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Is your PCT application approaching its national phase deadline? Do you know the country-specific requirements? Each PCT member country has its own set of National Phase filing requirements, making it...

Software is everywhere: You’re probably looking at it right now. The onscreen controls you use to operate a software app — known collectively as the “graphic user interface” or GUI — are a critical pa...

Two things must always be true when you’re applying for a patent, wherever you are in the world — Your invention must be novel and it must be useful. However, different nations have different definit...

Do you use Visual Voicemail? This system allows users to select which voicemail they want to listen to out of a list of all voicemails received. It seems like an obvious solution to the problem of tra...

Imagine this: Company A owns a patent for an energy efficient lawnmower. Company B starts manufacturing a lawnmower that looks eerily similar. When Company A finds out, it sends a cease & desist lette...

As of June 8, 1995, the USPTO has offered inventors the option of filing a provisional patent application, which was “designed to provide a lower-cost first patent filing in the United States.” One of...

In simple terms, patent litigation is the legal process that unfolds when someone who owns the patent for a particular invention enforces their right by suing another for manufacturing or selling the ...

A company’s intellectual property is its number one asset. Protecting that property through patents, however, is expensive and doesn’t include certain types of content, including customer lists, which...

Maintaining an accurate record of an IP owner's name and address is critical to securing IP rights and ensuring that they  remain protected. Therefore, when a merger or acquisition takes place (or an...

Each PCT member country has its own set of National Phase filing requirements. This reference guide provides translation & filing requirements for 50 of the most frequently filed countries/jurisdictio...

Paris Convention Patent Filing is a preferred filing method among patent holders for various reasons. One might find the Paris Convention patent filing especially useful because of lower upfront costs...

Discover how one of the top worldwide IP team manages tasks related to IP Recordals through the corporate perspective of Reckitt. During this webinar, we will talk about how Questel manage Recordals p...

In the era of shrinking global technology budgets and demands for a positive return on investments, it can be a daunting task to provide the required evidence to sway decision-makers to purchase new L...

Discover the technology that enables you to transform your working methods! With an assisted machine learning system, you will distinguish between relevant and non-relevant data in your workfiles. Use...

In this era where Open innovation is mainstream, Insights about partnerships is becoming a key to understand your ecosystem and watch the next moves of your competitors. Identify your next partner or ...

Legal technology is demonstrating positive results for Corporate Legal departments all around the world. While the benefits are well proven, the ability to cut through the clutter to get to the core o...

Watch our webinar held on July 20 and gain valuable insights on hot topics in IP from a EU perspective …

In this webinar, we are going to speak with Elayne Cameau, IP & Global Prosecution Professional of Jabil Inc. to learn about her experience implementing Questel’s IP Management Solution, Orbit Asset. ...

Translations account for approximately 75 to 80% of total foreign filing costs and weigh heavily on decisions on where to file, potentially limiting an applicant’s choices ...

Discover why tech-driven players generate the most efficient prior art searches..