Navigating the Upcoming Canadian Patent and Trademark Fee Increase
If you’re an IP owner with Canadian IP rights, you should (hopefully) know about the patent and trademark fee increase coming in January 2024. There’s not much you can do […]
Patent Annuity Vendor Selection Best Practices
We’re working with a number of companies who are switching or preparing to switch patent annuity providers, so this weekend, we thought we’d compile our top 5 recommendations for any […]
Updated PCT Patent Fees For October and November
A Busy Week of PCT Updates The PCT Applicant’s Guide was the only source of updated patent fees this week. None of the changes are going to break your budget, […]
Updated PCT Patent Fees For Singapore
A Slow Week of updates to patent fees Updates to patent fees this week are few and far between, a minor update planned for Singapore is all we have to […]
The Value of Patent Annuity Currency Caps
“How much can we get back?” We often get this question when organizations ask us to analyze their patent annuity or trademark renewal invoices. We start to really get this […]
Patent Fee Updates For Turkey and Egypt
Here Come the Inflation Adjustments! This week, we get the details behind Turkey’s substantial patent fee and VAT increases and also preview upcoming changes for Egypt. Beginning in October, students […]
4th Quarter Patent Annuity Currency Outlook
Fourth-quarter patent annuity invoices are only a couple of weeks away! There’s been a lot going on in the world since you received your Q3 invoices at the end of […]
Top 5 Tips For Spot Checking Patent Annuity Invoices
Fourth-quarter patent annuity invoices will be arriving at the beginning of September. For most organizations, auditing an annuity invoice can seem like an impossible task, so we’ve put together a […]
Want to be a Patent Annuity Cost Superhero?
Fourth-quarter patent annuity invoices will be arriving in one month. Most organizations just pass the invoice along for payment – but you can be different. Use these five free tips […]
IP Financial Friday: Gender Parity in Patents
WIPO: Innovation Gender Parity Gap Shrinking Slowly WIPO’s April World IP Day theme was “Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity.” This week, they followed up with a detailed report […]
