What We Do
IP Strategy Formulation
As the volume and complexity of IP issues have grown, corporate executives increasingly seek independent perspectives and solutions. RSL’s IP strategy formulation experience provides an independent view on how to best create and exploit IP assets, in support of an existing or new corporate strategy.
Patent Valuation
Over the course of the last 35 years, the principals of RSL Holdings have developed results-based valuation processes based on commercial impact, claim quality, remaining patent life, and more. We combine our technical expertise, powerful analytics tools, business acumen, and legal focus in valuing patent assets in order to provide clients with realistic business choices based on a holistic look at not just the raw patent assets, but also their place within the market, the business, and the future.
Monetization Support
An assertion-based monetization involves demonstration of patent use and associated economics, and the implications and methods for an unlicensed party to resolve the situation. The process requires skill and expertise and ultimately the creation of a viable value proposition for the party to take a license under the subject patents. In some cases, the party will refuse to negotiate and reach a satisfactory resolution and there may be a need for an enforcement proceeding. The enforcement decision itself must not be taken lightly and needs to consider many factors. RSL’s principals have an impressive range of experience across many hundreds of monetization and are very able tour guides in this arena.
RSL Scope of IP Experience
Patent Portfolio Management
When it comes to managing worldwide patent portfolios, RSL Holdings has the team and experience to help various companies from Fortune 100 to small, emerging businesses. The expertise that RSL brings will maximize the value of your patent portfolios because having the correct global footprint is more critical than ever before. RSL can help refine the filing decision process, including where to file based on your business, your competitors, and the marketplace. We can also help create an annuity decision process to optimize the on-going patent portfolio maintenance expenditures. Let our experts provide management insight to you as a one-time service.
Patent Portfolio Analytics
RSL relies on Innography, owned by Clarivate in London, UK, for its portfolio analytics software and data services. Innography is consistently credited with many firsts in the industry in applying new technologies to IP analytics. It was founded and built by software experts with deep experience in a creatively applying state of the art software technologies to large-data business problems. Tens of terabytes of data are processed by them each week, and new algorithms are continuously adopted through both machine learning and their PhD data scientists, and extensive collaboration with their user community. Innography brings broad, deep and sophisticated analysis capabilities to the world of patent assets.
Transactions
What You Need to Know
Although IP assets are now treated as intangible assets, they are hardly invisible assets, and in today’s world, IP is now a much more visible and prominent asset. Many new players are involved in transactions such as exploitation funds, hedge funds, and venture capital firms. Accordingly, new vehicles have emerged for the conduct of IP transactions and in this new world, RSL’s deep experience can help the client navigate turbulent waters.
IP Licensing
Although IP assets are now treated as intangible assets, they are hardly invisible assets, and in today’s world, IP is now a much more visible and prominent asset. Many new players are involved in transactions such as exploitation funds, hedge funds, and venture capital firms. Accordingly, new vehicles have emerged for the conduct of IP transactions and in this new world, RSL’s deep experience can help the client navigate turbulent waters.
IP Brokering
RSL Holdings provides outstanding IP brokerage results by putting in the serious work needed to market our portfolios. With our extensive experience, we have a solid track record on both the buy and sell sides and this experience provides insight regarding how buyers think, what they need, and what maximizes value.
As a result, our process involves strategic asset positioning based upon expert technology, legal, and business expertise. We provide potential buyers with all of the key legal, technical and business due diligence and decision points needed to make their buying decision quickly and with confidence. The RSL difference has provided many businesses with added revenue that they would otherwise not have realized.
