IPT Alliance: International patent management made even more effective

Expanding upon their role as leading patent management service companies in Europe, PATEV (Karlsruhe) and Avenium Consulting (Grenoble) have now launched the IPT Alliance. This network, devoted to intellectual property (IP) and technology (T), makes for greater closeness to the customer in global business and brings about more effective solutions, as well. When they make use of IPT Alliance services, clients can rely upon a joint European platform with more than forty patent experts specializing in a variety of fields.

Karlsruhe /Grenoble, June 20, 2010 – Pooling a wide diversity of experience and amassing effective methods under one roof are in the foreground of this close cooperative arrangement. “We want to make joint use of our patent professionals’ great expertise and collectively take advantage of existing methods and software,” according to PATEV CEO Dr. Edelbert Häfele. “The goal is to boost effectiveness and to satisfy our clients’ expectations even better.” The range of IP‑ and technology-related services has been extended accordingly. Not only patent searches and evaluations and commercialization by way of technology transfers can be handled by the IPT Alliance. The range also includes strategic consulting and the employment of the IPwebS patent management software.

Thanks to this fusion the IPT Alliance – with offices in Germany, France and Spain –  even today covers the most important European patent markets. It also draws upon a tight-knit network of contacts in Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Korea and the U.S.A. in order to satisfy economic, linguistic and cultural requirements throughout Europe, in the United States and in Asia. “Clients active at the international level very much appreciate comprehensive support like this,” states Patrick Pierre, CEO at Avenium Consulting. “They use our capacities not only for patent and technology analyses but when pursuing licensing business, too.”

IPT Alliance is amenable to integrating other companies, as well. Planned as the next step is the establishment of complementary offices in the United States and Asia.

About PATEV

PATEV is one of Europe’s market leader for intellectual property management services. Founded in 2001, PATEV has greatly advanced the evaluation and utilisation of patents in companies as a contribution to added value. PATEV also offers associated services for the analysis and creation of effective patent items (patent engineering) and patent transfers. PATEV’s customers include SME-sector technology companies as well as large DAX 30 companies, along with banks and insurance firms. www.patev.de

About Avenium

Avenium Consulting is an affiliate of the CEA through its investment pole, CEA Investissement. Avenium Consulting is specialized in IP strategy and management consulting. Dedicated to innovation and competitiveness, Avenium Consulting helps global companies, research centers, small businesses and investment banks to define and implement their IP strategies thanks to ad hoc consulting and support services. Avenium Consulting's team is composed of triple skilled consultants: Technology, IP and Business. Avenium enables its clients to adopt competitive IP policies, at the level of the best european and global pratices.
The activity was created in 2002 in the company CEA Valorisation, and was originally addressing to CEA needs exclusively. Then, in 2005, the team started to cooperate with industrial groups and academic research structures. Headquarters and principal establishment of Avenium Consulting are located in Grenoble on the innovation campus, Minatec. Avenium Consulting benefits from a high technology, international and innovation-focused, environment.
www.avenium-consulting.com