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06.10.2008

Thomson IP Manager Workshop

From October 06. - 07 our introductory workshop for the new Thomson IP Manager will take place in Freiburg. We will present the new functionality and new possibilities and provide insite into the future development. All users will receive individual invitiations.

15.06.2008

IP Master User Meeting this year in the U.S.A.

This years IP Master Users Conference will take place in Southfield, MI in the U.S.A. from June 15 through 18. After having our European User Meeting in 2007 in Freiburg all users are invited to joins us for an interesting program in the Somerset Inn in Troy, MI. All users will be notified later individually.

06.03.2007

IP Master User Conference

This year's European IP Master User Conference has been scheduled from September 17 until September 18. It will take place at the Rheingold Hotel in Freiburg, Germany. All users will receive a personal invitation later.

22.02.2007

New Training Courses scheduled for 2007

New training courses have been scheduled for the year 2007 for IP Master users and system administrators. Course descriptions and the new dates for 2007 in English and German language can be found here.

If you have any questions you can reach us by e-mail or by phone.

17.07.2006

Seminar CAI Computer Aided Innovation - Intelligent Patent Docketing

On July 17, 2006 we will organise a seminar at Hotel Rheingold together with our partner infoapps GmbH the manufacturer of Info Patent.

We will inform about newest technologies in the field of:

- Management of own IP rights using IP Master
- Patent search, survey, distribution and archiving using Info Patent
- Integration of patent management and patent information
- free data sources and their quality
- Test report from Mettler Toledo

Further topics are automatic searches, free downloads of patent information (bibliogrphy, PDF files, images, full text), simple distribution of patent information as well as automatic survey of specific cases or competitors.

Please register at info@is-fr.de.

15.05.2006

IP Master Training in Graz

An IP Master training for advanced users will be held on May 15 in Graz. The venue for this training will be Hotel Courtyard in A-8141 Unterpremstätten, Austria. The training will cover data entry and modification in patents and trademarks, the rules and creation of reports.

Please call if you would like to register for this course.

20.01.2006

IP Master User Conference

This year's International IP Master Client Conference has been scheduled from June 12 until June 15. It will take place in the Somerset Inn in Troy, Michigan. All users will receive a personal invitation later.

09.01.2006

UK Regional Meeting February 2006

A regional meeting has been scheduled by MDC from February 20 - 21 in London:

The Montague on the Gardens
15 Montague Street
Bloomsbury
London WC1B 5BJ

Topics:
• Rules Administration Tips & Tricks
• IPMaster Best Practices Session
• Patent Annuities & Trademark Renewals Update
• Introducing IPMaster 2.0
• Online Portfolio Access

Fee:
Presentations (Monday) - FREE
Training (Tuesday) - £50.00

22.11.2005

New Training Courses scheduled for 2006

New training courses have been scheduled for the year 2006 for IP Master users and system administrators. Course descriptions and the new dates for 2006 in English and German language can be found here.

If you have any questions you can reach us by e-mail or by phone.

18.11.2005

Training Courses for December postponed

Training courses in December (week 48 and 49) must be postponed until 2006 because of dates conflicting with other projects. The new dates will be published in the last week of November.

If you have questions concerning training courses, please send e-Mail or call us.

07.03.2005

IP Master User Conference

This year's European IP Master User Conference has been scheduled from September 18 until September 20. Based on the wishes of many users we have again chosen the Rheingold Hotel in Freiburg, Germany. All users will receive a personal invitation later.

14.01.2005

New Training Courses scheduled

For new users of IP Master as well as for migrated users from PC Master new training courses have been scheduled. Course descriptions and the new dates for 2005 in English and German language can be found here.

If you have any questions you can reach us by e-mail or by phone.

15.11.2004

IP Master Workshop in Tampa Florida

A local IP Master workshop will be held in Tampa Florida on from January, 30 until February, 1 2005. This workshop will cover all aspects of the current and future development of IP Master.

For more information please contact us at +49 (761) 45 907 50 or by e-mail.

25.04.2004

IP Master Client Conference

From April 25. until April 28. April this year's IP Master Client Conference will take place in the Somerset Inn, in Troy, Michigan. The registration fee per person will be 100 USD with a registration before April 4 and 175 USD after that date.

Please register online at www.mdcip.com on page Client Conference.

11.02.2004

New Training Courses scheduled

For new users of IP Master as well as for migrated users from PC Master new training courses have been designed. Course descriptions and the new dates for 2004 in English and German language can be found here.

If you have any questions you can reach us by e-mail or by phone.

21.11.2003

IP Master Workshop in Sweden

A local IP Master workshop in Sweden will be held on 21.11.2003 at AB Electrolux in Stockholm. At this workshop IP Master will be presented with its new functionality and the migration from PC Master to IP Master will be discussed in detail.

For more information please contact us at +49 (761) 45 907 50 or by e-mail.

07.07.2003

Maintenance Release for the Report Viewer

For the Report Viewer a further relase has been published. Problems with empty lines which appear in case large reports are printed with the content of many fields should be fixed with this release.

To receive the correct version for your PC Master installation please contact us.

05.05.2003

INTA Amsterdam

Please visit us at at the 125th Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA), Amsterdam 3 - 7 May 2003.

13.01.2003

Software Maintenance for the Annuity Service

As part of the ongoing software maintenance of PC Master an update was distributed to all Annuity Service clients. This Update makes sure that all data transferred will be interpreted correctly in future.

For PC Master version 3.03.xx you may downlaod the update fom here.

For PC Master version 3.04.xx you may download the update fom here.

The file downloaded from here replaces after decompression the file on your system with the same name.

30.12.2002

Migration Preparations from PC Master to IP Master

After IP Master has successfully been introduced in the market, existing installations of PC Master will gradually be migrated during the course of the year 2003. To prepare this migration we currently ship comprehensive information together with a questionnaire to our clients. For our planning, please return this questionnaire to us at your earliest convenience.

You may download this questionnaire from here.

07.07.2002

Registration closed for the European User Meeting in Sptember 2002

Based upon additional requests for registration for the user meeting of this year, we have raised the maximum number of participants. In the mean time we have now reached the capacity limits of the location choosen and can no longer accept additional registrations.

09.05.2002

European User Meeting 2002 from 23. to 24.09.2002 in Freiburg

IP Master Introduction
10 Years IS Information Service
30 Years Master Data Center

These are only three key-words for this year's User Meeting of the PC Master users in Freiburg. The meeting takes place this year in the Rheingold Hotel in the Center of Freiburg. A preliminary agenda can be downloaded from here. Information about the hotel you may find here: http://www.rheingold-freiburg.de

Here you may find a form for your registration.

We need your registration latest on 21. Mai 2002. Please note that we amy not be able to accept registrations after this date because of limited space.

04.04.2002

New Training Courses for 2nd and 3rd Quarter

For the 2nd and 3rd quarter of 2002, new training courses have been scheduled. Migration courses from PC Master to IP Master have been re-scheduled for the 3rd quarter. Here you may find more information.

18.03.2002

New Classification of Goods and Services

The international classification of goods and services has changed. New classes have been added and the existing classes have been revised.

PC Master provides a table of services and goods in the trademark module that you can use when creating cases in this module. The content of this table should be revised by downloading the file provided here. Please save the file to disk on your computer and decompress the content. Utilize the standard password for use of the administrator module for decompression. Thereafter, please load the file within the administrator with the option DELETE & ADD.

After this, you will see the new table of services and goods under File - Open - Goods.

If you have any questions or problems, please call our hotline. Further information concerning the modified classes and goods you may find on the web site of the WIPO.

23.01.2002

MDC User Conference April 21-24, 2002 - Troy, Michigan

Please be invited to share news, tips and experiences gained from 30 years in the business at this year's global user conference.

At this conference you will:

  • Network with other MDC users
  • Learn about solutions from other MDC clients
  • Help MDC celebrate its 30th birthday
  • Try IP Master the new record management product

The 2002 MDC User Conference will provide various educational opportunities for everyone. Product users, technical staff and attorneys will learn about IP Master and improve their portfolio management skills.

Speakers will share news and views on IP record management.
Breakout sessions will give you a closer look at exciting new features of IP Master
Skill enhancement sessions will refine your docketing and reporting abilities.
Representatives from the IHI sister companies will present their products and services.

Your registration includes:

  • Sunday evening Welcome reception
  • Monday breakfast and lunch
  • Monday evening 30th birthday celebration
  • Tuesday breakfast and lunch
  • Wednesday breakfast

The location of the conference, the Somerset Inn Hotel, is located approx. 45 minutes from Metro Detroit International Airport. The hotel is accessible by rental car or taxi. For room reservations at the Somerset Inn call +1 (248) 643 7800 and ask for the MDC User Conference rate or book here through us.

18.01.2002

New Training Courses for 2002

For the first half of 2002 the training courses have now been scheduled. Based upon our client's request, we offer introduction courses now split into patent and trademark seminars. You may book effective immediately introduction seminars according to your specific needs. Here you may find more information.

14.01.2002

IP Master Release 1.0 now available

After development of the basic release of IP Master has been finished, the successor of PC Master is now available as a first production release 1.0. The basic version contains the functionality of PC Master with additional information calculated for annuities paid in the past and expected in the future. In the trademark module the history of past renewals will be calculated automatically based upon historic rules. Here you will find more information in future.

All clients with a valid maintenance contract will receive IP Master together with a suggested migration date at no charge.

26.10.2001

PC Master Users Conference rescheduled

After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the PC Master Users Conference has now been rescheduled for 21. to 24. April 2002. The conference hotel has not been changed. Here you may find more information.

18.09.2001

PC Master Users Conference cancelled

After the attacks against US installations and expected problems with air travel to and from the USA, the PC Master Users Conference scheduled from September 23 until Sptember 26 has been postponed. All hotel reservations for registered participants have been cancelled. If you have any questions, please contact us.

03.08.2001

IP Master Beta 4 now available

The probably last beta release of IP Master, the successor of PC Master is available from now on for those clients who signed up for the test program of IP Master. If you did not already receive the new version or if you would like to embark on the beta test program, please contact us by telephone or send e-mail to info@is-fr.com.

23.07.2001

Additional Training Courses for PC Master

Due to continuous requests, you will find additional trainings scheduled in October in English language and new trainings in December in English and German language. Please contact us early, if you would like to participate in such training courses at info@is-fr.com or send us the booking form, which you will find on the training schedule page.

17.07.2001

IP Master Beta 3 now available

A new release of IP Master is available to those clients, who signed up for testing the new generation software. This new release should show more stability, improved performance and allow rules calculations for patent and trademarks. The migration tools in this release allow transfer of a client's customisation to IP Master.

Please contact us at info@is-fr.com, if you would like to receive this release on CD-ROM.

29.06.2001

New Trademark Rules available

Effective today new trademark rules for the second quarter 2001 are available. They replace the old rules from first quarter 2001. Rules as well as a description of the changes can be downloaded from this website.

20.06.2001

Internet based Support now available

We are pleased to offer Internet based support using WebEx technology. Support sessions can be targeted to all computers linked to the Internet. Any question, problem or other issue where we need to verify a reported problem on your computer can be subject to a support session using an Internet connection.

Support sessions will be scheduled in agreement with our clients.

15.06.2001

Internet based Training through WebEx technology

Since June 15, we are pleased to offer Internet based training sessions using WebEx technology. Training sessions take one hour at a fixed rate for all types of training sessions. The number of participants is limited to five. Training sessions can be joined after they have been scheduled with us and a password to take part in a session has been received.

Please contact us to set up your private training at info@is-fr.com.