Enforce Your Patent Rights

Start by documenting the suspected infringing activity and speak with a patent attorney before contacting the other party — an early legal assessment shapes your options.

Remedies can include injunctions, damages or an account of profits, and in some cases additional damages, awarded by the Singapore courts.

No — many are resolved through cease and desist correspondence, negotiation, or licensing before reaching litigation.

Brealant coordinates with litigation counsel for court proceedings while managing the patent-specific strategy throughout.

Yes, an infringement claim often invites a revocation counterclaim, so Brealant assesses this risk as part of the initial strategy.

Generally, an infringement action must be brought within 6 years of the infringing act, so early advice on suspected infringement matters.

Yes, and it's often advisable — a well-supported letter can resolve matters without litigation, though Singapore law restricts how groundless threats of infringement proceedings can be made.

No, once granted, a patent is enforced the same way regardless of which route — self-assessment or full examination — it was granted through.

You'll typically need evidence of the infringing product or process, a claim mapping showing how it falls within your patent's claims, and evidence of your own ownership and the patent's validity.

Yes, in Singapore an infringement action and a counterclaim for revocation are commonly heard together in the same proceedings before the courts.