Miguel Angel Martin Benitez Our Valuations Analyst who recently relocated to Glasgow from Valencia to join Metis Partners. What brought you to Metis Partners? I was initially looking for a move from financial reporting to equity valuation. I wasn’t really aware of what IP valuation was before applying to Metis Partners. After seeing an open […]
For almost thirty years, Bench has occupied a central and iconic position on the high-street for fashion, streetwear and lifestyle products, and in 2011, the Company generated circa £150 million in revenue. The Company cites both recent difficulties in the UK retail market and a major logistics issue in 2016 as factors contributing to its […]
The Joint Administrators of nationwide electronics retailer Maplin Electronics Limited (in Administration) (“Maplin” or the “Company”) have instructed Metis Partners to conduct a sales and marketing exercise in relation to the Company’s IP assets. Zelf Hussain, Ian Green and Toby Underwood of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP were appointed as Joint Administrators of Maplin on 28th February 2018. […]
The brand and assets of Manchester-based online music platform Beatroot Music have been bought by an American business. Made in Memphis Entertainment, a music studio, record label and publishing platform founded by songwriter and producer David Porter, has paid an undisclosed sum for Beatroot’s intellectual property and other assets. The sale includes the Beatroot brand, […]
The IP assets of a recognised leader in the bioformulation and drug delivery industry, XstalBio Limited, which is behind CentuRecon – a patent-backed reconstitution technology that has the potential to revolutionise the preparation of high concentration protein solutions, are being offered for sale by Metis Partners, the award-winning, commercial intellectual property consulting firm. Established as […]
As the Superbowl and Six Nations Championship dominated the world’s sporting headlines this week and the importance of sports coaching was once again in the spotlight, the sale of the technology behind a successful sports software company was attracting major attention. Sport Technology Services has made its name by developing 3D animation coaching software and […]
The intellectual property (“IP”) assets of Controlled Variable Buoyancy Systems Limited (“CVBS” or the “Company”), the company behind proprietary subsea technology applicable in the decommissioning market segment within the oil and gas sector, are being offered to the market by Metis Partners, the award-winning, commercial intellectual property consulting firm. Incorporated in 1997, CVBS was established […]
The assets of an exciting homeware brand which has given artists an international outlet by creating a virtual Spitalfields Market are being put up for sale by Metis Partners, the international intellectual property (IP) consultancy firm. Metis has been asked to conduct a worldwide campaign to market and dispose of the IP of Bouf, a […]
The IP assets, particularly the unique game technology behind the Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure (HOPA) system created by top tier independent games developers is being offered for sale by the award winning commercial intellectual property consulting firm, Metis Partners. Incorporated in 2011, Oysterworld was known for producing high quality online casual and family entertainment products […]
Innovative UK companies will be sharing the pit falls and plateaus they have experienced when expanding overseas, and how they protected their intellectual property (IP) assets along the way, at the next IP100 Club event held on November 10th at Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh. The high profile speakers include Professor Max Robinson, the founder of Kromek […]
The IP assets, notably an extensive design portfolio and an industry wide reputation for excellence of international electrical and mechanical engineers, A-Belco Group are being offered for sale by Metis Partners, the award-winning, commercial intellectual property consulting firm. Based in the Midlands, the company was incorporated in 1999 and operated a number of divisions, including […]
The IP assets of a recognised leader in the bioformulation and drug delivery industry, XstalBio Limited, which is behind CentuRecon – a patent-backed reconstitution technology that has the potential to revolutionise the preparation of high concentration protein solutions, are being offered for sale by Metis Partners, the award-winning, commercial intellectual property consulting firm. Established as […]
The Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks’ IP100 has exceeded 100 entrants following a recent surge of applicants. After a successful event last month at Venturefest in Birmingham, the IP100 team secured 14 new West Midland applications, bringing the total to almost 110, and making the IP100 the fastest growing business community in the UK. The 100th […]
MindGenius, a leading software development company, has created a platform that enables its users to capture their ideas, visualise information, plan projects and share knowledge through its core mapping function, and has recently announced an equity funding round of £1m to further develop its cloud based project management solution. As part of its fundraising strategy, […]
Metis Partners, an award winning commercial intellectual property consultancy, is unveiling a rare opportunity to acquire some of the most attractive domain names to come on to the market in recent times. Metis Partners is conducting a global sale and marketing exercise for Geeks.co.uk, Discs.co.uk and FocusMove.com, all of which have potential for brand extension, […]
The intellectual property (IP) behind one of the world class providers to the oil and gas industry is being brought to the market by Metis Partners, the award-winning commercial intellectual property consulting firm. SGL Systems International made a global name for itself in the intensely-competitive field of high integrity heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC). […]
An internationally-operating freight brand with a high-profile presence in growing Eastern European and Russian spheres of commerce is being brought to the market by Metis Partners, the intellectual property (IP) experts. TPC Freight Management was a globally-renowned freight brand which had a turnover of £13 million in 2014. A family-owned business built up over 35 […]
The Intellectual Property (IP) assets of heritage retail and lifestyle business, McEwens of Perth, are being offered for sale on behalf of KMPG LLP, from award-winning commercial IP consulting firm, Metis Partners. Founded in 1868, McEwens of Perth is the brand behind Scotland’s largest independent fashion chain, and has a rich heritage of highest quality, […]
The digital age we live and work in has enabled Intellectual Property (IP) to be transferred around the world at the click of a mouse. More so than any previous era, the ease of sharing information globally has shown the need for a robust framework of protections and licensing for IP. For the last 17 […]
Metis Partners is proud to present the latest update in the IP League Table. Over 30 new entrants have been added in the last four months, many of whom made it to the top 20, suggesting that some of the larger, more sophisticated and IP-rich companies now see the benefits of entering the IP League […]
An exciting pharmaceutical patent portfolio from the Osteologix group is on sale from Metis Partners, the award-winning commercial intellectual property consulting firm. In recent years, bone diseases such as osteoporosis have been increasing due to longer life expectancy and related vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The NHS states that osteoporosis is now a ‘fairly common […]
Nationwide comparison site which matches motorists who need car maintenance with garages is on sale by Metis Partners, the award-winning commercial intellectual property consulting firm. Dipstix Limited (in Liquidation), which traded extensively in the North-West of England and featured in the Liverpool Echo, was an online aggregator for independent garages and was able to offer […]
The intellectual property assets of industry-leading renewable wave energy business, Aquamarine Power, are on sale on behalf of the Joint Administrators at BDO LLP from Metis Partners, an award-winning, commercial intellectual property consulting firm. Founded in 2005, Aquamarine Power was set up to bring innovative wave energy technology to the commercial energy renewables market. Aquamarine […]
Data Conversion Systems, a Cambridge-based pioneer in consumer digital audio equipment, has taken the top place in Britain’s first ever Intellectual Property (IP) League Table, compiled by Metis Partners, the UK specialist in IP assets. The company, which has been refining digital-to-analogue conversion for 25 years, displayed exceptional IP management techniques and it has implemented […]
The intellectual property (“IP”) assets of Nameloop, an attractive contact management platform that allows users to share contact and personal data efficiently and securely, are available for sale through Metis Partners, an award-winning IP consultancy and broker. During Nameloop’s two years of development, its creators have been focusing on the establishment of a network for […]
The intellectual property assets of a range of iconic golf brands are on sale from Metis Partners, an award-winning, commercial intellectual property consulting firm. The brands available for sale include John Letters, Hotblade, Golden Goose, Silver Swan, Golf Locker, Jaxx, Master Model, Progen, Chromo, Haema, Red Eye, Swingmaster, and Trilogy. In 1949, eight of Great […]
Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Banks have thrown their combined weight behind the IP100 league table, an initiative to celebrate the intellectual property (“IP”) created by innovative companies throughout the UK. Earlier this year, BQ Scotland and its sister magazines teamed up with the experts at Metis Partners, an award-winning IP solutions firm, to launch the […]
The social media software and intellectual property assets of MeVi Limited, are for sale following an instruction from administrators, FRP Advisory LLP, to Metis Partners, an award-winning, commercial intellectual property consulting firm. MeVi is social media software that enables an audience to engage with events and receive a memory of it without having to film […]
Metis Partners, the award winning intellectual property (“IP”) specialist, has been appointed to help bring one of the most remarkable packaging solutions of recent times – “flat-pack food” – to a global market. The UK-based, internationally operating company has been asked to conduct an intensive, worldwide marketing campaign to find partners to commercialise the Hopper […]
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have signed up to back a new innovative league table, ranking the UK’s companies by the value of their intellectual property (“IP”). The Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks IP100 will be complied for the banks by BQ Magazine and Metis Partners. It will be released twice a year by BQ in special […]
