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patent solicitor fee

  • 23-09-2013 7:47pm
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    y0ssar1an22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,258 ✭✭✭✭


    Anyone know of a firm/solicitor that offer an all inclusive patent service, but you pay an agreed fee before they start. Basically you agree a fee, and pay that regardless of how much time it takes?
    Or do they all charge by the hour?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Bepolite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Bepolite


    Google the small number of firms that do IP, or the smaller still number that specialise in it and ask.


  • #3
    y0ssar1an22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,258 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    thanks for that. i was trying to avoid ringing all of them and doing that. guess its the way forward now. CHARGE!!!


  • #4
    ambro25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭ambro25


    y0ssar1an22 wrote: »
    Anyone know of a firm/solicitor that offer an all inclusive patent service, but you pay an agreed fee before they start. Basically you agree a fee, and pay that regardless of how much time it takes?
    Or do they all charge by the hour?

    Thanks
    The short answer is: it depends :D

    On a lot of variables, but at its simplest on (i) what is the work and (ii) does the firm provide fixed-fee services for that work and/or aspects of it.

    Some do, some don't and, in my experience, none do in Ireland...though the financial crisis has changed many aspects of professional practice, and it's been a while since I practiced there.

    On the assumption that, by mentioning 'all inclusive patent service' you want to obtain a patent and are starting from scratch, you will never get such an 'all inclusive patent service' for a fixed fee, because there are simply far too many variables beyond the control of your patent attorney, which have a direct influence on their business model/profitability.

    Find a sole practitionner working out of his lounge or garden shed, they tend to be the most cost-competitive. But, as with all services, you usually end up getting what you pay for.


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