tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post2695230220563801712..comments2024-03-05T15:47:04.832+00:00Comments on SOLO IP <br> for sole and small IP practices<br>: Pay comparisons and zero hours: of perception and realityFilemothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15735898485265104580noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-84167790882110141262013-11-26T18:27:48.128+00:002013-11-26T18:27:48.128+00:00Not sure the first link took where it intended. No...Not sure the first link took where it intended. Not sure if the designer was home-alone or in-house or somewhere inbetween. The internet changed things for all legal professionals. Clients (and prospective clients) with little (or no) legal knowledge can read and learn legal stuff they just didn't have access to some twenty years ago. The task of the legal professional is to be creative / add value / explain to client (and prospective client) their creativity and additional value - which is something designers have been doing for a very long time. So the interesting question is how long will it be until designers (in the UK / on average) are paid more than legal professionals (in the UK / on average) ? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547963789032954274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-69220601189250763092013-11-26T15:24:46.054+00:002013-11-26T15:24:46.054+00:00I'm a patent attorney and charge £250 per hour...I'm a patent attorney and charge £250 per hour, but do not yet make enough to cover my costs. I don't know whether to charge more or less to improve the situation. I've accepted the uncertainty that comes with being a sole practitioner and also working with many clients that really have little understanding of how much patent attorneys need to know to get cases through the system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com