Strategic IP Consulting: Services

One way your company may acquire a better position to capitalize on the potential benefits of its Intellectual Assets and extract their full value, is putting a fair value on those intellectual assets. As professional IP experts we have access to resources in conducting an IP audit. This entails identifying, monitoring, valuing your company’s IP assets so as to make sure that you are making the most out of them. By doing so, your company will be able to make informed decisions when it comes to:

• acquiring IP assets - knowledge of your company’s intellectual assets and of its value will assist you in deciding which type of IP rights to acquire and maintain, and how best to manage those company assets of your company. To best achieve this an IP audit is essential.
• mergers and acquisitions -  good knowledge (“due dilgence”) of what intellectual assets your company owns can lead to a significant increase in the corporate value. Investors value a company on the basis of their expectations of future profits, e.g. in the case of biotech, is based on the potentials of your IP rights.
• collateral - not only may a well-structured IP portfolio be used as collateral in financial transactions involving your company, IP assets will also determine credit worthiness of your company. Audits and Due Dilgence services by ipeg will provide you with adequate assistence.
• enforcement - knowing the value of your IP assets will assist your company in strategic decisions on enforcement (infringement actions against competitors etc).
• cost reduction -  a well managed IP audit and IP inventory management will help you identify obsolete IP assets (thus enabling you to cut-down asset maintenance costs for such intellectual property) and avoid infringing third party IPRs, which in turn will lead to a reduction in costs.