Do you need experienced IP leadership without the overhead of a full-time in-house team?
Our fractional in-house service delivers the senior head of IP expertise you require on a flexible and cost-effective basis, allowing you to scale your IP function precisely when and how you need it. We understand the critical role intellectual property plays in your growth and offer a tailored approach to align your IP strategy directly with your overarching business objectives. Our fractional in-house service seamlessly integrates with your existing team, becoming a trusted partner in managing your day-to-day IP needs. By working with us you will benefit from strategically managed intellectual property helping you to foster innovation, secure investment and gain a competitive edge.
Why choose Evolve?
With Evolve you access experienced IP leadership when you need it. Think of us as your dedicated, senior IP resource, readily available to handle the operational complexities while providing expert strategic direction. By leveraging our fractional in-house IP attorney service, you gain access to top-tier expertise precisely when and where you need it. This scalable model allows you to adjust your IP support based on your evolving needs, maximising resource efficiency and providing significant cost savings compared to a full-time hire. You benefit from proactive IP management, reduced risk, and a clear strategic roadmap for your intellectual property assets, all delivered by experienced professionals dedicated to protecting and enhancing your competitive advantage.
Create a robust IP strategy
By working closely with your leadership team, we will understand your research, development and business goals and develop a comprehensive IP strategy aligning these objectives with your commercial priorities. Key inventions and other intellectual property will be identified and protected, safeguarding your important innovations.
To be truly effective, IP strategy must be aligned with the goals and priorities of other business functions, including your R&D, regulatory, clinical, business development teams. Our attorneys have worked in IP leadership roles at large pharmaceutical companies and are highly effective at working cross-functionality with different areas of the business. We ensure that the IP strategy not only aligns but enhances the business priorities.
Manage and develop your IP portfolio
An effective IP strategy is not just about filing patents. Our attorneys have experience managing complex global IP portfolios for platform technologies, clinical stage assets and on-market products. We can prepare and file patent applications, manage trademark registrations and establish protocols to protect your trade secrets. We know how to tailor and adapt the IP strategy to the business needs. We will help you make the right strategic decisions on your IP, such as when and where to file, so that you can maximise the return on your IP investment.
Competitive intelligence, mitigating risks and freedom to operate
IP strategy can be as much about keeping informed of the competition as it is about building your own portfolio. We can monitor and assess the competitive landscape to identify potential IP risks and opportunities, from providing an earlier view on the landscape to help initial investment decisions, to deep dives into your technology areas of interest. Potential IP risks will be identified and mitigated. We can conduct freedom-to-operate analyses to ensure your research and development activities do not infringe on the IP rights of others. While IP disputes should generally be avoided, we can handle any contentious matters that arise, such as patent infringement claims or oppositions, and develop strategies to resolve them effectively.
Business development and funding
A strong IP portfolio is a significant asset when seeking investment or entering into collaborations. The value of your IP is also substantially enhanced by effective communication of its core aims and strengths to your business leaders, investors and collaborators. Our attorneys have extensive experience communicating the value of IP to C-suite and investors to build and help drive investment in the science. We can articulate the value of your IP during deal negotiations and due diligence with potential investors and partners. Utilising our extensive deal experience in the pharma sector, we can play a key role in negotiating IP-related terms in licensing agreements, research collaborations, and other business development deals, ensuring your IP interests are protected and achieve their maximum potential.
Building an IP aware culture
IP strategy works best when it is integrated and aligned with the priorities of your other business units. Working with Evolve, you will benefit from an IP aware business culture that ensures your scientists and business teams understand the importance of IP, invention disclosure processes, and the need to protect confidential information. We help you foster collaboration between legal, R&D and business teams on IP matters, alongside developing IP policies and procedures to implement clear guidelines for IP creation, ownership, and protection within your organisation.
