IP Management: Overcoming Today’s Obstacles

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IP Management: Overcoming Today’s Obstacles

“As the creation of intellectual property is considered to be the life-blood of any technology company, large companies employ teams of attorneys to manage IP, and small companies consider themselves lucky if they can afford to have one or two people devoted to the process.

IP management professionals are constantly seeking ways to streamline the process – to close the gaps through which an alarming amount of IP falls through, as well as, to reduce the time spent on the process.” Read More – Request White Paper Below

What is your company proactively doing to manage and protect its proprietary assets? What will you tell your board and shareholders when they ask you to list your company’s core proprietary assets and their location, and who’s working on them?

We can help your company create, manage and protect your Intellectual Property!

In 2002, 8,254 civil cases related to intellectual property theft were filed in U.S. courts.
U.S. Department of Justice
The fastest-growing U.S. companies tend to foster innovation.
Harnessing Innovation, PriceWaterhouse Coopers
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

 

Albert Einstein
All told, 69 percent of the executives who participated ranked innovation as one of their company’s top-three strategic priorities.
Boston Consulting Group Survey
Intellect and innovation are the sources of virtually all economic value, growth, and strategic edge today.
James Brian Quinn, Professor of Management, Dartmouth College
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Dr. Alan Kay, Disney Imagineering

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Read about how our clients have improved their innovation, product development, and invention & intellectual property management processes.

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John Stowell, Director of Innovation, Zep Inc.

"StageTrak is very customizable to your needs. Once it's up and running it's pretty intuitive. It's much simpler to operate than most of its competitors."

"We avoided $750,000 in cost in North American alone last year because we're being more selective and going after better intellectual property."

Kelly Teemant

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VP Science & Technology, PPG Industries

"The MindMatters solution is the catalyst for generating growth opportunities and new sources of revenue."

Tom Mauss, Chief Executive Officer

"We were impressed with MindMatters’ entire Step by Step Innovation process. They helped us identify areas where we might fail, and successfully navigated around those obstacles."

"Our R&D idea submissions have tripled over the whole of the previous year."

Gregg Edwards, Chief People Officer

"Allows us to not only capitalize on the brilliance of our employees, but also to collaborate on organizational issues in a much more engaging, satisfying way."

Director of R&D

"The MindMatters software has really worked out for our team. It has enabled us to develop a process that effectively mines the innovative thoughts of R&D. Our invention disclosure count is through the roof compared to pre-MindMatters numbers."