InnovationQ is an innovative system for managing intellectual property assets. It combines secure document management with a powerful and flexible workflow engine specifically designed for managing intellectual property assets. It turns intellectual property risk into opportunities.
Intellectual property is an asset. Like all assets, it has value and needs to be protected. Even more important, it is up to every one in a company to derive the maximum value out of that asset.
First and foremost, many companies do not manage the intellectual property in an organized manner. In many cases, companies rely on ad hoc, human driven processes for safeguarding ideas and making decisions about them. Subsequently, a lot of innovative ideas lie fallow or are lost. Since human processes are error prone, a lot of mistakes get made. This represents a significant risk for companies today.
First and foremost, InnovationQ helps protect intellectual property by securing and authenticating it. Powerful tracking and reporting capabilities enable managers to see every event associated with an intellectual property asset, helping to detect synergies in their organization and guard against misuse. InnovationQ's workflow engine also allows companies to automate intellectual property processes in an easy to use, yet deliberate fashion that helps to insure error-free compliance.
While InnovationQ helps companies manage intellectual property in many different ways, some common solutions include:
- Trade Secret Management
- Invention Review
- R&D Collaboration
- Technical and Scientific Publication Clearance and Distribution
InnovationQ combines a secure document repository with a workflow engine and client application to provide a complete intellectual property management solution. Key features include:
- Document storage
- Multi-dimensional categorization
- Document authentication
- Full text search and retrieval
- Detailed event tracking and reporting including e-mail alerts and reports
- Complete revision history
- Dynamic workflow processes, configured to individual process needs
- Tight access controls, providing security for almost every function in the system