Indian and Egyptian Patent Fee Changes
India just introduced a pretty big change regarding Requests for Examination and Workings. This week, we cover those, plus some PCT-related patent fee updates in Egypt. Let’s check it out! India Patent Fee Updates Effective from March 15, 2024 The Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024, and the Patent (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024 took effect on March […]
IP Forecaster Updates Coming on April 21
In this release, Translation Optimizer gets a makeover, we allow Foundation IP clients to import portfolio data into Client and Strategic Planner, and we continue to improve and automate custom fee setup in IP Forecaster. Let’s take a look! IP Forecaster: Translation Improvements With this release, we’ve made it easier to compare translation costs across […]
Madrid Fee Updates Coming April 28
Fee updates this week are limited to a few updates to Madrid Protocol trademark fees. The good news with this fee update is that they are all decreasing! We don’t get to say that very often. Enjoy! Bahrain Madrid Fee Updates Effective from April 28, 2024 Application Fee Trademark application costs for each class of […]
IP Forecaster Updates Coming on April 14
This week’s updates are all focused on our user interface. Client Planner controls are now organized into tabs and we’ve added several new sharing and export options to IP Forecaster. Let’s check out the updates! Planner Workbench: User Interface Updates Based on feedback from our testing community, we’ve organized the filters and other cards within […]
USPTO Publishes Changes to 2025 Patent Fees
Changes Coming to US Patent Fees On April 3rd, the USPTO published the proposed changes to patent fees for 2025. You can find information on the proposal here. The rationale behind the changes is “to provide the USPTO with sufficient aggregate revenue to recover the aggregate costs of patent operations in future years”. In addition […]
IP Forecaster Updates Coming on April 7
This week, we have a mixed bag of updates. We continue to evolve Client Planner and Strategic Planner, and we are also focused on improving efficiency in IP Forecaster. We’ve made it easier to create custom fees and also simplified the translation workflow. Let’s take a look! Planner Workbench: Add Projected New Filings to Plan […]
USPTO Publishes 2025 Changes to Trademark Fees
Changes Coming to US Trademark Fees On March 26th, the USPTO published the proposed changes to trademark fees for 2025. You can find information on the proposal here. The rationale behind the changes is far beyond the scope of what can be covered here, but we’ve highlighted some of the updates below. In addition to […]
IP Forecaster Updates Coming on March 31
We continue to get Client Planner and Strategic Planner ready for launch – you will see a series of updates on these products through April. We also took some time to make it easier to manage fee schedules in IP Forecaster and make it easier to see the impacts of future PTO fee updates. Let’s […]
EPC/PCT Fee Updates for April
As you (hopefully) are aware, EP fees will be increasing on the 1st of April. The PCT applicant’s guide has just been updated with the PCT fee-related changes – this week we summarize those updates. Enjoy! EPO PCT Fee Update effective from April 1, 2024 EPO Fee Highlights : In Annex C – Receiving Office […]
IP Forecaster Updates Coming on March 24
This week, we give you a sneak peek at Client Planner for firms and Strategic Planner for companies. Launching in Q2, these products will move beyond forecasting and estimation to bring Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) capabilities to IP. It was a busy week – we also improved our EP maintenance forecasting and added translation […]
