valuation_ip
Intellectual Property
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Intellectual property: risk-adjusted patent value, trademark/brand value, copyright income value, and trade-secret value under secrecy risk. Method selects the formula. Use to value a specific IP right; patent weights projected cash flows by probability of success, trademark uses brand strength to set the royalty. For technology, software, data, and platform assets use valuation_technology; for customer and workforce assets use valuation_customer and valuation_human_capital. Per method: patent needs remaining_life + cash_flow_projections + probability_of_success + discount_rate (optional: comparable_license_rates); trademark needs revenue + profit_margin + brand_strength_index + discount_rate + useful_life (optional: brand_method); copyright needs projected_revenue + useful_life + discount_rate + royalty_rate; trade_secret needs development_cost + economic_life + competitive_advantage_period + discount_rate + secrecy_probability. cash_flow_projections for patent run over remaining_life. Only method is required; all other parameters are method-dependent — supply those the selected method names and omit the rest (defaults apply where defined). Rates and premiums are decimals (0.10 = 10%). Pure arithmetic: no I/O and no external calls, rounded to 2 decimals; parameters belonging to other methods are accepted and ignored. An unknown method, or a missing method-required parameter, returns an error instead of a value.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| method | string | yes | Formula to apply. Options: patent = Risk-adjusted DCF over the patent's remaining life.; trademark = Brand value by relief-from-royalty or excess earnings.; copyright = PV of expected copyright royalty income.; trade_secret = Value under secrecy risk over the economic life. |
| remaining_life | integer | no | Remaining legal/economic life of the patent in years (≥ 0). |
| cash_flow_projections | array | no | Projected after-tax cash flows per period t=1..n, in currency units. |
| probability_of_success | number | no | Probability of technical and commercial success, in [0,1]. |
| discount_rate | number | no | Per-period discount rate as a decimal (0.10 = 10%). |
| comparable_license_rates | array | no | Comparable license royalty rates as decimals. |
| revenue | number | no | Annual revenue attributable to the asset, in currency units. |
| profit_margin | number | no | Profit margin as a decimal (0.20 = 20%). |
| brand_strength_index | number | no | Brand strength index on a 0-100 scale (75 = strong). |
| useful_life | integer | no | Useful life in years n (integer ≥ 1). |
| brand_method | string | no | Trademark method: relief_from_royalty adjusts the royalty rate by brand strength; excess_earnings capitalizes excess earnings. |
| projected_revenue | number | no | Projected annual revenue subject to the copyright royalty, in currency units. |
| royalty_rate | number | no | Royalty rate as a decimal (0.05 = 5% of revenue). |
| development_cost | number | no | Development or acquisition cost, in currency units. |
| economic_life | integer | no | Economic life in years (≥ 1). |
| competitive_advantage_period | integer | no | Years the competitive advantage is expected to persist (≥ 0). |
| secrecy_probability | number | no | Probability the trade secret remains secret, in [0,1]. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"method": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"patent",
"trademark",
"copyright",
"trade_secret"
],
"description": "Formula to apply. Options: patent = Risk-adjusted DCF over the patent's remaining life.; trademark = Brand value by relief-from-royalty or excess earnings.; copyright = PV of expected copyright royalty income.; trade_secret = Value under secrecy risk over the economic life."
},
"remaining_life": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Remaining legal/economic life of the patent in years (≥ 0)."
},
"cash_flow_projections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "number"
},
"description": "Projected after-tax cash flows per period t=1..n, in currency units."
},
"probability_of_success": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Probability of technical and commercial success, in [0,1]."
},
"discount_rate": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Per-period discount rate as a decimal (0.10 = 10%)."
},
"comparable_license_rates": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "number"
},
"description": "Comparable license royalty rates as decimals."
},
"revenue": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Annual revenue attributable to the asset, in currency units."
},
"profit_margin": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Profit margin as a decimal (0.20 = 20%)."
},
"brand_strength_index": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Brand strength index on a 0-100 scale (75 = strong)."
},
"useful_life": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Useful life in years n (integer ≥ 1)."
},
"brand_method": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Trademark method: relief_from_royalty adjusts the royalty rate by brand strength; excess_earnings capitalizes excess earnings.",
"enum": [
"relief_from_royalty",
"excess_earnings"
]
},
"projected_revenue": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Projected annual revenue subject to the copyright royalty, in currency units."
},
"royalty_rate": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Royalty rate as a decimal (0.05 = 5% of revenue)."
},
"development_cost": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Development or acquisition cost, in currency units."
},
"economic_life": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Economic life in years (≥ 1)."
},
"competitive_advantage_period": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Years the competitive advantage is expected to persist (≥ 0)."
},
"secrecy_probability": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Probability the trade secret remains secret, in [0,1]."
}
},
"required": [
"method"
]
}