Patent
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  • Freedom to Operate (FTO) refers to the free use and development of technology by enterprises without infringing on the patent rights of others, and the products or services produced by the technology are put on the market.
  • FTO investigation report refers to conducting due diligence and issuing legal opinions on whether the technology implemented by the enterprise infringes the patent rights of others, and makes an analysis report on whether the patent rights of others are infringed.
  • FTO is usually carried out in the following situations: before or during the product/technology development project, in the later stage of the product/technology development or near the industrialization, in the overseas production and sales of the product, in the process of financing or mergers and acquisitions, the product or Technology licensing or transfer, etc.
  • The sooner you conduct free implementation of due diligence, the greater the choice and the greater the initiative.
Benefits of FTO investigation and analysis

Enhance market competitiveness
Free implementation of due diligence can help customers understand at what time point they can implement freely, and it is possible to find areas where patentees have no layout through free implementation of due diligence.

Precise strike
Free implementation of due diligence can help customers understand at what time point they can implement freely, and it is possible to find areas where patentees have no layout through free implementation of due diligence.

Financing mergers and acquisitions
Free implementation of due diligence is particularly important for financing or mergers and acquisitions by companies that rely heavily on a single product or technology (for example, pharmaceutical companies, especially innovative drug companies).

Reduce the amount
Performing free due diligence can also help determine which patents need to be licensed or transferred, and remove unnecessary patents from the list of licenses or transfers, which can effectively reduce the total amount of licenses or transfers.
ZYIP FTO investigation service content
  • 1Retrieve the existing technology related to the company's products
  • 2Analyze whether there are innovative technologies in the company's products
  • 3Innovative technology can pose a big threat to which competitors and in which aspects
  • 4Establish or improve the overseas patent layout of innovative technologies based on specific purposes