7/15/2015
I can come up with at least a couple of reasons why companies themselves have no or little knowledge of the total picture for patent costs. Firstly, there is a lack of transparency when agents present the patent costs in bills. Secondly, since patents are protected country wise, it demands a huge effort to identify and visualise the total costs.
Having said that, I can line up a number of negative consequences. To begin with, there is an imminent risk that your company will pay dearly for protecting a product in a country where you have no market, or where you have no competition and therefore don´t need the protection. Sometimes you also discover that you have "been recommended" to enter a country where there are poor, or even dangerous market conditions for your business. And these patent related costs will not just pass by unnoticed in your business, right?
Of course there are many different answers and actions to take into consideration. But ultimately, it´s about you having to decide if you want to be in control of your patent costs or not. Get yourself the insight needed to make fact-based decisions and not only trust "a good advice". It´s your economic situation and the future in your business that will be affected.
Let´s start with these 3 actions as they will make an immediate and positive difference:
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