Patent outsourcing for corporates: specialist strength in depth when you need it
For in-house patent attorneys, keeping everyone happy and keeping everything moving is difficult.
You need to manage your budget and keep costs down. You need to make sure your work fits with both your company’s strategy and the direction of travel within your industry. You need to find the time to identify and assess every new patentable idea. You need to make sure your business doesn’t fall foul of any potential legal, regulatory and FTO risks. You need to make sure you respond to any office actions posed by the relevant patent authorities.
You also need to manage the available resources to ensure you strike the right balance between achieving the required protection against the cost and effort required to achieve that protection.
Most of all, you need to make sure you always have the capacity to manage multiple patent applications simultaneously while you deal with the mass of demands your business asks of you every day.
This is where Potter Clarkson can help.
If you have surplus work or a need for very specific technical experience, you could outsource some of your work to us.
We have significant experience of working with in-house departments and corporate counsel and receiving outsourced work. We are ready and waiting to provide a service level that fits your needs.
As one of Europe’s leading full-service IP firms, we have the strength in depth you need to take the pressure off your team in the way that best suits you, your preferred way of working and your budget.
EXPERTS IN PATENT PROSECUTION OUTSOURCING
Having worked not only with but also for some of the world’s largest companies, we know your internal resources will either become stretched or forced to attend to other priorities at certain points. This makes delivering the work required to identify, protect, and maximise the value of your latest innovations within the available deadlines almost impossible.
However, a lack of resource or new priorities does not negate the need to meet deadlines.
Should resource, capacity or other priorities prove to be an issue at any point in the future, our highly experienced patent attorneys are here to help.
As we’ve been on the other side of the table, we have had to source our own external support during the busiest times. This means we understand exactly what you want when you outsource your patent work and, more importantly, how to seamlessly fall into step with your team and deliver the quality of work and quality of service you need to meet your internal commitments in the easiest and most efficient way.
As one of the few firms who offer both patent attorneys and IP solicitors, we can also fill in any gaps your team may have in terms of licencing or partnering models, making the best strategic use of trade secrets and registered design rights, or undertaking IP due diligence in respect of potential acquisitions.
Whether you need a short-term fix, a longer-term arrangement or just some ad hoc support, we can offer model ways of working or design a bespoke outsourcing solution that meets your immediate IP needs, your budget, and your preferred way of working.
If you would like more details regarding our patent outsourcing service, please email us today.
