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Importance of Freedom To Operate

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Is it always important or necessary to conduct a freedom to operate analysis before bringing a product to market? I would say it’s always a good idea to at least carefully consider the pros and cons. It may not be essential. You may find a situation where the product that you’re selling is found quite strictly in the prior art, something that came well before and there’s no patents that cover that technology anymore then you’re probably adequately safe to practice that technology. But chances are you may incorporate modern methods in things and technologies and processes and materials in your product that you want to sell today and you may find that certain of those may infringe the patents of others.

Minneapolis patent lawyer David Black explains when it is necessary to conduct a freedom to operate study prior to introducing a new product to the market.

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