Knowing what your competitors are doing can influence your decision-making and may help avoid infringing others’ IP.
We can carry out various clearance searches covering patents, trade marks and designs and advise you on the implications of the results.
Clearance searching is an important part of developing a new brand to ensure your chosen branding will not clash with a third party’s existing IP rights. Before registering a new trade mark, we can assist by conducting clearance searches in any territory of interest to alert you to possible problems in using that mark or obtaining a registration.
Have you checked that a competitor’s patent does not cover your new product or manufacturing method? Consider a freedom-to-operate (FTO) search to help navigate existing IP and find a safe route to market.
We can even monitor specific competitors or technology sectors, by keeping an ongoing watch on protection being sought worldwide.
