Intellectual property searches on the Internet are fundamental because they are a different and complementary area compared to searches of IP databases.

The information found on the Internet is increasingly becoming precious and decisive for solving problems related to intellectual property and for maintaining control of the business at a commercial and marketing level.

Internet intellectual property searches have many uses, including:

• Carry out prior art searches on the web relating to intellectual property titles or factual situations.
• Detects abuse of brands, designs and products on the Internet to prevent counterfeiting and combat online threats.
• Investigate about cases regarding online abuse of intellectual property rights.
• Map the use of intellectual property rights on the web

Furthermore, with GlareStars searches it is possible to obtain useful data for commercial and marketing purposes, such as:

• Detect identical or similar products for sale on the web
• Collect data from a company’s web sales network
• Detect elements of negative reputation on the web of a company or brand