Thursday, August 21, 2008

Are IP Boutiques going to disappear?

Law.com has an interesting article about the fight between IP boutiques and general practice firms. For many years oracles have predicted the end of IP boutiques...

Still interesting to note that "In IP Law & Business' survey last November of "Who Protects Innovation in America 2007," IP specialty firms accounted for only four of 31 firms listed as handling IP litigation in the United States for the world's 50 most innovative companies".

Issues to consider for choosing a firm: cost issues, expertise of the firm, business network of the individuals in the firm, requirements of the management team of the company hiring the firm/investors funding the company.

1 comments:

toronto barristers said...

Despite serious estimations from some groups that IP area of expertise companies face extinguished and obsolescence, many IP stores still sustain.

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