Combat infringement, validate trademarks, and safeguard patents with our discreet global investigations. From test purchases to litigation support, we deliver evidence-backed solutions to secure your intellectual assets.
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Probe is a trusted leader in Intellectual Property and Corporate Intelligence investigations, delivering verified, court-admissible insights for businesses and legal professionals worldwide. Founded in England, our global network ensures accuracy, confidentiality, and actionable results grounded in integrity and transparency.
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At Probe, we combine two decades of investigative excellence with a relentless commitment to accuracy and integrity. Our globally trusted services empower businesses and legal teams to act on verified insights, protect assets, and mitigate risks—all delivered with the discretion and urgency your case demands.
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An IP Investigator specialises in the protection and enforcement of IP Rights on behalf of the brand owners who have innovated and created brands which are established in commerce both nationally and globally. Whether it be physical goods or services such as an ecommerce brand.
Our services are two-fold Cyber Investigation where we conduct online surveillance of the misuse or selling of products likely to be either counterfeit and/or dupes via online market places and social media platforms which is a global occurrence.
We provide online Test Purchases programmes in which we source and obtain goods globally form small domestic products to industrial goods sold by the FCL container which we centralise to the UK.
Cyber Investigation also includes global company analysis and searching – to establish company structures, ownership and assets as well as how and where they trade.
The second service is physical inquiries aka field inquiries where we visit addresses believed which have been identified and thought to be involved in the chain of supply from point of manufacture to point of sale of dupes /counterfeit goods. In doing so we will establish the processes of what is occurring.
Another aspect of field inquiries is to identify and locate persons and trading entities their activities and where these are physically operating from ie occurring.
Our Intellectual Capital is derived from a combination of a collective 80 years of experience. In addition to which we have a proven methodology which we utilise in the course of all investigations.
Methods will vary from matter to matter but may include:
Absolutely it is a specialist area, one that we specialise in!
Brand Protection is a key service that we provide namely Cyber Investigations in which we provide intelligence from the monitoring of online listings gathering evidence of these activities in various online market places, web listings and social media posts.
We also pair Cyber Investigations with a Test Purchase programme where we order the suspect / infringing items to gather further evidence, please see the type of evidence we collect and collate under the next Heading topic
Availability of evidence varies depending on the type of investigation; however, we aim to provide:
The purpose of any investigation that we are instructed on is to provide factual and concise information proving the occurrence of an infringement, a fraud or other bad character behaviour(s).
All information is prepared in to a unique report and submitted to a client and advisors for their deliberations and subsequent actions.
We at Probe are there from the start to the end which can and does include testimony in the relevant courts.
It depends on the complexity, location, and scale. Some cases can be resolved in days; others may take weeks or months, especially if international coordination is involved.
We work across all business sectors globally, advising that there are some sectors in which we have extensive experience such as:
Out of interest we thought to ask Gemini Artificial Intelligence about the role of investigators, namely ‘what is better to use for an investigation – Artificial Intelligence or an Investigator’ the reply we thought was illuminating:
Our process is to conduct no fee preliminary research, in order to best understand the matter at hand.
A proposal is then submitted for the client’s consideration including stated objectives, deliverables, time frame and a fixed fee.
NB Fees invariably depend on scope of investigation, location and a time / run rate is estimated to achieve the desired result.
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