Intellectual Property Management Consulting
Our Intellectual Property Management Consulting covers:
Software Asset Management Consulting
An efficient Software Asset Management (SAM) program reduces risk and liability for intentional or unintentional copyright infringements. It helps in streamlining technical support/help-desk efficiency and software strategic planning and budgeting. Benefits include easing the burden of system/licensing administration and lowering total cost of ownership. We can help in a variety of ways:
- Risk assessment on existing Software Asset Management environment and controls in the organization
- Design and implementation of customized Software Asset Management policies and procedures
- Inspection of internal computer software usage in the organization
- Value-added process improvement findings and recommendations to the organization
Royalty License Compliance Review
Royalty License Compliance Review provides Licensers of software products, patents, technologies, copyrights and/or any other types of intellectual property with a review on Licensees to ensure their compliance with the license agreements and to minimize potential loss of royalties to Licensers. Our Royalty License Compliance Review includes:
- Understand business model and licensing model of Licensers
- Understand and assess risk and control environment of Licensees
- Review intellectual property usage and the completeness and accuracy of royalty reporting of Licensee based on the terms and conditions in the license agreements
- Provide value-added process improvement findings and recommendations to Licensers and Licensees
In addition, we can assist Licensees to better understand the terms and conditions in the license agreements for their compliance from a independent and professional third party standpoint during the course of review in order to minimize potential financial loss and/or loss of business reputation by Licensees