IP consulting (Intellectual Property consulting) helps businesses protect, manage, and profit from their intangible assets like patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, providing strategic guidance, valuation, and enforcement to maintain competitive advantage and drive growth. Consultants offer expertise in IP strategy, portfolio management, monetization, and navigating complex international IP laws to align IP with business goals.  

Kitware is a software research and development company that creates custom, open-source solutions for complex scientific and technical challenges, focusing on areas like AI, computer vision, medical imaging, and high-performance computing for government, universities, and commercial clients. They are well-known for popular open-source projects like CMake, ITK, VTK, and KWIVER, and provide services including software development, technical support, and training.