IP Management / IP Due Diligence
IP Due Diligence
MSC performs critical IP due diligence, ranging from simple rightful owner reports for external investors to complex legal documentation surrounding exploitation.
It is essential that a business should carry out IP due diligence at the early stage of acquiring IP, and with its wealth of IP experience, MSC is the perfect partner to assist you in this.
We will prepare reports to:
- Confirm the legal owner of the IP, for the benefit of investors
- Ascertain who has full rights to the IP
- Help remove any obstacles in the exploitation of the IP
- Identify the life cycle position of the IPR
- Produce an IP valuation
- Undertake a Risk Analysis
- Undertake a Technical Competitor Analysis
- Audit the IP documentation
- Investigate the quality of the IPR; down to code level in the case of software applications
- Undertake a ‘Fit for Purpose’ Analysis
- Determine suitability for worldwide exploitation
- Carry out an HR Analysis of the technical personnel, including competency tests