An organization’s intellectual property is often its most valuable asset.
Whether it’s a patent or a trademark, a graphic design or proprietary market information, or just the unique way they do what they do, organizations must protect their innovations or risk significant damage to their future prospects.
Assessing the vulnerabilities of such valuable inventory is as important as it is time-consuming. But a portfolio protection and process review involves answering the same long set of questions posed to any organization, no matter what type.
There is the problem. You have a critical invention. You don’t know if it’s at risk. What do you do? You contact a lawyer, of course. You go through the process, one they have managed many times before. What if you could do this yourself first, before contacting a firm? What if it took just 20 minutes and could be done from the comfort of your desk? If you’re the attorney, what if you already had many of your questions answered before your first meeting with a new client?
An innovative pair of attorneys in Brussels asked these questions and came up with a solution. And I had the pleasure of interviewing them.