Know where you stand
before an investor asks.
A startup IP audit reviews everything (filings, assignments, brand, code, contracts) and returns one prioritised action plan with a 12-month budget. Reviewed personally by a 15-year practitioner, not a checklist intern.
The five places startup IP breaks
Assignments & chain of title
Founder, employee and contractor IP assignments: the #1 gap we find, and the one that delays funding rounds. We check what exists, what's missing, and draft the fixes.
What your applications actually cover
Filed isn't the same as protected. We map your claims and specifications against the product you're actually selling today, and the roadmap.
Trademark coverage
Right marks, right classes, right owner entity. Most startups are under-filed in class 42 or have the founder, not the company, as applicant.
Open-source & confidentiality
Licence exposure in your stack (GPL in the wrong place is a diligence red flag), plus NDA and trade-secret hygiene.
Action plan & 12-month budget
One document: what to fix now, what to file this year, what to skip. Each item carries its cost, so IP becomes a line in your plan instead of a source of anxiety.
Startup IP audit: common questions
The opposite. Early is when it's cheapest. An audit at pre-seed mostly produces assignments and one or two filings, done right, for a fraction of what cleanup costs at Series A.
A call, your cap table context, any filings/receipts, key contracts (employment, contractor, NDA templates), and access to a repo manifest for the open-source scan. Most founders assemble it in an afternoon.
It covers the same ground from your side of the table: find it and fix it before their lawyers find it and price it. If you're actively raising, see IP for Fundraising, which adds the diligence-ready memo.
One week to a clear IP position.
Tell us the company name and stage. You'll get a fixed-fee quote for the startup IP audit within 24 hours.
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