IP Services
Patent agency Custos IPC offers a wide range of IP services. We advise, support and guide entrepreneurs in the field of Intellectual Property (IP). Filing patent applications and protecting trademark and design rights are of course an essential part of our services, but we do much more than that. Above all, we act as an advisor, a sounding board and a sparring partner.
Intellectual Property Management, or IP Management for short, should, in our humble opinion, be an integral part of the strategic policy-making of any organisation with an innovative character. This will ensure that the right considerations, reconsiderations and choices are made on the basis of available (and changing) information.
In-house Intellectual Property Management
To ensure that IP Management becomes a structural part of the strategy, Custos IPC has developed the In-house IP Management model. With this type of collaboration, you have a sparring partner, a specialist, a colleague, who advises, thinks along and collaborates at your office. Whether you have an existing IP portfolio or whether you prioritise R&D and would like to spar on a regular basis about an IP strategy to be implemented: patent agency Custos IPC can always offer a suitable solution.
Applying for a patent
A patent provides exclusive rights to an invention, preventing others from simply profiting from your ideas. It allows you to commercialise your innovation without fear of direct competition. A patent can also increase the value of your business. Custos IPC is happy to assist you in the process of obtaining patents. Our patent attorneys are qualified and have years of experience in patent procedures at home and abroad.
IP Searches / Investigations
To get a first impression of whether your idea or invention can be protected by a patent, you can have us conduct a search. This research, also known as an exploratory novelty search, involves searching a special database for relevant publications relating to the invention. Conducting an exploratory novelty search is optional, but can sometimes provide valuable insights. Other examples of searches that our experts specialise in are infringement searches (also known as freedom to operate), validity searches and Landscaping.
Breach advice
When someone makes, uses, sells, imports or distributes a patented invention without the consent of the patent holder, infringement occurs. Infringement of a patent can result in legal action such as litigation, in which the patent holder seeks to stop the infringement and possibly seek damages. Our experts have extensive experience in advising both patent owners who want to take action against infringers and entrepreneurs who are sued for infringement of someone else's patents.
Intellectual Spark
True innovation is not only about ideas, but also about protecting them. Do you want to take your organisation to the next level with ground-breaking and patentable innovations? We help you turn creative concepts into valuable patents that strengthen your competitive position. Together with Reinier Tijssen of Hersenpot, Custos IPC organises an interactive, creative session in which a creative session leader and a patent attorney help your team generate innovative ideas. Ideas that are not only brilliant, but also patentable.
For whom?
Our IP services are there for any organisation that is innovation-driven. Of course, the service we provide depends on the size and needs of the company in question and the phase it is in. We work for, and have experience with, start-ups and scale-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and corporates.
Wondering which Custos IPC services might be of interest to your organisation? Leave a message on our contact page, we will get back to you soon!
By whom?
A major advantage of working with patent agency Custos IPC is that all our specialists are experienced and that we have a wide range of expertise on board. This ensures substantive knowledge and continuity.
Our members are patent attorney, trademark and design attorney, Formalities Officer or Patent information specialist (IP researcher). Check out our IP Experts page to find out more about experience and backgrounds of all individuals. There you can read that we have experience in diverse sectors: Construction & Infrastructure, Chemicals, Creative Industries, Energy, High Tech, Agriculture & Horticulture, Lifesciences, Manufacturing, Medical Technology, Offshore, Software & ICT, and Food Industry.
With whom?
As a cooperative, we know the importance of working together better than anyone else. Cooperating is at the heart of our organisation. Together with numerous strategic (knowledge) partners, we highlight the importance of IP and create added value for our clients.
Strategic partners that Custos IPC enjoys working with are:
Business: product development agencies, engineering firms, design firms, law firms, accounting firms, grant advisory firms, venture capital funds, private equity funds, incubators, innovation hubs
Government: Regional Development Companies (ROM), knowledge institutions, Rijksdienst voor Ondernemen OCNL
Education: universities, secondary and higher vocational education
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