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- MissionHelping our clients to succeed in the modern knowledge-based economy
- LeadershipA passionate group of leaders united in their commitment to advance technology and talent
- HistoryMore than 18 acquisitions during the past 5 years, strategic partnerships and product launches
- TechnologyBig Data, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain are in our DNA
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- Patent
- Our Patent solutions
- → IP Intelligence Software
- Orbit IntelligencePowerful patent searching and analysis
- AI-ClassifierArtificial intelligence for patent classification
- Prosecution PackGrant statistics and detailed legal status analysis
- ChemistrySmall molecules searching and analysis
- Orbit BiosequenceDNA and amino acid searching and analysis
- Orbit InsightExplore new markets and opportunities
- Orbit ExpressEasy patent searching and collaboration
- Orbit IntellixirAnalysis from any scientific sources
Artificial Intelligence will become increasingly pervasive in our everyday life.- → IP Management Software
- Equinox CorporatePowerful all-in-one IPMS for corporates
- Equinox Corporate+IPMS tailored for large corporates, built on Salesforce
- Equinox Law FirmPowerful all-in-one IPMS for law firms
- Equinox Law Firm+IPMS tailored for large Law Firms
- Equinox InventionCollaborative invention-to-filing workflow
- Equinox BlockchainBlockchain-based timestamping and protection
- Equinox eBillingSimplified IP invoice management
- → Patent Services
- SearchPatentability, Freedom-To-Operate, Invalidity
- International Filing SupportPCT & national phase, Paris Convention, Unitary Patent
- Unitary Patent SupportUnitary Patent and Unified Patent Court services
- EP ValidationSimplified European validation services
- TranslationCentralized patent translation services
- RenewalsFee and renewals management
- RecordalsAssignment and recordal of all IP Rights
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn everything you need to know about SEP, BioSequ...- → Patent Strategy & Administration
- Administrative SupportEnd-to-end IP admin, data verification and docketing
- Invoice ManagementInvoice review, bundling and payment
- Cost ManagementFee audits, negotiation, compliance, benchmarks and forecasting
- IP ConsultingLandscaping, benchmarking, valuation and licensing
- Defensive PublicationPublish an invention into the public domain
You are instructing directly or via your local IP law firms foreign associates acros...
- Trademark
- Our Trademark solutions
- → Clearance & Watch Platform
- Markify ProSearch™Screen trademarks with AI-driven search technology
- Markify Comprehensive SearchAI-driven trademark availability software
- Markify WatchWatch for new, identical and confusingly similar trademarks
- Markify Brand MonitorMonitor marketplaces, social media, and web content
The trademark lifecycle contains multiple points at which something can go wrong wit...- → IP Management Software
- Equinox CorporatePowerful all-in-one IPMS for corporates
- Equinox Corporate +IPMS tailored for large corporates, built on Salesforce
- Equinox Law FirmPowerful all-in-one IPMS for law firms
- Equinox Law Firm+IPMS tailored for large law firms
- Equinox BlockchainBlockchain-based timestamping and protection
- Equinox Brand ProposalCollaborative worklfow for trademark and design proposals
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how you can simplify and enrich your workflow....- → Trademark, Design & Domain Services
- SearchAnalyst-driven searches with on-demand level of reporting
- WatchIP Assets monitoring with intelligent pre-select service
- Online Brand ProtectionCase management and take-down services
- FilingInternational registration process support
- RenewalsTrademark and Design renewal services
- Domain Name ManagementEffective management of corporate domain names
- RecordalsAssignment and recordal of all IP Rights
An Alternative Legal Service Provider provides specialized services in high-demand l...- → Trademark Strategy & Administration
- Administrative SupportEnd-to-end IP admin, data verification, docketing
- Invoice ManagementInvoice review, bundling and payment
Trends in managing Trademark renewals are numerous. Today, more and more companies a...
- Innovation
- Our Innovation solutions
- → Innovation Management Software
- Innosabi InsightBusiness-oriented dashboards for innovators
- Innosabi StartupStartup deal flow and program management
- Innosabi IdeaCollaborative idea and innovation management
- Innosabi CommunityCustomers co-creation and communities
- Innosabi PartnerPartners co-innovation and open calls
- Innosabi TechCollaborative tech knowledge management
Change is a constant. New technologies surface regularly and change existing product...- → Innovation Services
- Innovation ConsultingMarket screening, Competitive intelligence and Technology scouting
- Operational ServicesConnect with partners, improve or localize your innovation process
- NamingProducts and services naming
- Software LocalizationSeamless user experience to a global audience
- Marketing TranslationEngage with new audience globally
Even though life without computers is today nearly impossible to imagine, patent-bas...
- Legal Operations
- Our Legal operations solutions
- → Legal Operations Software
- Ascent ELMComprehensive Enterprise Legal Management
- Ascent eDiscoveryBest-in-class eDiscovery solutions, services, and support
- Ascent BlockchainBlockchain-based timestamping and protection
Learn how the top 5 benefits delivered by ELM solutions help Legal Ops meet evolving...- → Legal Operations Services
- ELM Data IntegrationSeamless data source integration
- Legal Support ServicesSupport services to enhance your in-house capabilities
- Multilingual Litigation Support Fast and reliable certified legal translation services
- Legal InterpretationPrecise and reliable legal interpretation services
- Legal TranslationReliable and convenient legal translation services
Business needs evolve, and so do your Legal department responsibilities. In the era ...
- Localization
- Our Localization Solutions
- → Life Science
- Regulatory Translation Services Quality translations that mitigate risk
- Clinical Translation and ValidationHigh-quality translation and linguistic validation solutions
- Medical InterpretationReliably accurate interpretation for patients and providers
- → Corporate
- Technical TranslationRemain compliant and ensure safe use of your products with quality technical translation
- eLearning LocalizationIncrease efficacy and learning comprehension with quality eLearning localization services
- Marketing Translation Extend your reach and engage new audiences with high-quality marketing translation services
- Software LocalizationCreate seamless user experiences across the globe with experienced localization engineers
- Website Localization Reach audiences in new markets with accurate website localization services
- Multimedia LocalizationCreate global multi-channel content with convenient multimedia localization services
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- Multilingual Litigation SupportFast and reliable certified legal translation services
- Legal TranslationReliable and convenient legal translation services
- Legal InterpretationPrecise and reliable legal interpretation services
- Patent TranslationCentralized patent translation services
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Enterprise Legal Management
Powerful Enterprise Legal Management software delivers insights to control matters and costs
Ascent ELM streamlines Legal Operations, manages outside legal vendors, and quickly analyzes all matters and business data to control your cases & costs with one solution. Ascent ELM software from Questel provides a single source to manage outside expenses while improving legal performance by up to 65%. Questel's comprehensive software and technology solutions offer a one-stop shop to manage all your legal tasks from the leader in legal technology

Legal Ops teams use Ascent ELM to boost team efficiency by 65%, repurpose attorneys onto higher-value tasks, and reduce legal spend by 20%.
- ELM increases process and team efficiency using automation
- One collaborative analytic dashboard provides daily tasks visibility
- Quickly find answers using Query Builder™ to search matter data
- Inclusive client support identifies savings & improvement opportunities
- Complete matter data visibility empowers searches, analysis, and reporting
- Vendor scorecards enable consolidation based on outside counsel performance
- Integrated eBilling, Matter Management, and Legal Holds offer a single solution
- ELM software allows attorneys to focus on practicing law, not managing tech
- Greater visibility directs actions that achieve more business goals
- Integrated systems remove info silos for holistic data transparency
- Real time analytic insights develop C-Level confidence in Legal's advice
- Timely answers shape strategic opportunities and future initiatives
Use a secure repository for legal documents, notes, and status updates related to your matters. Drag-and-drop capabilities simplify associating any information in your matter data library. Pre-built reports, custom queries, and full-text search tools make retrieving all information about any matter easy. Your teams exercise full control over matter spend by managing timekeepers, including outside legal vendors, through a single dashboard. Gain full matter visibility using an easy-to-use, comprehensive suite of management tools and searches.

Simplify the way you work with streamlined functionality that navigates directly to any specific matter data and its tasks. Questel provides a feature-rich, user-friendly interface with Ascent ELM's fully configurable system. All matter data is immediately available to search, review, and report in real time. Our ELM experts guide your team, including your outside counsel and other timekeepers, to ensure you work smarter, not harder.
Automate invoice processes, create and manage AFAs, and securely work with all vendors.

Manage the entire communication workflow between your team and all custodians involved in a legal hold. Easily direct your legal hold management using robust capabilities such as automated notification schedules, creating email notifications, and choosing which custodians to communicate with. Questel ELM support experts take the guesswork out of the workflow and ensure full compliance with every aspect of your legal hold process.
Communicate effectively between multiple groups of custodians as part of all litigation legal holds.

View your most critical information in one place, in a way that makes sense to you. SmartView™ analytic dashboards allow you to see all legal data at a glance. Rapidly visualize the critical data you need with graphical displays of Ascent ELM's advanced data analytics. You can compare matter, spend, and law firm data on the same view to make truly informed decisions.
Graphical representations simplify complex data to be easily understood at a glance.

Allow teams to easily leverage advanced performance data to create and manage value-based billing scenarios with Ascent ELM's AFA Wizard™. Advanced functionality quickly stores documents within the AFA record, securely collaborates with outside counsel and vendors, evaluates AFAs against "shadow bills," and manages outside legal spend relative to AFAs – all in one place.
Configure AFA's custom conditions for maximum flexibility.

ELM systems work best when they match how your business operates. No other solutions can offer the unique flexibility you get from Questel's Ascent ELM's Flex-System™. Personalize the system to your unique processes and workflows without the time & expense of software customization. You direct our experts on what's essential to your work and what Ascent ELM must deliver to advance your business value.
Ongoing support ensures your business evolves and ELM's configuration keeps pace.








What should I look for in an ELM solution?
The service components of an advanced ELM solution must include: matter management, eBilling invoice management, advanced legal spend reporting, Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs), Outlook integration, analytics, budgeting & forecasting, benchmarking, timekeeper tracking, user-friendly dashboards, and business system integrations. These are all included with our Ascent ELM software, but there is so much more. Questel includes a predictable cost of ownership, ongoing training, and solution support, at no extra charge.
We live in Outlook; does Enterprise Legal Management easily integrate with it?
Questel's Ascent ELM software integrates with Outlook and the complete MS Office suite of programs. We understand that attorneys live in outlook, so Ascent ELM allows for full functionality without leaving any Office tool to easily add matters, review invoices, and associate documents. Seamlessly streamline work directly from any inbox without sacrificing the feature-rich functionality and security of the full Ascent ELM system.
Ascent ELM software provides full drag-and-drop functionality from your inbox to the data repository in one step. Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint allow attorneys to approve, adjust, or reject invoices without accessing multiple programs to easily manage their matters.
Our IT team is concerned about increasing workloads. Does Questel help handle the software?
Most clients inform us their IT department is dealing with added concerns about cyber security, technology up-time, remote access, and user support - the last thing they want is another piece of software to manage. Questel's team supports clients and vendors. Our dedicated experts work as an extension of your own IT team to help you overcome infrastructure limitations, maintain data security, manage software implementations, support all users and vendors, and even install updates. This level of engagement allows your team to focus on supporting the business of practicing law and focusing on clients' needs first.
Out-of-the-box reports don't always give us the answers we need. Can I create a report or query without asking for help?
Ascent ELM comes with 100's reports that satisfy most legal operations' needs, but every company is unique which leads to unique reports. Waiting for answers can cause inaction and waiting for someone's help is time-consuming. Our Report Builder™ lets you easily create, export, and target all of your matter data and receive timely answers. If you do need more help, our experts are here to help you accomplish your goal.
Can Enterprise Legal Management software be configured to our work processes for legal operations, and can it evolve with us?
Questel offers a completely configurable ELM solution to meet your eBilling, Matter Management, and Legal Hold needs. Our software has a foundation layer and a configuration layer that can be adjusted to meet your unique business. Needs and requirements change over time, so our experts stay abreast of changes in billing requirements so the system changes along with you. Configurable solutions are less complex and time-consuming than customized solutions, so we lower your downtime and cost.
How can Ascent ELM help my team manage our legal holds?
Ascent ELM includes a powerful set of capabilities that include a Legal Hold Module to eliminate the stress and avoid the human error that can be associated with litigation. Ascent ELM creates a fully defensible, cost-effective, and highly-efficient legal hold and data preservation practice including when the hold was initiated, what they put on hold, what they communicated with relevant custodians, and when or how they monitored each custodian's compliance.
1. Ascent ELM guides and supports you through these critical steps:
2. Know the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) regarding a defensible legal hold.
3. Audit your data preservation policies and modify them to close any gaps to adhere to best practices.
4. Leverage online technology to remove human error and manage the entire legal hold with one tool.
5. Drive company-wide adoption and use of the tools to eliminate errors and improve support.
Let's discuss your Enterprise Legal Management needs. A demo will be customized for you!
Get answers to your Matter Management, eBilling, and Legal Hold requirements and discover why Questel is the right choice for Enterprise Legal Management.