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IP Research: Identifying licensing opportunities within the electronics manufacturing sector

RWS provides actionable information to help a consumer electronics consortium to establish a net gain from licensees.
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The patent pool of a large consumer electronics consortium wanted to determine if non-compliant products were in their down-stream markets. In-turn, the pool would use evidence provided by RWS to compel those who were unlicensed to cooperate. Their goal was to create a level playing field and illustrate to both its founders and its licensees they were taking action. 

Challenges

  • The client needed to identify any non-compliant in their down-stream markets
  • This required visual inspection of a vast number of product labels 

Solution

  • RWS IP Research: CrowdSearch

Results

  • The Crowd quickly pinpointed brand owners who were not in compliance with the licensing standard
  • We collected and delivered clear evidence to convince those companies to become licensees
  • The pool helped companies maintain compliance, make recoveries, and establish a net gain with respect to incremental revenue from licensees.