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12 June 2017CopyrightPaul J Sutton

Risky business: the challenge of patent contingency claims

Owners of patents have always had difficulty in locating a patent attorney or IP law firm willing to take on their representation involving a contingency claim against an accused infringer. This has been the situation whether or not the representation at the outset involved the commencement of a litigation.

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