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Why a Patent Firm Should Consider Outsourcing?Speed

By Stephen M. Nipper

Three years ago I wrote a post on the ReThink(IP) blog on ?Insourcing Patent Work? where I talked about ?insourcing,? namely rather than sending patent work overseas, instead sending it inland (US) to smaller metropolitan areas where hourly rates and costs in general are less. [note: I apparently misuse the word ?insourcing? in that piece (“correct” definition here), perhaps ?farm-sourcing? would have been a better word.] That one post has, over the past few years, has resulted in handfuls of emails from Indian firms arguing with me, telling me that I am wrong?arguing that sending work to India is the best thing (to them?) ever. To me, the biggest annoyance with the topic is all of the ?Chicken Little? patent attorneys running around worrying that their jobs are going to India...continue to full post

Full post as published by Invent Blog on June 12, 2008 (boomark / email).