IP strategy

Strategically maximise your IP through consultancy, leading research-based tools and systematic guidance.

Intellectual property, including patents (utility and design), trademarks and copyrights, as well as trade secrets and know-how are often hugely valuable assets.

IP laws allow inventors and owners of intellectual property to appropriate their R&D investments. IP laws traditionally achieve this by enabling IP owners to prevent others from using, manufacturing and distributing their IP. These temporary “monopolies” are meant to create incentives to innovate, but IP can also be used to govern innovation processes and ecosystems for long-term corporate success. Understanding how to leverage IP strategically is a critical component of a winning corporate strategy.

Strategically maximise your IP through consultancy, leading research-based tools and systematic guidance.

Intellectual property, including patents (utility and design), trademarks and copyrights, as well as trade secrets and know-how are often hugely valuable assets.

IP laws allow inventors and owners of intellectual property to appropriate their R&D investments. IP laws traditionally achieve this by enabling IP owners to prevent others from using, manufacturing and distributing their IP. These temporary “monopolies” are meant to create incentives to innovate, but IP can also be used to govern innovation processes and ecosystems for long-term corporate success. Understanding how to leverage IP strategically is a critical component of a winning corporate strategy.

HOW WE CAN HELP

While commercial advice is widely available on the creation of IP assets e.g. filing patents, IfM Engage provides consultancy to help IP creators and owners with systematic guidance and research-based tools on how to strategically use their IP.

While commercial advice is widely available on the creation of IP assets e.g. filing patents, IfM Engage provides consultancy to help IP creators and owners with systematic guidance and research-based tools on how to strategically use their IP.

IP strategy development

Mere protection and accumulation of IP rights is inadequate and can lead to significant sunk cost if there is no clear plan for strategically exploiting the IP for business advantage. There are significant benefits from considering an IP strategy as an essential part of a business strategy, particularly with the increasing importance of IP in today’s knowledge, information and digital economy.

 

IP strategy roadmapping

Our IP strategy roadmapping toolkit has been designed to help organisations develop IP strategies that align closely with corporate and business strategies to help maximise value creation and capture. The toolkit comprises a set of tools centred around the widely adopted structured yet flexible roadmapping approach.

IP strategy development

Mere protection and accumulation of IP rights is inadequate and can lead to significant sunk cost if there is no clear plan for strategically exploiting the IP for business advantage. There are significant benefits from considering an IP strategy as an essential part of a business strategy, particularly with the increasing importance of IP in today’s knowledge, information and digital economy.

 
IP strategy roadmapping

Our IP strategy roadmapping toolkit has been designed to help organisations develop IP strategies that align closely with corporate and business strategies to help maximise value creation and capture. The toolkit comprises a set of tools centred around the widely adopted structured yet flexible roadmapping approach.

Five-step process

The five-step process is designed to increase the prospects for better decision-making for supporting organisations’ long-term objectives.

One

Explore the business model and technology strategy objectives.

Two

Identify business objectives that can be supported by IP.

Three

Identify existing and needed IP assets for achieving objectives.

four

Decide how IP assets can be use effectively.

Five

Aggregate short, medium and long term actions.

Key benefits:

  • Closely aligns IP creation, portfolio maintenance and exploitation with relevant business objectives.
  • Maximises value creation and capture by ensuring the ‘right’ IP. 
  • Builds consensus across the organisation among different functions making sure no value is lost or unintentionally leaks.
  • Provides a method for communicating IP strategy clearly within the broader context of business strategy – only then ensuring that the business strategy is complete.
  • A flexible framework that adjusts to different market challenges so that IP decisions can be effectively made in a changing environment. 
  • Inculcates structured strategic thinking towards IP ensuring that the business strategy is complete.
  • Closely aligns IP creation, portfolio maintenance and exploitation with relevant business objectives.
  • Maximises value creation and capture by ensuring the ‘right’ IP. 
  • Builds consensus across the organisation among different functions making sure no value is lost or unintentionally leaks.
  • Provides a method for communicating IP strategy clearly within the broader context of business strategy – only then ensuring that the business strategy is complete.
  • A flexible framework that adjusts to different market challenges so that IP decisions can be effectively made in a changing environment. 
  • Inculcates structured strategic thinking towards IP ensuring that the business strategy is complete.

FEATURED CASE STUDY

Developing a technology company’s IP strategy that provides maximum support for its business model

“It was exciting for our business and our team to be working with such eminent and forward-thinking partners and collaborators in innovation and IPR, which play such an important part in our scale up strategy.”

Workshop delegate, Tribosonics

FEATURED CASE STUDY

Developing a technology company’s IP strategy that provides maximum support for its business model

“It was exciting for our business and our team to be working with such eminent and forward-thinking partners and collaborators in innovation and IPR, which play such an important part in our scale up strategy.”

Workshop delegate, Tribosonics

ENGAGE WITH US

Consultancy
services

Our IP experts combine the latest insights with senior level industry experience. We take a collaborative approach and understand our client’s individual objectives and draw from research, world-class tools and industrial knowledge to empower impactful decisions and action.

Talent and capability
development

We offer bespoke programmes and open courses on topics such as strategic intellectual property management where you can utilise leading tools and experience to develop an IP strategy for your business.

ENGAGE WITH US

Consultancy services

Consultancy services

Our IP experts combine the latest insights with senior level industry experience. We take a collaborative approach and understand our client’s individual objectives and draw from research, world-class tools and industrial knowledge to empower impactful decisions and action.

Talent capability development

Talent and capability development

We offer bespoke programmes and open courses on topics such as strategic intellectual property management where you can utilise leading tools and experience to develop an IP strategy for your business.

HOW THIS SOLUTION WAS DEVELOPED

The IfM’s IP Strategy approach is developed through research conducted at the Innovation and IP Management Lab (IIPM) at the Institute for Manufacturing. The IIPM lab focuses on research in two key areas; 1. Strategic IP management for effective innovation processes and 2. New technologies for reinventing IP management.

Academic Expert: Frank Tietze

FEATURED EXPERT

Graham Bell

HOW THIS SOLUTION WAS DEVELOPED

The IfM’s IP Strategy approach is developed through research conducted at the Innovation and IP Management Lab (IIPM) at the Institute for Manufacturing. The IIPM lab focuses on research in two key areas; 1. Strategic IP management for effective innovation processes and 2. New technologies for reinventing IP management.

Academic Expert: Frank Tietze

FEATURED EXPERT

Graham Bell

GET IN TOUCH

Contact us to find out more about how you can strategically maximise your IP through consultancy, leading research-based tools and systematic guidance.