São Paulo · Brazil
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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing
Protect technology and other IP
How do we protect our technology in other countries?
WONE Global sets an IP protection plan by country and files patents, designs and agreements with local professionals.
Countries in the typical case South Korea · Germany · France · Poland
The situation
What is happening
What is at stake
Unprotected technology can be copied legally in markets where you did not file.
A scenario
Battery makerCorporation · from South Korea · in Germany, France, Poland
It wants protection before licensing to European partners.
Where it ends Technology protected before it is shared.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Patent protection abroad”“Protecting software and trade secrets internationally”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global sets an IP protection plan by country and files patents, designs and agreements with local professionals.
Usually led by Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, with Legal & Contracting and Technology, Data & Cyber.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Weeks 1-2WONE Global sets the plan.
- Weeks 3-6Patents and agreements filed.
- Month 3Licences drafted.
- ThenMonitoring.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Patent, trade secret or contract protection
- 02Ownership of IP created by staff and contractors
- 03Where IP should be held in the group
Outcomes
What you receive
- An IP protection plan
- Assignments and confidentiality in place
- IP holding structure confirmed
This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.
Services
The services involved
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, market by market
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
- Polandin the typical case WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
- Francein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Germanyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- South Koreain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Brazil WONE Global Partner Luis Felipe Balieiro Lima · Partner Brief this Partner →
- South Africa WONE Global Partner Kameel Keshav CA(SA) · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
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São Paulo · Brazil
Kraków · Poland
Johannesburg · South Africa
Kampala · Uganda
Buenos Aires · ArgentinaWONE Global Partner · Argentina
Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari
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Where this case connects
The markets, corridors and guides behind this case, and the questions to put to Ask WONE below. Every link opens a page that links back here.
Markets in the typical case
- South KoreaMarket guide
- Intellectual Property & Brand Protection in South KoreaService in this market
- GermanyMarket guide
- Intellectual Property & Brand Protection in GermanyService in this market
- FranceMarket guide
- Intellectual Property & Brand Protection in FranceService in this market
- PolandMarket guide
- Intellectual Property & Brand Protection in PolandService in this market
Services and subject
Worked examples
How it goes in practice
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
- Germany ↔ GCC · researched journeyA German engineering firm sets up a Saudi project company to deliver a contractRead the journey →
- South Korea ↔ GCC · researched journeyA Korean contractor sets up in Saudi Arabia to deliver a projectRead the journey →
- Mid-sized company · from Germany · in VietnamIt is licensing its process technology to a Vietnamese manufacturer and worries about copying and under-reported royalties.How WONE Global handles it →
Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing
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