Infringement Lab: Evidence you can act on
When you suspect copying, counterfeits, or patent risk, you need facts not guesswork. Our Infringement Lab combines hands-on product work with IP expertise to help you confirm what’s happening, document it properly, and decide your next move.
Counterfeit and infringement investigations.
Patent landscaping and freedom-to-operate (FTO) decision-making.
Pre-action strategy and dispute readiness.
Ongoing competitor monitoring and product change tracking.
Test Purchases & Evidence Capture For Infringement
Buy it. Verify it. Document it.
We carry out controlled test purchases of suspected counterfeit or infringing goods and capture the evidence you’ll need to assess options commercially and legally.
What this can include:
- Test purchases from marketplaces, social platforms, and websites.
- Chain-of-custody style logging (dates, listings, seller info, pricing, screenshots).
- Packaging, labelling, and markings review (trade marks, design cues, origin claims).
- Side-by-side comparison against your genuine product.
- Photo/video documentation suitable for advisers, platforms, or enforcement partners.
- Summary findings and recommended next steps.
3D Scanning & Dimensional Comparison
Turn physical products into measurable proof.
We create accurate 3D scans to compare shapes, features, and dimensions useful for registered designs, product configuration disputes, and technical comparisons.
What this can include:
- High-resolution 3D scanning of suspect and reference products
- Dimensional measurements and tolerance checks
- Overlay comparisons (geometry vs geometry)
- Feature call-outs (what matches, what differs, what’s been changed)
- Visual outputs for reports, internal decision-making, or dispute support
Teardown Reports for IP Landscaping & Infringement Analysis
See what’s inside and what it means for IP.
We dismantle products to document internal components, architecture, and technical choices then map what we find to the IP landscape.
What this can include:
- Structured teardown (photography at each stage)
- Bill of materials-style component identification (where possible)
- Functional analysis (how it works; what’s novel; what’s copied)
- Feature mapping against known products and public IP
- Risk/opportunity flags: where infringement is likely, where design-arounds exist
- Clear, shareable teardown report for your team and advisers
Patent Feature Mapping & Third‑Party Patent Risk Review
Understand patent risk before you scale.
We analyse a product (yours or a competitor’s) against third-party patents to identify potential exposure and inform design, sourcing, and launch decisions.
What this can include:
- Product feature breakdown (claims-relevant features and variants)
- High-level claim-to-feature mapping (what appears present / absent / unclear)
- Evidence pack: photos, measurements, teardown references where needed
- Practical risk summary and options (monitor, redesign, seek licence, challenge)
- Support for freedom-to-operate (FTO) discussions and next-step planning
Why Choose Panoramix Infringement Solicitors?
IP-led analysis
Evidence gathered with enforcement and dispute-readiness in mind.
Practical outputs
Clear reports, visuals, and findings you can use internally or with advisers.
End-to-end support
From investigation to strategy, enforcement, or resolution
International Capabilities
We support with comprehensive international protection for your innovations and brands.
FAQs
What is the IP Infringement Lab?
It’s our dedicated service for gathering technical evidence of infringement and counterfeiting — through product teardowns, test purchases, 3D scanning and comparison against your registered rights. It produces the robust, well-documented evidence that underpins enforcement, takedowns and, where needed, court action. Think of it as the evidence engine behind a successful IP claim.
Who is the Infringement Lab for?
Brand owners, product companies, manufacturers, and innovators who need clarity on counterfeits, copying, or patent risk.
Do you provide legal advice?
We provide evidence and IP-focused analysis. If you need formal legal advice or litigation steps, we’ll confirm scope and route it appropriately.
How quickly can you start?
Typically as soon as we confirm targets, jurisdictions, and what “good evidence” looks like for your goal.
What kind of evidence can you gather for an infringement case?
We can carry out CPR-compliant test purchases with chain-of-custody records, technical teardowns and measurements, 3D scans, and side-by-side comparisons against your patents, designs or trade marks. Good evidence, properly documented, is often what decides an infringement case. We gather it in a form that stands up to scrutiny.
Do I need evidence before sending a cease and desist letter?
It helps enormously. A letter backed by solid, documented evidence of infringement is far more credible and harder to brush off — and it reduces the risk of an unjustified-threats problem. Gathering proof first also strengthens your hand if the matter escalates. We can build the evidence base and then advise on the right enforcement step.
Need evidence you can rely on?
Book a call to discuss your product, the suspected infringement, and the fastest route to clarity.
