Beatriz San Martin Weighs In On EU's IP Valuation Framework Plans in Law360

Arnold & Porter partner Beatriz San Martin was quoted in the recent Law360 article, "EU IP Valuation Plan Spurs Patent Expertise Concerns," examining industry skepticism over the European Union Intellectual Property Office's (EUIPO) capacity to value patent portfolios under a newly proposed innovation framework.

The article covers the European Commission's proposed Innovation Act, which would task the EUIPO with creating a common framework for valuing intellectual property to help start-ups and scale-ups secure funding. Beatriz cautioned that the initiative could backfire if the resulting valuations are not grounded in realistic assessments.

"I'm not sure it ultimately helps either the start-ups or investors," she said. "If things have been massaged in such a way that they are not realistic, it could then negatively impact that whole market and there would be no confidence in any of the valuations."

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