| | MARCH 201919Consultants ReviewIP-SEACS: Blending IP with Business Viabilities to Ensure Continuous Value-AdditionIntellectual Property is a fundamental modern business asset and a vital component of nations' economic health on account of its unique value-addition to business. Securing the basic components of Intellectual property (patent, Trademark, Copyright and Geographic Indication) ensure business stability and sustainability besides increasing enterprise value. Patent, the first and foremost component of Intellectual property is considered an indispensable attribute and a prime impetus of economic growth, as established in innumerable research studies. Every patent application whether it is a provisional/ complete or non-provisional patent has to be unique and in order to boost these innovation-based properties. Moreover, for creating an IP favourable environment, there should be a supportive IP regime in the country. Though there are immense efforts being taken up by the respective governments, under the umbrella of WIPO to streamline the IP, especially the patenting process but constraints remains in various forms and degrees. However, a common trait observed in these constraints is in the form of the lack of precise and suave drafting style that severely affects the objective and focus of the inventions on account of which many are rejected at the entry level. Apart from messed-up drafts and unorganized claims, the Indian IP segment is also facing problems of deficiency of proper analytical skill-sets and discrete provisioning of services by several IP firms. Recognizing these pitfalls as well as the demand for an integrated IP service platform, Mrs. Lipika Pain created IP-SEACS, a recognized consulting company to offer effective IP related solutions, not only in India but in almost all the countries in the patent map.IP-SEACS based in Salt Lake City, Kolkata, stands for "Intellectual Property-Social, Economic/ Environmental Analyses and Consultancy Services". The objective of the firm is to secure the intellectual properties of organiza-tions, while guiding or navigating them effectively in the modern complex business environment to optimize the revenue generation. "In the present market scenario, a probable inventor is often denied the pros and cons of a specific invention due to lack of proper IP counselling. To-day's inventors need tailor-made analyses to move on a successful path. Here, IP-SEACS helps clients to solve all kinds of IP related challenges by undertaking appropriate analyses that can guide them precisely in the patenting process/ Trade marking process as well as their market-ability prospects. IP-SEACS also stays with the clients at every stages of their professional journey, be it safeguarding their name, symbol, slogan, or other brand identity, inventions, designs and originality by accurately mapping the social implications of human in-terferences," affirms Mrs. Lipika Pain, Proprietor and Chief Operat-ing Officer, IP-SEACS.Steered by Mrs. Lipika, an In-dian patent agent who possesses more than two decades' work expe-rience as Patent Analyst/ Departmen-tal Head in leading IP firms in India, the dedicated team of IP-SEACS offers a plethora of services that add value to the client business, as mentioned in their tagline - `Guar-anteeing Inventions, Safeguarding Business'. Their wide range of services include custom-made Prior-art search reports, Patentability reports, design mapping reports, TM search reports, economic viability studies, and Social Impact assessment reports in addition to the conventional drafting and filing of patent, TM and copyright applica-tions. The pricing of these services were made highly competitive taking into account the `comparative cost' pricing mechanism.IP-SEACS differs from its competitors in terms of its unique quality of services that intelligently blends IP with business viabilities. The firm has been securing continu-ous orders from clients and business organizations in dif-ferent countries like USA, Israel, Australia, Canada, UK, Saudi Arabia and many others. Their client base, which consists of many reputed organizations such as Kings-ton University, U.K, Monash University of Engineering, Australia, Slyomovics IP, Tel Aviv, Israel and M/s Fox & Associates, Massachusetts, U.S.A, has stepped up 40 per-cent since the first year of inception. Looking forward, IP-SEACS is charting out marketing plans to woo foreign business firms with R&D facilities for securing their IP and business expansions, while focusing on Indian phar-maceutical firms, engineering firms and academic institu-tions. Apart from this, IP-SEACS is planning to enter the blogging business with a dedicated blog that discusses about the developments in IP industry with a special em-phasis on possibilities of blending IP services with the business objectives. IP, COPYRIGHT, 10PATENT & TRADEMARKCONSULTANTS - 2019Lipika Pain, Proprietor & Chief Operating Officer
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