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Powerful all-in-one IPMS for law firms
A comprehensive IP management system for law firms
An IP Management System That Will Optimize Your Processes
Equinox Law Firm optimizes your IP management processes for efficient case and document management, client communications, fee management, and reporting. This powerful, all-in-one IP management system was built specifically for small- to medium-sized law firms.
Effortlessly meet your deadlines
Powerful process automation simplifies task management and keeps you on track. Plus, gain access to services that automatically keep your processes in line with the law.
One connected IP management system for your whole team
Your attorneys, paralegals, administration assistants, and accounts team can all work from the same IP management system. Benefit from seamless API integrations with your additional service providers and tools, including the Questel IP Portal, PAVIS Connect, Markify Watch, Xero, Sage, and more.
Secure, reliable, and available patent management software
Your portfolio data is safe thanks to cloud-based, multi-layered security including built-in protection against DDoS attacks. With 99.9%+ uptime and web-based access, you can securely log in to your IP management system from anywhere, at any time.
Future-proof your firm
A truly scalable IP management system with extensive optimization opportunities for growth acceleration. Regular version releases continually improve your system's performance without interrupting your work.
Deliver great service to your clients
Efficiency gains give you more time to nurture client relationships. Extensive reporting options mean you can share data-driven insights about your clients' portfolio to inform their commercial strategy.
Switching is smooth and efficient
Whether you're transitioning from another IP management system, internal patent attorney software, or a spreadsheet tool, our friendly and experienced on-boarding team has extensive experience and will guide you through the process.
Comprehensive Case Management
- Personalize our patent management software to suit your firm, including wording, user permissions, case code format, case layout, and case categories.
- Create families to speed up case creation, and efficiently batch manage your cases.
- Access over 50 online registers from within Equinox Law Firm.
- View your full history of transaction logs and leave internal comments for collaborative working across teams.
Efficient Document Management
- Use the powerful Microsoft Office plugin to effortlessly upload and save your documents.
- Securely share documents with your clients in dedicated Client Portals.
- Assign important documents to members of your team.
- Categorize your documents to optimize searching.
- Easily bulk download case documents for offline use.
Powerful Process Automation
- Save time and boost efficiency with pre-set lists of tasks and deadlines that trigger reminders and actions—keeping you focused and on track.
- At the click of a button, install complex pre-sets that follow processes and procedures set out by the official offices—directly into your IP management system! These can be tailored to match your internal processes.
- Have bespoke pre-sets configured for you, in line with your unique requirements.
- Benefit from our IP Portal—a helpful tool that notifies you of IP law changes. Save time by signing up to have your IP management system automatically updated in line with procedures and processes at official offices.
Client Communication
- Create smart templates using merge codes that auto-populate client and case information from your Equinox Law Firm patent management software, plus link correspondence tasks to your pre-sets so your clients are always kept in the loop.
- Send emails and letter attachments using the dependable Microsoft Office plugin and our Gmail integration, plus manage correspondence records and set contact preferences.
- Quickly and securely share documents, data, and reports with your clients via their customizable Client Portal.
Fees and Invoicing
- Set up and allocate budgets, add disbursements and fixed service fees your clients have incurred and assign discounts to your cases.
- Record and log billable/non-billable time spent working on a case using the system timer and timesheets.
- Create invoice templates, generate single or combined invoices, and update their status. Export invoices to your accounting software, such as Xero or Sage.
Insightful Reporting
- Use handy pre-built reports or create custom reports that meet the needs of your clients or firm, covering everything from active cases and upcoming tasks, to finance or audit reports.
- Create custom dashboards in Equinox Law Firm to quickly access the information that's important to your firm.
“Equinox Law Firm has been a huge boost to the efficiencies of our firm’s workflows. The IP management system provides a robust and complete practice management system for our assistants, professionals, and accounting personnel in all aspects of our IP practice. All firm personnel have a complete snapshot of their and their team’s responsibilities or practice.
“The precedent system we have customized within Equinox Law Firm allows tasks to be completed very efficiently. The easy and practically seamless integrations with email and our back-end accounting system are excellent.”
“Updating matters, preparing reports, and monitoring deadlines are easy with Equinox Law Firm. It has reduced time spent on menial administrative tasks.
“The ability to provide our clients with access to their portfolios through the IP management system also means that we are not spending time generating reports and providing clients with updates as they can review their portfolio themselves.”
"If I were to recommend the Equinox IP management system to another IP professional, I would highlight the high degree of customization and integration with systems of high complexity you might be maintaining yourself but that derive from data held by Equinox Law Firm. For IP professionals with a lower systems background, I would highlight the responsiveness of the system—many similar tools built by larger IP firms in-house suffer from a lack of user focus leading to a blurred feature set with a high drag factor that erodes the joy of working in IP.
“The IPMS should make your practice easier and help reduce stress, not make life more frustrating.”
Discover Our Specialist Patent Management Software Tools
Equinox Law Firm includes specialist patent management tools specifically developed to enable law firm users to streamline client patent portfolio management, saving time and reducing the risk of manual data entry. Some of our purpose-built patent management software tools include:
Say goodbye to manual case creation, our PCT Nationalization tool rapidly creates cases for national and regional phase entry of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications. The patent attorney software tool reproduces the main details of the original case into each national case—from case titles to client information and contacts—and sets default case dates, according to pre-set workflows.
Quickly create validation cases for existing European patent (EP) rights within your Equinox IP management system. Simply select the appropriate countries and our dedicated patent management software tool will automatically copy data from the parent EP patent and set up new EP Validation cases for each case family.
Our Unitary Patent tool was created to enable users to specify which European patents should be filed with "unitary effect" following the launch of the Unified Patent Court System in 2023. The patent attorney software tool enables you to capture the extra information and date fields required for requests for and registrations of unitary effect.
Equinox Law Firm is connected with official offices to help you align your case information with the information held by national and regional patent and trademark offices. These include the MyEPO Mailbox provided by the European Patent Office (EPO), meaning you can choose to receive and process official EPO communications and documents directly from your Equinox patent management software. The same applies to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Connect your Patent Management Software to Our Integrated IP Ecosystem
Our securely connected interfaces allow you to transfer data, including new and amended IP rights and renewal payment instructions, directly from your Equinox IP management system or existing patent attorney software. Questel’s API Gateway enables straightforward connection with the following tools, with more to follow:
Our Patent Management Software PAVIS Connect
PAVIS Connect is our web-based patent management software for end-to-end renewals management. Our solution for companies and laws firms that already work with an IP management system, PAVIS Connect can be linked to most patent attorney software, including our fully secure Equinox IP management systems.
Our Trademark Watch Platform, Markify Watch
Receive trademark watch reports directly into your Equinox IP management system.
Our IP Services Portal
Connect our IP Services Portal to Equinox Law Firm to order services across the patent lifecycle, from international and European patent filing and prosecution support to requests for patent translations.
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