IP Protection

IP Protection… for startups

• You had a great idea and you want to get it to market!
• Maybe you’ve had a bit of seed funding or maybe you’re looking for it.
• Either way, your investors are going to want to know what intellectual property rights your business owns

Here’s what you get

• Complete our nexaprotect online questionnaire about your business
• You’ll get a dedicated Solicitor who will tell you what you can protect and what you can’t protect – and how!
• You’ll get a traffic light assessment of what your business needs to focus on now, soon and in the future
• Chat to your Solicitor to iron out any concerns of questions.
• You’ll get a cost quotation to implement any of the suggested protections.

IP Protection… for scale ups

• Your business is scaling and you’ve got a million and one things on your mind!
• Funders are making positive noises and some big money is about to land.
• But they’re asking hard questions about where the value in your business sits, and they want to know about intellectual property
• Let us take the strain and give you a clear insight into your rights and protections so that you can present them to investors in a concise and coherent way.

Here’s what you get

• A consultation with your dedicated Solicitor who will find out more about your business and the intellectual property assets it has – whether protected already or not.
• Preliminary searches of key IP registries to assess your IP position
• You’ll get a traffic light assessment of what your business needs to focus on now, soon and in the future.
• Chat to your Solicitor to iron out any concerns of questions.
• Get an investor friendly nexaprotect Report which you can give to funders or potential funders explaining how and where the value is locked into your business
• You’ll get you a cost quotation to implement any of the suggested protections.
• As and when further work is carried out to bolster your intellectual property protections, we’ll update your nexaprotect Report to reflect the growth of your rights.

IP Protection… for investment funds

• As an investor in multiple businesses, you know the importance of proper intellectual property protection
• But do you always have the time to delve into the detail?
• Perhaps you’re turned off from great deals simply because the intellectual property position isn’t clear.
• Or maybe you’ve made an initial investment but want to see some more rigorous efforts by the company to protect its assets before you follow on.

Here’s what you get

• Put us in touch with companies within your prospective or existing portfolio
• They’ll complete our nexaprotect online questionnaire about their business
• You’ll get a traffic light assessment of what protections that business has and what it needs to focus on now, soon and in the future.