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@justin, as a patent attorney, I've wondered if Atrium has considered exploring providing patent-related services to clients. Is this something that is on the
by toekyoe 8y ago
@justin, as a patent attorney, I've wondered if Atrium has considered exploring providing patent-related services to clients. Is this something that is on the horizon?
You mentioned the need to educate people about different disciplines. Patent attorneys seem like a great fit for a company with that need since most patent attorneys have previous careers as engineers. Also, patent attorneys could greatly benefit from the exposure to the transactional/corporate side of law, which appears to be Atrium's current focus.
- Alex3917 8y agoThe problem is that if you knowingly infringe on a patent, it's triple damages. So most companies that are big enough to have any budget aren't going to be allowed to use any product that involves them or anyone else searching through the patent database or using data from the patent database, since any record that they did so could result in massive legal liability. There are about 15 companies in this space offering various services, but because of this issue the market has remained relatively small even though a lot of these companies have been around for a decade or more and have pretty mature offerings.
- toekyoe 8y agoThanks for the informative reply!