tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post6145015036866816398..comments2024-03-27T08:57:40.383+00:00Comments on SOLO IP <br> for sole and small IP practices<br>: Networking or NepotismFilemothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15735898485265104580noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-5005064138830447252008-07-02T17:02:00.000+01:002008-07-02T17:02:00.000+01:00Oh I was so excited I thought we've got a new comm...Oh I was so excited I thought we've got a new commenter. You're quite right my post is a bit of a ramble. <BR/>I suspect that rule 9 doesn't embrace trademark agents that one might subcontract a portion of the work to, but still supervise - but maybe it does. Personally, I've always taken the view that I would be liable if an overseas agent were negligent. I certainly notified my insurer when an Egyptian agent reported an office action to me the day after the final inextensible deadline for responding (This is a historical example and does not relate to my present firm or insurer). While my firm would have would have a claim against their insurer (if any), I think my client could have claimed against my firm. They didn't make a claim, which was inordinately well mannnered. However, insurance claims always go up in times of recession.Filemothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15735898485265104580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-82808626976513988642008-07-02T16:19:00.000+01:002008-07-02T16:19:00.000+01:00Well this is the second attempt to say that the ab...Well this is the second attempt to say that the above comment was from me, but for some reason I seem only to be able to leave anonymous comments. Comments in my own name seem to vanish without trace. I am obviously doing something wrong, so will try once more and see what happens...Shireen Smith, Azrightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00878214320196044240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-79204263692074190562008-07-02T15:33:00.000+01:002008-07-02T15:33:00.000+01:00There are a lot of different points being raised b...There are a lot of different points being raised by your post, and not sure whether this is helpful in response, but my terms of business say that where we need to instruct third party agents to act for a client we are not liable for their deficiencies, and although we will of course take care to select third parties who are of good quality, we sometimes have limited knowledge of their work, so we welcome feedback from the client so that we know more about the quality of third parties we refer. <BR/>All else being equal, I would refer someone whom I have met over someone I have never met, and if there is a choice of people, then I will use the one I liked most because I reckon they will be good to do business with. One hopes that professionals are of a certain standard, so that it will only be in rare cases where one will end up choosing someone incompetent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com