About Us
About Pivot IP
Pivot IP was founded by Emily Teesdale, a Chartered UK Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney, with over two decades of expertise in the Intellectual Property industry.
Her experience spans both private practice and in-house, including partnership at a well-respected and long-standing patent and trade mark firm as well as leading the IP function of a global, leading aerospace company. She has partnered with clients, colleagues, and collaborators in large and small businesses, from start-ups to well-established multi-national companies, across diverse engineering and technology sectors.
This breadth of experience enables her to identify what truly matters in relation to IP, depending on your business, the competitive landscape you are in, and your strategic objectives.
She founded Pivot IP to bring strategic IP guidance to engineering companies, especially SMEs.
Getting Your IP Right
Many innovative companies recognize that “getting the IP right” is crucial for their success.
Importantly, this goes much broader than simply applying for patent and trade mark protection. Instead, a comprehensive IP strategy should include both effective IP risk management and proactively using the IP system to look for and leverage opportunities.
However, especially if you’re a smaller enterprise, it can be tricky to access the right support to identify what your IP approach should be and then be able to implement it. This is what a "Head of IP" role is for but a full-time position is often simply not justifiable.
Pivot IP has been founded to give you that support in a way that fits your budget. You can delegate IP strategy to us, knowing we have the expertise to navigate the unique risks and opportunites of your business, pivot your approach where needed and ensure cost-effective implementation.
Devising Your IP Strategy
We will work with you to really understand your business, the landscape you are in and where you want to go. Only then can we devise a bespoke IP strategy, tailored to you, your needs and your future plans.
For example, we can:
· Undertake a comprehensive IP audit with clear recommendations
· Provide impactful suggestions delivering significant value for your IP
· Help you to set an appropriate IP budget
· Provide guidance on how to spend it most effectively
· Consider the level of IP risk exposure you have
· Suggest an approach to appropriately manage those risks
· Update your contracts to provide suitable IP protection terms
· Review your IP contracts and advise on any IP issues, and
· Look at your compliance with your exisiting IP agreements.
On-going Support
As well as devising an IP strategy for you, you can trust us to ensure it is implemented. By engaging with us for on-going integrated support, you will have access to our expertise to seamlessly provide:
· Awareness training, customised to your key threats, value potential and the current level of knowledge
· Managed IP protection strategies that support your business growth
· Effective protection for your confidential information, copyrights, and unregistered rights
· Balanced IP risk management approaches specific to you and the competitive landscape
· Business-focused and pragmatic guidance to resolve IP issues
· Pro-active identification of IP opportunities, to strengthen your competitive position
· Efficient contract drafting and negotiation for collaborations and other technology partnerships, and
· Evolution of your IP strategies as your business develops.