Monitoring by subject, by technology sector, and by competitor

Updated and exhaustive information on innovation processes developed by competitors requires constant verification of patent publications in the specific sectors of interest: it is for this reason that surveillance is conducted by topic, technological sector and competitor. Sources that can be consulted - especially databases - permit access to surveillance services at extremely competitive costs. Since there are no standard monitoring formulas, and every client requires surveillance based on analysis of actual need, Jacobacci & Partners offers solutions that are efficient because they are both personalized and economic.

Patent surveillance through constant monitoring of the technical sector of interest and the pertinent activities of competitors is a necessary tool for providing the best protection available to a client’s IP right.

This is a defensive and a proactive action: only through surveillance is it possible to intervene during a patent examination procedure to challenge the grant of a competitor’s patent or limit the scope of its protection. If the competitor’s patent has already been granted, it is still possible to file an opposition procedure on the basis of new documentation, found through monitoring procedures, that had not emerged during the examination procedure.

Further, thanks to continual research and monitoring of pertinent technological sectors, patent surveillance makes it possible to avoid infringing third party patents, especially in highly developed and crowded technological sectors.

Not conducting surveillance exposes a patent to a lack of protection, the grant of competitor patents and the possible infringement of third party patents. Moreover, it is possible to miss being up to date with the news and technological developments in the reference sector, thus leading to a risk that time and money will be lost on investing in a project that is not indeed innovative and thus cannot be protected.