IP Hills provides comprehensive support for creating a comprehensive IP strategy. The service offers: Step 1 – IP Assets Health Check - we start with a full audit of your intellectual property to uncover its true strengths, weaknesses, and commercial potential. We make sure your IP is protected, up to date, and working in sync with your business objectives. Step 2 – Patentability & Freedom-to-Operate Analysis - next, we assess whether your innovations can be patented and whether you have the freedom to bring them to market without legal barriers. Our in-depth research into existing patents and IP rights helps you understand both your protection options and your competitive positioning. Step 3 – Strategic IP Roadmap - finally, we create a clear, actionable plan for managing and growing your IP portfolio over the medium and long term. 

This may include: i) Filing new patents, trademarks, or copyrights, ii) Identifying commercialisation and licensing opportunities, iii) Planning enforcement strategies against infringement, and iv) Establishing ongoing portfolio monitoring and competitive intelligence. For deep-tech founders, IP isn’t just protection, it’s leverage. Strong IP assets can significantly boost your negotiating power with investors, open doors to public funding, and accelerate your growth. But protecting and leveraging IP requires careful investment of limited resources. Unlike traditional IP workshops built for corporates or universities, ours is purpose-built for the realities of small and medium-sized deep-tech startups. We skip the legal jargon and focus on entrepreneurial strategies, practical case studies, and real-world tactics to maximise value and attract capital efficiently.