Patent Freedom to Operate Searches, Opinions, Techniques, and Studies

Anyone involved with patent searching and risk management requires the proper tools and methodology to successfully avoid patent infringement. Patent Freedom to Operate Searches, Opinions, Techniques, and Studies is designed to build the necessary competencies, techniques, and best practices.


Addressing a wide range of topics, this book covers: conducting and organizing freedom-to-operate studies to obtain actionable data; analyzing the results of those searches; developing appropriate risk management strategies; and preserving the information and analysis in order to be fully protected in the future.

Everyone from in-house and private practice attorneys to businesspeople, non-lawyer patent professionals, engineers, and academics will find utility in this thorough and accessible resource.