Legal Simple Intellectual Property release notes

  • Release version: Store
  • Updated June 11, 2026
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    Summary of Legal Simple Intellectual Property release notes

    Legal Simple Intellectual Property is a legal practice application available on the ServiceNow Store, designed to help organizations efficiently submit and track intellectual property (IP) requests throughout their lifecycle. Integrated with Legal Service Delivery, it streamlines patent team workflows via purpose-built phases and tasks such as invention disclosure. The application supports configurable intake processes to align with organizational needs while maintaining full transparency. Additionally, it enables quick engagement with outside counsel and management of rewards across various patent application stages.

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    Version History Highlights

    • Security Enhancements and Fixes: Multiple versions, including 1.7.0 (June 2026), 1.6.0 (December 2025), 1.4.2 (February 2025), 1.3.0 (November 2024), 1.2.0 (August 2024), and 1.0.7 (January 2024), focus on improving security and resolving vulnerabilities to protect sensitive IP data.
    • Bug Fixes and Functional Improvements: Issues related to workspace view scope changes, reward tasks in invention disclosure workflows, PDF generation for invention disclosures, visibility of legal request tabs, and record producer display permissions have been addressed across versions 1.6.1, 1.5.4, 1.5.3, 1.3.0, and 1.1.1.
    • Usability Enhancements: The Legal Simple Intellectual Property icon was improved for better space utilization in version 1.5.3.

    Practical Impact for ServiceNow Customers

    By using the Legal Simple Intellectual Property application, customers can expect a secure and transparent process for managing IP requests, enhanced productivity for patent teams through structured workflows, and reliable document generation capabilities. Regular updates address security concerns and usability issues, ensuring smooth operation aligned with organizational needs.

    Version history for the Legal Simple Intellectual Property application on the ServiceNow Store.

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    For details on system requirements and family compatibility, view the application listing on the ServiceNow Store website.

    Version history

    Version 1.7.0 - June 2026
    Changed: Security enhancements
    Version 1.6.1 - May 2026
    Fixed: Fixed an issue where installing the "sn_lg_ops" plugin incorrectly changed the workspace view scope from Global to Legal Request Management.
    Version 1.6.0 - December 2025
    Changed: Security enhancements.
    Version 1.5.4 - August 2025
    Fixed issues related to reward tasks in invention disclosure workflow.
    Version 1.5.3 - May 2025
    • Changed: Improved Legal Simple Intellectual Property icon for better space utilization.
    • Fixed:
      • For a legal request, the "Contract request" tab is not displayed. This issue has been fixed.
      • Generate PDF option is not working in Invention disclosure requests. This issue has been fixed.
    Version 1.4.2 - February 2025
    Fixed: Security bugs.
    Version 1.3.0 - November 2024
    • Fixed:
      • Record producers created for Legal Simple Intellectual Property application were not displayed to users having Catalog Editor role. This is now fixed.
      • Security fixes
    Version 1.2.0 - August 2024
    Security fixes.
    Version 1.1.1 - May 2024
    • Fixed:
      • Invention Declaration Form legal requests are not getting closed even after the Legal Matter is closed.
      • The owner of invention disclosure matter is not able to add the legal name of inventors.
      • The following PDF generation related issues are fixed:
        • Confirmation message wasn't displayed when the pdf was successfully generated.
        • Generated PDF wasn't formatted properly.
        • Inventors name was appearing incorrectly.
        • When generating the PDFs multiple times, the file names for the generated PDF weren't appended with versions.
      • For invention disclosure request, the reward amount of rejected reward task wasn't displayed when moving to patent filed stage.
      • In the invention disclosure related matter, the Application Status field in the header section and Proceed to Application action button weren't displayed.
    Version 1.0.7 - January 2024
    Security fixes.
    Version 1.0.5 - November 2023
    • Legal Simple Intellectual Property is a legal practice app included with Legal Service Delivery that provides organizations the ability to submit and track IP requests throughout the entire lifecycle. The workflow process helps boost the patent team's productivity by using purpose-built phases and tasks, including invention disclosure.
    • The intake process can be configured to meet organizational needs while ensuring full transparency is maintained. The patent team can quickly engage outside counsel and configure rewards for the different stages of the patent application through completion.