Research and reporting
IP Reports Built for Decisions
An IP report should state its question, sources, search scope, date, assumptions, exclusions, and limits. Visual polish cannot compensate for an unclear dataset or an unsupported conclusion.
Reviewed 11 July 2026
Landscape and prior-art reports
Define the technology, keywords, classifications, assignees, countries, family treatment, legal status, and cut-off date. A landscape is not automatically a patentability or freedom-to-operate opinion.
Trademark and market reports
Explain databases, search logic, classes, territories, translations, marketplace sources, and treatment of dead or pending marks. Registry findings should be separated from unregistered-use evidence.
Portfolio and risk reports
Connect every recommendation to a verified right, product, owner, market, deadline, licence, dispute, revenue assumption, and cost. Identify missing records and confidence level rather than hiding gaps.
Preparation checklist
- Decision question
- Search scope and cut-off
- Primary and secondary sources
- Assumptions and exclusions
- Reproducible findings and next steps