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Conducting intellectual property searches is a complex and specialised discipline. Although there are publicly-accessible intellectual property databases, the development of an appropriate search strategy, its execution and the interpretation of results is accurately achieved by our intellectual property professionals.
How We Help
Our Search Department comprises highly qualified staff, each of whom has extensive specialist intellectual property searching experience, and has online access to the foremost international databases covering all areas of science and technology and intellectual property. We also have online access to the public records of IP Australia, and therefore to the latest status details available for Australian Intellectual Property applications. In cooperation with our patent and trade mark attorneys, our search specialists work to identify all information relevant to your query so that we can provide you with the best possible advice.
Our services include searches for:
- the existence, status and scope of particular patents, registered designs and trade mark registrations
- the novelty of an invention or industrial design
- potential conflicts that may arise by the marketing of a particular product
- potential conflicts that may arise through use of a particular trade mark
- registrability of a trade mark
- general awareness literature searches for information or research purposes
- searches for common law rights (in certain countries)
- business and company name searches
- watching searches: monitoring the status of particular Australian applications or watching for new Australian applications in the name of a specific company or individual: "watch your competition"!
- Internet domain name searches
- international patent and trade mark watching searches (particularly in Europe and the USA)
We normally expect to have a response to your search request within one working week, although urgent matters are dealt with promptly.
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