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<\/div><\/div><\/div>Intellectual Property Audits<\/h1><\/div>
Intellectual Property Audits<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Many businesses we come across do not have a coherent approach to IP. Frequently they:<\/p>\n
\n- do not actually own the IP they think they own<\/li>\n
- file for registered IP on a haphazard basis and allow other IP to fall into the public domain<\/li>\n
- have registered IP that does not cover the current products and brands of the business and costs money to maintain<\/li>\n
- have not considered their IP risks or how to mitigate them<\/li>\n
- have not looked at whether they use the most cost-effective methods of protecting their business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Many businesses we come across do not have a coherent approach to IP. Frequently they:<\/p>\n
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- do not actually own the IP they think they own<\/li>\n
- file for registered IP on a haphazard basis and allow other IP to fall into the public domain<\/li>\n
- have registered IP that does not cover the current products and brands of the business and costs money to maintain<\/li>\n
- have not considered their IP risks or how to mitigate them<\/li>\n
- have not looked at whether they use the most cost-effective methods of protecting their business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>