START-ALLIANCE LLC. PROVIDES KNOW-HOW VALUATION SERVICES IN MOSCOW AND OTHER RUSSIAN REGIONS.

In modern economy, commercial or technical information facilitating business efficiency represents a very important and quite an expensive product. Such information is regarded as intellectual property and it can be an indispensable element of a business and occupy an important place in company’s asset structure. Usually, this type of information is referred as know-how, or a system of technical, administrative or financial methods, knowledge and skills which have value, but can not be protected by state patents.

Valuation of intangible assets, including know-how, can be conducted for the various purposes:

• making non-monetary contributions to the company’s charter fund;
• closing of a buy-sell transactions;
• adjustments to the book values;
• estimation of the market capitalization of the company, etc.

Valuation of various types of know-how - R&D results, technologies, improvements and innovations of any kind - is conducted by comparing input costs for producing the subject intangible asset and the actual or potential commercial profit (or other benefits) expected to be generated by the asset.

DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR VALUATION OF A KNOW-HOW:

• Description of the subject know-how.
• Description of possible benefits from the application of the subject know-how.
• Specifications of the products, which are produced using the subject know-how, compared with similar (competing) products, if necessary.
• Expenses for creation or purchase of the rights to the subject know-how.

This list of documents is preliminary and can be reduced or expanded after valuer’s detailed review of the valuation assignment, depending on valuation purpose.