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Product IP Risk and Asset Map

A fixed-scope diagnostic for software and AI leadership teams under scrutiny. It surfaces ownership leakage, diligence failure points, and misaligned IP strategy before they become expensive rework.

Ownership and chain-of-title Open-source exposure AI/data risk surfaces Patent and clearance alignment

Best fit triggers: Series A-C diligence, enterprise procurement/security review, platform rewrites, new AI capabilities, data/model partnerships, or M&A preparation.

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Timeline
2-3 weeks. Fixed scope. Clear inputs.
Format
Leadership interviews + targeted document review + structured findings.
Output
A decision-ready map of exposures and defensible assets, with next actions.

Built for buyers who will be questioned by investors, enterprise customers, or acquirers. If you are early and exploratory, you will not get full value from this.

Problem

Most IP damage is created by normal product decisions.

Teams move fast. Documentation lags. Open-source accumulates. Data sources shift. Then diligence arrives and the company has no coherent ownership story.

The audit is designed to prevent the classic failure mode: leadership learning about a critical exposure when leverage is gone.

Chain-of-title breaks
Contractor and contributor gaps surface late, when fixes are slow and visible.
OSS surprises
Copyleft or notice obligations show up during procurement, not during development.
Patent misalignment
Filing decisions track abstractions, not the actual differentiating implementation.
Deal friction
Data/model partnerships get signed with vague rights that later block product strategy.
Triggers
If any of these are true, you are already exposed.
Investors are asking about defensibility, open-source, or data provenance.
Enterprise customers are asking for open-source disclosures or security evidence.
You are shipping an AI feature that changes your data, model, or output risk surface.
You are negotiating a data, model, or collaboration partnership.
You suspect your filings and your product have drifted.
Deliverables

Decision-ready outputs.

Not a memo. Not a deck of platitudes. A structured map of where value is defensible and where it is leaking.

You receive a clear action list: fix now, fix next, ignore, file, renegotiate.

Product IP risk and asset map
Where enterprise value concentrates, where ownership leaks, and where diligence will break you if left unaddressed.
Ownership and OSS leakage inventory
Contributors, licensing choices, and distribution obligations that compromise leverage or valuation.
Diligence readiness flags
The questions you will be asked, the evidence you will need, and the gaps that will cause friction.
Next-action plan
A prioritized sequence of fixes and moves, aligned to your next release, deal, or financing event.
Process

Tight inputs. Tight outputs.

Fast, exacting, and useful – not exhaustive for its own sake.

1 – Intake and scoping
You answer targeted questions. We align on the trigger and the decision you need.
2 – Interviews
Two leadership interviews (CTO/VP Eng, Product, or CEO). No committees.
3 – Targeted review
Docs you already have: contracts, repo overview, OSS policy, filings, roadmap excerpts.
4 – Findings and decisions
A live review of the map + a written action list your team can execute.

Ongoing execution is a separate engagement (advisory retainer or legal representation).

Intake

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If you are under scrutiny and need decisions, submit the intake. If you want education or reassurance, do not.

Do not include confidential information until engagement is confirmed. If there is a hard deadline, state it in the first line.

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Compliance

This is built for scrutiny.

If your team is about to be questioned by investors, enterprise customers, or acquirers, you need a coherent ownership story and defensibility map – before the questions arrive.

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