A CRA expert valued certain trademarks to support the SEC’s claim for negligence-based fraud, relating to the failure to timely impair the trademarks. CRA utilized an income approach based on projected royalties and a multiples analysis based on comparable transactions to value the trademarks. Based on that analysis, the carrying values of the trademarks exceeded their fair values and they should have been impaired by the defendant. The defendant consented to the final judgment of a civil penalty and permanent injunction, filed days after the complaint.
CRA consultants named top experts in the 2025 IAM Patent 1000 rankings
Fourteen CRA consultants were recognized as leading economic, financial, and licensing expert witnesses by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM). The IAM Patent...