Most contractors sitting on a valuable patent portfolio are either leaving money on the table or paying maintenance fees on assets they have never strategically deployed. IP that generates costs without a monetization plan is not an asset, it is overhead.

Effectus helps clients unlock the value of their intellectual property through structured licensing programs, monetization strategies, and technology transfer arrangements. Our experience spans patent portfolio monetization across electronics, automotive, defense, oil and gas, renewable energy, food manufacturing, chemical processing, and life sciences.

For defense contractors and technology companies, we advise on IP monetization in the specific context of federal acquisition: structuring technology transfer agreements under Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) and Other Transaction (OT) authority, drafting and negotiating sponsored research and development agreements, and building licensing structures that account for the government's existing license rights and Bayh-Dole obligations.