Consulting

Intellectual property

Have you ever though that you owned something - a software program or a logo built or designed by someone outside of your company - and found that you couldn't use it the way you wanted to because you didn't own it, although you had paid for it?

Or maybe your employees have given away information inadvertently that now reduces your competitive advantage?

Have you ever wondered how you could use the knowledge and unique aspects of your business to achieve even greater growth?

These are all common examples of why managing IP is important to your business. In service and technology businesses, managing IP assets can be more important than managing your physical and financial assets.

To many business owners and managers intellectual property is a bit of mystery and not a priority - until there's a problem!

However, identifying and managing your IP assets can add value to your business by:

Retaining ownership of your IP asset;
Strengthening existing revenue streams;
Creating new revenue streams;
Enhancing operational efficiency; and
Reducing risk.

How can we help you?

BDO Kendalls Intellectual Capital team can help demystify IP and work with you to develop practical solutions to manage your IP to meet your business objectives. We will work with you to understand your business needs, then develop an approach to ensure that the IP in your business supports this.

We can provide services to:

Provide information and training to your managers and employees about IP and why it's important to your business
Identify the IP in your business
Identify who owns and controls the IP
Develop an IP Register suitable for your business needs
Identify IP gaps that present risk for your unique business
Develop a workable process for identifying, capturing, evaluating and controlling IP
Develop supporting tools to assist in managing your IP
Provide guidance in how to use your IP internally for sustainable competitive advantage
Provide ad hoc advisory services as required.

What's different about working with us?

We will understand your business and how we can add value
Every business is different and we want to understand the unique aspects of your business. We won't try and provide an 'off-the-shelf' solution but will develop a unique solution for your unique business.
Our experience in working with intangible assets adds value
We are not lawyers and won't talk in legal jargon or come from a strictly legal perspective. We understand the value of knowledge to a business and the innovation and intellectual property that flows when knowledge is used for strategic advantage. We will identify how you can maximise the value of your IP internally, as well as externally, for sustainable competitive advantage. Today's innovation and IP becomes tomorrow's new standard.
The backing of the BDO Kendalls team
We can draw on the expertise of the BDO Kendalls team with expertise in accounting related aspects of IP management to add value.