, Investors of Stocks and Shares, Venture Capitalist
and many others. The different methods of valuation by different entities and
experts from different perspective pose a problem to many. Therefore a
balance method is needed to evolve a method of valuation considering various
aspects and factors.

IP Securitization is the pooling of revenue - generating assets, and issuing

securities backed by them. The owner of the assets receives payment based on
the discounted present value of the transferred assets, and the investors obtain
a return on their investment derived from the assets' revenue stream.

1) issuance of publicly-offered corporate bonds (typical securitization);

2) issuance of privately-offered corporate bonds;
3) privately-offered bonds that are practically IP-backed loans(e.g.,
privately-offered bonds underwritten by a single institutional investor);
and non - recourse loans collateralized by IP.

There is a need to review new uses of Intellectual Property, specifically patent

including as a means of attracting external financing via bank loans,
securitization of patents and patent donation. Then it is required to discuss IP
management and exploitation practices across industries.
So, the objective of the conference is to address the significance and
difficulties or inconsistencies in IP valuation and importance of IP securitization
and potential risk of IP securitization.
Ladies and Gentlemen,

The National Law School of India University will hold the conference on “IP
Valuation & Securitization” under the sponsorship of Ministry of Human
Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi on 18th September,
2010 at the NLSIU Training Centre.

The objective of the conference is to address the significance and difficulties

or inconsistencies in IP valuation and importance of IP securitization and
potential risk of IP securitization.

Over the last 21 years, the National Law School has pioneered reform in Indian
legal education, demonstrating that legal education can be realm of excellence
and promoting legal research. In pursuance of this objective and to contribute
to the increasing importance of IP Valuation and Securitization, the IPR Chair
at the NLSIU has taken this initiative to discuss the various aspects of the IP
Valuation and Securitization. This conference will be an opportunity to the
interested Indian Industries and the stakeholders to exchange ideas and
develop a common vision for the future of IP Valuation and Securitization in
India. We sincerely hope that you will join us in making this a success. We look
forward to welcoming you to National Law School, Bangalore.

Sincerely,

Prof.(Dr.) T. Ramakrishna
MHRD Chair Professor on IPR
National Law School of India University
Bangalore
E-mail: ramakrishna@nls.ac.in
 Inaugural Session

9.00 – 9.30 Inauguration

Chief Guest Address
Keynote Address

Technical Sessions

9.30 -10.00 IP utilization and need for valuation

10.00 – 10.30 Method of IP valuations

10.30 – 11.00 Economic approach to IP valuation

11.00 – 11.15 Tea/Coffee Break

11.15 – 11.45 Impact of legal due diligence on IP Valuation

11.45 – 12.15 IP and technology intermediaries and SMEs

12.15 – 1.15 IP Management: Impact of different industries

Pharmacy/biotech, IT

1.15 – 2.00 LUNCH

2.00 – 3.00 Creation of security of IP asset, current and future

scenario

3.00 – 4.00 Enforcement of securitization of IP asset

4.00 – 4.45 Conclusion and Closing Remarks

 REGISTRATION PROCEDURE AND CONTACT DETAILS

Persons interested in participating or attending in conference may register by

sending an email to cipra@nls.ac.in in giving a brief description about himself
and his experience in the field or reason of interest.

For any queries related to conference or any assistance, please feel free to
contact any of following members of organizing body.

1. Ms.Gargi Chakrabarti
Research Assistant, CIPRA
(Mo. 8050836277)
E-mail: chakrabarti@nls.ac.in

2. Mr.Satyadeep
Research Assistant, CIPRA
(Mo. 9986524415)
E-mail: satyadeep@nls.ac.in