This patent strategy can save you from paying huge Royalties
Planning to launch a new product and concerned about the huge IP prevailing in the domain? Does the thought of accidentally Designing/producing an infringing product ever bother you? What if there was a patent strategy that could help you? Well, if you’ve found yourself caught up in similar situations, this article can help you. Just like […]
Designing a Product – How Ignoring Patent Clearance Search could be fatal?
You (or your company, for that matter) are working on developing a product. A result of a ton of brainstorming, a dozen or more presentations to senior management, and a couple of approvals – You have high hopes for the product. A significant innovation in your niche, you are pretty sure the sales numbers would […]
An FTO Search Strategy That Can Effectively Cover All Kinds Of Threats
As a business head, how do you handle the Freedom to Operate (FTO) study for a product that has multiple features? Do you feel the fear of missing out on possible threats while conducting the clearance search? Fear of missing out on threats is quite justified because your key objective with the search would be […]
FTO Search – How we aim to deliver the best value for money
Imagine – You have hit upon a really good idea, which has a ton of potential. You start working on it with the product development team and invest millions of dollars in the R&D. Because you know the value of having good IP, post conducting a patentability search, you secure various product features by getting […]
Why you should add Expired Patents in a FTO report?
We received a freedom-to-operate search from John, a decade-old client of ours. We share a pleasant relationship where we could discuss our concerns and requirements straight away. John was handling the freedom to operate (FTO) project for one of his clients for the very first time. One thing we sensed that John wanted to give […]
Recurring FTO vs. One Time FTO – What you should go for?
During the course of the past decade, We have worked with various IP counsels, and figured that their strategy towards freedom to operate search can be classified into two major categories – Those who prefer to get FTO studies conducted multiple times as the product and its features evolve during the research and product development […]
FTO Inspired Landscapes – A Way to Optimize Freedom to Operate Studies
Ask a bunch of patent counsel how do they feel about performing a Freedom to Operate study, and you may hear a collective groan from the whole group. No doubt – performing an FTO is a cumbersome and time-consuming process. And yet, the importance of ‘freedom to operate’ or ‘clearance’ search during the development phase […]
