An opposition search or nullity search in professional patent databases, which identifies publications that are older than the interfering property rights or property right applications, helps to regain freedom of action.

Being prepared is better than having to react at short notice

As soon as interfering IP rights or IP applications are identified, we recommend checking their validity by means of a professional opposition search or invalidity search. Our searches very often reveal new prior art that sheds new light on the interfering IP rights or applications.

Material for appeals, lawsuits and negotiations

With our research, we identify material that you can subsequently handle in different ways: Both legal use in official objection or nullity proceedings or use as a „third party submission“ would be possible.

Just as often, however, our results are also used for successful utilisation negotiations or as a safeguard for future activities.

Our experienced and qualified searchers are so-called Qualified Patent Information Professionals (QPIP™).

Depending on your requirements, we offer you the result as

• Documents for your own viewing
• Filtered, prioritised collections of hits
• Reports with feature-orientated evaluations.

Our research approach is based on the SIGNO-PIZnet research standard, which is highly recognised in the industry and to which we adhere.