IP Business Assessment
ipBusiness Issues℠: Diagnose before you prescribe.
Every IP engagement should start with a clear picture of where you stand. ipBusiness Issues is a structured process that captures the concerns, goals, and opportunities that live in the heads of your business, marketing, technical, and legal leaders but rarely make it onto paper. Through a facilitated session, ipCG systematically works through your company structure, business direction, markets, products, technologies, inventions, and intellectual capital to surface the issues that will shape every downstream IP decision. The output isn’t a wish list. It’s a unified strategic assessment with concrete observations and recommendations that give your team a shared understanding of what matters most and where to focus.
Typical Outputs
- Business Issues strategic assessment
- Prioritized IP concerns and opportunities
- Cross-functional stakeholder alignment
- Foundation for IP strategy and roadmap
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Why it matters
Most companies jump straight into IP filings without first aligning on what they’re trying to achieve. The result is scattered portfolios, misallocated budgets, and protection gaps in the areas that matter most. ipBusiness Issues prevents that. By capturing perspectives from every function — business, technical, marketing, and legal — before any strategy or filing work begins, you ensure that every subsequent IP investment is grounded in business reality. Clients consistently report that this single session surfaces critical issues and opportunities that had never been formally documented, let alone addressed.
Core Workstreams
Facilitated executive session covering company structure, financing, business direction, and strategic goals
Systematic inventory of markets, products, technologies, inventions, and intellectual capital
Cross-functional capture of concerns and opportunities from business, technical, marketing, and legal stakeholders
Post-session strategic assessment with prioritized observations and actionable recommendations