Information about your intellectual property rights or those of third parties is an important basis for business decisions in the areas of research, development, law, and marketing.
Before development, but in any case before the market launch or presentation of a product at a trade fair, it may be advisable to have a freedom-to-operate analysis carried out. As part of such expert opinions for a product or technology field, we examine whether you are infringing on the property rights of competitors and how high the risks are in the event of a property rights infringement. This also includes analyzing the legal validity of patents already granted or other registered property rights of your competitors if these overlap with your interests. This enables you to actively differentiate your technologies from those of your competitors and reduce the risk of infringing third-party intellectual property rights.
MDLEGAL EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEYS GbR also prepares expert opinions in which we inform you about the activities of specific competitors so that you are up to date on their latest technological developments.
Evaluation Of IP Rights
Intellectual property rights can increase the value of a company and often constitute a significant portion of its assets. Intellectual property rights can play an important role in the sale of companies or individual parts of companies, and in the event of insolvency or asset protection, the value of intellectual property rights as part of the assets is of great importance. In view of this, it is important to carefully and comprehensively assess the value of existing intellectual property rights.
We have extensive knowledge in the valuation of intellectual property rights in all technical fields. We assess both the legal validity and the material value of your intellectual property rights and intellectual property applications.
IP Due Diligence
In a highly technological age such as ours, powerful and sophisticated patent strategies are of enormous importance. The massive increase in the importance of intellectual property and the reduced time between a product launch and the market entry of a competitor with a comparable product are just two of many possible reasons why attracting investors is often an insurmountable hurdle, especially in the technology sector.
Scope-of-protection Analyses & Freedom-to-operate Analyses
MDLEGAL EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEYS GbR can help you navigate these barriers with scope-of-protection and freedom-to-operate analyses.
A scope-of-protection analysis identifies the strengths of your patent portfolio and clarifies the scope of your protection. We identify competitors’ third-party patents using a freedom-to-operate analysis, helping you assess the extent to which competitors can hinder or even block your business activities through their intellectual property rights. With the help of these models, future fields of activity can be identified, expanded in line with patentable innovations, and your competitive position in the market maintained.
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