Good evening all, I'm looking forward to engaging with the group and sharing information and knowledge as well as receiving it.

Any idea what is 80% and 120% salary range for AVP(B8) in Natwest Group India?

What is the best way to tell customers that I will need a few minutes without making them mad? Or do you keep them chatting while you do the account stuff?

Hi, I am currently working as a Business Analyst. Let me know if any referral opportunity is available for Senior Data Analyst or Senior Business Analyst roles. YOE: 3 CTC: 14

I am a m4 interviewing with Canada, Australia and UK offices in ey. Could leave US due to h1b rfe. Any idea on what's a m4 salary at these locations for IT assurance

Do you play phone games during busy season?

Best places for takeout in inner loop? I love Local Foods, Aladdin, etc.

Hello everyone. I am an international business and finance fresher looking for a new job

So finally i found a sweet girl. She was my uber driver from airport. I felt a sudden "💙2💘" connection the first time we had an eye contact. Is it just me after busy season or what?#trollswelcome2💩

Can anyone recommend a good fixed income investment that I can add to my ROTH IRA account?

What should I be considering when evaluating a business analyst role? Are these more accounting than finance, FP&A, or does it change by company?

Have you ever done an icebreaker or team challenge exercise that you found to be engaging/fun vs. lame/forced? Could be with clients, partner vendors/agencies, or internal teams.

Hi fishes! To those of you who moved from UK (or elsewhere) to Dubai for work - is it the standard norm to get an expat package when you move to Dubai? Just trying to understand how it works. Thanks!!

Are there any immediate hire positions in the L&D ? If so, please drop the links in chat or send me a PM.

Bouncing ideas here my Chiro mentioned that he is having trouble with his AR over 300K sitting in 120 from PPO plans. He was thinking of hiring someone that will charge him 11% to manage and collect his AR
I was thinking of offering to be a consultant, clean up his AR and make changes to current practice for future collections.
I have never done this but it’s genuinely exciting. How much would you change and how? And is this an enticing idea instead of outsourcing billing and paying a fee forev

Are all large healthcare provider organizations (big health systems) messed up? In terms of poor senior leadership, no accountability, poor support to their leaders, mismanaged, etc.

What do y’all think about the new Copyright Small Claims courts that will be set up within the year?

Hi, I just passed the bar exam! I am planning on starting my own firm and will start off practicing trademark registrations. What are some tips you have for starting off with trademark registration practice.

How much do you bill per month as an associate in patent prosecution? I struggle when I get over 170.

Although I know you don’t need to pass the patent bar to “technically” do patent litigation, would it be a dead end move to pursue patent litigation without a technical degree / admission to the patent bar? In other words, would most BL firms refuse to staff associates on patent litigation cases if they don’t have a technical degree?

Currently a trademark prosecution attorney that does some trademark / copyright litigation.

What IP software do you rely on for your relative IP practice?

Does anyone know of ways to get practical experience in copyright/trademark law? I have been looking to change practice areas and would like to learn more!

I’m looking to get into IP lit. I currently do ID lit (primarily auto). I’m only 7 months into practice. What are the chances I’ll be accepted into an IP lit position? If so, what kind of salary/bonuses should I expect?

Currently doing MVA insurance defense. Just the job I got out of law school. I’ve been really trying to switch to IP. Will I have any problems? Only been practicing for 6 months.

Anyone have a sample contract clause for a procurement situation where you want the vendor to take responsibility for acquiring third-party software licenses and pass the license rights through to your client as part of the end deliverable?

Potential client owns eCommerce site selling graphic design caricature posters of celebrities from independent artist submissions. Is there name & likeness issues with client selling the posters w/o celebrity approval?

Is it a viable business opportunity for a mid level patent litigation associate to leave BigLaw and consult? Service could include pre-litigation diligence (e.g., pre-litigation infringement analysis) for funding companies and law firms, overflow work, consulting for patent prosecution firms that take on ipr or litigation work, litigation consulting for tech companies that don’t have in-house counsel. Cross posting this in the BigLaw bowl.

I am not sure just how many people are in this bowl but I feel like I just need to say this...I AM SO GRATEFUL AND HAPPY WITH MY DECISION TO PRACTICE IP! I am a newer attorney and I practice solely trademark law. I love it, my boss, my schedule and I am happy! I am seeing so many attorneys posting about burnout, stress, and hating their jobs in the other bowls and I just needed to shout it out to the universe that I think we made the right decision with IP.

What is your best marketing method to acquire new IP clients? Facebook? Tiktok? Word or mouth?

Looking for advice for a competitive salary range for a 3rd year IP attorney in Southwestern US.

Potential client owns an e-commerce website selling graphic design posters (think college type posters) submitted by a freelance artists. Most of sales are from posters based off of celebrity musicians. Does client need a license from the celebrities to sell graphic posters of the celebrities even though it is from freelance artists?

I recently started with Firm A (AM Top 200), and Firm B (AM Top 50) reached out for an interview. Given the potential pay with Firm B is significant (I’d say life-changing), I scheduled the interview. Should I disclose Firm A during the interview or wait and only disclose if Firm B makes an offer? Between now and the interview, I will not have completed any significant work for Firm A.

Trademark confusion question. New to TMa here.
Do you think these names would be confusingly similar in same class of services?

MANUFACTURETALK vs MANUFACTURE HAWK

Not real names. Both start with same term - diff is between talk and hawk? I think it wouldn’t be confusingly similar as talk and hawk elicit diff meaning to a consumer. What you think?

Anyone use a ghostwriter for their IP blog? Any tips in providing guidelines to the writer would be helpful.

Any ideas for automating IP legal work?

What kind of copyright work can you practice for clients outside your jurisdiction without violating ethical rules besides copyright registrations.