Connect – IP network collaboration platform

1. Improve productivity
   Connect’s structured global ip collaboration environment enhances productivity by gathering workflow information in one place and replacing email as a communications medium.
2. Simplify operations
   Simplify your filing and prosecution processes by eliminating email, automating docketing and streamlining your invoice processing workflows with Connect – our IP collaboration tool.
3. Reduce costs
   Connect’s structured network collaboration environment enables cost savings by reducing the need to match, check and track information in your filing and prosecution and related invoice management processes.
4. Achieve predictability in your spend
   By structuring and managing fees and invoices for foreign associates, Connect provides consolidated spending details that help improve budget forecasting accuracy.
5. Reduce risk
   Automated docketing eliminates the risk of overlooking incoming information, which can lead to missed deadlines, late fees and potentially lost rights.
6. Drive digital transformation
   Leverage the power of digitization and global connectivity to transform IP network collaboration across geographies and time zones. Act faster and more efficiently by erasing boundaries and eliminating friction in your communications and transactions.

Standard prosecution process

• Get a clear and precise breakdown of lifecycle processes.
• Track patent and trademark lifecycle events (from pre-filing to maintenance).

Web-based network collaboration solution

• Send instructions to multiple jurisdictions at once.
• Follow the progress of your cases easily.
• Communicate with your agents without using email.

IPMS integrations

• Save time with instructions sent directly from your IP management system.
• Reduce manual work with automated docketing.

Standard prosecution grid

• Simplify tracking with a standard, task-based prosecution grid for all agents.
• Get fixed fees on prosecution services.
• Make information predictable and comparable.

Auto-generated invoices

• Automatically generate invoices upon completion of a task or milestone in a structured process.
• Automatically populate with agreed-upon fees.
• Generate accurate, timely invoices.
• Eliminate need for invoices to be matched and controlled.

Invoice bundling and payment processing

• Ensure payments are made according to agreed-upon terms.