What are the pros and cons of the following IP boutique firms: Finnegan, Fish, Banner Witcoff, Oblon, Knobbe?

Is Mindtree taking more time than usual to release offer letter after marge has happened?

Dear Microsoft Fishes,

How is work pressure in Level 58 support engineer roles.

Please put some light on the culture and work life balance.

Hi folks , what’s the salary range for Wipro Europe development centre (iDeas D&C) for B3 level Sr consultant ?

Does anyone here work at Globaldata? What’s your role? How much do you make? And how was the interview process?

Any bcg first rounders heard back today? When was your interview?

Hii all, I got an offer from KGS as Associate 2, with 8lpa, should I accept the offer?

Is any from valueLabs? I have cleared 2 technical rounds there and they have scheduled 3rd round which is going to be a coding round taken by manger. Any idea what type of problems they may ask ? I am interviewing for automation tester position with java/ python

I am going to speak with a recruiter at Houlihan Lokey TMT in LA. I would like to know more about the group and its culture. Would love to connect and network🙏

I'm 10+ years experienced SAP ABAP consultant.

What should be my Designation in
1.TCS,
2.INFOSYS,
3.HCL,
4.ACCENTURE,
5.DELLOITE

What’s the inside scoop on GALE agency NYC?

Hi All

Accenture Banglore
Team Analyst and Insights (Inhouse Project)
Package 10.65 fixed + 20 % variable pay

Wells Fargo Hyderabad
Team Data Management and Insights
Package 11 fixed and 50k joining bonus

Which company is better to join in terms of WLB ,job security, growth and learning opportunities

Yoe 3
Tech stack :- Sql ,Excel,R

What is take home salary if 9.5 lakhs CTC in UST

What are the Designation level at HSBC GSC for Hyderabad location. What is the band for Assistant Manager

Anyone from Embark able to tell me about some benefits you have. Like how long is Paternity leave and do you have to be with the firm for a year to use it? Also what health insurance do you have? I saw that Embark fully pays premiums but if it’s a junk insurance company then that’s not so great haha.
Also how often are you traveling / in office? Thanks!

Got Amazon career essentials (ACE) assessment to complete for Business Analyst role
To anyone who has experience with it- What kind of work simulation questions should I be expecting?
Is there a way I can prepare for it or any resources one must know of?

BIA Briefs: I’m an associate at an immigration law firm. I determined that immigration isn’t for me So I gave the managing partner my 2 weeks. He wants me to wrap up some BIA briefs before I leave however I’m reviewing the record for a lot these and I’m seeing that a lot of the arguments for Asylum, Withhold, and CAT are incomplete. How I’m going to argue that the IC abused its discretion or misapplied the law when we made a facially insufficient argument for relief?

Is LA the worst right now or am I just the worst?

Yesterday only during their press meet they told that they have honored all the offer letters last quarter...and today itself you can see so many delaying and postponing of joining cases in this group only....there must be something very wrong or messed up.

Has anyone joined TCS recently after completing in person onboarding? When did you receive the induction link and employee id? My in person onboarding was completed yesterday but I haven't received any email yet.

Hi everyone

Being a self motivating person still feeling dejected it little demotivating.

Trying from all resources including Naukri ,LinkedIn,instahyre and many more ways includeind sending mail to the recruiters.
But not getting any desired role or company . Makes me feel disheartened,feels like will have to wait a very long to get something desired.

Total ex : 6.3 yr
Skill: functional,manual,API testing .
Notice period:30 days

Your generous suggestion n comment will help .

Best fine print in RFP history: The number of bidders is less than 2.

what to do with aaron rodgers?

My current CTC is 24 Lac but my Grade is I at BNY.
Got 0% hike as HR said that I joined BNY last year as I don't deserve.

Got an offer from TIAA at 32Lac.
Is it worth to join TIAA.
BnY has quality Work + they are very flexible for work rather than @TIAA which wants me to be in office for 3 days a week. TiAA is offering me associate. I am a higher level in BNY

After how long we will hear back once online test compelted ?

Graphic Design Intern Needed! Los Angeles agency seeking a GD intern for a paid internship. Please send direct message.

IMO I’ve never seen more pharma jobs open. And I keep seeing so many people in non-pharma looking for new jobs... well, we’ve got them. What’s the disconnect? Why do you think people won’t make the switch?

Just started a new job and three people from the team have put in their notice or have left. Not a good look.

Anyone know the best way to find out about business development roles in PE (I.e. sourcing). Sick of the investing side and think BD would be a good fit

Any Sales tips? What has worked for you all when doing cold calls? And any tips and idea on building your book of biz?

I am working on a NFOA for a design case. The Examiner identified a primary references and four secondary references. The Examiner also pointed out five differences between the primary reference and the claimed design. For the reply, I found nine additional differences between the claimed design and the primary reference, two of which are not present in any of the cited references. Should I clarify the level of a designer having ordinary skill in the art first? Complex/Expensive article. TY!

What would you say the going rates are for (i) non provisional application drafting and (ii) office action responses?

What do folks find most frustrating about patent prosecution? Drafting, OAs, client relations, other?

For me, I dislike drafting the spec to explicitly recite the basic things it does, eg, server talks to client to do <basic action>.

Any insight into life as a patent agent with stern Kessler? Are there directors to avoid in the chemistry area?

Any recommendations for patent prosecution practice management software for a small firm? Currently not using anything and want to be able to better manage and monitor associates.

Has anyone regretted going in-house as patent counsel? If so, were you able to successfully transition back to a firm?

Any recommendations for a document management system that automatically saves emails into the proper folders?

Do you work somewhere where quality is valued over efficiency? Where can I find this? In-house? Small boutique?

Does anyone’s practice also include patent lit? I’m thinking of switching from prosecution to litigation (my firm has separate lit and pros practice groups). If you practice patent lit, is there anything that you dislike about it/anything you wish you would have known earlier?

A frustrated colleague asked for help with a difficult prosecution. I agreed to help. I just reviewed up the case and the examiner is combining NINE references. I think that’s a record for me. What’s your record for most number of references combined?

Any recommendations for free or reasonably priced CLE courses for patent prosecution?

If a client asks law firm A to transfer a couple of patent prosecution cases to law firm B, does law firm A need to deliver all relevant documents to law firm B? Can law firm B just submit POA and access all the files via Private Pair? Thank you

What do y’all use to draw informal figures? I currently use powerpoint but am curious if there are more efficient ways. What have you found most efficient/convenient?

Anybody know anything about Nicholson de vos Webster Elliott for patent pros? Culture, pay, hours etc? Mid level looking to lateral

I’m a patent pros. paralegal working in bio/chem at my firm, 26 yo with an MS in Chem at 100k and a 115 hr billable req.
After the mental beat down that was grad school, I’m happy to have straightforward tasks and mentally coast, but my attys want me to start studying for the patent bar asap.
I like where I’m at and I know that once I start down the tech spec/agent/attorney path, it’s going to be full speed. How long do you think I can/should stay in this position before starting to study?

Subject matter eligibility "doctrines" .... lol amirite?

In prosecution, if a patent attorney does not try to remove prior art cited by an examiner (eg a 130 affidavit to assert an exception under102(b)(1)(A)), but instead makes arguments to overcome the art, may the attorney made an admission that bars removing the art later in prosecution. Just received such a transfer case, looking for options.

Does anyone find an attack on the Examiner’s prima facia showing of obviousness a lot more effective than distinguishing each and every prior art reference.

I recently underwrote a reply to final. Didn’t even bother with the references since I just got the case. Overcame the rejections.

Can anyone comment on how effective this is?

First year associate thinking about making the just from medium sized reputable IP firm to In House. Started at said firm summer of 1L year as a law clerk/patent agent in May 2019, have worked through school and full time as associate since Sept 2021. Feeling very “stuck” in day to day work. Love the patent/IP space but drafting and pros w/minimal human interaction is getting very difficult. Thinking In House would be better, but not sure how much experience needed. Thoughts?

Any good recommendations for patent industry magazines with regular print editions? too much of my keeping up to date is by blogs.