Innovation Support Services
Intellectual property and innovation are inextricably linked. When you patent a product or come up with a design needing registration you unlock the commercial potential of a ground-breaking innovation. Then, as your venture grows, the time comes for either an IP audit or IP valuation or even both!
It’s time to clearly understand the strategic implications of your IP portfolio. What started with you asking how to patent an idea has now led you to wholesale strategic consideration of your IP.
One reason client value our partnership so highly is the range of innovation support services providers that we can recommend or introduce them to. Experience shows that there’s a wealth of support out there for get up and go innovators who need a helping hand.
To discover more about the benefits of using innovation support services, please contact us via our contact form
Collective Management of Copyrights
Individual management of certain rights is impossible with regard to certain types of use for practical reasons. An author is not materially capable of monitoring all the uses of his works; he cannot for instance contact every single radio or television station to negotiate licenses and remuneration for the use of his work. Conversely, it is not practical for a broadcasting organization to seek specific permission from every author for the use of every copyrighted work, so thousands of owners of rights would have to be approached for authorization. The most impracticality of managing these activities individually, both for the owner of rights and for the user; creates a need for collective management of organizations to bridge the gap between them in these key areas, among others. Collective management is the exercise of copyright and related rights by organizations acting in the interest and on behalf of the owners' rights.
IP Surety Bank - (a subsidiary of BSS Pakistan) - being the collective management organization will negotiate with users, such as radio stations, broadcasters, cinemas, restaurants, etc on behalf of IP owners. The group of IP owners authorizes them to use the copyrighted work from its repertoire against payment and on certain conditions. On the basis of its documentation (information of members and their work) and the programs submitted by users (for instance, logs of music played on the radio); Brands Security Services of Pakistan will distribute copyright royalties to its members according to the established distribution rules. A fee to cover administrative costs is generally deducted from the copyright royalties. The fees actually paid to the copyright owners correspond to the use of the work and are accompanied by a breakdown of that usage.
Brand Guard Services
Being an IP specialist business organization, we offer fast track result oriented and cost effective IP services and solutions. Our Brand Guard service package offers a rigorous four level approach which starts with analyzing your current brand security issues, IP registration, providing market intelligence with reference to your goods or services, and expert analysis regarding the market competition leading to the ultimate security via law enforcement and prosecution.
We assist our clients in determining the best strategies to protect new or existing goods or services; including patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets. Our experts also help companies identify which Intellectual Property strategies will provide the most return for their investment.
We not only take time to understand your ideas, but your business too. By understanding each client's business, our experts are able to provide a customized protection plan best suited for each client's current and future interests. Whether through trademarks, copyrights, patents, or trade secrets, the attorneys at BSS Pakistan have the expertise and experience to turn your ideas into assets.
Dispite concerning the ownership and enforcement, we also investigate and determine the merits of any infringement claims, and provide opinion letters that will stand up in court.
Our attorneys understand that protecting your business reputation is an essential part of your business. Therefore, they are vigilant in protecting you by counselling on everything from clearance to maintenance of your trademarks.
Our attorneys have professional expertise in guiding our valued clients through the trademark process, including clearance, prosecution, opposition/cancellation proceedings, maintenance, counselling, licensing and litigation. Our attorneys understand the issues that may arise in trademark matters and we are aggressively defending our clients' interests. We understand that every situation is unique and work with our clients to ensure the acquisition and maintenance of their valuable assets. We also handle trademark licensing and have experience in addressing and responding to infringements, including litigation when unavoidable.
Turning your invention into an asset can be a challenging endeavor, and overcoming these challenges is critical to your success. Patent prosecution involves the identification of your invention's novel feature(s), drafting the application, search and examination, then allowance, appeal, or abandonment of the patent. We understand the process thoroughly and efficiently overcome these challenges to ensure that your invention receives the strongest protection possible. Our first step in protecting your invention is understanding your technology and goals. We then spend time with the inventors to determine the unique features that need protection, identifying and avoiding prior art and crafting proper patent claims. During examination at the Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) Pakistan office, we are there for you to overcome any rejections to ensure that your invention receives the protection it deserves.
Copyright is a powerful tool to protect your assets. However, understanding your rights as copyrightable assets have become increasingly more difficult with the advent of the digital age. Your attorneys at BSS Pakistan can help you identify the different challenges between protecting your copyrightable material and the rights of free speech and fair usage. Knowing how your rights are affected by copyright registration and public disclosure is important to understanding the protections that copyright provides.
IP Contracts
Your IP contracts: wisely written, successfully negotiated
Through IP contracts your intellectual assets can be preserved, enhanced, sold, or licensed, increasing their commercial value. There are several contractual options available that protect your intellectual property rights.
BSS Pakistan is an experienced partner assisting you in drafting and negotiating optimal IP agreements. We draft and provide IP legal advices for:
- License agreements
- Delimitation agreements
- Coexistence agreements
- Restrictions of the list of goods and/or services
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Purchase agreements for intellectual property rights
- Contracts of assignments
- Out-of-court settlements
IP Commercialization
Commercialisation and technology transfer activities can often be littered with a range of IP issues that need to be addressed. Receiving the right advice at the right time when seeking to extract value from IP assets can often be the difference between a successful or forgettable transaction.
Our team are able to bring their significant experience to bear when companies may be seeking guidance and advice to traverse a variety of unique IP matters during commercialisation endeavors. Such matters may include due diligence activities around a third-party entity and its IP assets, assistance with freedom to operate reviews when seeking to enter new markets, and reviewing or implementing IP practices and procedures to underpin a particular commercialisation strategy.
Knowing when to embark on certain activities, who to turn to, and being able to advise what to expect and what the cost will be to a business can also be invaluable when seeking to take a product to market. Such activities may for example include understanding what is involved in having a certain tranche of IP valued, assistance with brokering part of an IP portfolio, or managing IP and technology disclosure aspects as part of collaborative product development activities. Having established a significant network of contacts and assisted a range of organisations with their commercialisation endeavours, We work with management teams to map out and work through a variety of IP issues along the road to successful IP or product commercialisation.
IP Audit
A periodic and systematic review of how well your IP department performs in terms of its practices and in terms of the IP assets it handles is mandatory for any company.A bundle of services consisting of IP Quick Check, IP Performance Assessment and Level of Innovativeness, the Audit service offers the most comprehensive toolbox for IP audits. By reviewing and analysing both your IP practices and IP assets, we obtain a clear picture of what is underperforming, underutilized or slowing down the performance of your IP department and thus its contribution to the success of your company. Based on the results, our specialists make clear strategic recommendations to help you reach the next level.
Non-biased assessment
Independent and impartial, Dennemeyer prepares an insightful, well-documented and objective report on your IP performance or level of innovation.
An eye for opportunities
In the course of our IP Audit services, our specialists are trained to detect critical areas of improvement, so that you can focus on what the priorities are.
Swift response times
Our specialists structure their projects in a way to deliver the results to you within the most reasonable time frames.
Pragmatic approach
We focus on providing you recommendations which are both achievable and produce results where it matters.
In conducting IP audits, the following kinds of helpful information are most often identified:
- Valuable product and process features that could be but were not as yet patented;
- Correctable defects in existing patents;
- Missing and deficient employee agreements that risked competitors’ access to trade secrets;
- Trademarks central to companies’ identities that were not adequately protected from copying;
- Product configurations that could be but were not yet protected by design patents;
- Patent and trademark royalty payment terms that were being ignored;
- Missing notices of patent, trademark, and copyright that were limiting the company’s ability to enforce IP rights and claim damages; and
- Valuable opportunities for licensing IP in new markets and channels of trade.
Knowing where you stand
Keeping track of your performance as an IP department is a profitable idea. BSS Pakistan’s IP auditing services let you improve your use of your department’s resources and assets in order to bring the most value to your company.
What we offer is not less than a fast, comprehensive and non-biased assessments of your overall IP performance. BSS Pakistan’s experience and market position make sure that we cover everything.
Management and enhancement of intellectual property assets may seem a daunting task for companies that have not done it before and for companies whose IP is in major disarray. But effective management of intellectual property is important and often critical to business success. An IP audit is a best first step toward achieving that goal.
IP Valuation
Any IP valuation has its individual conditions. But how much is a realistic value, if the valuation context often differs? No matter if it's because of management-oriented purposes, transfers or a planned IP co-operation, when it comes to putting a price tag on an IP portfolio, external valuation know-how is vital to obtain the best result.
Are you preparing for an IP transfer activity (e.g. M&A) and considering what a realistic value of your Intellectual Property is? Are you wondering how to get the most out of the sale? Or even trickier, estimating the value of the IP portfolio of a future partner or acquisition target? When selling, buying or joining forces, an external valuation partner can, objectively and without bias, act as an independent verifier to balance the interests of all parties involved. Brands Security Services of Pakistan's IP Valuation service is your best choice when you are looking for a realistic, fast and efficient solution.
Internal value
BSS Pakistan valuates your IP Portfolio, so you can get a transparent idea on your internal value and how to proceed strategically.
Negotiation power
In case of an IP transfer activity (e.g. M&A), your company will have full negotiation power based on BSS Pakistan’s IP Valuation service’s accurate assessments of your IP portfolio.
Unbiased reporting
Focusing on its individual conditions, valuation concepts and models, BSS Pakistan’s IP Valuation service will provide adapted reports, unblemished by biased thinking or investigation.
Holistic approach
Using the IP Valuation service can give you a full adapted report on legal aspects, market value, future technology orientation and more.
Put a price tag on it – with IP Valuation
When it comes to a buy or sell decision, there is nothing more important than to have a profound opinion on a portfolio’s fair value. BSS Pakistan’s IP Valuation service is the perfect answer to IP related aspects of the due diligence process. Take advantage of our decades of experience and make the best decisions – no matter if you decide to sell, buy or join forces with IP partners.
It is easily said that your IP rights are intangible assets. But from time to time you have to assess the value of particular IP rights or entire portfolios. BSS Pakistan’s IP Valuation services doesn’t just put value on your IPRs, but due to the bandwidth of professional services and the wide Brands Security Services of Pakistan legal network it also clarifies the legal aspects that come with IP transactions.