Enabling Intellectual Property Owners

Ford Motor Company and British American Tobacco are world leaders in the field of Intellectual Property Management. Several years ago, they and their professional service providers combined to sponsor the development of a web-based intellectual property management system called Anaqua. Anaqua allows everyone involved in the creation, procurement and management of intellectual property to collaborate in secure environment. Users don't need any software other than their web browser. Anaqua has been designed to work with even the most restrictive firewalls.

Features:

· Wholly web-based, B2B friendly
· Proven design by two of the world’s largest IP owners
· Scalable and secure, operates on shared servers
· Covers all IP rights – patents, trademarks, designs, domain names, copyrights
· Link IP to agreements and conflicts
· View records and other information online
· Allows allocation of shared responsibilities for maintaining records inside and outside of an organization
· Integrated workflow management
· On-line invoicing and billing approval
· Cost tracking by individual IP record
· Document generation, management and collaboration
· The process of creating a document, message or letter also stores it with the record
· User configurable screens to adapt to your requirements
· Allow clients, business partners and suppliers to create and monitor IP requests for inventions, trademarks agreements, domain names, etc.
· Integrated with enterprise document management and log-in systems
· Automatically generates emails or faxes

Powerful Agreement Management:

Anaqua has developed a module specifically to assist with agreement management. Powerful management tools have been grouped together to offer a total agreement management package.

This provides the ability to:

· Create and track agreements and their relationship with any IP rights.
· Identify and track all parties to an agreement and any contacts associated there with. Capture subject of agreement and link to any combination of IP records within the system, including other agreements.
· Show relationships to between agreements, IP records or conflicts – see the whole picture
· Track all key dates and any maintenance required
· Maintain details of all obligations including royalties and royalty tracking
· Track all key terms, amendments, charges and other related data

Wide Range of Functionality:

In addition to Agreement Management, Anaqua offers modules to assist in a wide range of IP tasks.

· Trademarks
· Patents
· Copyright - Registered Design - Domain Names
· Conflicts
· Invoicing and Cost Tracking
· Document Production/Management

Specification:

· ASP hosting - The system is designed to be hosted either internally or in an ASP environment.
· Scalability - The system is designed to be scalable at both hardware and application level.
· Technology Used - Microsoft software - ASP, VB COM, COM+, SQL Server, XML & Crystal Reports.
· Deployment - The system will be wholly browser based on the client side.
· Architecture - Designed to support DMZs, VPNs and Firewalls.
· Security - Detailed security approach spanning users, roles, encryption, and full auditing.

For more information, please contact the following:

http://www.anaqua.com