Your competitor can copy your product. Investors will ask what stops them.
For a business, IP is not a certificate on a wall. It is what stops a competitor selling your product, what a buyer values in due diligence, and what you licence when you want revenue without manufacturing. It is also the thing most often left until it is too late.
Our track record
- 12+
- Years of Experience
- 22,000+
- IPR Filings
- 11,000+
- Happy Clients
- 4,200+
- Seminars and Workshops
What usually goes wrong
Launching before filing. A trade show, a marketplace listing, a pitch deck circulated widely. Once the product is public without a priority date, patent protection is usually gone and design registration is refused.
Paying large-entity fees needlessly. Startups, MSMEs and small entities pay substantially lower government fees — but only if the category is claimed correctly at filing.
Protecting the wrong thing. Registering a design when the value is technical, or filing a patent when what customers actually recognise is the brand.
No freedom-to-operate check. Building on technology someone else has patented, and discovering it during investor diligence or after tooling is paid for.
IP scattered across founders. Work done before incorporation, or by a contractor, that the company does not actually own. This surfaces in every serious due diligence.
What we do for businesses
We start from what you sell and where you plan to sell it, then decide what is worth protecting and in what order — not by filing everything.
That usually means a freedom-to-operate view before you commit to tooling, a patent or design filing timed around your launch, trademark protection for the name customers actually remember, and clean assignment documentation so the company owns what its people made.
For exporters and companies raising capital, we advise on international filing strategy: whether the PCT route or direct Paris Convention filings fit your markets and your cash flow.
Due diligence, and why records matter
When an investor or acquirer looks at your IP, they check three things: that it exists, that you own it, and that it is still alive. Applications that lapsed because examination reports went unanswered fail all three.
We keep applications prosecuted, renewals tracked and documentation in a state your counsel can verify without friction. That is unglamorous, and it is what actually protects a valuation.
Commercialising what you own
Through IPBANK INDIA, protected technology can be listed, valued, licensed or transferred, with legal verification and compliant payment infrastructure already in place. Several of our clients have completed technology transfers this way.
What it costs
Professional fees below. Government fees are payable separately to the registry and depend on your applicant category — we always show them apart so you can see exactly what you are paying for.
| Service | Professional fee | Government fee |
|---|---|---|
| Prior Art Search Confirms whether your invention is novel before you spend on filing. | Rs. 2,750 | Not applicable |
| Provisional Patent Application Secures your priority date for 12 months while the invention is still being developed. | Rs. 3,710 | Rs. 1,600 |
| Complete Patent Application The full specification with claims, filed for examination and grant. | Rs. 7,990 | Rs. 1,600 |
Fees current as of the date shown on this page. Government fees are set by the Indian Patent Office and the Trade Marks Registry and may change. We confirm the exact figure in writing before any filing.
Questions we are asked most
When should a startup file its first patent?
Before any public disclosure, and ideally once the invention is defined enough to describe fully. A provisional application secures your date for twelve months while the product is still evolving.
Do we qualify for lower government fees?
If you hold DPIIT startup recognition, or qualify as a small entity or MSME, the government fee is substantially lower. We verify eligibility and claim it correctly at filing.
Patent or trademark first?
It depends on where your value sits. If the technology is the advantage, patent timing is urgent because disclosure destroys it. If the brand is the advantage, trademark first — India is effectively first-to-file and names get taken.
What is freedom to operate and do we need it?
An FTO study asks whether launching could infringe someone else's live rights in your markets. If you are about to commit to tooling, manufacturing or a new country, it is far cheaper to find out first.
Our contractor built part of the product. Who owns it?
It depends entirely on what was agreed in writing. Without an assignment, ownership frequently sits with the contractor. We help companies fix this before diligence surfaces it.
Not happy with something? We keep a dedicated complaint-handling team, separate from the people delivering your matter. Every complaint gets a reference number and an independent review. Raise a complaint or send feedback.
Talk to an IP expert
Tell us what you have. We will tell you honestly whether it is protectable, which right applies, and what it costs — before you spend anything.
Prefer to talk? Call +91 76006 90996 or email info@mycrave.co.in.