Intellectual Property Services
A structured review aligning patent filings, trade secrets, regulatory milestones, and commercial goals with the company’s scientific roadmap and funding runway.
Prevents over-filing in low-value areas and under-protecting key platform technologies. Ensures scarce capital is deployed where exclusivity drives valuation.
Portfolio Rationalisation & Cost Optimisation Audit
Systematic review of granted patents and pending applications to assess commercial relevance, likelihood of grant, territorial value, and annuity exposure.
Reduces burn by identifying patents suitable for abandonment, licensing, or restructuring before major renewal deadlines.
Patentability & Filing Readiness Assessment
Pre-drafting evaluation of invention maturity, data sufficiency, inventorship clarity, and timing relative to publications or grant deadlines.
Reduces rework costs and ensures draft instructions to patent firms are complete and strategically framed.
Inventorship & Ownership Determination Service
Structured interviews, contribution mapping, and legal assessment to clarify inventorship under Australian Patents Act requirements, particularly in university collaborations.
Mitigates future entitlement disputes that can derail transactions.
Collaboration & Research Agreement IP Review
Targeted review of IP clauses in research agreements, material transfer agreements (MTAs), and co-development contracts.
Ensures background/foreground IP boundaries are clear before disputes arise.
IP Asset Register Development
Creation of a structured IP register covering patents, trade marks, plant breeder’s rights, know-how, and regulatory exclusivities.
Improves investor confidence and audit readiness.
We offer tailored trade mark solutions so that you can safeguard your intellectual property.