We develop cutting-edge education for entrepreneurs, senior executives and IP managers and give you access to global IP industry thought leaders. The IP Zone advances best practices and publishes valuation and deal information.
RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION
Quantitative and Qualitative
THE NEED FOR RESEARCH & DATA COLLECTION – IP is an emerging, but powerful influence on corporate performance. The industrial economy – especially the accounting and financial practices of the industrial economy are not adequate to the needs of today's knowledge economy. This function within the IP Zone provides the means to define the quantitative and qualitative base for improving the following:
- The body of IP business knowledge
- The protocols and standards for IP-based commerce
- The means to value IP
- The means to define the effects of IP on corporate performance
- The means to define the effects of IP in capital markets
- The nation's structural needs and obstacles to economic growth
Our Approach and Focus
The IP Zone will focus on business transactions to define the requirements to meet most if not all of these needs. Our approach is to rely on the IP innovators and their business motives to drive the changes to the system that will accelerate the adoption of new practices to create a strong IP driven foundation for the knowledge economy.
Inputs:
- a) Knowledge & business practice benchmarking
- b) Problem solving & creative, innovative tasks or project involvement
- c) Preparation of appropriate action strategies for corporate adoption
Outputs:
- a) Business practice reports
- b) Business practice innovations
- c) IP readiness score cards
- d) Resource base for an in-depth IP capabilities assessment
REPRESENTATIVE IP ZONE ORIENTATION COURSE
Day 1
Welcome & Introductions
- Develop a conceptual picture of the course
- Articulate the purpose of the Zone & its services
- Articulate specific expectations of the course
Zone Support
- Articulate the Zone's range of services
- Articulate Zone services to corporate capabilities
VIPEX Platform
- Articulate the principle features of the VIPEX platform
- Articulate the range of applications
- VIPEX provisions to support transactions
- Articulate use of patent scores and ratings
Technology Transfer
- Articulate the ways the university can help with Tech transfer
- Obtain guidelines & procedures on use of university resources
- Articulate key features & protocols of university engagement
Standard Agreements
- Articulate the structural support and protocols for IP transactions in the Zone
- Articulate the cost/benefit of using Zone forms
- Identify objections to standard agreements in group discussion
Day 2
Knowledge Center
- Articulate the purpose & benefit of data inputs & outputs
- Articulate the uses and distinctions of Exec & Org Dev
- Articulate security, confidentiality & anonymity provisions in data capture
Patent Quality & Analytics
- Articulate the basis for portfolio assessment @ "Level 1"
- Demonstrate understanding of Level 2 assessment of a dummy portfolio & a competitor
- Articulate the value & desired results of portfolio assessment
- Produce a cost/benefit chart for use of patent ratings
- Articulate use of patents scores and ratings
IP Transactions
- Articulate process to select patents for a transaction
- Articulate the key elements of patent valuation methodologies
- Identify key players in your company that care about the valuation process thru group discussion
- Define some of the measures of success in recent licensing transactions in your company in group discussion
Summary
- Reiterate & reinforce course highlights
- Course evaluation
OUR PROFESSIONAL COURSE OFFERINGS
Advanced Financial Strategies
Advanced Portfolio Strategies
C Level Leadership
IP Transactions & Valuation
Innovation and IP Creation
What if we made intellectual property transparent to enable new collaborations, uncover new revenue streams and identify new business opportunities?
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By providing a state-of-the-art workflow environment, commercialization tools, best-in-class consulting services and a proprietary IP Channel Guide, industry-leading companies now have a secure, open marketplace and access to new and untapped sources of information from other industry-leading companies.
