+1.970.776.4355 · Loveland, CO · Russ Krajec, principal Currently accepting Fractional Chief IP Officer engagements →

  • Renting Your Patents – How does that work?

    BlueIron’s financing allows you to “rent” your patents by having an exclusive license to the patents. This gives you all the legal benefits of owning the patents, such as being able to enforce the patents, license and sublicense the patents, keep competitors out of your markets, and even raise money because those assets are yours…

  • Patents Make Your Company More Valuable to Acquirers

    A well-crafted and curated patent portfolio has patents that make your company much more valuable to an acquirer. When curating a portfolio, BlueIron often targets potential acquirers.

  • Patents Make Your Company More Valuable Going Into Financing Rounds

    A patent portfolio increases your value when raising money. A strong portfolio sends a signal to investors that you are sophisticated, understand the marketplace, and mean to be a strong competitor in the marketplace.

  • Patents Give You Opportunites for Outbound Licensing

    Patents are useful only when they give your business options that increase your chances for success.

  • Patents Give You Defensible Space in Your Market

    A good portfolio will cover the key elements of your current products, plus your next several generations of products.

  • Licensing Patents as Part of Your Overall Patent Strategy

    One or more patents can be developed for a licensing strategy in conjunction with or separate from a company’s main product.

  • Defensive Patent Strategies

    When a patent application is filed, a product may be properly marked as “patent pending.” This marking serves two very important functions.

  • Patents Help Sell Your Company

    Depending on the situation, the acquiring company may have any of several different reasons for the acquisition.

  • Drafting Patents for Licensing

    Here, our intent is to protect an idea that may potentially be more valuable at the end of the patent life and may be used in ways that we cannot possibly appreciate at the time of invention.  In this circumstance, we are unable to predict where the technology may change.

  • Protecting a Product With Patents

    This is the first line of defense and is the most simplistic manner to use patents.  In this case, the business interest is two fold.  The primary goal is to prevent competitors from directly infringing the product going out the door and the secondary goal is to set up a defensive perimeter that will protect as many…