IP companies

[xXPoppyXx]

my patent application is going to run out in the next three months and i need to get a worldwide extension in place (PCT) as i have a signed license agreement with an American company. They will not share the patent costs, well they will but they want to change my royalty percentages. i'm getting quotes for circa £3500 which is far too much, does anyone know of a cheap reliable patent company? any advice would be greatly appreciated

 

[Cornish Steve]

The figure doesn't sound high to me. Patents are expensive business. You can certainly try to initiate the process yourself, and there are some do-it-yourself sites, but intellectual property is too valuable to faff around with. I'd think carefully about this one.

 

[xXPoppyXx]

yes i know fees are roughly £2000 so everything on top seems about right but i just cant get that money together, the bank is not interested with a license agreement so i'm between a rock and a hard place. no company will take installments and my first royalty is March 2010, time is running out though...

 

[Theipdude]

My IP firm is willing to consider flexible fee arrangements such as instalment or deferred payments. If you be interested in discussing further, please pm me.

 

[Eagle]

Speak with www.crossguard.info - I'm sure they'll be able to advise you or broker a deal.

 

[xXPoppyXx]

Speak with www.crossguard.info - I'm sure they'll be able to advise you or broker a deal.

"Following the sad and untimely death in 2008 of my co-director, Michael Croft, the business of Crossguard is no longer operating."

Thanks for the link, have you dealt with them before? How do you mean broker a deal?

 

[mahutchinson]

I'm no expert but looked into worldwide patents sometime ago. This requires registration in several separate jurisidctions and that fee sounds more than reasonable but I would question what worldwide means here. I'm certain that there is no such thing as a single worldwide registration so this fee must cover a particular number of jurisdictions but which ?