A CRA expert determined the fair market value of a publisher’s US copyrights in connection with bankruptcy proceedings and a dispute with the publisher’s unsecured creditors. CRA considered both the standard and premise of value and analyzed various valuation methodologies under the cost, market, and income approaches, ultimately utilizing the excess earnings valuation methodology under the income approach. The parties ultimately reached a favorable settlement that compensated the lenders and enabled the publisher to emerge from bankruptcy.
Patent Damages: Recent Trends in Daubert Decisions
In this Insights, we update the Daubert Decision trends in last year’s Insights with 2021 data.[1] Daubert Decision trends are based on our review of available...