Questionnaire for successful patent monitoring
Your competition never sleeps.
You have developed a new product. Your reputation is good and customers are ordering.
Naturally, you have applied for and secured intellectual property rights for your product.
This is the optimal scenario for a successful business model, right? But the competition is not sleeping. Many companies are trying to gain new market shares and develop new trends.
Keeping an eye on the horizon to avoid being overtaken is essential. With this questionnaire, you can take a closer look at the competition and analyze new trends:
1. WHO IS MY COMPETITOR?
- Who is patenting in my field?
- How is the IP landscape changing in my industry?
- What strategic decisions can be derived from competitors' patent portfolios?
- LANDSCAPING
2. WHICH DIRECTION ARE MY COMPETITORS HEADING?
- Where is my competitor's IP portfolio heading?
- Has the competitor filed patents that could prevent the sale of my product?
- Could my competitor block or even overtake me?
- COMPETITIVE MONITORING
3. DO STRATEGIC ALLIANCES EXIST?
- Which alliances do competitors enter into?
- Who could become an important cooperation partner for me?
- What inventor groups are working in my field?
- INVENTOR MONITORING / COOPERATION ANALYSIS
4. WHO IS DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES?
- Which technology giants are most active?
- Which universities are relevant?
- TECHNOLOGY MONITORING
5. HOW IS MY SALES MARKET CHANGING?
- Which problem solutions are customers patenting
- Are they heading toward technologies that will make my product obsolete?
- CUSTOMER IP RESEARCH
6. WHAT ARE SUPPLIERS DOING?
- Are they pursuing vertical integration?
- Are they creating unwanted dependencies?
- Are they heading toward new technologies?
- SUPPLIERS MONITORING.