While an invalidity search is carried out by a defendant to render a patent-ineligible by conducting a prior art search, the validity search is carried out by the assignee/plaintiff after the grant of a patent to guarantee that the patent granted is valid and enforceable. The main goal of the validity and invalidity search is to find prior art that could potentially call into question the novelty or non-obviousness of the referred patent. In order to find prior art references that predate the patent's priority, an exhaustive search of the patent and non-patent literature is required for an invalidity/validity analysis. The validity searches in the USA and Canada are conducted to establish the solidity of a patent portfolio which may be useful for licensing or company acquisition. More specifically a validity search is important for the following reasons: · Assessment of patent portfolio is imperative in a buy or sel...
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