CPA Global hosts event on the latest trends in Cloud-based IP Management

CPA Global, the leading global provider of intellectual property (IP) management and leading provider of legal services outsourcing (LSO), has brought together experts in intellectual property in Palo Alto, California, for the IP of company events in the Great Cloud: Managing IP while maintaining the pace of innovation to explore the latest trends in cloud computing.

With industry experts said Marie O'Malley, Senior Patent Paralegal at eBay Inc., the presentation focused on the growing popularity of software as a service (SaaS), cloud-based especially on intellectual property management. Organizations that adopt this model we find that speeds up data access and simplifies the process of IP with minimal infrastructure.

"The practice of managing cloud-based IP provides strategic value to business and improving customer relations firms," ​​said Jim Lee, director of sales at APC Global. "As a result, the growing industry trend has gained some attention recently for the time and cost savings offered to businesses."

Early adopters of the SaaS model, O'Malley addressed the benefits of implementing an IP solution based on the cloud. These include cost savings and reduce IT overhead, visibility of the portfolio improved, system customization, scalability, collaboration with outside counsel and inventors, as well as use the cloud to ensure continuity of business and security. He also spoke of how the cloud simplifies the management of information disclosure statements, a critical component of patenting is particularly slow and cumbersome.

The presentation also showed attendees how cloud computing can complement the customer-centric organizations, discussing how to leverage the model as a strategic business platform and highlight its ability to improve the law-firm client relations.
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