Existing Technology Companies
For existing technology companies, we offer the benefit of the invaluable contribution of a Chief Intellectual Property Officer (CIPO) to a structure that has not yet achieved the growth or size for a full-time appointment of a CIPO in the senior management team.
Working with the senior management team, we will offer our services at both operational and strategic level.
At the operational level, through identifying the existing or potential intellectual property rights in the business, we add knowledge to the business.
This will enable the company to re-evaluate its potential revenue (identifying existing but un-used intellectual property rights, or helping to understand the revenue potential hidden in intellectual property rights in existing products or services), and to manage its costs (avoiding investing in rights that are unenforceable, rendering a product unfit for the market), thus contributing to both top and bottom line.
At the strategic level, the purpose is for the business to be able to present an integrated model of revenue generation, IP portfolio management and understanding of technology and the market. This integrated model will have major advantages in the position of the business towards any third party, from customers and suppliers over alliance partners to, last but not least, potential investors.
Any technology business seeking to find new investors has to be able to answer the following questions:
- How much of my value is represented by intangibles?
- How much of it do I fully understand, and can I present to a potential investor?
- How secure is this value?
The services we offer bring a powerful answer to these questions.
