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Intellectual Property (IP) Management in Aerospace and Defence

 

Intellectual Property (IP) protection not only safeguards the innovators’ rights but also provides a platform for licensing and commercialisation, enabling revenue generation.

Intellectual Property & Company Valuation

 

In recent years, intangibles (including intellectual property such as design rights, industrial secrets, trademarks and patents) have played an increasing part in company valuation. In 2020 intangibles were estimated to represent 70% of global company value.

 

A study by the European Patent Office in 2021 also showed that companies which own at least one patent, registered design or trademark generate on average 20% higher revenue/employee than those without any IP rights.

 

Given this backdrop, it’s important that management teams in aerospace and defence sectors are aware of the IP within their business and they have a plan to effectively exploit this.

 

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Our IP team can help you develop a winning IP strategy

 

 

IP audit

 

  • What IP do we own and use
  • How do we use it to best effect
  • What IP is critical to our future success
  • What IP do we need to protect and how

 

IP Strategy

 

  • How will we exploit the IP we have and to what effect
  • How do we protect what needs protecting
  • What IP do we need in the future
  • How do we capture future innovations

 

IP watching & IP landscaping

 

Threats:

✗ Infringing on other people’s IP

✗ Others infringing on our IP

 

IP watching & IP landscaping

 

Opportunities:

✓ Identifying redundant technology/IP we can exploit

✓ Potential strategic partnerships/acquisitions

✓ Neutralising competition

✓ Establishing the “innovativeness” in your R&D to strengthen investment pitches

Our customers say…

The process of claiming R&D tax relief with ABGi was painless and the outcome exceeded our expectations.Their Technical Analysts’ knowledge is fantastic, they fully understood our engineering business and products, with minimal input from our staff. Everyone at Cajero is really busy running the business, ABGi appreciated this, accommodating the time pressures from our side and kept our work to a minimum.

Alex Harding, CEO
Cajero Limited

We were not aware of any R&D incentives that could be applicable to our company. However after our accountants introduced us to ABGi, we were impressed from day one! The understanding achieved by their analysts of our processes really was significant; few professional bodies we have encountered had their level of engineering expertise, thus giving us the confidence to move forward with a claim.

Jon Pitt, Financial Director
L.M.g. Solutions Ltd

Like with many companies, we are constantly busy and at the start of our journey with ABGI, we weren’t sure if the effort would be worth the benefit. Luckily this wasn’t a feeling that lasted for long, as it was surprisingly straightforward and not as much paperwork as first expected.  We were totally stunned at the amount claimed, we really couldn’t believe it. The tax benefit has since allowed us to reinvest the money, buy new machinery and hire 2 new people.

Rod Wah, Managing Director
Beverston Engineering

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For a free consultation and analysis of the potential returns you might expect from your projects, contact the ABGi UK Team:

 

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