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Are You Wondering What Intellectual Property (IP) You Own? Find Out with an IP and Other Intangible Assets Audit. It Can’t Add Value to Your Business if You Don’t Identify It. We Offer a Free Consultation to Plan Your Audit. We Will Go Over All Aspects of Your Business That Might Involve IP. Very Reasonable Rates After That. 10 Common Issues for Planning Your Audit: 1. Competitors’ Registered IP Rights (IPR) Landscapes 2. IP Terms of Agreements such as Employee Agmts & 3rd Party Agmts (i.e. Consulting, Vendee/Vendor Agmts) 3. Data, Confidential Info, Know-How & Accreditations 4. Trade Secrets Protection (i.e. Employee On/Off-boarding, Premises and Systems Configurations) 5. Branding: Trademarks, Trade Dress, Copyright, Design Registrations 6. Domains and Trademarks on Social Media Platforms 7. Inventions (Patents) 8. EMDG and R&D Expense Accounting 9. IP Culture and Asset Management 10. Valuation Various Departments of Your Business Should be Involved: * Company Management * IP Manager * Legal Counsel * Sales & Marketing * Production * R & D * Human Resources Our Services Include: * Inventory Your IP and Other Intangible Assets (Ownership) * Plan an IP Protection Strategy * Update Contracts * Build an IP Asset Management System * Determine Infringement of IP * Manage Litigation * Provide Patent and Trade Mark Attorney Services * Provide Employee IP Education * Provide Valuation Services * Provide Commercialisation Services * Act as In-House IP Counsel We have a network of service providers with whom we can work to perform various tasks. From WIPO's Website: * In the 1970's, IP accounted for 20% of company's value, today it is 80% of a company's value. * In the US, nearly 40% of the market value of an average company is absent from its balance sheet. * Since 1993, IBM has been making some US$1B in revenue from licensing non-core and unused technologies. * The Coca-cola brand is estimated to be worth US$80 billion.