Patents may be regarded as strategic assets because their legal anti-competitive effect safeguards and improves the competitive situation and earning capacity of the patent owner.
The patent owner can choose either an offensive or a defensive patent strategy.The primary aim of an offensive patent strategy is to establish broad patent protection thus effectively dominating the business area in question and providing the patent owner with a fixed-term monopoly in the territories covered by the patent. The defensive patent strategy, on the other hand, also prevents others from patenting in a certain field but the patent application is filed with the aim to destroy novelty for subsequent applications filed by competitors.
More information on patent applications and what you should be aware of before filing can be found in our brochure What you should know about patent applications before filing
You are also welcome to contact one of our IPR experts for more information and advice on patent applications and which patent strategy that is more suitable for your business or you can fill out this contact form with your enquiry and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
