Monitoring the industrial property rights of third parties allows to acquire information as soon as available and to take action to limit the scope of protection of third parties’ rights, prevent their grant or cause their revocation. It is therefore a tool of primary importance for identifying possible risks and implementing risk mitigation measures.
Patents
The surveillance of competitors consists in promptly discovering third parties’ patent applications that could hinder the marketing of our clients’ products. Periodic surveillance allows us to identify risks and take actions aimed at invalidating patents that are assessed as risky. We can advise on the surveillance strategy that best suits your needs and competitive context.
Trademarks
Since a large number of trademarks are filed on a daily basis, it is not uncommon for one or more of them to be in conflict with a trademark of interest, thus causing confusion or other prejudice. To effectively counter this risk, a surveillance service can be adopted, thus allowing to immediately take the administrative actions to prevent the registration and then the legitimate use of the confusing trademark. This allows to contrast confusing trademarks at limited costs, compared to the more onerous legal actions.
Designs
We offer a wide range of services for surveillance of design applications filed by competitors and for monitoring design prosecution in the relevant filing countries. This allows to avoid possible interference with third parties’ rights and to take prompt actions if circumstances so require.
