Freedom to Operate Advice & Infringement Advice
Freedom to Operate Advice & Infringement Advice - Griffith Hack
What is Freedom to Operate? |
| When companies develop new products or services, or make changes to existing products or services, it is important to ensure that those products and services will not be open to a claim for infringement of the IP rights of a third party. The IP rights may include one or more of patents, trade marks, registered designs and copyright. Patent freedom to operate is considered here below. The procedures for patent freedom to operate described below can be extended to encompass registered designs, or similar processes can be used to consider design freedom to operate as a separate enquiry when patent protection is not relevant. |
Why Should You Seek Freedom to Operate? |
| If freedom to operate, or patent clearance, is not obtained in advance, and a competitor has blocking patent, a company may suffer considerable financial loss through wasted development costs, damage to reputation through the withdrawal of the new products and services, and legal costs. Accordingly, many businesses with sound risk management strategies routinely use Griffith Hack to provide advice on Freedom to Operate. |
| Please see the below brochure for more information or contact one of our listed people on the right for further advice. |
| Click here for further information on Freedom to Operate. |
Contacts
Dr. Andrew Morton
BSc (Hons) PhD (Physics) FIPTA
Principal
Melbourne | 03 9243 8300
Dr. John Landells
BSc (Hons)(Chem) LLB PhD (Chem)
Senior Associate
Melbourne | 03 9243 8300
Robert Wulff
BE (Hons) BSc FIPTA
Principal & Engineering National Practice Group Leader
Sydney | 02 9925 5900
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