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Intellectual Property Market Research Services
With more than 10 years of experience in working with companies that own and/or manage the licensing of intellectual property in the consumer-technology sectors, DTC is a uniquely qualified IP market-research consultancy.
Among the IP-based services we provide:
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Product and Service Forecasting. DTC has extensive experience in quantifying and forecasting products and services that use very specific and sometimes obscure technology.
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Royalty Forecasts. DTC forecasts royalty proceeds by combining market forecasts with DTC’s proven royalty-forecast models that account for multiple licensing terms such as variable royalty fees, royalty caps, flat fees, and country data.
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IP Valuation Assistance. DTC adds the critical real-world market analysis to other factors that must be considered when valuing IP.
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Licensing Program Development Assistance. This service emphasizes identifying and analyzing current and future technology trends so that IP owners can properly apply licensing terms that will maximize revenue of their technology patents.
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Compliance Services. Identifying IP used by companies that are not licensed, as well as estimating the amount of non-compliant companies that are using the IP.
DTC’s IP services are designed for:
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Owners of consumer technology-based IP
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Licensing administrators
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Investment banking and financial advisory firms
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Mergers and acquisitions professionals
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Patent attorneys
Key Benefits
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Working with a firm that not only conducts market research, but also understands the ins and outs of applying the research to the business of licensing IP.
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Saving staff time and resources by employing an external market-research firm to provide vital services needed for managing and evaluating IP, as well as providing data critical for managing licensing programs.
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Maximizing royalty collection by having a reliable and independent resource that can identify companies that are using IP without a license, or those that are under reporting the use of the technology.
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Ability to rely on DTC’s reflexive knowledge of how research must be gathered and how to transfer, in some cases, obscure technical knowledge to measuring a market. Most available market-research is packaged for a broad audience with little or no customization. Customization is key in effectively measuring markets for very specific technology patents.
Service Examples
For a more detailed look at how we have assisted companies in managing and evaluating IP in the consumer-technology arena, please see the following case studies:
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