Expertise & Resources for Intellectual Property Protection & Management
Working with
/ Start ups & high growth business
/ Established industry leaders
/ R & D Intensive organisations
/ Investors & finance specialists
/ Corporate IP counsel
/ Law firms
/ Independent attorney firms
/ IP Managers & Consultants
Throughout the business lifecycle
FIVE ZERO
/ Taking an integrated approach
IP Clearance
IP Protection & Management
IP Support Services
IP Commercialisation Support
IP Litigation Support
Examples of recent Five Zero IP project work
Acquisition of portfolio of electronic patents, supporting client's lawyers with patent expertise
Scenario: Portfolio originated as spinout from a Scandinavian University with questions over quality.
Key deliverables:
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Clarify IP ownership
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Assess patent validity
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Provide meaningful due diligence report for investor in very short timescale
IP support to engineering spin out from a UK University
Scenario: Company struggling to attract investment
Key deliverables:
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Expand Patent portfolio
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Capture and build know how
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Provide IP reports and assessments for successful investor presentations.
Services to former subsidiary of multinational
Scenario: IP expenditure and management a concern following loss of inhouse IP capability
Key deliverables:
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Review and rationalisation exercise to refocus portfolio
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Implement IP education programme
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Introduce new invention disclosure process
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Undertake new patent filings
Restaurant group franchising project
Scenario: Successful company seeking further expansion through franchising
Key deliverables:
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Trade mark advice and protection
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Creation of franchise manual