Asset Due Diligence before Acquisition
The way it is important to conduct due diligence before any transaction, patent related transactions are not too dissimilar. Sagacious has been providing such due diligence services using its 12-point checklist that easily and quickly identifies any issues and problems with the identified assets. The process covers all procedural, administrative, ownership and validity related checks that may become a problem later.
When do you need?
- Internal Audit of a company
- Patent/Company Acquisition
- Patent Assertion firms before asserting a portfolio
- Assessment by 3rd parties when providing loan on IP
- Valuation of a company
- Valuation of IP assets/Patents
- Filing Bankruptcy
Why Choose Sagacious for Asset Due Diligence before Acquisition?
- Separate teams for evaluating technical & legal diligence work
- Comprehensive technical diligence of a portfolio including but not limited to breadth of claim with respect to comment on potential infringement, validity, geographical coverage, potential gems/deal drivers and supplemental feature provided to the product
- One time as well as managed services for portfolio legal diligence, with regular notifications
- Experience in handling 160+ country-specific PTO websites
- Understanding of latest patent laws and changes
- Ability to calculate accurate expiry date of patents as per corresponding country laws
Impact Stories
Impact Story 1
A Fortune 50 client approached Sagacious for the due diligence on the Yahoo! portfolio when it was offered for sale. Sagacious evaluated around 3,000 patents to identify which patents could be acquired. Eventually, based on the report shared the portfolio was not acquired.
Impact Story 2
Sagacious evaluated certain sets of Alcatel patents from the perspective of acquisition for one of the clients in the Software Defined Networks vertical. The portfolio was promising. However, the decision-making window was very short and eventually the company, including the patent portfolio was acquired by Nokia.
