IP Strategy

We believe that your inventions, discoveries, and brands are valuable assets. They have to be protected strategically so that you get a legal monopoly over your competitors. We develop an IP strategy to protect your IPRs so that your IP assets are safe and you avoid infringement issues and litigation costs.

a. IP Management & Audit

The team at IntellexEmpire works with its clients to manage their IPs such that they can maximize the benefits of the IPs.We support clients to develop a framework to identify and develop IPs. We can participate in discussions with venture capitalists and funding firms on behalf of companies to get the right agreements and appropriate funds for the companies to work on their IPs.
Intellectual property is a valuable business asset. It has to be audited. We will help you track the quality and usage of your IP assets. We will set up a procedure to review IPs owned, used or acquired. This will help in discovering the criticality of the IP for business and the financial impact of the IP. Audits can also reveal potential ideas that can be patented.

b. IP Portfolio Management

A proper IP strategy will help to manage existing IPs and also develop a process to increase the number of IPs in the portfolio. Our proficient team will provide analysis on the status of current IPs such as trademarks, copyrights, and patents. We can work on negotiations related to IP transfers and licensing.

c. IP Due Diligence & Valuation

The burden of valuation of your IPs, protection of your IPs and avoiding infringement of your patents, trademarks and other IP property is on you. In high-pressure mergers and acquisitions or setting up collaborations and partnerships and investment transactions, objective IP evaluation is important. IP due diligence is therefore extremely important just like in any other business transaction.
Our IPR team can conduct thorough due diligence for your IP assets. We will define and analyze the IP portfolio. We will determine the absolute value of the assets—patents, copyrights and trademarks based on features, scope, and enforceability of the IP.
IP assets are sold and licensed as standalone assets. You can engage our services to

• Define the value of these assets based on functional and economic characteristics.
• Craft transactions such that you gain optimum benefits.

Our deep understanding of technical subjects and proficiency in IP law can help in negotiations with investors, drafting contracts such that risks are mitigated and you will get maximum financial benefit in deals.
We can conduct due diligence audits to assess the commercial value of IP for financial reporting, taxation, and litigation.

d. IP/ Technology Commercialization/Monetization:

The creation of intangible assets is on the rise be it music, content or technology. You need to have effective monetization strategies so that your business goals are accomplished and your assets are protected from misuse and theft.

Under IP/TechnologyCommercialization/Monetization, we cover

• Patent commercialization
• Trademark Commercialization
• Copyright Commercialization,
• Design Commercialization
• Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design (IC) Commercialization
• Plant Variety (Farmer's Variety)/ Breeder's Variety Commercialization

We ensure that you reap maximum commercial benefit from your IP assets at minimum cost using the following techniques as applicable -

• Licensing and Royalty
• Technology Transfer
• Assignment and Transfer
• Acquisition and Merger

We provide expert opinion and consulting services such that your IP assets are commercialized and deliver optimum financial returns.

Patent Commercialization: If you are interested in exploiting your patent rights for commercial benefit, our Patents Practice is best placed to ensure that the licence agreements and other commercialization mechanisms are well drafted and watertight in protecting your rights and maximising the benefit to you such as:

• Licensing and Royalty;
• Technology Transfer;
• Assignment and Transfer;
• Acquisition and Merger;
• Patent Due Diligence; and
• Patent Advisory and consultation

Trademark Commercialization: If you are interested in exploiting your Trademark for commercial benefit, our Trademark practice is best placed to ensure that the licence agreements and other commercialization mechanisms are well drafted and watertight in protecting your rights and maximising the benefit to you such as:
Licensing and Royalty;
Assignment and Transfer;
Acquisition and Merger;
Trademark Due Diligence; and
Trademark Advisory and consultation.

Copyright Commercialization: If you are interested in exploiting your copyright for commercial benefit, our Copyright practice is best placed to ensure that the licence agreements and other commercialization mechanisms are well drafted and watertight in protecting your rights and maximising the benefit to you such as:
Licensing and Royalty;
Assignment and Transfer;
Copyright Due Diligence;
Contract Negotiation and Drafting;
Dispute Resolution and Enforcement; and
Copyright Advisory and Consultation.

Industrial Design (ID) Commercialization: If you are interested in exploiting your Design rights for commercial benefits, our Industrial Design Practice is best placed to ensure that the licence agreements and other commercialization mechanisms are well drafted and watertight in protecting your Industrial Design rights and maximising the benefits to you such as:

• Licensing and Royalty;
• Technology Transfer;
• Assignment and Transfer;
• Acquisition and Merger;
• Industrial Design Due Diligence; and
• Industrial Design Advisory and Consultation.

Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Designs/SICLD (IC) Commercialization:
If you are interested in exploiting your Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Designs rights for commercial benefit, our team of Information Technology experts understand the sector and can build legally strong strategies to help clients commercially exploit their expertise and products in the semiconductor and IC domain.

• We help clients register and profit from the semiconductor and IC designs built from scratch based on another registered design and protect them from litigation.
• We have extensive experience working on the law - Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout - Design Act 2000 . It is a special law that has been passed in India to cover all aspects of protecting layout designs of semiconductor integrated circuits.

Our SICLD practice is best placed to ensure that the licence agreements and other commercialization mechanisms are well drafted and watertight in protecting your SICLD rights and maximising the benefits to you such as:

• Licensing and Royalty;
• Technology Transfer;
• Assignment and Transfer;
• Acquisition and Merger;
• SICLD Due Diligence; and
• SICLD Advisory and Consultation.

Plant Variety (Farmer's Variety)/ Breeder's Variety Commercialization:

If you are interested in exploiting your plant variety related rights under THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS' RIGHTS (PPVFR)ACT, 2001 for commercial benefit, we can work with individuals and companies involved in farming and agriculture in different ways -

• Provide surveillance studies of plant protection titles.
• Manage and coordinate the filing and maintenance of plant breeders rights (PBRs), farmer's rights and plant-related trademark rights domestically and internationally.
• Take care of opposition procedures against the grant of plant variety rights of competitors.
• Maintain plant variety/ breeder variety rights during the full term of the title.

Our PPVFR practice is best placed to ensure that the licence agreements and other commercialization mechanisms are well drafted and watertight in protecting your PPVFR rights and maximising the benefits to you such as:

• Licensing and Royalty;
• Technology Transfer;
• Assignment and Transfer;
• Acquisition and Merger;
• PPVFR Due Diligence; and
• PPVFR Advisory and Consultation.

We provide expert opinion and consulting services such that your IP assets are commercialized and deliver optimum financial returns.