Interference searches

Interference searches are evaluations carried out on complex databases that seek to verify the potential interference of a client’s IP right or product with the industrial and intellectual property rights of others. Such searches are too often undervalued due to the complexity and lack of understanding of how this tool can be used. Jacobacci & Partners offers professionals who not only have a thorough understanding of these databases around the, world but are also willing to provide opinions, free of charge, on the marketing of a product and the risk of infringement on third party rights.

Performing interference searches benefits not only a client’s intellectual and industrial property rights or the future trajectory of a particularly product, but also the life of the company as a whole. Further, by protecting one's own rights against counterfeiting, interference searches offer true protection for a company. Indeed, interference searches can help a company understand if what it considers to be a corporate asset is likely to violate third party rights and become a liability.

Not conducting interference searches could constitute, especially in the long run, a fatal error that is difficult to remedy, potentially causing the loss of an IP right or damages from the sale of a product that infringes a third party right and, in some cases, putting the future of the company at risk.