Intellectual property (IP) is an important part of any corporate transaction.
ipCapital Group can help identify and mitigate IP risks associated with these
transactions by conducting a strategic IP due diligence. Areas where strategic
IP due diligence is valuable include:
- Equity Financing
- Venture Capital
- Private Equity Buyouts
- Debt Financing, including Asset Based Lending
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Joint Ventures
- Licensing
A strategic IP due diligence consists of four key analyses:
- IP Alignment
- Is the IP aligned with the target’s business objectives?
- Does the company’s IP support current and future profits?
- Does the company’s IP support its technological competitive advantages?
- Does the IP protect the technology roadmap?
- IP Strength
- Determining how strong, robust, and diverse the IP portfolio is of
the target company
- Determining the risk of a competitor to inventing-around the target
company’s patents?
- Competitive IP
- What other companies are patenting in this technology and market space?
- What are the trends in patenting activity?
- What technologies are being patented?
- Where along the value chain are competitors patenting
- Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Processes
- Does the company have sound IAM processes to invent, extract, document,
manage, and leverage its IP assets?
- Has valuable invention been missed?
- Is the company inventing for the future?
ipCapital Group takes a unique approach to reviewing the intellectual property
assets of a target company, in order to understand the full array of opportunities
and risks confronting it. Not only are these opportunities and risks identified,
but creative strategies and specific tactics are recommended for the investor
to exploit the opportunities and mitigate the risks, if they should proceed
with an investment in the target company.
Insights derived from ipCapital Group ipDue Diligences allow investors to make
more informed investment decisions as well as identify areas of opportunity
that improve ROI.
To obtain more information or discuss your unique challenges please contact us.
