An invention can be protected as a patents or utility models. In order to gain protection, an invention must possess novelty, an inventive step and is susceptible to industrial application. The owner enjoys an exclusive right to the protected invention. This means that the protected invention cannot be used without the owner’s consent. From one side, such protection ensures that competitors will not be able to take advantage of the costs incurred while the invention is in development. On the other hand, this enables the enterprise to obtain a return on investments in development by way of licensing or sales of the sole right.
We offer the following services in the field of inventions:
- Assessing the potential for protecting an invention, conducting novelty and inventive step searches and checking whether the particular solution has already been protected, freedom-to-operate searches; consultations in regard to development and implementation strategies
- Drafting and filing patent and utility model applications, representing applicants in the proceedings of the Estonian Patent Office and the European Patent Office, as well as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Drafting contracts for the transfer and use of a sole right
- Making changes in registers, preparing the documents necessary for the changes
- EP Validations
- Annuity watch and payments
- Representation in patent and utility model disputes