STRATEGIC COUNSELING

New Product Development

When developing a new product or process to bring to market, it is important to understand and avoid possible infringement of existing patents and landscape of intellectual property that may affect your product or service. CTLG offers a number of services to help you, or your business understand the intellectual property landscape the new product or process may be entering.

• Freedom-to-operate

  During the conception and design of your new product or service, a freedom-to-operate will allow you to understand the intellectual property already in the market. CTLG can provide insight from the freedom-to-operate to guide the creation of the new product or process through existing intellectual property.

• Non-infringement Opinions

  CTLG provides detailed analysis of competitor owned patents to determine if your product or process may infringe the competitor’s patent. CTLG can perform a review and analysis of the competitor's patent prosecution history and provide claim construction of the competitor's patent. Using the competitor's patent prosecution history and claim construction, CTLG can create a non-infringement opinion to show your product or process does not infringe the competitor's patent. A non-infringement opinion may be utilized in licensing agreements as well are prevent treble damages in patent litigation.

• Invalidity Opinions

  CTLG provides detailed analysis of competitor owned patents to determine if the competitor’s patent is valid and should have been issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. CTLG can perform a review and analysis of the competitor’s patent prosecution history and perform prior art searches that would be used to invalidate the competitor’s patent. An invalidity opinion may be utilized in licensing agreements as well as a defense in infringement litigation.