IP Octopus M1: Repository & Analytics
Every brand asset on record.Every trend on one dashboard.
The repository and analytics module of IP Octopus: one governed record of your trademarks, designs and copyrights, the market intelligence around them, and the dashboards your legal, brand and leadership teams act on.
IP Octopus in three minutes: follow a suspected counterfeit from the first report to a closed case.
Watch the 3 min tourIP portfolios are managed in spreadsheets while infringers work at platform speed.
Renewal dates live in one file, market findings in another and enforcement history in a third. M1 brings them into one system of record, so nothing lapses and every decision rests on the full picture.
Lapsed rights
Renewal and opposition dates missed across jurisdictions.
Fragmented intelligence
Field and online findings that never reach legal.
No line of sight
Leadership cannot see where the brand is under attack, or what it costs.
From registration to insight
- 01RegisterLoad marks, designs and rights into the portfolio register.
- 02MonitorWatch marketplaces, social channels and trade for misuse.
- 03AnalyseTrends by region, channel and product.
- 04ReportDashboards for legal, brand and leadership.
This is a summary of the platform. For a deeper understanding of how it would work for your organisation, please reach out to us.
Talk to a BDI partnerRepository, monitoring, intelligence and dashboards in one record.
IP portfolio register
Trademarks, designs and copyrights with owners, classes, jurisdictions and renewal dates.
Marketplace monitoring
Online listings, sellers and look-alike products in one watchlist.
Market intelligence
Field findings on counterfeits, grey-market stock and diversion, logged against each right.
Brand dashboards
Trends by region, channel and product for legal and leadership.
Built for every team that owns the risk.
Legal and IP
Portfolio, filings and renewal status.
Brand and marketing
Look-alikes and online misuse.
Sales and distribution
Grey-market and diversion leads.
Leadership and board
Exposure, actions and outcomes.
Built to the standard your auditors expect.
- Role-based access
- Activity logs on every record
- Encrypted storage
- Exports for counsel and auditors
From kick-off to steady state.
- 1
Discover
Portfolio, jurisdictions and stakeholders.
- 2
Load
Rights, owners and dates into the register.
- 3
Watch
Marketplace and social watchlists set up.
- 4
Report
Dashboards configured for each audience.
IP Octopus M1 is one part of a complete BDI service.
M1 is the record your brand protection programme runs on. BDI's field and online teams keep it current, and BDI's enforcement work acts on it.
01Investigation and advisory services
- Online and marketplace monitoring
Listings, sellers and look-alikes logged against each right.
IPR & Brand Protection - Market surveys and test purchases
Field findings by region and channel feed the dashboards.
IPR & Brand Protection - Grey-market and diversion checks
Diversion leads mapped by territory and price band.
IPR & Brand Protection - Trademark and design infringement
Evidence for infringement and passing-off actions, linked to the right concerned.
IPR & Brand Protection - Domain and INDRP proceedings
Infringing domains tracked from detection to transfer.
IPR & Brand Protection
02Brand Defence Academy learning
The Academy runs brand-protection sessions as bespoke workshops and leadership briefings. None of the ten published courses covers IP.
03Trainings and workshops
- Counterfeit identification
For sales, distribution and field teams: how to spot fakes and look-alikes and report them.
- Brand dashboard briefing
For legal and leadership: reading the trends and deciding where to act.
The law IP Octopus M1 helps you meet.
The provisions most often in play, what each requires and where the platform helps. This is a summary for orientation, not legal advice: check the current text, and the version that applies to you.
| Law | Provision | What it requires | How IP Octopus M1 helps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Marks Act, 1999 | s.25 | A registration lasts ten years and must be renewed to stay in force. | A renewal register with alerts, so no mark lapses. |
| Trade Marks Act, 1999 | s.29 | Defines infringement of a registered trade mark. | Monitoring records that show where and how a mark is being misused. |
| Designs Act, 2000 | ss. 11 and 22 | Design registration lasts ten years, extendable by five; s.22 covers piracy of a registered design. | Design rights and their expiry dates on the same register. |
| Information Technology Act, 2000 | s.79; Intermediary Guidelines Rules, 2021, Rule 3 | Intermediaries must not host content that infringes IP rights and must act on grievances within set timelines. | Takedown requests logged and followed up against the platform's deadline. |
| Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 | Rules 4–5 | Marketplaces must run a grievance mechanism and disclose seller details. | Seller details captured for each infringing listing. |
| IPR (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007 | Rule 3 | Rights holders can record their IP with Customs to suspend clearance of infringing imports. | Customs recordals tracked alongside the registrations they rely on. |
Let BDI run it for you.
Run IP Octopus M1 yourself, or let a BDI team operate it under agreed service levels.
Register maintenance
BDI loads your portfolio and keeps owners, classes and renewal dates current.
Monitoring and takedowns
BDI runs the marketplace and social watchlists and files takedowns.
Quarterly brand report
Trends, actions and outcomes for legal and leadership.
Questions buyers ask us.
How is M1 different from M2?
M1 is the repository and analytics layer: your rights, monitoring and dashboards. M2 manages the work: enforcement cases, evidence and business partners.
Can BDI populate the register for us?
Yes. BDI teams load your portfolio and keep it current as part of the managed service.
See IP Octopus M1 on your own scenarios.
A walkthrough with a BDI product lead, tailored to your policies, workflows and reporting lines. We confirm a slot within one business day.
- A live walkthrough of the platform
- Your use cases, configured on screen
- Deployment, security and pricing answered
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