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Patent Appeals on the Rise and Charging By the Page Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
While patent filings may be down, appeals are up. Law.com offers an explanation : According to the NLJ, patent challenges at the Patent and Trademark Office are up 70 percent this fiscal year, which began last October. The reason for the increase, say some IP lawyers, are stingier approval rates of patents at the PTO. This fiscal year only 44 percent of patents have been approved, compared to 66 percent five years ago.
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Patent Appeals on the Rise and Charging By the Page
Paul Lippe, founder of the on-line community Legal OnRamp, has written an interesting piece on change in the legal industry . Lippe asserts that most change in society (whether it is in politics, business, etc.) is not neatly planned out. It is not like the legislative process where all stakeholders come together to discuss issues, document positions and hammer out some sort of compromise. Rather, ” most change unfolds indirectly, through action rather than consensus”. Furthermore, he asserts that “Although lawyers are very sophisticated about the content of change, they can misinterpret the process of change, because they are more inclined to look for change in consensus than in action.” Citing remarks made by the CEO of Cisco Systems at the recent Legal Tech Show, Lippe goes on to suggest that in the legal profession “…the price of reading, creating documents, finding stuff, and communicating should come down, and the price of thinking will go up.
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Welcome to the Future of Law Firms
There continues to be a large gap between what Chief Legal Officers want and what they see their law firms delivering. According to a new study by consulting firm Altman Weil ( as reported in the American Lawyer ), …25 percent of CLOs surveyed said they were putting a ‘high’ amount of pressure on their outside panel firms to change “the value proposition in legal service delivery,” as opposed to simply cutting costs… while …only five percent of CLOs surveyed said firms are serious about changing their structure.
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According to CLO’s, Most Law Firms Not Meeting the Challenge
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