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IP Audit support from our IP Advisory team, handled end-to-end as part of our Intellectual Property practice.
A focused IP audit for a startup or small company is completed within 5 to 7 business days. Comprehensive portfolio audits for larger organizations take 2 to 4 weeks depending on the number of assets, jurisdictions, and business units covered.
We make legal and intellectual property filings seamless, secure, and fully transparent. Here is how we handle your assignment from start to finish:
Understand your goals, check eligibility, and draft the filing roadmap.
Collect required records and conduct compliance checks for errors.
Draft and submit applications to the registry within 48 business hours.
Monitor application progress and respond to office actions/objections.
Handover certified registrations and provide post-filing support.
An IP audit is an internal exercise to catalogue, assess, and optimize your own company's IP portfolio. IP due diligence is conducted on a third party's IP assets in the context of a transaction (M&A, investment, licensing). Both follow similar methodologies but serve different purposes.
We recommend conducting a comprehensive IP audit at least once every 2 to 3 years, or whenever a significant business event occurs — such as a new product launch, market expansion, restructuring, or preparation for a funding round.
Yes, a thorough IP audit includes an assessment of the company's trade secret protection measures — identifying valuable confidential information, evaluating the adequacy of NDAs and access controls, and recommending improvements to the trade secret protection framework.