Technical Services

Intellectual Property

Creating value and protecting ideas.

DS1 creates and invests in intellectual property and we advise our clients to do the same. Investing in IP offers numerous strategic, financial, and competitive advantages that can significantly benefit businesses and individuals. Here are the key benefits:

Competitive Advantage: IP allows businesses to offer unique products or services, setting them apart from competitors.

Exclusive Rights: Securing IP provides exclusive rights to use and sell innovations, preventing competitors from copying.

Legal Protection: IP protection offers legal recourse against infringement or unauthorized use, maintaining the integrity of your creations.

Deterrence: Secured IP discourages potential infringers by showing readiness to enforce rights.

Revenue Generation: IP can generate income through licensing, franchising, or selling rights, offering ongoing revenue streams.

Asset Value: IP adds to a business’s value, beneficial during mergers, acquisitions, or attracting investors.

DS1 can help clients build a business, refine an existing business, develop brands and protect investments.

Internet Domains

Domain Name Registration

Securing a domain name for your organization can be a complicated and labourious task. Digital Spectrum has specialized expertize and tools to arrange this on your behalf. This includes:

• Registering your company with the global INTERNIC registrar
• Purchasing the domain name on your behalf
• Transferring the domain name to the Internet Service Provider
• Setup of your web pages and email accounts with the domain name

This service is free to all of our clients. We simply pass on the registrar fees paid on your behalf.

Domain Transfer and Retrieval

If you already have a domain hosted elsewhere, Digital Spectrum can transfer your domain to a provider of your choice. If you have a domain that is currently not under your control due to recent asquisistion, change of staff, or a previous developer that has your domain in their company name, to name a few examples, Digital Spectrum can work on your behalf to secure this domain name and tranfer it to an account that is your own. Depending on the difficulty associated with this, which is dependent on the attitude of your current host, and the complexity of your web site, there may or may not be a fee for this. Call us to discuss your situation, we would be glad to help.

Secure Networks

Do you need an area to publish information that requires restricted or select access?

If yes, then you could benefit from either an intranet or extranet. This is one of our specialities. Setting up restricted or secure areas, that are insulated from the global internet.

• Extranets are areas accessible to authorized people outisde of your company, or shared by more than one organization, such as a dealer or members network.
• Intranets are private networks for a company or organization, for internal purposes such as order and job tracking.

Some of the features can include:

• User management, to assign access and permissions for users
• Security levels, to organize content based on permissions
• Password retrieval capability
• User registration system
• Content management and editing
• File upload facility for documents or images