It is estimated that intellectual property (IP) represents at least 80% of corporate value across the globe. Some market experts predict that number will soar even higher as corporations focus on the competitive advantages offered through the ownership, utilization and commercialization of strategic IP portfolios. With so much opportunity at stake, striking the right balance between IP exploitation and protection is an increasingly key business objective for many organizations. Yet, even the fundamental step in deriving an accurate IP portfolio valuation can pose a significant challenge due to insufficient transactional insight and/or lack of a clear-cut methodology for analysis. The new BVR/ktMINE Royalty Rate Benchmarking Guide, 2015 Global Edition is a renewed effort to provide market transparency and pricing efficiency through transactional insights. - David R. Jarczyk President and CEO, ktMINE The BVR/ktMINE Royalty Rate Benchmarking Guide, 2015 Global Edition was developed to help provide analysts clarity in this new valuation frontier. The 25+ industries examined within this guide help provide better transparency from licensing transactions in a global marketplace that is often murky. With data analyzed and presented from the ktMINE database, you can now have a comprehensive report on global licensing royalty rates and an analysis of value within specific industries, which will help you benchmark IP transactions over a 10-year time period.