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Why law firms are holding out on software solutions

On February 4, 2019

At IP Checkups, we developed PatentCAM™, a patent management software tool to spur innovation among R&D, legal and business groups. While many R&D teams have embraced the software, the legal groups, in-house and outside counsel, have been tougher nuts to crack. It doesn’t make sense. Here, PatentCAM can save companies (clients) millions of dollars simply […]

On June 29, 2017

Back in 1993, Irving Rappaport and his business partner, Kevin Rivette founded Smart Patents. The company was one of the early legal software firms. Smart Patents’ goal was to create a “Digital Patent” and transition patent attorneys from working on paper to working on an electronic format. According to Irving Rappaport, co-founder and managing director […]

On March 20, 2017

What is Patent Landscape Analysis & Why is it Important? It is believed that 80% of published science and technology information contained in patents is not published anywhere else. There are literally tens of millions of published patents and patent application references available for review by the public. This overwhelming treasure trove of information can […]

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Why law firms are holding out on software solutions

Legal software as a service has been around since the early 1990s: Law Firms are finally starting to embrace it.

Patent Landscape Analysis – An Overview