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Software
Software innovations move fast. Our patent search and IP solutions help you innovate, defend, and monetize with confidence.
IP Challenges in Software
Navigating a vast and rapidly evolving software patent landscape
The pace of software innovation creates unique patent challenges that extend far beyond traditional patent searching. We help innovators, in-house IP teams, and law firms make confident decisions with comprehensive patent research and technical analysis.
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Protecting patent-eligible software inventions
Software-based AI inventions frequently face patent eligibility challenges. Protection depends on demonstrating concrete technical improvements and carefully drafted claims.
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Cloud & SaaS implementations
Many modern software platforms operate as cloud services, limiting visibility into internal functionality and complicating infringement analysis.
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Patent litigation and PAE activity
Software companies remain frequent litigation targets. Apart from a sound defense strategy, strong positions require comprehensive prior art and technical analysis.
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Navigating open-source integration
Open-source frameworks, libraries, APIs, and third-party components create additional considerations for ownership, licensing, and freedom to operate.
How we help
Support across every stage of the innovation process
From early-stage innovation through commercialization and enforcement, we provide technical patent research that supports strategic IP decisions throughout the patent lifecycle.
End-to-end support for turning software inventions into valuable patent assets
How we help
- Conduct patentability and novelty searches , identifying closely related prior art across patents, open-source repositories, technical papers, and product releases.
- Support invention mining by helping engineering and IP teams pinpoint what’s genuinely novel before drafting begins
- Provide FTO insights early in development to reduce downstream redesign or litigation risk.
- Support patent preparation: from patent drafting, filing, and prosecution with patent agent expertise.
Solutions
Patentability Search
Identify relevant patents and non-patent literature that may impact patentability of your inventions.
State-of-the-Art Search
Gain a comprehensive view of existing technologies and prior art to assess the current state of innovation before investing in research or product development.
Patent Drafting
Patent drafting support through U.S. patent agent services. Covers U.S. provisional and non-provisional, PCT applications.
Patent Filing and Prosecution
Patent preparation, filing and prosecution support with U.S. patent agent expertise.
Defend against complex and high-stakes patent assertions
Building a strong invalidity or non-infringement position requires deep, technical prior art search and technical analysis extending beyond patents and into source code, software analysis and reverse engineering.
How we help
- Conduct litigation-grade prior art searches across patents, standards, technical literature, and product documentation.
- Work with trusted partner labs to perform technical testing, reverse engineering, and functional analysis of accused products.
- Translate lab findings into claim-mapped evidencethat connects technical proof directly to patent claims.
- Combine lab-based technical validation with evidence of use search for a comprehensive, litigation-ready infringement position.
- Support infringement positions and enforcement initiatives through product teardown, reverse engineering, and evidence of use search.
Solutions
Patent Invalidity Search
Comprehensive prior art search to support patent invalidity contentions.
Patent Litigation Consulting
Technical analysis, claim mapping, and litigation consulting through our U.S. patent attorney/agent support.
Evidence of Use Search
Identify technical evidence demonstrating implementation of your patented inventions.
Product Teardown & Reverse Engineering
Analyze hardware, firmware, embedded software to uncover technical evidence supporting patent enforcement.
Turn software patents into revenue-generating assets
Understanding how software products function and whether patented features are implemented is essential for licensing negotiations and portfolio valuation.
How we help
- Identify third party products, codebases, and services that map to your patent claims to build robust infringement positions.
- Prioritize licensing targets by analyzing competitor product features against your patent portfolio.
- Support licensing negotiations with product-level technical evidence and technical claim charts.
Solutions
Evidence of Use Search
Identify technical evidence demonstrating implementation of your patented inventions. Involves comprehensive search of non-patent literature, products, systems, and more.
Product Teardown & Reverse Engineering
Analyze hardware, firmware, embedded software to uncover technical evidence supporting licensing and enforcement.
Freedom to Operate Search
Assess patent infringement risks before product launches or entry to new markets. Identify patents that may require licensing before commercializing your products.
Patent Due Diligence
Evaluate patent portfolios before licensing, acquisitions, investments, strategic partnerships, or pursuing defensive or offensive patent litigation.
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