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Results of Managing IP’s 2013 Patent Survey

Posted by Cara Verwholt on Monday, Feb 11, 2013 @ 01:44 PM

Managing Intellectual Property magazine recently published the results of its 2013 “Patent Survey,” which ranks the top firms for prosecution and contentious work in more than 80 countries. As a testament to the quality of our agent network, inovia’s agents … Continue reading →

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Validation vs. Recording an Address for Service Under The London Agreement

Posted by Jeff Shieh on Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 @ 05:28 PM

After a long gestation period, the London Agreement finally entered into force back on May 1, 2008. Its aim was to reduce the cost and complexity of validating European patents in individual countries following grant by the European Patent Office … Continue reading →

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inovia: 10 years later

Posted by Cara Verwholt on Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 @ 01:00 AM

This week we’re celebrating inovia’s 10th birthday! In April 2002, our founder Justin Simpson launched the company with his father Marcel by his side to celebrate. In the beginning, we were known as PCTFILER (later changing to inovia in 2008) … Continue reading →

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inovia Agent Ranked Among Largest IP Practices by Law360

Posted by Cara Verwholt on Friday, Feb 17, 2012 @ 12:03 PM

Last week we announced that several of our foreign associates were ranked among the top patent firms by Managing IP.  This week we’re happy to share that another one of our foreign associates, Brooks Kushman (U.S.), has been recognized.  Brooks … Continue reading →

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Results of MIP’s 2012 Patent Survey

Posted by Cara Verwholt on Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 @ 09:42 AM

People often ask us how we go about selecting the agents in our network, which has grown to cover 84 countries across the globe. We are very transparent about who we work with and are also happy to share the … Continue reading →

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Top PCT Filing Firms for 2011

Posted by Cara Verwholt on Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 @ 07:09 PM

Managing IP magazine recently published its 2011 PCT survey, which ranks firms according to the number of PCT applications they filed due for national stage entry in 2011.  We’re proud to announce that inovia (the only non-law firm in the … Continue reading →

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2011 NAPP Annual Meeting – Outsourcing Foreign Filing

Posted by Jeff Shieh on Tuesday, Jul 26, 2011 @ 03:51 PM

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP) Annual Meeting. Presenters included directors from WIPO, law professors, and attorneys from the US and abroad, speaking on a diverse range of … Continue reading →

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Top PCT Filing Firms for 2010

Posted by Cara Verwholt on Thursday, Oct 14, 2010 @ 08:36 PM

Managing IP Magazine announced last week their ranking of firms according to the number of PCT applications they filed due for national stage entry in 2010.  The 14 biggest markets were included in the article. Congratulations to our foreign agents … Continue reading →

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Is it worth recording changes to PCT application information during the international phase?

Posted by Jeff Sweetman on Friday, Sep 10, 2010 @ 04:47 PM

It’s a few weeks before the 30 month deadline for national stage entry of one of your client’s PCT applications.  The client calls you and tells you one (or more) of the following: The sole inventor has just assigned her … Continue reading →

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inovia Opens German Office

Posted by Cara Verwholt on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 @ 03:51 PM

We are pleased to announce our new office in Munich, Germany and the appointment of Wolfgang Danner as Senior Director, Business Development. “Germany files more PCT applications than any other country in Europe – 15,000/year, which is on par with … Continue reading →

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