Our latest blog post breaks down the three pillars of a cost-effective international filing strategy:

🌍 PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty): Often called the "Worldwide Patent", but it’s actually a strategic filing tool, not a grant.

If you want to file patents, you need to understand how these three interact to optimize your budget and protection.

Read the full blog post: patalyze.com/blog/there-i...

⚖️ Unitary Patent (UP): A single patent with a single specialized court (UPC). Avoids parallel litigation in (currently) 18 European countries.

🇪🇺 European Patent (EP): A centralized examination procedure that simplifies the grant process for 40+ European countries.

Our latest blog post breaks down the three pillars of a cost-effective international filing strategy:

🌍 PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty): Often called the "Worldwide Patent", but it’s actually a strategic filing tool, not a grant.

Read the full blog post and analysis here:

patalyze.com/blog/whirlpo...

Here are some of the most interesting candidates for counter lawsuits:

- Electrolux: US9055618B2 vs. Max 38SL and WMBN5 R3 PT
- Haier: CN216556678U vs. WNMN1O2BKF and AMW 9605NB and WMBN5 R3 PT and Max 38SL
- Samsung: EP3685103B1 vs. AMW 9605NB
- LG: EP2061996B1 vs. WNMN102BKF and WMBN5

Using Patalyze, we instantly scanned the defendants' portfolios and matched them against Whirlpool’s own product lines to identify potential infringement. We turned a months-long headache into instant leverage.

Facing an infringement suit of this size means exploring all options, including counter lawsuits.

However, finding patents in the defendants' portfolios that Whirlpool infringes upon usually takes legal teams months of manual discovery.

Check it out here: patalyze.com/blog/so-why-...

We break down the fundamentals:

✅ How patents protect technical solutions vs. how trademarks (signs) and copyrights (creative works) function.
✅ The core economic justification for the granted monopoly.
✅ Table of key IP rights and their features.