simplified ip forecaster trial process
We’ve been doing a lot of trials with early adopters lately, and the setup and management of the process have been largely manual – which isn’t how we like to do things. With this update, registration is completely self-service, and everybody gets ten free IP forecasts for any number of jurisdictions.
If you like what you see, you can upgrade and get a year of unlimited forecasts for $7500. No long-term contracts or annoying hassles.
invoice review support for claims
With this update, automated invoice analysis can be done in jurisdictions where maintenance costs include claim fees, like Japan or the Republic of Korea.
Claims-based maintenance costs are also included in all forecasts for the appropriate jurisdictions.
our help content is almost... helpful
We introduced a new help and article management system last week.
This week, we added a substantial number of new articles covering fee management, currency conversion, and ways to access support.
Much more is coming over the next two weeks!
easily identify special associate fees
Last week, we added the ability to add associate fees that may not be needed for forecasts but might be useful for reference purposes.
This week, we updated the list views to make it easier to distinguish forecast-related associate fees from these reference fees.
simplified trademark search forecasting
To date, the default time window for trademark forecasts has been from the application date through the renewal date.
To include searches (which happen before the application date), you had to use a custom date range, which is a hassle. So we changed it.
The default now covers search through renewal – no need to set date ranges. And there was much rejoicing.
CLEANUP AND BUG FIXES
The currency for patent service fees wasn’t being converted properly when client service fee currency differed from the currency of the forecast. It makes our heads hurt just to try to explain it. But it’s fixed. And trademarks didn’t have the issue. Score one for them.
