
- Patent
- Our Patent solutions
- IP Intelligence SoftwareStreamline the journey from innovation to IP with our IP intelligence software, patent search, data analytics, and related services and tools.→ Read moreOur solutionsPowerful patent searching and analysisArtificial intelligence for patent classificationGrant statistics and detailed legal status analysisSmall molecules searching and analysisDNA and amino acid searching and analysisExplore new markets and opportunitiesEasy patent searching and collaborationAnalysis from any scientific sourcesUnlock AI-powered use cases across a range of Questel software.SEP DatabaseNEWStandard Essential Patent Data & AnalyticsLatest resources
- → Technology, Data Quality, and Domain Expertise: Three Key Factors for Patent Search SuccessTechnology, data quality, and domain expertise are three critical factors for maximi...
- → Orbit Intelligence: "An Excellent, Intuitive, and Reliable Tool” Paula Mardones, Head of the Foreign Patent Department at Jarry IP, explains how Ques...
- → Smart Patent Research for True IP ProfessionalsThe value of a patent search hinges on two key factors: data quality and the intelli...
- → Technology, Data Quality, and Domain Expertise: Three Key Factors for Patent Search Success
- IP Management SoftwareKeep your assets up to date and aligned with your corporate strategy with our Equinox suite of IP management software, data analytics, and eBilling tools→ Read moreOur solutionsPowerful all-in-one IPMS for corporatesIPMS tailored for large corporates, built on SalesforcePowerful all-in-one IPMS for law firmsIPMS tailored for large Law FirmsCollaborative invention-to-filing workflowLatest resources
- → Equinox Corporate+ – Leveraging Salesforce for Large IP Portfolio OwnersIP management is evolving fast to keep up with a rapidly changing landscape. In this...
- → Transform How You Manage Your IP Portfolio with Equinox IP Management Software By integrating data, services, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, modern...
- → A Goal to Boost Efficiency by 30%: Why Brandstock Chose Equinox Law Firm Driven by its goal to deliver the “best IP service to clients,” leading law firm Bra...
- → Equinox Corporate+ – Leveraging Salesforce for Large IP Portfolio Owners
- Preparation & Prosecution CopilotsOptimize your entire patent process with our range of advanced Preparation & Prosecution Copilots, from patent application drafting to prosecution workflow automation, claims mapping, and office action responses.→ Read moreOur solutionsAll-in-one patent prosecution workflow, data, and collaboration workspace.AI-DraftingNEWIndustry-leading patent drafting software powered by generative AI.Patent Mapping and Claim Analysis with AIPatent Office Action Response Management with AILeverage the power of data to guide your patent prosecution with Prosecution PackLatest resources
- → AI for IP Management: Boost Your Productivity with an AI Assistant From data analysis to workflow automation, AI has already reshaped how IP profession...
- → 5 Challenges for IP Professionals in the Next 5 Years—and How to Overcome ThemArtificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in the IP sector due to its potential to...
- → Pathways to Productivity: What our 2025 Industry Outlook Research Reveals About AI in IPDiscover what our 2025 Industry Outlook Research reveals about AI adoption by the IP...
- → AI for IP Management: Boost Your Productivity with an AI Assistant
- Patent ServicesBenefit from end-to-end support for vital but time-consuming administrative tasks with our complete range of patent support services, including searches, translations, international filings, validations, unitary patent management, recordals, renewals, and more→ Read moreOur solutionsPatentability, Freedom-To-Operate, InvalidityPCT & national phase, Paris Convention, Unitary PatentUnitary Patent and Unified Patent Court servicesSimplified European validation servicesCentralized patent translation servicesFee and renewals managementAssignment and recordal of all IP RightsLatest resources
- → What is a Patent Troll? Everything You Need to Know What they are and how to protect your business. Discover what a patent troll is, how...
- → Everything You Need to Know About Intellectual Property Licensing (IP Licensing) IP licensing: How to license your intellectual property effectively. Learn what IP l...
- → What You Need to Know About Maintaining Intellectual Property Records Maintaining intellectual property records can be complicated for in-house legal team...
- → What is a Patent Troll? Everything You Need to Know
- Patent Strategy & Administration→ Read more
Control costs, streamline invoices, and safeguard your patent rights efficiently with our patent strategy & administration services and tools
Our solutionsEnd-to-end IP admin, data verification and docketingInvoice review, bundling and paymentFee audits, negotiation, compliance, benchmarks and forecastingLandscaping, benchmarking, valuation and licensingDefensive PublicationBUY ONLINEPublish an invention into the public domainLatest resources- → What is a Patent Troll? Everything You Need to Know What they are and how to protect your business. Discover what a patent troll is, how...
- → Everything You Need to Know About Intellectual Property Licensing (IP Licensing) IP licensing: How to license your intellectual property effectively. Learn what IP l...
- → 4 Good Reasons to Outsource Trademark DocketingTrademark docketing requires time, effort, and resources, placing a strain on many b...
- → What is a Patent Troll? Everything You Need to Know
- Trademark
- Our Trademark solutions
- Clearance & Watch PlatformScreen and monitor your brand and trademark rights effectively with our trademark clearance search and trademark monitoring platform→ Read moreOur solutionsScreen trademarks with AI-driven search technologyMarkify Comprehensive SearchBUY ONLINEAI-driven trademark availability softwareBest-in-class trademark results paired with key pharmaceutical sourcesWatch for new, identical and confusingly similar trademarksMonitor marketplaces, social media, and web contentLatest resources
- → From Detection to Defense: A Powerful Duo that Tackles Trademark Proof of Use Could your or your competitors’ rights be vulnerable to revocation based on non-use ...
- → Artificial Intelligence and IP: What’s on the Horizon for AI and Trademarks? Discover what’s on the horizon for artificial intelligence and IP, including powerfu...
- → Crossing the Frontier with AI Trademark Search: Where Algorithms Intersect with Human Expertise From manual analysis to AI trademark search, discover how combining AI algorithms wi...
- → From Detection to Defense: A Powerful Duo that Tackles Trademark Proof of Use
- IP Management SoftwareManage and maintain your trademark, design and domain name rights effectively with our state-of-the-art trademark management software→ Read moreOur solutionsPowerful all-in-one IPMS for corporatesIPMS tailored for large corporates, built on SalesforcePowerful all-in-one IPMS for law firmsIPMS tailored for large law firmsCollaborative worklfow for trademark and design proposalsLatest resources
- → Equinox Corporate+ – Leveraging Salesforce for Large IP Portfolio OwnersIP management is evolving fast to keep up with a rapidly changing landscape. In this...
- → 4 Good Reasons to Outsource Trademark DocketingTrademark docketing requires time, effort, and resources, placing a strain on many b...
- → Transform How You Manage Your IP Portfolio with Equinox IP Management Software By integrating data, services, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, modern...
- → Equinox Corporate+ – Leveraging Salesforce for Large IP Portfolio Owners
- AI Assistants for Trademark ProductivityReview trademark search and watch results, create first drafts of goods and services descriptions, classify evidence of use, and manage office action responses effectively with our AI assistants for trademark productivity.→ Read moreOur solutionsAll-in-one digital trademark workflow automationChat with trademark search or watch results to review findings and assess riskSave time and build consistency and compliance with our AI solutionAnalyze content and draft answers with AIManage trademark evidence of use with AILatest resources
- → AI for IP Management: Boost Your Productivity with an AI Assistant From data analysis to workflow automation, AI has already reshaped how IP profession...
- → 5 Challenges for IP Professionals in the Next 5 Years—and How to Overcome ThemArtificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in the IP sector due to its potential to...
- → From Detection to Defense: A Powerful Duo that Tackles Trademark Proof of Use Could your or your competitors’ rights be vulnerable to revocation based on non-use ...
- → AI for IP Management: Boost Your Productivity with an AI Assistant
- Trademark, Design & Domain Services→ Read more
Access expert support throughout the complete brand lifecycle with our integrated domain name, design, and trademark solutions
Our solutionsAnalyst-driven searches with on-demand and customizable reportingIP asset monitoring with intelligent pre-selectionCase management and take-down servicesInternational registration process supportTrademark and design renewal servicesEffective management of corporate domain namesAssignment and recordal of all IP rightsEnd-to-end IP admin, data verification, docketingLatest resources- → Everything You Need to Know About Intellectual Property Licensing (IP Licensing) IP licensing: How to license your intellectual property effectively. Learn what IP l...
- → What You Need to Know About Maintaining Intellectual Property Records Maintaining intellectual property records can be complicated for in-house legal team...
- → How IP Management Technology is Transforming Trademark Renewals Renewals may not always be glamorous, but they are mission-critical, with one missed...
- → Everything You Need to Know About Intellectual Property Licensing (IP Licensing)
- Innovation
- Our Innovation solutions
- Innovation Management SoftwareMake your innovation management processes faster, efficient and scalable with our end-to-end innosabi innovation management platform.→ Read moreOur solutionsBusiness-oriented dashboards for innovatorsStartup deal flow and program managementCollaborative idea and innovation managementCustomers co-creation and communitiesPartners co-innovation and open callsInnovation Project ManagementUnlock AI-powered use cases across a range of Questel software.Latest resources
- → Why You Should Focus on Innovation Even at Times of Crisis Investing in innovation and innovation management is essential not only during good ...
- → How to Foster a Culture of Innovation in Your OrganizationTo be successful, companies must develop and implement continuous improvements to th...
- → 5 Reasons to Invest in Innovation Management SoftwareTranslating innovative ideas into successful products is becoming increasingly compl...
- → Why You Should Focus on Innovation Even at Times of Crisis
- Innovation ServicesSuccessful innovation processes and culture are about more than the right software tools. Our innovation services leverage proven methods and approaches to generate insights, ideas, and solutions.→ Read moreOur solutionsMarket screening, Competitive intelligence and Technology scoutingConnect with partners, improve or localize your innovation processProducts and services namingSeamless user experience to a global audienceEngage with new audience globallyLatest resources
- → 7 Key Questions to Measure Innovation Management Success Innovation is the key to staying competitive in today’s fast-paced business world. H...
- → Software Patent: How Can It Be Done?Even though life without computers is today nearly impossible to imagine, patent-bas...
- → What is Innovation Scouting?Change is a constant. New technologies surface regularly and change existing product...
- → 7 Key Questions to Measure Innovation Management Success
- SolutionsAI
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- Artificial Intelligence in IP→ Read more
Discover Questel’s holistic and responsible approach to artificial intelligence
and intellectual property and our vision to inspire the future of IP with AIOur solutionsDiscover how AI is transforming IPIndustry-leading patent drafting software powered by generative AIAI copilots for optimized patent preparation and prosecution workflowsAI copilot for automated patent classificationAI copilot for elevated trademark clearance searchUnlock AI-powered use cases across a range of Questel software.Proof of UseNewCapture Trademark Evidence of Use with AILatest resources- → The Future of IP Departments: Are We Headed Toward a World of Only Chatbots and AI?In this on-demand session, industry leaders from Questel and Better Ipsum discuss ho...
- → Pathways to Productivity: What our 2025 Industry Outlook Research Reveals About AI in IPDiscover what our 2025 Industry Outlook Research reveals about AI adoption by the IP...
- → Leverage Artificial Intelligence to Simplify Your Prosecution WorkUnlock exclusive insights and discover how Qthena, the AI-powered prosecution assist...
- → The Future of IP Departments: Are We Headed Toward a World of Only Chatbots and AI?
- Integrated IP Ecosystem→ Read more
Optimize your intellectual property assets with our comprehensive IP portfolio management solutions,
ensuring maximum protection and strategic advantage for your business.Our solutionsIP management systems, docketing, forecasting, data analytics, blockchain, and eBilling toolsOur web-based platform for IP services managementPAVIS Connect, our solution for companies and laws firms that already have an IP management systemAccess trademark watches directly from Equinox with Markify Watch integrationLatest resources- → Switching to a New IPMS: What Does the Data Migration Process Involve?When you’re considering switching to a new IP management system (IPMS), you’ll likel...
- → When Is the Right Time to Upgrade Your IP Management Software?When you are overloaded by IP administrative tasks and deadlines, switching to a new...
- → The Power of IPMS Technology for IP Lifecycle Management By choosing an end-to-end integrated IP management system (IPMS), you can build effi...
- → Switching to a New IPMS: What Does the Data Migration Process Involve?
- Solutions for Law FirmsStreamline internal processes, satisfy client demand, and remain competitive with our specialist solutions for law firms→ Read moreOur solutionsAll-in-one patent prosecution workflow, data, and collaboration workspace.Patent Office Action Response Management with AIIndustry-leading patent drafting software powered by generative AIPowerful all-in-one IPMS for law firmsPowerful patent searching and analysisScreen and monitor your trademark rights effectively with our Markify platformStreamline multilingual matters with fast and reliable legal translation servicesCentralized patent translation servicesFee and renewals managementTrademark and design renewal servicesLatest resources
- → How Equinox Law Firm Supports Redchip Lawyers to Save Time and Build RelationshipsFor law firms with large, multi-disciplinary practices, an IP management system (IPM...
- → Can Your IPMS Help Build Strong Client Relationships?Cultivating strong client relationships is incredibly important for IP law firms. Yo...
- → Leverage Artificial Intelligence to Simplify Your Prosecution WorkUnlock exclusive insights and discover how Qthena, the AI-powered prosecution assist...
- → How Equinox Law Firm Supports Redchip Lawyers to Save Time and Build Relationships
- Solutions for Life Sciences→ Read more
Intellectual property management tools, services, and insights to support life sciences innovation strategies
Our solutionsDNA and amino acid searching and analysisSmall molecules searching and analysisExplore new markets and opportunitiesBest-in-class trademark results paired with key pharmaceutical sourcesPowerful all-in-one IPMS for corporatesTranslation solutions across the product lifecycle—from patent to post-marketCentralized patent translation servicesFee and renewals managementTrademark and design renewal servicesLSPN North America Awards recognize QuestelLatest resources- → Patent Data Analytics, It’s Not Just for Patent SearchingThere are many reasons why organizations may conduct patent searching exercises and—...
- → Harnessing the Power of Patent AnalyticsPatent analytics can reveal new application areas, diversification opportunities, an...
- → The Technology Landscape of Precision Medicine: An IP AnalysisTechnological developments in gene sequencing, imagery, and data analysis are enabli...
- → Patent Data Analytics, It’s Not Just for Patent Searching
- Solutions for R&D and Innovation→ Read more
Strengthen, structure, and maximize your R&D and innovation strategy, workflows, and internal processes by harnessing the latest tools and technologies, including through smart application of generative AI.
Our solutionsCreate more efficient and scalable innovation management processesCollaborative invention-to-filing workflowCollaborative worklfow for trademark and design proposalsMarket screening, competitive intelligence, and technology scoutingStreamline your research and development workflows with AILatest resources- → 3 Cutting-Edge Solutions to Support Your R&D and Innovation Strategies Discover how the latest cutting-edge software and AI-elevated processes for research...
- → 7 Key Questions to Measure Innovation Management Success Innovation is the key to staying competitive in today’s fast-paced business world. H...
- → AI Patents: What Patent Mapping Can Tell Us About Future AI Technologies Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving all the time thanks to the growing quantiti...
- → 3 Cutting-Edge Solutions to Support Your R&D and Innovation Strategies
- Language Solutions→ Read more
Translation, interpretation and tech-enabled localization services and language solutions that help global organizations open up new markets, overcome regulatory hurdles and connect with audiences worldwide.
Our solutionsStreamline multilingual matters with fast and reliable legal translation servicesTranslation solutions across the product lifecycle—from patent to post-marketManage operations, ensure compliance, and maintain consistent messaging worldwideLatest resources- → Employing A "Winning Strategy" For Your International MattersYear after year, in-house legal teams and outside counsel handling international and...
- → The Role Clinical Trial Translation Plays in Patient Recruitment and RetentionHealth equity is an essential goal in modern healthcare, and one pivotal aspect of a...
- → The difference between a legal interpreter and a legal translatorAttorneys, courts and case law often conflate the need for legal translators or lega...
- → Employing A "Winning Strategy" For Your International Matters
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Intellectual Property Management Solutions for Law Firms
Dedicated Intellectual Property Management for Law Firms
Thanks to specialist IP technology and dedicated IP services, law firms can streamline internal processes, satisfy client demand, and remain competitive as the IP sector evolves. Explore our intellectual property management systems (IPMS) and law firm-specific services and read our best practice guides and client testimonials to find out how to choose and integrate the right IPMS and services for your firm, including:
- Our dedicated IP management software for law firms: Equinox Law Firm and Equinox Law Firm+
- Orbit, our industry-leading patent search and analytics technology
- AI-elevated tools for the patent preparation and prosecution process, including AI patent drafting
- Our market-leading trademark and design clearance search and watch platform Markify
- Centralized global patent translation services
- Fully secure and transparent patent, trademark, and design renewals management

Intellectual Property Management Software for Law Firms
Our Equinox IP management software provides law firms with effortless access to Questel's integrated IP ecosystem and tech-enabled patent and trademark services:
Optimize your processes with Equinox Law Firm
Our powerful, all-in-one intellectual property management system Equinox Law Firm was built specifically to help small to medium-sized law firms optimize their IP processes for efficient case and document management, client communications, fee management, and reporting.

Take intellectual property management for law firms to the next level with Equinox Law Firm+
Our intellectual property management system for enterprise-size law firms, Equinox Law Firm+ is powered by a comprehensive set of automation features to enable large and/or multi-disciplinary firms to confidently manage IP portfolios at scale.
Industry-leading patent search and analytics technology
Manage client patent search and analytics projects with ease with our specialist IP intelligence software, Orbit Intelligence:
- We draw on machine learning powered by human cognition to harness 500+ data sources and 50+ data types.
- Our IP intelligence solutions cover a vast range of patent, trademark, scientific, technical, and business information.
- Our dedicated modules include an AI-Classifier, a Prosecution Pack for grant statistics and detailed legal status analysis; and Chemistry (small modules).
- Our specialist tools facilitate biosequence search, provide business-oriented dashboards for innovators, enable easy patent search and collaboration; and streamline analysis from an extensive range of scientific sources.
Intellectual Property Management Powered by AI
Don’t get left behind as IP technology evolves! Our patent preparation & prosecution process copilots are just one of the ways we are harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and data to streamline and optimize the entire IP lifecycle. From AI patent drafting to office action preparation and responses, claims mapping, and more, you can use our AI-elevated tools to save you time and effort, while improving efficiency, oversight, and collaboration.
Find out how to integrate AI-based technologies responsibly and efficiently in your organization today:
- Browse our full range of AI-elevated IP solutions, including AI patent drafting software
- Watch our webinars on leveraging AI to simplify prosecution work and generative AI
- Download our Industry Outlook Report examining how technology is transforming IP
AI-Elevated Trademark Clearance & Watch
Screen and monitor your brand, trademark, and design rights effectively with Markify ProSearch™ and Markify Comprehensive Search, including AI-augmented tools for screening, monitoring, and analysis.
- With ProSearch™, you can search directly in 240+ trademark databases, including WIPO and EUIPO, to identify identical and similar word and image-based marks, plus company name and pharmaceutical data.
- With Comprehensive Search, you can run a full availability report in minutes! Our powerful trademark similarity algorithm searches 240+ trademark databases for identical, phonetically, or orthographically similar marks.
Access weekly watch reports at the best price in the industry
Watch for new identical and confusingly similar trademarks with Markify Watch, our trusted watch platform powered by a trademark similarity algorithm that identifies 99+% of potential trademark conflicts quickly and efficiently with up to 50% less “noise” than other providers.
Monitor marketplaces, social media, and web content more efficiently
Protect brand assets online cost-effectively with Markify Brand Monitor. Not only does our brand monitor technology automatically issue weekly updates, ranked by relevance for ease of review, but you can also filter results to build your own reports, incorporate your own branding and workflows, and collaborate on data with internal and external stakeholders.
Global Patent Translation Services
Remove the headache of global patent translation by outsourcing the entire process to Questel. As well as translating your clients' patent applications, our dedicated agents can instruct and coordinate local agents and manage the gathering of formality documents to reduce the administrative demands on your team. We work directly with our network of foreign agents to ensure filing instructions are followed and deadlines are tracked, providing you with timely updates at every stage.
IP Administration, Cost Management and IP Maintenance
Questel’s IP administrative and support services extend far beyond traditional tasks, such as proofreading, IP docket management, or document preparation. From the invention disclosure submission process IP recordals to invoice management, we work with our law firm clients to design a solution that meets their exact requirements.
- The IP administrative support team at Questel supports our law firm clients in projects ranging from ad-hoc data transfer, validation, and file creation projects to working as full-time paralegals for attorneys.
- Our invoice management service enables law firms to reduce the demands on their internal teams by automatically bundling invoices into one clear and transparent bill and tracking invoices against agreed costs and deliverables.
- Outsource your IP recordals projects to Questel. You can trust in our expertise to manage complex transactions and reorganizations that require updates to official patent, trademark, and design records.
- Delegate full responsibility for patent renewals, and trademark and design renewals to our dedicated team. We have been handling worldwide renewal payments securely, transparently, and cost-effectively for patent agencies, law firms, and corporate IP departments for more than 40 years.
Dedicated Intellectual Property Management Resources for Law Firms
Explore our dedicated resources for law firms
Can Your IPMS Help Build Strong Client Relationships?
Cultivating strong client relationships is incredibly important for IP law firms. Your chosen IP management system should help you build and bolster those relationships.
How Law Firms Improve Client Satisfaction Using New Generation IPMS
Discover how Equinox Law Firm can enable you to enhance efficiency, streamline tasks, and simplify reporting, irrespective of whether clients have direct access to the tool.
How Outsourcing IP Support Can Enhance and Improve IP Administration Processes
IP paralegals face a never-ending cycle of docketing data, preparation of formal documents, correspondence with stakeholders, and deadline management. Partnering with an IP administration specialist can provide the extra level of support they need to succeed.

When Is the Right Time to Upgrade Your IP Management Software?
With deadlines to meet, clients or internal stakeholders to satisfy, and a host of other IP administrative tasks to manage, switching to a new intellectual property management system can seem an overwhelming idea. Fortunately, it’s easier than you think.

Are Your Patent Renewals Compliant With Payment Regulations?
In this eBook, we set out the benefits of choosing a regulated service provider for your patent renewals. From money-laundering prevention to safeguarded funds, the right provider will have the certified processes necessary to achieve compliance—and deliver peace of mind.
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