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CPA Global is delighted to bring to you 5 great audio clips from our 'Realising Better Returns On Your IP Investments' event held in March 2009.

Please note the single presentation download relates to all 5 of the audio clips.

• The Legal and Commercial Case for IP Structuring in Turbulent Times - Larry Cohen
• IP Valuation and Royalty Rates - Kelvin King
• IP rights – Why they are significant from a tax perspective - Sean Finn
• Essential IP Portfolio Optimisation Strategies - John Pryor
• Question and answer session

Troubled economies continue to put pressure on our global corporations. Within these organizations, IP departments, often viewed purely as cost centres, are facing increased pressures to justify their existence and to demonstrate a return on their companies technology and IP investments.

This continued pressure, though at first unwanted, will push IP departments to shape their understanding and definition of patent quality and it will lead to closer inspection and evaluation of the processes and culture that are in place to ensure patent quality Patent information and patent research have a pivotal role to play in providing your business with external focus, empowering the workforce and enabling increased patent quality. Proactive patent research can help to transition your IP department from a perceived cost centre to a highly strategic unit that facilitates company growth