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Top 5 Tips For Spot Checking Patent Annuity Invoices

Fourth-quarter patent annuity invoices will be arriving at the beginning of September. For most organizations, auditing an annuity invoice can seem like an impossible task, so we’…

Patent and Trademark Cost Platform Updates Coming July 30th

This week, we introduced several new capabilities to improve our international patent and trademark cost forecasting capabilities. We’ve also made Prokurio more consistent and eas…

August Madrid Trademark Fee Updates

A slow week for trademark fee updates Last week there were a lot of trademark fee updates, but this week – not so much. Let’s see what’s changing! India Madrid…

Want to be a Patent Annuity Cost Superhero?

Fourth-quarter patent annuity invoices will be arriving in one month. Most organizations just pass the invoice along for payment – but you can be different. Use these five free ti…

IP Cost Forecasting Update: July 23

Much of this week’s platform update focuses on IP cost forecasting, delivering a new forecast result screen with an improved user experience. We’ve also made it easy for clients t…

Trademark Fee Updates: July 22

A busy week of Trademark updates There were a surprising number of trademark fee updates this week, although most were relatively nominal updates to Madrid protocol fees. The most…

Patent Fee Updates: July 22

A slow week for patent fee updates There weren’t a lot of patent fee updates this week, but the PCT applicant guide highlighted a couple of PCT fee updates, so…

Q4 Patent and Trademark Currency Preview

US IP Owners: Are you ready to pay up in Q4? The US Dollar has been declining in value against several currencies, and with 4th quarter maintenance invoices coming at…

IP Forecaster Updates: July 16

In this week’s IP Forecaster, we’ve improved the onboarding experience and made accessing help easier than ever. We’ve also incorporated patent and trademark fee update notificati…

Patent and Trademark Fee Updates – July 15th

A Quiet Week of Fee Updates Summer is upon us, and the patent and trademark fee updates are few and far between. This week, we only have a small update…

IP Financial Friday: Gender Parity in Patents

WIPO: Innovation Gender Parity Gap Shrinking Slowly WIPO’s April World IP Day theme was “Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity.” This week, they followed up with a …

USPTO Maintenance Fee Reminder Pilot