Structuring your Intellectual Property strategy
Turn your patents, trademarks, and know-how into growth levers.
Without a clear strategy, intellectual property can quickly become a financial burden. With a structured strategy, it becomes a driver of growth, a tool for differentiation, and an asset in your relationships with partners and investors and in your markets.
IP TRUST helps you structure, optimize, and maximize the value of your assets through an integrated approach that encompasses IP strategy and structuring, IP management, contract negotiation, and the financial valuation of your assets.
IP Management: developing an effective strategy aligned with your business strategy
IP management is essential for transforming your intangible assets into true value-creating tools.
Our approach is based on a comprehensive assessment and collaborative development with your teams.
Our key initiatives:
- IP audit and assessment: analysis of your project, internal practices, competitive landscape, and existing IP assets,
- development of a customized IP strategy: identifying the key technologies associated with your project, selecting your protection avenues (patents, know-how, trademarks, design and model rights), and planning for budget alignment,
- drafting of an IP & Innovation white paper: an internal guide outlining your rules, processes, and templates (invention disclosure forms, NDAs, checklists),
- streamlining your IP portfolio to control costs while enhancing its effectiveness.
IP Benchmark : assess your position relative to competitors
To effectively manage an IP strategy, it is essential to understand your position in the competitive landscape.
Our benchmarks enable us to:
- compare your IP portfolio with that of your competitors,
- identify areas of strength and investment opportunities,
- build coherent and distinctive patent clusters.
IP Audit: safeguarding your investment and partnership activities
In fundraising, acquisition, or partnership transactions, the quality of intellectual property is a key factor.
We conduct independent, rigorous, and transparent IP audits.
Our structured methodology includes:
- a patent literature review, supplementary research, and mapping,
- the identification of risks and discrepancies,
- interviews with the audited company,
- a final report with recommendations and notes on discrepancies.
The goal is to help you make informed decisions and strengthen your negotiating position.
Negotiation support: building trust in your partnerships
An effective IP strategy must be reflected in your contracts: licenses, partnerships, consortia, European projects, and industrial agreements.
We provide:
- assistance in identifying your needs and expectations
- the establishment of clear financial goals (minimum/ideal ranges)
- the protection of your existing intellectual property rights (patents, software, data, know-how)
- the definition of the scope and exploitation rights
Financial valuation of IP assets: measure to make better decisions
Patents, trademarks, designs, domain names, software, databases, or know-how: understanding their value is essential for negotiating, raising funds, and optimizing the tax implications of a transaction.
Our services:
- Conducting assessments using established methods,
- performing legal and technical risk analysis,
- building financial models to prepare for negotiations.
This assessment provides a solid foundation for your strategic decisions.