At CKPT, we believe in educating and providing our clients with comprehensive approaches to identify, assess, and protect their intellectual property (IP).  Most times, we find that companies have neglected to identify their own IP and have failed to protect it.  For example, identifying potential IP risks early in the development phase of a product can help to prevent expensive licensing fees or patent litigation upon launch of the product.  We also find that companies often overlook evaluating their competitors’ IP and fail to assert their IP against those competitors – to the detriment of their competitive edge.

CKPT attorneys regularly advise clients on how to identify, assess, and protect potentially valuable IP and offer customized services and training in support of these principles.

Identify & Protect What Our Clients Have:

At CKPT, we believe that our clients need proactive IP and business counseling services to aid in identifying and protecting their own IP.  CKPT attorneys are experienced in designing, implementing, and, when necessary, re-assessing in-house IP-related programs for our clients.

We offer a number of customized in-house services (and training) to our clients to aid in identifying, assessing, and protecting their IP, including:
• IP licensing/cross-licensing programs;
• IP portfolio management/audits;
• Competitive intelligence policies/reviews;
• Enterprise data management policies;
• Electronic document retention policies;
• Intellectual asset management;
• Business/IP valuation;
• Franchising and branding policies;
• Ownership and assignment issues;
• Privacy related policies;
• Due diligence investigations;
• In-house IP policy reviews;
• Idea and patent submission policies;
• Employee entrance/exit counseling;
• Employee IP training policies;
• Compliance policies; and
• Non-disclosure/non-compete agreements.

Identify & Protect Our Clients’ Position in the Marketplace:
CKPT attorneys are also experienced in analyzing third-party IP portfolios and providing insight into the third party’s development goals while also identifying available areas for patent protection for our clients.  In other words, we help our clients to evaluate their position in today’s marketplace against competitors and, often times, to identify previously unknown and potential competitors.

To help strengthen and secure our client’s competitive position in the marketplace, we offer a number of different services to assess and minimize our clients’ IP risks, including:
• Competitive intelligence programs and analysis;
• State of the technology searches and analysis;
• Patent space analysis;
• Third-party portfolio analysis;
• Infringement searches and analysis;
• Design-around analysis for problem patents; and
• Opinions of counsel where needed.

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