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Make strategic decisions about intellectual property
In today’s fast-paced world, seeing where your competitors are investing, mapping technology trends, and gaining access to patent and litigation data allows you to make strategic business decisions about innovations.
Intangible assets account for more than 80% of a company’s value. Protect and maximize your investment by staying ahead of the competition. IP.com’s business intelligence solutions identify technology trends and areas of heavy investment.
Our Corporate Tree within InnovationQ+™, built with S&P Global Market Intelligence data, matches patent and technical data to public and private company patent portfolios, their subsidiaries, and acquisitions. Combine this business intelligence with our semantic map to understand technology trends, industry direction, and how best to manage your company’s portfolio.
Tailored Solutions
Patent Vitality Report
The Patent Vitality Report (PVR) gives patent owners, buyers, and sellers an objective analysis of the assets in a patent portfolio. It provides valuable patent analysis in five understandable scores: overall strength, litigation risk, monetization potential, new technology value, and patent quality.
Patent Landscape Services
Our Patent Landscape services provide executives, technologists, and investors with actionable intelligence regarding the extent to which competitors protect innovations in key technology areas.
Portfolio Intelligence Report
Assess your patent portfolio value and stay ahead of competitors while optimizing your IP strategy with customized innovation intelligence delivered by our Portfolio Intelligence Report.
Freedom to Operate Services
Our Freedom to Operate (FTO) patent search service helps identify potential patent barriers to commercializing your products or technologies. An FTO search aims to identify in-force patents or published patent applications with claims that cover the technology, process, or product you are targeting.
Patent & IP News
“Delete All IP Law”? Why Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk Just Lit a Match Under the Patent System
Jack Dorsey didn’t mince words. In a four-word tweet—“delete all IP law”—he torched conventional thinking about innovation and intellectual property. Elon Musk chimed in with a simple “I agree.” And just like that, two of tech’s most prominent disruptors opened a Pandora’s box: Is it time to burn down the IP system?
USPTO Patent Fee Increases Demand a New Approach to Maximizing Your Patent ROI
While the USPTO fee adjustments aim to maintain operational efficiency and innovation support, they also introduce new financial pressures on applicants. Companies and inventors should reassess their intellectual property strategies to ensure highest patentability possible before filing. By adopting a more strategic approach to patent prosecution and trademark filings, and leveraging analytics and ideation solutions, it enables organizations to navigate the complexities of patenting with confidence and optimize patent portfolio management while managing expenses effectively. By integrating these insights into IP strategies, businesses can secure valuable patents, maximize ROI, and drive sustained innovation in an increasingly competitive technology landscape.
How DeepSeek Could Revolutionize Patent Discovery — But at What Cost?
Among the emerging AI-driven platforms, DeepSeek is gaining attention for its ability to streamline complex search processes and improve competitive intelligence. While DeepSeek boasts powerful AI-driven search capabilities, its limitations are impossible to ignore. For organizations relying on legally defensible insights and airtight competitive intelligence, DeepSeek’s gaps could undermine decision-making and expose businesses to unnecessary legal and financial vulnerabilities. Before making the leap, it’s worth asking — is the convenience of an open-source AI worth the cost of incomplete, unreliable data and potential security risks?