2. IP Needs and IP Solutions
CLIENT NEEDS:
1. Handling day to day IP at low cost
2. Developing an effective IP portfolio
3. Handling urgent projects on time, on demand
4. Helping our team understand IP
5. Being with us from the beginning
6. Saving us $$$ on IP expenses
7. Maintaining personal service and customer
care throughout
8. Helping us get up to speed
9. Providing us with specialist skills for drafting,
prosecution, litigation, licensing and more.
10. Providing Updates and easy access to our IP
Data
SERVICE SOLUTIONS:
1. IP Administration Outsourcing
2. Portfolio development programs
3. Bandwidth Availability on request
4. IP in-house Training
5. Flexible Payment Arrangements
6. Significant Cost-savings & Budget control
7. Dedicated IP account manager
and team
8. Turnkey Solution package
9. Top level Team of IP Professionals from
our selected Patent Council/Firm
10. Optional weekly/monthly Reporting and
real time Data Access to virtual office
3. IP Portfolio Solutions - Examples
Portfolio Administration:
Monthly retainer basis:
• Handling the entire day to day load
• Constantly updated status reports and weekly
activity reports
• Handling all communications and involving
authority on required items only
• Verifying IP costs and payments
• Managing outside patent council
Budget Management:
Monthly retainer basis:
• IP Budget planning
• Payment Management
• Strategic IP planning
• Patent Council management
• Handling Communications
Optional Extras
• IP Management SW system
• File Renewal Handling
• IP Department Provision
Portfolio Development:
Hourly Fee Services:
• Patent Mining and Extraction
• Patent Disclosure Management
• Patent Development planning
• IP training and education
• Strategic IP Development
Project Handling:
Project Fee Services:
• Initial Searches
• Competitor IP Studies
• Patent Filing Facilitation
• Patent Commercialization
• IP Awareness Training
• Patent Analytics and Mapping
• IP S.W.O.T Analysis
• Technology Transfer Research
Portfolio
Development
Project
Handling
Portfolio
Administration
Budget
Management
Company
Value
Generation
4. Small IP Portfolio Solutions - Case Studies
Case Study # 1:
Communications Company X: 10 employees. Portfolio: 25 files and growing
o Portfolio Administration: Monthly retainer $950 + VAT
o Advanced Accounts Management: Monthly retainer $200 + VAT
o Project Handling: ~3 Provisional Applications, 2 initial searches = $5550 + VAT
o 2 Trademark Filings = $2500 + VAT
TOTAL yearly cost: $21,850
Case Study # 2:
Software Company Y: 4 employees + outside developers.
Portfolio: 10 files and growing
o Initial Patentability Searches x 2 = $1300 + VAT
o Project Handling: ~2 Provisional Applications = $3700 + VAT
TOTAL yearly cost: $5,000
Case Study # 3:
Medical Device Company Z: 50 employees. Portfolio: 60 files and growing
o Portfolio Administration + Advanced Accounts Management : Monthly retainer $1650 + VAT
o Portfolio Development: Disclosure extraction and Management x 6 = $5050 + VAT
o Project Handling: ~4 Provisional Applications, 4 initial searches = $10,000 + VAT
o Technology Transfer/Licensing/Partner Research Project = $3500 + VAT
TOTAL yearly cost: $38,350
5. Sample Patent Analysis Project - Case Study
Online Gaming Study:
- Introduction to Skilled-Based Gaming:
- Skills-based Gaming – Patent Landscape
- Patent Clustering Analysis
- Technology IP Summary and Trends
- Patents and Applications Summaries:
6. Sample Patent Analysis Project - Case Study
Online Gaming Study:
- Introduction to Skilled-Based Gaming:
- Skills-based Gaming – Patent Landscape
- Patent Clustering Analysis
- Technology IP Summary and Trends
- Patents and Applications Summaries: