Helping clients strategically evaluate and actively manage their intellectual property against specific objectives 

Conducting an inventory is the first step in making informed, coordinated decisions on IP management:  Which patents should be maintained, which disposed of, which licensed or sold.  Further, what trade secrets and other valuable or potentially valuable unpatented technology exist in the corporation, and which deserve the investment of a patent filing, domestically and/or internationally.  

Large companies with a high degree of autonomy among their business units often lack a clear picture of exactly what IP they own and what its status is.  Complicating that, patents and intellectual property within a given organization are usually highly diverse – of differing patent lifetimes, maturities (with respect to technologies), applications, degrees and broadness of market appeal, etc.  Further, IP usually resides in different forms and in different organizations and locations, with no individual responsible for its active management in terms of protecting its worth and optimizing its revenue potential.  Managers can also demonstrate a strong commitment to their shareholder fiduciary duty by active assessment and management of their IP portfolios. 

IP Resources will visit with a prospect’s management team to establish an informed overview of the company’s intellectual property portfolio and to understand its objectives, culture and strategic issues with respect to IP.  We will then prepare a comprehensive proposal to fully investigate and evaluate the company’s IP portfolio and create a broad IP management plan consistent with the company’s specific goals.  Implementation of the resulting plan, once approved, can be performed by the company’s internal team, by IP Resources, or by a combination of the two. 

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