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Third Party IP
It is good commercial sense to know what your competitors and other third parties are developing and what intellectual property rights they have and are applying to register in your field of business.
Research into third party intellectual property at the developing stage may save you from reinventing the wheel, enabling you to design around and build on the technology currently in the market place.
Further, prior to applying for patents or launching a product, conducting any relevant intellectual property clearance searches will mean that you are fully aware of any potential for intellectual property disputes now or later, enabling the business to properly assess the commercial risk and legally be in good shape to tackle the chosen course of commercial action.
In particular, once you own registered intellectual property rights you need to properly protect your investment and guard against infringements of your intellectual property rights by third parties. Depending on the commercial importance of your registered intellectual property rights to your business, it can be commercially prudent to set up watching services.