Services
IA Audits
Identify your intellectual assets (IAs), and understand IP-based opportunities to build or strengthen your portfolio to maximize value and minimize risk
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Understand your business via document review and interviews with team members
Review any existing IP
Identify and categorize your intellectual assets (IAs)
Identify opportunities to build IP-based control around key IAs
Review relevant contracts for IP ownership/control optimization
Identify potential third-party IP risks
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IP Audit Report summarising your key intellectual assets and giving actionable recommendations to strengthen your IP position and mitigate risks to increase your business value
Detailed inventory of your intellectual assets, including notes on available (or potential) IP-based control positions
IP Strategies
Devise and document an actionable IP strategy aligned with your immediate business objectives and long-term ambitions
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Review relevant IP landscape and benchmark competitor portfolios
Identify opportunities to build IP-based control around key IAs
Develop strategies to mitigate third-party IP risks
Plan and document IP filing strategies and other operational guidelines to maximize portfolio value and minimize risk
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Bespoke IP strategy document detailing a clear plan of action to manage and protect your intellectual assets, secure competitive advantage, and maximize the commercial potential of your products/services
Customised slides on your i) current IP position, and ii) forward-looking strategy for inclusion in your investment pitch deck
IA/IP Workshops
Build awareness and knowledge of intellectual asset management and IP among your management team, engineers, investors, and board members
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Develop and deliver an IP workshop with bespoke content based on your needs
Example Topics:
IP basics - How to differentiate and identify IP rights
Intellectual asset management as a tool to foster innovation
The patent lifecycle - when, how, and why everyone has to be involved
Brand strategy - Building a brand that is registrable and risk-free
Communicating IP strategy to investors
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A presentation, workshop or coaching session dependent on group size and requirements
Need ongoing support?
Designed specifically for ambitious companies that understand the importance and value of IP to their business but are not yet ready to go all in on building an in-house IP team. I can act as your Fractional IP Function — an extension of your team, running IP operations on a part-time or project-specific basis.