Freedom to Operate Search: All You Need to Know
A freedom to operate search, also known as a “FTO search,” is a type of patent search that evaluates the patent landscape for any protected technology that would prevent you from freely using your invention. Otherwise, you may be infringing...
Avoiding IPR Infringement Risks with AI
The infringement or violation of an intellectual property (IP) right is referred to as an intellectual property rights infringement/ IPR infringement. Companies and individuals who violate intellectual property rights produce and try to sell counterfeit or pirated goods and services....
IPR Protection for Your Software Applications
It is critical to protect intellectual property in order to establish and maintain its value. Defining and protecting digital property (software applications etc.) is difficult in a digital economy defined by 1s and 0s (and soon, qubits), as opposed to...
How Much Does a Patent Cost?
How much does a patent cost? Before proceeding with filing a patent application, you should know the overall costs involved in the patenting process. As a small business, paying $12,000 in fees to the USPTO and WIPO over the patent’s...
Common Patent Myths to Avoid: Steering Clear of Misinformation
Myths are tradition-based tales that may or may not be wholly fictitious. Everything you believe to be true may not be entirely false, but the reality may be quite different. We are all aware that myths arise from a lack of...
How can XLSCOUT Save Inventors from Failing at The Patent Office?
According to statistics on patent rejection, the likelihood of failing at the patent office is much higher than the likelihood of receiving the patent. You have an 88.6% chance of not getting a patent for your invention. The harsh reality...