Here Come the Spring IP Conferences!
Spring has officially sprung, and the last batch of IP conferences are queued up before the Summer break. This week, we take a quick look at several to consider if you have some free time (and some free budget). Let’s make those reservations! March 18 to 20th IPBC Europe – Munich, Germany This conference uniquely […]
A Quiet Week for Patent or Trademark Fee Updates
All quiet on fee update front Not a lot of fee-related news coming from PTOs this week. In the category of “not so new news”, everyone should know about the EPO fee increase taking effect on April 1 – you’ve got a couple more weeks to pre-pay those annuity payments! We’ll be back next week […]
A New Search Authority Option for US PCT Applicants
On March 6th, the USPTO Director and the Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), signed an 8-year arrangement (their words, not ours), opening up the option for US PCT applicants to choose the Philippines as their International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA). This week, we break […]
Recap of Patent & Trademark Fee Increases for Norway
After a couple of quiet weeks with light fee updates, Norway kicked March off with a healthy update to all IP fees. Fees increased roughly 30% across the board for designs, patents & trademarks. Here are the updates! Norway Update Effective from March 1, 2024 Patent Updates Patent application costs (including EP transfers) increased from […]
No IP Currency Controls? It’s Costing You
It’s somewhat shocking, but we regularly encounter IP owners without IP currency controls in their agreements. For many organizations, getting currency controls in every agreement could be a massive project, so we recommend getting started with patent annuity and trademark renewal agreements and going from there. Why is this important? Our data shows that without […]
Russian PCT Updates and New UAE Patent Fees
Last Friday’s PCT Applicant Guide update only had one small change listed for Russia. We also heard about additional patent fees taking effect in the United Arab Emirates that will allow an examiner to issue amended fees during the examination phase – more to come on that as we get more details. Here’s what’s changing […]
Three tips for more useful IP Fee Schedules
Whether you’re a corporate IP team or a law firm, you probably receive a large number of associate IP fee schedules. There’s no standard fee schedule format, so you often don’t have a lot of control over what you get, but there are three things you want to make sure are included in future schedules. […]
Israel and India PCT Fee Updates Coming
A Light Week of PCT Updates Last week was quiet (for fees), but things are picking back up! This week, we have a few small PCT Patent fee updates coming to Israel and India. Let’s see what will be changing! Israel PCT Patent Fees Update Effective from March 1, 2024 Highlights of the Israel Updates: […]
Here’s what’s coming for Prokurio clients in March!
It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through the first quarter! February will be gone before we know it, so we thought we’d give you a preview of what’s coming for Prokurio clients in March. Check out what’s coming! For our IP Forecaster clients: We have several improvements and new features planned for IP Forecaster […]
No Patent or Trademark Fee Updates this Week
Everyone’s at Carnival! It’s all quiet this week on the fee front, everyone must be at Carnival! Check back next week!
