IP Maintenance Payments: 3 tips to Control Foreign Exchange Costs
As every IP owner knows, maintaining patent and trademark coverage can be a costly proposition. There isn’t much you can do to decrease PTO fees, but a focus on variable […]
Q3 Chinese Annuity Benchmarking
3rd Quarter Chinese Annuity Cost Benchmarking Most 3rd quarter annuity and renewal invoices are arriving the last week of May or the first week of June. To simplify your 3rd […]
Q3 Annuity Currency Preview
2nd/3rd Quarter Currency Comparison Currency Conversion Feb 28 Rate* May 23 Rate* Change EUR to USD 1.059996 1.078706 0.01871 GBP to USD 1.206939 1.24155 0.034611 AUD to USD 0.673395 0.662796 […]
Q3 German Annuity Benchmarking
Q2 IP Invoice Currency Analysis
Interestingly, across the IP invoices we’ve reviewed this quarter, for comparable portfolios, currency premiums are on the rise (on average) compared to Q1. For Jan – March, we saw annuities […]
Patent Annuity Service Fees Made Simple
Patent Annuity Service Fees Don’t Expect Something For Nothing This week, we wrap up February’s deep dive into patent maintenance costs and discuss patent annuity service fees. On the surface, […]
Maximizing Annuity Invoice Savings: Agent Fees Really Add Up
Patent Annuity Invoice Savings: Agent Fees Agent Fees – Where’s the Money Going? This week, we continue our deep dive into patent annuity invoice savings and shift from last week’s […]
IP Cost Savings: Patent Maintenance Currency Costs
How much are you paying in patent maintenance currency costs? This week, we continue our deep dive into patent maintenance costs and dig into one of the more controversial and […]
Patent Annuity Invoices – Where’s All The Money Going?
This month, we shift our focus to patent annuity invoices – a substantial portion of any IP rights holder’s budget. This week, we will cover the significant elements of an […]
3 Strategies To Win the Patent Currency Cost Game
DID WE MENTION CURRENCY? Maintenance costs are a significant part of any IP holder’s budget. Ironically, many companies spend considerable resources optimizing drafting and prosecution costs to reduce spend. But […]
