Skip to content
Menu
Why Talented IP · Southeast Asia & Greater China

Advice built around your decision.

You should get the recommendation that fits the problem, not the one that fits a provider's business model. We are paid by you and take no referral fees, commissions or mark-ups from providers.

Get an independent view →
Free first call · Confidential · NDA on request
See the difference ↓
Incentive mapIllustrativeWho pays, and what gets recommended?
Illustrative comparison of who pays and what gets recommended. Provider-led service model: the client pays the provider for services within its offering. Independent: the client pays Talented IP only, with no referral fees from providers, and the recommendation goes to whichever option fits the problem: a specialist, the client's own provider or no further work. In this example, the client's own provider fits the problem.PROVIDER-LED SERVICE MODELCLIENTPAYSPROVIDEROWN SERVICEOFFERINGINDEPENDENTCLIENTPAYSTALENTED IPNO REFERRAL FEESSPECIALISTNO FURTHER WORKYOUR PROVIDERFITS THE PROBLEM

Provider-led service model

ClientPays →Provider

Own service offering

Independent

ClientPays →Talented IP

No referral fees

  • Specialist
  • Your provider Fits the problem
  • No further work
The comparison we use

An independent adviser, for IP.

We are paid only by you. We can look across providers and specialist capabilities, work with your existing team, or recommend no further work.

Provider-led service model and independent advice compared
ComparisonProvider-led service modelIndependent · Talented IP
Who paysThe client, for the provider's own servicesOnly the client. No referral fees, commissions or other payments from providers.
What gets recommendedServices within its offeringWhatever fits the problem, including your existing providers
Market viewPrimarily its own services and networkAcross providers and specialist capabilities
Can it advise doing nothing?Depends on the providerYes, including no further work
Built aroundDelivering its own servicesThe decision you need to make

So an independent recommendation may be more investigation, less investigation, an existing provider, another specialist, enforcement, monitoring or no further work.

Judgement

The product is judgement.

Investigation, intelligence, evidence development and enforcement are capabilities. We bring together the ones your problem needs.

Whether it should be done. Experience matters because the hardest question is often not whether something can be done. It's whether it should be.

15+years in IP intelligence and enforcement
10+years based in Asia
8markets
0referral fees, commissions or mark-ups
Previously
City of London PoliceMotion Picture AssociationIFPITikTokRouse
Oliver Walsh
Founder & Principal

What that looks like in practice

Illustrative example 01

From scattered findings to focused action.

Situation
Monitoring reports flag suspected counterfeit sellers across several markets, but nobody knows which are connected.
What could follow
Analysis could identify links between sellers and businesses, with targeted local enquiries to test them.
Possible outcome
A shortlist of priority targets and a recommendation on what to investigate, prove or act on next.
Illustrative example 02

Verify the claim before choosing the action.

Situation
A seller claims to be an authorised distributor, but its listings and purchased samples don't match.
What could follow
A focused review checks the claimed authorisation, compares the samples and tests which business is responsible.
Possible outcome
A clearer assessment of legitimate supply and suspected misuse, with a recommendation to proceed, redirect or pause.

When an independent view helps

Another phase has been proposed
Get a view before more budget is committed. IP Risk & Enforcement Assessment →
You need to establish who is behind it
Identify the people, businesses and connections that matter. Intelligence-Led Investigation →
Activity isn't changing much
Review what's limiting impact and whether a different approach would help. Enforcement Strategy & Delivery →
Several providers, one problem
Keep one strategic view across all of them. Managed IP Enforcement Programme →
You've chosen an action, but the evidence has gaps.
Establish what that action requires and close the gaps that matter. Evidence & Case Development →

Not sure which fits? How we work →

Let's talk

Need an independent view?

Whether you're deciding where to start or reviewing work already under way, we'll tell you what's justified and what isn't.

Get an independent view
Free first callConfidentialNDA on request