According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in 2014, five patent offices accounted for 82 percent of global patent filings. The first four on the list – China, the U.S., Japan, and the Republic of Korea – are perhaps unsurprising. The fifth, though, represents a growing area for intellectual property: the European Patent Office.
Sensing the increasing need in IP efficiency, legal technology providers have responded in kind. The latest is IP software provider Alt Legal, who has partnered with cloud-based legal practice management provider Clio to offer Alt Legal’s IP filing and management mechanisms to Clio’s European customers.
