Software IP Assessment Service

For companies looking to quickly identify open source and third party code, and the related software licensing obligations, Black Duck Software offers a Software Intellectual Property (IP) Assessment Service.

This service provides all the benefits of our pioneering technology as a tailored service. A Black Duck Professional Services consultant performs an automated code scan using the Black Duck Transact platform and combines this data with information gathered using other means to compile a report documenting instances of open source and certain third party components in the analyzed code.

The result is a fast, secure, simple and thorough analysis of your software intellectual property assets that your legal counsel and/or engineering teams can review and immediately act on.

For more information on our Software Intellectual Property Assessment Services, please download the brochure.

A number of different scenarios can trigger the need for our Software Assessment Services, including streamlining the merger and acquisition process and ensuring your organization is in compliance with licensing obligations.

Streamlining the Merger and Acquisition Process

Our assessment services can address a number of common challenges that can hamper the merger and acquisition process.

By obtaining knowledge about open source components before a transaction occurs, acquiring companies reduce business risks and speed time to market. Acquisition targets, on the other hand, find that the service can improve their bargaining position and ultimately expedite the transaction. Find out more information

Ensuring Market-Ready Software Compliance

Vendors using Black Duck’s Software IP Assessment Service to proactively check for open source and third party code in to-be-released software products can rapidly address IP issues before they threaten a product launch schedule. As one customer states, Black Duck’s solution helps move the possibility of noncompliant code, “off the table as an area of concern.” Find out more information

For more information, please download the Software IP Assessment Service’s brochure.