Not everyone can have full-time legal staff. While there are many advantages to internal lawyers, hiring in-house counsel may not always be possible. Moreover, hiring traditional outside counsel is often expensive and inefficient and can sometime ineffective. Outsourced, in-house counsel can be an elegant solution.
Below are some of situations when outsourced, in-house counsel can help. They include when a company:
Previously I discussed the business case for engaging outsourced in-house counsel when a company is facing legal challenges related to standard essential patent (SEP) assertions,[1] in the context of trade secret services,[2] and when engaging outside litigation counsel.[3] In this article I discuss a slightly counter-intuitive use for outsourced in-house counsel: intellectual property (IP) department creation.
Previously I discussed the business case for engaging outsourced in-house counsel when a company is facing legal challenges related to standard essential patent (SEP) assertions[1] and in the context of trade secret services.[2] In this article I discuss how outsourced in-house counsel can provide significant value-add when engaging outside litigation counsel. Where a company does not have in-house counsel, or where in-house counsel is not familiar with a specialized area like Intellectual Property (IP) litigation, outsourced, in-house counsel can both help the company engage the best outside counsel and manage them more effectively. Read more
BlackBerry announced the outsourcing of a significant part of its patent licensing efforts on Wednesday to a unit of the U.S.-based Marconi Group. I guess with the privateering model under attack around the world, legal process outsourcing or LPO monetization is the next steps in evolution. I wonder, though, in practice how safe Blackberry will be from being dragged into litigation as a necessary party or collaterally attacked by licensees. It will be interesting to watch how this evolves.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-blackberry-licensing/blackberry-shifts-patent-strategy-through-outsourcing-deal-idUSKBN1DF345?il=0
Not everyone can have full-time legal staff. While there are many advantages to internal lawyers, hiring in-house counsel may not always be possible. Moreover, hiring traditional outside counsel is often expensive and inefficient and can sometime ineffective. Outsourced, in-house counsel can be an elegant solution.
Previously I discussed the business case for engaging outsourced in-house counsel when a company is facing legal challenges related to standard essential patent (SEP) assertions[1] and in the context of trade secret services.[2] In this article I discuss how outsourced in-house counsel can provide significant value-add when engaging outside litigation counsel. Where a company does not have in-house counsel, or where in-house counsel is not familiar with a specialized area like Intellectual Property (IP) litigation, outsourced, in-house counsel can both help the company engage the best outside counsel and manage them more effectively.
Previously I discussed the business case for engaging outsourced in-house counsel when a company is facing legal challenges related to standard essential patent (SEP) assertions,[1] in the context of trade secret services,[2] and when engaging outside litigation counsel.[3] In this article I discuss a slightly counter-intuitive use for outsourced in-house counsel: intellectual property (IP) department creation. Read more
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