IP Due Diligence
Identify, assess, and protect your intellectual property
Why you may need it
IP Discovery Check helps you understand your intellectual property, identify potential risks, and determine where additional steps may be needed.
Your company may own valuable intellectual property without having a complete picture of its IP assets, who owns the associated rights, or whether those assets are adequately protected. An IP Discovery Check helps identify these gaps before they become obstacles to growth, investment, or commercialization.
It can be particularly valuable when you are:
It can be particularly valuable when you are:
- Preparing to raise investment or sell your business and need to identify IP assets, verify ownership, and address potential risks before due diligence.
- Commercializing technology and want to protect innovations, software, and know-how.
- Developing software and need to clarify ownership of employee- or contractor-created work, and review third-party software licenses.
- Launching or expanding your brand and want to ensure your trademarks, logos, and other brand assets are appropriately protected.
- Scaling your business or entering new markets and need to identify gaps in your IP protection and prioritize registrations across relevant jurisdictions.
- Working with partners, contractors, or technology suppliers and need to ensure that agreements properly address licensing and rights transfers.
The result is a clearer picture of your IP assets, the risks that may affect your business, and the practical steps needed to protect the value of your technology and innovation.
How it works
IP Identification
We identify and organize your company’s registered and unregistered IP assets, including copyrighted works, software, trademarks, logos, patents, and technologies.
Preliminary IP Assessment
We review the identified IP assets to assess the status, ownership, and scope of the associated IP rights; identify relevant authors, inventors, other contributors; and review relevant IP transfer agreements. Where necessary, we conduct a more in-depth review to identify potential legal and contractual risks and recommend measures to address them.
IP Risk Mitigation Roadmap
We develop a practical roadmap to address identified risks and strengthen your IP protection.
What is an IP Risk Mitigation Roadmap?
The IP Risk Mitigation Roadmap sets out the recommended actions to address risks identified during the IP Discovery Check, together with estimated timelines and costs. It helps you plan your IP-related activities, allocate the necessary budget, and prioritize actions based on your business needs.
Depending on your priorities, the roadmap may include:
Depending on your priorities, the roadmap may include:
- Preparing and filing patent applications for innovative technologies.
- Protecting trademarks and logos, including selecting and optimizing the relevant classes of goods and services.
- Securing copyright protection for computer programs.
- Drafting or updating license agreements.
- Reviewing compliance with third-party software licenses.
- Preparing or amending agreements with employees and contractors to establish and document IP ownership and the proper transfer of rights.
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