“I want to know to what extent competitors are obtaining design rights.”
“I want to develop new designs that do not infringe on competitors’ design rights.”
→ We research specific competitors’ design trends in relevant product fields.

“I want reference materials that might influence the direction of our future design developments.”
→ We track design changes and anticipated future trends in targeted product areas.

“I want to know if a planned product design could infringe on existing rights.”
→ We search for similarities between planned product designs and registered designs.

“I want to know whether our new design is registrable.”
“I want to know whether parts or partial designs are also registrable.”
→ We review registered designs to determine the registrability of an application.

“I want to obtain the broadest possible design right, so I want to know the extent of modification that is permissible for registration as a related design.”
“I know of a registered design that is similar to our new design, and I want to know how much modification would be required for our design to be registered.”
→ We investigate similar registered designs to determine the scope of modifications required to ensure registrability.

“I want to argue against a rejection, but I don’t know what effective materials exist.”
→ We search for effective supporting materials to overcome rejections.

“We received a warning based on a registered design, but I want to know whether the opponent’s right is valid.”
“I found a third-party product that may infringe our design right, but I want to reconfirm whether the design right is valid before trying to enforce our right.”

→ We search for prior art and examine invalidity evidence against the registered design.

“We received a warning based on a registered design, and I want to know whether our design is included within the scope of the opponent’s registration.”
“I want to enforce our design right and determine whether a third-party design falls within the scope of our registration.“

→ We investigate and examine similar designs to determine the possibility of infringement.