As well as supporting individual firms, Inngot conducts influential IP policy research into the issues that matter most: how IP is accounted for, how it can be leveraged for finance, and how far law and regulation are keeping pace with digital technology.
IP issues are increasingly central to key IP policy decisions. We live in a world where businesses invest one-third more in ‘soft’ intangibles than they do in ‘hard’ tangibles; where over 90% of listed company value is no longer attributable to physical assets on the balance sheet; where between 30-40% of business sale values are routinely attributed to identifiable intangibles (before considering goodwill); and where IP licensing incomes in growth economies are rising by billions of dollars per annum (sources: Imperial College/IPO, Ocean Tomo, Deloitte/KPMG, World Bank).
The Inngot team has a solid understanding of these issues and offers experience gained in a number of high profile and influential projects, some of which are featured below. If you are looking for a reliable research partner to investigate IP policy matters – look no further.
Recent research publications
Inngot has led several influential and informative published research studies in the UK and internationally. Here are some selected highlights.






Special Assignments
- The National Corporate Innovation Index (NCII). Inngot was retained by the Malaysian Innovation Agency, AIM, to provide specialist advice on intangible assets in 2013/14, working with the UK’s innovation charity, Nesta. The NCII project concerned the development and calibration of a tool to quantify the ‘return on innovation’ being achieved by participating Malaysian PLCs.
- Knowledge Exchange Hubs, 2013-15. Inngot has provided ongoing intellectual property support for the experimental business models being developed by four university consortia, sponsored by the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council, all aimed at establishing new ways for businesses and academics to co-create.
- The Beacon Project on Intellectual Property and Open Source (for the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network, 2011). This six-month research project examined the role of IP in the digital context, and how it supports direct and indirect methods of value creation. Information gathering involved a combination of expert interviews, small and large workshop gatherings and a large online survey, analysed by the Inngot team. It was launched to coincide with the publication of Digital Opportunity, otherwise known as the Hargreaves Review.
Articles and publications

