Investors want certainty, control, maximize returns quickly and minimize risks. One of the hardest obstacles SMEs and startups face is funding whether through loans or venture capital investment. Investors need to know the role that the invention will play in the marketplace, its competitive advantages, ownership, management and scaling.
Consistent techniques for valuating intellectual property (trademarks, patents, trade secrets, copyrights, domain names) are required and ownership plays a central role with the ability to enforce your rights. Investors are also interested in systems that allow reinvestment of resources into R&D to generate further innovation and more IP.
It is important to come to terms with the fact that that although protecting IP is not an inexpensive process, not registering your IP is something that SMEs and startups cannot do without if they expect to grow and raise capital. Without properly registered IP (or at least filed pending registration) investors and opportunities will go somewhere else. We handle IP cases in the US and abroad. Contact us if you have IP that needs to be protected and monetized.https://lnkd.in/eCPaqgu