{"id":933,"date":"2022-01-26T19:55:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/?page_id=933"},"modified":"2022-01-26T19:55:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:55:55","slug":"why-do-it","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/index.php\/resources\/patent-prior-art-searching\/why-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_18-1024x46.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-496\" width=\"1138\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_18-1024x46.png 1024w, https:\/\/inventedly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_18-300x14.png 300w, https:\/\/inventedly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_18-768x35.png 768w, https:\/\/inventedly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_18.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1138px) 100vw, 1138px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/inventedly.com\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/index.php\/resources\/\" title=\"Resources\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/index.php\/resources\/patent-prior-art-searching\/\" title=\"Patent Prior Art Searching\">Patent Prior Art Searching<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tWhy do it?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-do-it\" style=\"color:#0461ce\">Why do it? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#0461ce;color:#0461ce\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The results of a prior art search may reveal that the invention to be claimed and any obvious variant thereof does not exist in the public domain.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the results of a prior art search may also reveal that the invention to be claimed, or certain particulars thereof, do exist in the public domain, in which case the invention may need to be modified to design around the prior art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reasonable efforts to distinguish an invention to be claimed from prior art found during a prior art search is important to avoid any claims for willful infringement.&nbsp; A court is authorized to award treble damages where patent infringement is found to be willful.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_933_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">35 U.S.C. \u00a7 284.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_933_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> &nbsp;&nbsp;While willful infringement is often determined on a case-by-case basis, it may typically be found where the accused infringer, after learning of a patent: (1) deliberately copied the designs or ideas from the patent; or (2) failed to investigate the scope of the patent and did not form a good-faith belief that it was invalid or not infringed.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_933_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">See, e.g., Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH v. Dana Corp, 383 F.3d 1337, 1345-46 (Fed. Cir. 2004).<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_933_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> &nbsp;&nbsp;In essence, current law establishes an affirmative duty to exercise due care to avoid infringement of the known patent rights of others.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_933_1('footnote_plugin_reference_933_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_933_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_933_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">See, e.g., Imonex Servs., Inc. v. W.H. 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