PracticeLink works with the docketing systems and DMS platforms firms already run, from FoundationIP to netDocuments. No migration, no rip and replace.
PracticeLink connects to the systems patent and trademark firms already run. It works with the major docketing systems, including FoundationIP, CPi, Inprotech, and others, and with the document management platforms netDocuments and iManage. A firm can add PracticeLink to the stack it already has, without migrating off anything.
That connection is the whole point. PracticeLink is designed to work against the docketing system a firm already maintains, treating the docket as the source of truth for dates rather than a separate re-keyed copy. For example, incoming mail can be captured, linked to the matter, and used to start the response workflow. The docketing team keeps working in the docket they maintain, and the paralegal isn't re-keying the same date twice. The goal is to avoid re-keying and to keep data in the systems the firm already trusts.
The design is intentional: work with a firm's existing docketing and document management systems, not replace them. The docket stays the home for dates, the DMS stays the home for documents, and PracticeLink runs the operations work around them, including mail intake, forms and filing packages, task routing, and client reporting. Integrate, don't rip and replace.
As firms add more tools, including AI, the connections between systems matter more, not less. A strong link to the docketing system and the DMS is what keeps work moving from one step to the next, without anyone copying data between them by hand.
Quartz IP builds IP operations software for patent and trademark law firms, including five of the top ten US patent filing firms, processing more than 700,000 documents a year. Firms can see how PracticeLink connects to their docketing system and DMS in the Quartz IP resources library, or request a walkthrough on their own setup.