Thursday, October 29, 2009
U.S. Patent Issued for Deadlines On Demand’s Court Rules Change Notification Service #
LOS ANGELES – October 29, 2009 – The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued U.S. Patent Number 7,580,937 for Deadlines On Demand’s court rules Change Notification Service (CNS), entitled ”Method and Apparatus for Updating Rules and Transmitting Change Notifications.” Deadlines On Demand, LLC (“DOD”), the leading automated court rules-based calendaring service on the Internet, launched CNS in early 2005 to alert their users of recent court rules updates which may impact deadlines on their calendars. This service automatically sends emails to DOD users when rules changes impact one or more of the deadlines created by their DOD date calculations. The CNS also provides a convenient link to rerun each search that was affected.
CNS emails provide timely notification for court rules updates that may be descriptive, authoritative or may change users’ actual deadline dates. The service helps attorneys maintain accurate court deadlines, which is important because failure to properly calculate court dates associated with changing rules is one of the leading causes of legal malpractice claims.
A wholly owned subsidiary of CompuLaw, LLC, DOD is designed to help solo practitioners and small firms save time and protect themselves from legal calendar/deadline-related errors. Today, more than 100,000 legal professionals are registered DOD users, having performed thousands of deadline calculations.
“Deadlines On Demand is designed to help solo practitioners and small law firms compete with mega firms – those with unlimited staff and resources,” said David J. Kalmick, president and CEO of CompuLaw. “Our sophisticated CNS servers monitor all user-researched dates so busy attorneys do not have to waste time constantly checking and re-checking court rules for updates or changes. DOD users have peace of mind knowing that their calendar is kept up to date.”
DOD incorporates CompuLaw’s extensive library of rules databases, which includes jurisdictions in all 50 states, including State, Federal, Appellate, Supreme Court, Bankruptcy, Probate and Family Law and much more. CompuLaw’s rules database library is the largest and most comprehensive available. For the complete list of CompuLaw rule databases, visit http://www.compulaw.com.