Thursday, April 29, 2010
U.S. Patent Issued for Deadlines On Demand’s Online Legal Deadline Calculation Service #
LOS ANGELES – April 29, 2010 –The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a patent directed to Deadlines On Demand’s online legal deadline calculation service, entitled ”METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF COURT SCHEDULES,” Patent No. 7,668,863; Filed July 22, 2002. This Patent addresses the unique technology that CompuLaw created for the Deadlines On Demand online court rules deadline calculation service.
The Patent covers CompuLaw’s unique method for generating and transmitting a calendar of different legal events capable of occurring in the course of a legal proceeding over a wide area network, that make use of formulas and relationship tables to efficiently and accurately calculate legal deadlines. Further, the Patent details CompuLaw’s methods related to issuing reminders by email, pay-per-use billing, and more.
“CompuLaw pioneered online court rules calculations,” said David J. Kalmick, President and CEO of CompuLaw LLC. “Our library of related patents is a clear indication of our leadership. We offer unmatched performance and accuracy to attorneys and legal professionals, along with the most extensive library of rules databases available from any vendor. Calendar-related errors are the leading cause of malpractice claims against attorneys, according to the ABA . CompuLaw is committed to helping attorneys reduce their risk by leading the market with the most cutting edge court rules and calendar technology.”
CompuLaw also holds the following U.S. and foreign patents related to rules technology:
• METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING RULES AND TRANSMITTING CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS (U.S. Patent No. 7302433 and U.S. Patent No. 7580937)
• METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COURT DATE CALCULATION ENGINE (U.S. Patent No. 7171416)
• METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF COURT SCHEDULES (Australia Patent No. 2002330911).
A wholly owned subsidiary of CompuLaw, LLC, DOD is designed to help solo practitioners and law firms save time and protect themselves from legal calendar-related errors. More than 100,000 legal professionals have registered as DOD users, having performed thousands of deadline calculations. 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.
1 American Bar Association Survey, “Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims”