We offer comprehensive Intellectual Property (IP) consulting services and expertise. Using our deep industry experience and expertise we provide innovative solutions for the most pressing IP issues. We use cutting-edge analytical tools, whether our own or a third party's, to quickly and efficiently get to the heart of IP issues. This allows us to evaluate alternative solutions and model possible outcomes to arrive quickly at the best solution for our client. Our expertise covers patents, copyrights, and trade secrets and their development, management, licensing, and strategization. We focus on aligning these to our clients' operating businesses. Portfolio development, patent landscaping, SEP license offers, assertion defense, and litigation and negotiation strategies are just a few of our specialities.
We have prepared and implemented long-term IP strategies. We have done so by aligning them with business interests and obtaining board level buy-in. We can bring this experience and expertise to help in-house IP departments
Develop strategies to align IP with the goals of their business units
Conduct long term planning with generational knowledge and insight on their industry and the future
We can assist in-house IP departments, either as a complete service or as a turn-key service,
Develop portfolios to effectively serve the needs of business
Future proof portfolios against threats and enable opportunities
We have developed OSS policies and organized and managed OSS programs for global products and platforms. We can bring this experience and expertise to help in-house IP departments and software development teams
Understand the IP implications of using OSS in products and platforms like NFV/SDN
Develop policies to ensure OSS compliance and protect SW products and platforms
We have performed a great deal of IP risk assessments and strategies for global products and platforms and managed IP risks for decades. We are able to bring this experience and expertise to assist in-house IP departments
Identify and proactively manage IP risks
Develop and implement effective IP risk management strategies
We can provide in-house IP departments with access to tools and databases to perform their own landscaping or we can customize and perform landscaping according to their needs
Understand portfolio risks and their relevance for business
Map out IP and R&D opportunities
Map out potential standards essentiality using cutting edge AI analytics
Avoid royalty-stacking by ascertaining top-down FRAND proportionality
We can assist in-house IP departments and their appointed advisors
Conduct potential valuations of their own and of asserters’ portfolios
Establish fair valuations to drive better business outcomes
We have conducted licensing negotiations for inbound and outbound licensing and IP indemnifications for decades. We have also led IP driven M&A activity for growing global companies. We can bring this experience and expertise to help in-house IP departments and commercial teams
Develop winning strategies and arguments for negotiation
Assist with IP M&A, defensive licensing, and collaborations
We have defended global products and platforms against IP assertions for over a combined 40 years. We can help in-house IP departments
Identify invalidity positions and structure arguments
Identify non-infringement positions and structure arguments