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

Is LS boutique to the buy side a viable route? Or is there often intermediary roles?

How much is the variable pay out for L9 employee if max of 27% is 450000, how much can we expect.

Has anyone here written a book or pursued other avenues of translating their skills and experience into income? Maybe an online course?

Hello Fishes,

What is the maximum package VOIS can offer for Assistant Manager position ?

YOE 3.7

Does Nagarro provide any hike at time of promotion?

Looking for an entry level remote tech position. Honestly not picky, current TC is 111k anything close to that would be appreciated.

Welp! Finally got the axe today too. I didn’t even get to talk to my manager. One of the execs I support told me he’s very sorry and I was great, etc etc, but it couldn’t be avoided. Whatever. I kind of never want to work again. I’m heartbroken.

Anyone long on Etsy?

Does anyone here have a Tesla? Should I do it???...

I think it’s over with my SO of 3 years. He tells me he loves me and wants to work things through but has lied to me several times in the past - some which were the same mistake three times. He knows he needs professional help (he’s also on antidepressants and has PTSD) but I don’t know how I can trust him again. Feeling completely broken - cannot believe the situation we’re in. I’m so sad my heart is breaking and I don’t know what to do

Been away from SF for 8 months. How is SF now?

How do you all respond when someone you work with asks gives you unsolicited organization advice/ says something like “do you not keep a to do list?” Lol I keep like 5 and 95% of the time I am so on top of things it’s crazy! Have one bad day/ couple days amd boom… my SM is asking if I keep a list…

Used car prices starting to come down?

Engineers who work entirely from home, what kind of work do you do?

Hi All. I am currently working in Oracle as QA analyst 2. I have 3.4 years of experience. Oracle has great wlb but the techstack is Robot Framework and my domain is telecom. I don’t see myself working in telecom for a longer run. I want to work with api and ui more. Recently recieved an offer for Sr QA engineer at Paytm. How’s paytm considering wlb and work culture. Can anyone pls help.

After submitting the info for my background verification, I came to know that my ex-employer switched his number. I mailed the verifying entity about it but haven't received any response yet from them. Can they reject my verification based on it solely?

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

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

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

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

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?

Any good recommendations for keeping up with new developments in a technical field? Maybe subscriptions to open access journals?

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 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.

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.

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

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.

Anyone aware of any soft IP (copyright/trademark/licensing, etc.) associate positions in the twin cities area in Minnesota? Litigation is great, transactional work is okie dokie as well.

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

Does anyone know the story with Paul, Weiss IP departures?

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?

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.

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 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.

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?

Hello, everyone! I'm applying to an LLM program in IP/IT Law in the United States, and I'm looking for work until then. I would forward to any advice you might have for me. Thank you so much.