It’s that time of year again. The time of year when it is important to keep track of the fact that Daylight Saving Time is different in Switzerland from the way it is in the United States. Continue reading “Filing at the International Bureau and Daylight Saving Time”
Paralegals! Try to get your attorneys to sign up for this webinar
This blog article is directed to paralegals and legal assistants and secretaries and administrative assistants.
I am going to make a stab-in-the-dark guess that at least one of your attorney bosses is avoiding learning about ePCT because they want to assume that you will be the one who keeps on top of knowing how to use ePCT. Continue reading “Paralegals! Try to get your attorneys to sign up for this webinar”
Two-factor authentication in ePCT – polling results
Today’s webinar was entitled Intro to ePCT, why ePCT is important, getting a user ID and password, setting up 2FA.
I conducted a few polls about 2FA during the webinar, and here are some results. Continue reading “Two-factor authentication in ePCT – polling results”
Which ePCT webinars are most popular as of today?
Here is the ranking as of today, from most registrations down to fewest registrations, for the next eight ePCT webinars:
- 323 signups. Thursday, March 16, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Making sure your US priority documents are available to DAS, best practices for filing US priority documents, Certificates of Availability, setting up alerts. Click to register.
- 309 signups. Thursday, April 20, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Filing a new US PCT application in RO/US using ePCT. Click to register.
- 298 signups. Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Getting to know your ePCT workbench, portfolios, office profiles, cloning, ePCT actions. Click to register.
- 292 signups. Thursday, March 2, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Intro to ePCT, why ePCT is important, getting a user ID and password, setting up 2FA. Click to register.
- 278 signups. Thursday, March 23, 2023, 11AM Mountain Time. Handshakes, eOwners, eEditors, eViewers, access rights groups, employee first day of work, employee last day of work. Click to register.
- 271 signups. Thursday, March 9, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Why attorneys need to learn about ePCT, why you cannot simply delegate stuff to support staff. Click to register.
- 264 signups. Thursday, April 13, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Getting pending PCT applications into your workbench, going back to January 1, 2009, archiving old applications. Click to register.
- 264 signups. Thursday, March 30, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Shared address books, collaborative workflow, sharing with clients, sharing with outside counsel. Click to register.
Which clock is easier to read?
Hello readers. It will be recalled that in 2018 (see blog posting), the clock in the ePCT system looked like this:
An annual ritual for me – scheduled postings about DST
Hello dear readers. There is an annual ritual which I keep hoping would eventually cease to be necessary, but yet again today the ritual presents itself. What I am talking about is the annual scheduling of four blog postings about Daylight Saving Time. Continue reading “An annual ritual for me – scheduled postings about DST”
Which ePCT webinars are most popular so far?
Yesterday I opened up the first eight ePCT webinars for registration. In the first 24 hours, lots of folks have registered. But I know what you are asking! You want to know, which ePCT webinars have the most signups so far? Here is the ranking so far, from most registrations down to fewest registrations so far:
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- Thursday, March 16, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Making sure your US priority documents are available to DAS, best practices for filing US priority documents, Certificates of Availability, setting up alerts. Click to register.
- Thursday, April 20, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Filing a new US PCT application in RO/US using ePCT. Click to register.
- Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Getting to know your ePCT workbench, portfolios, office profiles, cloning, ePCT actions. Click to register.
- Thursday, March 2, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Intro to ePCT, why ePCT is important, getting a user ID and password, setting up 2FA. Click to register.
- Thursday, March 9, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Why attorneys need to learn about ePCT, why you cannot simply delegate stuff to support staff. Click to register.
- (actually tied with the March 9 webinar for fifth place) Thursday, April 13, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Getting pending PCT applications into your workbench, going back to January 1, 2009, archiving old applications. Click to register.
- Thursday, March 30, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Shared address books, collaborative workflow, sharing with clients, sharing with outside counsel. Click to register.
- Thursday, March 23, 2023, 11AM Mountain Time. Handshakes, eOwners, eEditors, eViewers, access rights groups, employee first day of work, employee last day of work. Click to register.
Sign up now for ePCT webinars
Hello folks. Finally after many months of my talking about it, I have scheduled the first few ePCT webinars. Here are the first few:
- Thursday, March 2, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Intro to ePCT, why ePCT is important, getting a user ID and password, setting up 2FA.
- Thursday, March 9, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Why attorneys need to learn about ePCT, why you cannot simply delegate stuff to support staff.
- Thursday, March 16, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Making sure your US priority documents are available to DAS, best practices for filing US priority documents, Certificates of Availability, setting up alerts.
- Thursday, March 23, 2023, 11AM Mountain Time. Handshakes, eOwners, eEditors, eViewers, access rights groups, employee first day of work, employee last day of work.
- Thursday, March 30, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Shared address books, collaborative workflow, sharing with clients, sharing with outside counsel.
- Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Getting to know your ePCT workbench, portfolios, office profiles, cloning, ePCT actions.
- Thursday, April 13, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Getting pending PCT applications into your workbench, going back to January 1, 2009, archiving old applications.
- Thursday, April 20, 2023, 10AM Mountain Time. Filing a new US PCT application in RO/US using ePCT.
For more information, or to register, click here.
How many have watched the recordings of the 2022 Schwegman lectures?
It will be recalled that in February and March of 2022, thanks to sponsorship of the Schwegman firm, many hundreds of people all around the world were able to attend my lectures about the Patent Cooperation Treaty. This was a remarkable series of fifteen lectures spread over about six weeks.
The lectures got recorded and the recordings got posted, along with the slides. This meant that anybody who had missed the live lectures could watch the lectures later, free of charge. This meant that this generous gift of the Schwegman firm to the world patent community was a gift that kept on giving. (One place where you can see the recordings and slides is here.) You might wonder how many have watched the recorded lectures. Here are some statistics on that. Continue reading “How many have watched the recordings of the 2022 Schwegman lectures?”
Attend this webinar for PCT enthusiasts
WIPO recently released a new version of ePCT and it has many changes that are helpful for applicants. Now WIPO will be offering a webinar that reviews and explains some of those changes.
Every user of the PCT system ought to attend. Continue reading “Attend this webinar for PCT enthusiasts”