PCT Fee Decrease Coming July 1
Time for a PCT fee decrease! There’s a pretty nice PCT fee decrease coming in July for PCT applicants. The update impacts approximately 1 million countries, so we skipped all the flags this week. A consolidated country list can be found at the bottom of the page. Enjoy! PCT Fee Decrease – Coming July 1 […]
IP Cost Estimation Updates – June 2nd
This week’s IP Cost Estimation update focuses on configuration and flexibility. You can now configure attorney-specific fees and restrict users from accessing fees or setting up tools. We’ve also centralized the standard forecast settings. Let’s take a look! IP Forecaster: New Forecast-Only Role Our new “Forecast-Only” role allows you to restrict your users’ access to […]
Egypt PCT Fee Updates Effective June 1
Nothing but PCT fee updates It’s a short week in the US and a light week of PCT fee updates. All we have to report this week is a minor decrease in Egyptian PCT fees. More time for the beach! Egypt PCT Fee Updates Effective June 1 Highlights: Annex D – International Searching Authorities Search […]
IP Cost Estimation Updates Coming on May 26
This week, we put a lot of time into our client management and configuration tools. Now, you can easily import your clients and their docket items from your IP Management system and include client-specific filing plans. Next up – trademark planning features! Let’s check out our IP cost estimation updates! IP Cost Estimation: Client-Specific Filing […]
IP Fee Updates for Singapore, Syria, Colombia and Turkey
Something For Everyone This Week! This week, we have a variety of IP fee updates, including updated Singapore PCT fees and Madrid updates for Syria, Colombia, and Turkey. There are also some updates on the EP validation and Unitary front – let’s get into it! Singapore PCT Fee Updates Effective January 1 Highlights: Annex C […]
IP Cost Estimation Updates Coming on May 19
We’re getting ready for the launch of Client Planner, so we are cleaning up and improving several Planner-related areas within the system. This week, we enhanced our client management capabilities and added many new features to Client Planner. Let’s check it out! IP Cost Estimation: Client Management Improvements To prepare for Client Planner, we are […]
Patent and Trademark Fee Updates – Week of May 13
A Quiet Week The only update this week is a new 19% VAT tax in Algeria on PTO fees. This is the dance our content team does when it’s a light week. https://youtu.be/_p2I30QvFfQ Want More Patent Fee Updates? Take A Look Here! Fee Updates Currency Preview for Q3 2024 Patent Annuities May 10, 2024 No […]
IP Cost Estimation Updates Coming on May 12
We’ve had some big IP cost estimation updates over the last couple of weeks, so this week’s focus was on optimization and improvement. We cleaned up our country screen and optimized translations more – plus, we continue to build out Client Planner. 3 weeks until release day! Let’s see what’s new and improved! IP Cost […]
IP Forecaster Updates Coming on May 5
The big news this week is the release of our new Madrid Protocol Forecaster. Easily forecast Madrid applications, subsequent designations, and renewals. We also added the ability to customize client-specific fees to Client Planner and improved our IP Forecaster cost filters. Let’s check it out! IP Forecaster: Madrid Protocol Forecasting This week, we added forecasting […]
Chile UTM Update for May
There aren’t a lot of fee updates this week, so we’re highlighting a little-known data point about Chilean IP Fees that makes them a bit unusual. Let’s dig in Chile UTM Update effective from May 2024 Did you know that many of Chile’s intellectual property fees are based on a value known as UTM (“Unidad […]
