Stage 01 · Know
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Landscaping

What has everyone else already protected?

We read the registers around your product category — patents, trademarks, designs — and turn them into a picture of the ground you are standing on. You find out which ideas are crowded, which are open, and where a competitor has quietly staked a claim near your roadmap.

What you walk away with

  • Competitor IP Snapshot — who holds what, in your categories
  • White-space map — the areas nobody has claimed yet
  • Collision notes — the filings worth watching before you launch

Where this sits

  • Stage 01 · Know — Before you spend, know what's out there.
  • Entry product — Competitor IP Snapshot
  • One firm throughout — you are not handed to another firm at the next rung.
Fee — scoped to your business, quoted in writing before you commit. No rate card, no hourly meter: the number you agree to is the number you pay.
Start free

Check your position before you call us.

No sign-up, nothing gated, everything stays in your browser. Bring the result to the call when a real decision depends on it.

Questions people ask

The things clients ask at this rung.

What are trademark classes, and which ones do I need? Can I patent an app or software in India? Can I patent something I have already shown publicly? Do my Indian trademark and patent protect me internationally?
How it played out

Cases where this decided everything.

Public IP disputes, read for what they teach. These are not our clients — they are the record.

Turmeric Patent Revocation — How India Used Prior Art to Win Novartis v Union of India — Section 3(d) and What Is Patentable in India Kodak's Digital Imaging Patents — Owning the Future and Not Using It
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