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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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!