A Leading Automotive Company

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Nature of the Company: Leading Automotive Company

Why they approached us:

  • Were facing difficulty in identifying and uncovering potential IP within the organization.
  • Lacked direction in patent portfolio development in the past.
  • Unhappy with the quality of patents provided by previous service provider

What did we do:

  • Performed a comprehensive IP audit/ Mining exercise through document review, interviews and extrinsic/intrinsic research.
  • Performed technology landscape and identified white spaces to help the R and D department reorganize their portfolio and channelize their research efforts.
  • Invention disclosure exercise and patentability analysis and patent drafting was taken up by our team comprising of members having strong technology and patent expertise.

Impact:

  • Uncovered IP, created inventory and classified based on value of the IP to the company.
  • Helped the company establish and process/Mechanism to uncover IP effectively and efficiently in the future.
  • Analyzed 300 inventions to determine their value to the company and filed more than 100 applications with high and medium value to the company.
  • Company’s IP portfolio now has direction and has a clear emphasis from strategic investments in R and D to IP filings.
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Author: Dr. Kalyan Kankanala

Dr. Kalyan Kankanala is a practicing intellectual property (IP) attorney and author. He is a senior partner at BananaIP Counsels, a well-known IP firm based in Bangalore, India. His writings cover a range of topics relating to IP law, business, and policy, and he has authored several books and articles in the field. He has been contributing to this blog since 2007. The views expressed here are his own and do not represent those of BananaIP Counsels or its members.

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