About Stoneleaf Consulting
Approach
Stoneleaf Consulting takes take a holistic approach to working with its clients in a collaborative, transparent, and results-driven way. Stoneleaf Consulting uses a methodology based on years of experience to help each client identify its intellectual property opportunities and risks, and then develop and implement an intellectual property strategy that aligns with its commercial strategy.
Process
Stoneleaf Consulting focuses on helping each client (1) recognize all of the intellectual property assets it is creating and using; (2) identify potential internal and external IP related risks; and (3) making key decisions about them as part of its commercial strategy. This often will include reviewing software and other materials created or used by the client, conducting interviews with employees in different functions and different levels, identifying potential issues resulting from use of open source software or other third party materials, understanding the client's short term and long term commercial strategy and its competitive environment, conducting invention harvesting sessions, reviewing internal policies, providing training, conducting workshops, etc.
Expertise
Scott Allison, Stoneleaf Consulting's founder, has over 25 years experience working with companies to help them develop and implement intellectual property strategies and align them with their commercial strategies.