IP Researching and Licensing
Streamlining your own IP portfolio and making maximum use of its potential is only one facet of a comprehensive IP exploitation strategy. It can be equally useful and lucrative to investigate the nature and status of third party rights in neighbouring and complimentary fields of business. TOMKINS provides expert analysis of the state of play in a given industry and can identify third party rights of strategic value that may be available for use through acquisition, licensing or partnership.
Licensing IP rights in to and out of an organization is one of the primary means of generating IP-derived revenue. It is a core consideration in any attempt to fully exploit a right whether it is in-house or third party. TOMKINS has considerable experience assisting and advising on licensing - both in terms of negotiation and in terms of the formulation of the agreement.