The Ownership Diagnostic

A senior review of what you own, what you can prove, and what to fix first.

Most businesses discover their ownership gaps during the transaction that needed them closed. The Diagnostic exists so you discover them first.

It is a fixed-scope engagement conducted personally by Aurelia Mitchell Durant. It is not a filing service, a legal audit, or a subscription. It is a structured examination of the ownership layer beneath your brand, delivered as findings you can act on.

What the Diagnostic examines

Ownership. What the business believes it owns (marks, content, methods, data, relationships, goodwill) and what evidence supports each claim. Chain of title. Contributor and contractor rights. Registrations against reality.

Exposure. Where the business is creating obligations or granting rights without governance. Legacy agreements. Platform and AI-tool terms. Automated and delegated communications made in the brand's name.

Monetization. Whether the ownership position can support what the business wants to do next (license, expand, raise, partner, sell) and where stronger ownership would change the commercial outcome.

Sequence. What to address first, what can wait, and what to stop worrying about. Prioritized by commercial consequence, not legal category.

What you receive

A written Strategic Findings & Roadmap document covering all four dimensions, with each finding rated by severity and sequenced by priority. A private debrief session to walk through the findings and the roadmap. Where findings indicate legal work, that work is identified and scoped separately. You decide whether and where to pursue it.

Legal services, where engaged, are provided through Rimon and are subject to its conflicts and engagement procedures.

Who this is for

Businesses with revenue, complexity, and a next move. Founders preparing for licensing, investment, or sale. Companies whose brand, content, or methods carry the enterprise value. Organizations adopting AI-enabled production without ownership governance behind it.

It is not designed for pre-revenue ventures or for anyone seeking a trademark filing alone.

Engagement terms

Fixed scope. Engagements begin at $7,500, with final scope confirmed after an initial conversation. Typical completion within six weeks of document intake.

Next step

The first step is a brief fit conversation, with no charge and no obligation. It establishes whether the Diagnostic matches your situation and, if it does not, where you should look instead.

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