A sub to detect overlap of two rectangles is not that hard, especially if you go the other way: eliminate all the possibilities on how not to overlap. The rectangles will not overlap if one is completely to the left of the other, or vice vera, nor if it's completely below the other, or vice versa. In any other circumstances, they must overlap. This code will do that. I do allow the rectangles to touch. 
use List::Util qw(min max);
sub rect_overlap {
    my($r1, $r2) = @_;  # two rectangles, like [x1, y1, x2, y2]
    # r1 is on the left of r2
    return 0 if max(@$r1[0, 2]) <= min(@$r2[0, 2]);
    # r2 is on the left of r1
    return 0 if max(@$r2[0, 2]) <= min(@$r1[0, 2]);
    # r1 is below r2
    return 0 if max(@$r1[1, 3]) <= min(@$r2[1, 3]);
    # r2 is below r1
    return 0 if max(@$r2[1, 3]) <= min(@$r1[1, 3]);
    # they must overlap:
    return 1;
}

# some tests:
use Test::Simple 'no_plan';
ok  rect_overlap [10, 10, 30, 30], [20, 20, 40, 60];  # do
ok !rect_overlap [10, 10, 30, 30], [20, 40, 40, 60];  # don't
ok  rect_overlap [10, 10, 30, 30], [15, 15, 20, 20];  # inside

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