An IP portfolio is only worth what its management makes it worth. We help you treat patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets as one coordinated asset tied to your business goals: keeping protection in force where it matters, finding and filling gaps, and pruning the assets that no longer earn their keep. Because our attorneys came out of software engineering, we read your technology and your competitors' filings the way your engineers do.
Audits And Portfolio Strategy
Good management starts with knowing exactly what you own and what you are missing. We inventory your assets, confirm their status and remaining term, and flag maintenance issues before they become missed deadlines. Then we run gap analysis against your roadmap and your competitors to show where new protection actually strengthens your position. The result is a clear plan for where to file, where to maintain, and where to let assets lapse.
Patents And Continuation Strategy
Patent portfolios are the most expensive and the most easily neglected. We oversee prosecution so applications move the way you want, use continuations to capture improvements and design-arounds, and make maintenance-fee calls that weigh each patent's value against its cost. We map coverage across your technology areas so you can see exactly where your claims are strong and where a competitor could slip through, then file to close that distance efficiently.
Trademarks And Brand Rights
Trademark rights live or die by use and enforcement, so the work looks different. We track renewals and affidavits of use, monitor whether your marks are still in active commerce, run watch services to catch conflicting applications worth opposing, and keep enforcement records that back up your continued rights. Across multiple countries, each with its own rules, we coordinate filings so your important marks stay registered, used, and enforceable.
Costs, Tools, And Monetization
Maintenance fees, foreign associate charges, and docketing add up fast across a global portfolio. We help you weigh each asset against its carrying cost, set up docketing and IP management systems that never miss a deadline, and prune holdings that no longer warrant the spend. We also surface assets with licensing or sale potential and support due diligence when you buy, sell, or use IP as collateral, so the portfolio pays back the investment you put into it.