Freedom To Operate

How We Can Help?

Based on our own experience and the experience of our clients, we know that launching your protected innovative product or service can be a minefield on your route to market.

You need to ask yourself whether any existing IP rights that conflict with your patents, trademarks or designs, could hinder your ability to commercialise your product? This is known as Freedom to Operate.

It would be a tragic waste of energy and resources if all your hard work and investment were to be put at risk. That’s where Tomkins can be of assistance. We help minimise any potential risk, and we propose workable solutions for your business.

Tomkins’ extensive access to all key central databases enhances our ability to comprehensively review the IP landscape and identify any potential risk. Once we issue you with the all-clear, you have Freedom to Operate. That means that you can confidently implement your market strategy, safe in the knowledge that there are no surprises waiting round the next corner.

Our Services

• Conducting Freedom to Operate searches in all relevant jurisdictions.
• Advising on the level of threat posed by any right uncovered in the search.
• Advising on threat minimisation through technical or legal means.
• We minimise the potential impact of any threat by devising work-around solutions.