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Key Contacts:

Edward A. Gold
Managing Director
Debora R. Stewart
Managing Director
Judy A. Byrd
Director
Karen H. Wang
Director
Scott J. Williams
Director

Intellectual Property License Management Services

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Despite the surge in licensing, IP license revenue remains one of the most poorly managed and under-utilized assets in corporate America. To assist with post-license considerations, Invotex provides the following services:

  • License Inventory — Verification that a licensor’s database of licenses is complete through research and file controls
  • Outsourced License Managers — Front line communication with licensees for receipt of informational and financial reporting as well as tracking milestones and other payments on behalf of the licensor. You receive the checks, we manage the paperwork
  • License Compliance — Verification of the completeness and accuracy of reported royalty streams through a desk audit or full-scale royalty audit, an on-site investigation and analysis of the licensee documents and interview of the licensee personnel
  • Equity Position Inventory — Verification that all ownership positions negotiated are realized, through research, file management and communication with stock certificate (trustee) holders as well as value determination through tracking spin-offs, name changes, mergers and acquisitions and dissolutions
  • Royalty Revenue Forecasts — Forecasted license revenue for current licenses based on historical analysis as well as publicly available company and industry information
  • Valuation —Market value determination for the purpose of licensing, financing and enforcing IP rights
  • Sponsored Research — Ensuring that patents developed from lab-sponsored research remain with the proper entity. Includes determining whether patents are filed in an inventor’s personal name, sponsoring company name or in a spin-out company name
  • Staff Training Seminars — Tools and techniques instrumental to managing license agreements in-house

For information on our other intellectual property services, see Royalty Audit & Compliance Services or Intellectual Property Transaction Services.

Director Judy Byrd co-presents a Technology Transfer Tactics Webinar, Reap the Benefits of a Strong Post-License Monitoring System on November 29.

Managing Director Debbie Stewart co-presented Getting Your Fair Share: How To Prevent Royalty Underpayments in a complimentary Video Webinar sponsored by Venable LLP.

Thought Leadership

Invotex IP professionals report on their annual studies of the impact of royalty misreporting:

Underpaid Royalties Are Pervasive, yet Proper License Management Maximizes Profits, March 2011.

It's Just Not Fair: Unintended and Unforeseen Interpretations of License Agreement Language, April 2010.

How to overcome obstacles in license management
, March 2009.