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IP Services for Startups & Businesses
Protection sequenced around what a business is actually building, and what it will need to show investors, partners and customers.
Early-stage companies rarely protect everything at once. The practical question is usually which asset matters first: the name the market will recognise, the technology that differentiates the product, or the design that makes it identifiable.
DHI IP works with founders and business owners to identify what can be protected, to plan the order of filings against budget and launch timelines, and to keep the resulting portfolio in a state that stands up to examination during fundraising or a commercial transaction.
Where a business is licensing its technology or brand, the arrangements around that use are supported as part of the same work.
Enquire About Business IPAreas covered
- Startup IP strategy
- Brand protection
- Patent protection
- Product protection
- Technology protection
- IP portfolio development
- Commercialisation support
- Licensing support
- Customised IP solutions
Where businesses usually start
The name
A trademark search before a name is adopted is considerably cheaper than a rebrand after launch.
Trademark ServicesThe technology
Where a product involves a technical advance, a patentability assessment establishes whether protection is realistic.
Patent ServicesThe portfolio
As filings accumulate, records, renewals and ownership documentation need managing deliberately.
IP Advisory & ManagementConsultation
Planning protection for a product or brand?
Describe what you are building and we will set out which rights apply and in what order they are usually addressed.