APRIL 2007
Survey: IP trends preview: US in-house counsel speak out
MIP is producing an extensive survey of in-house IP counsel in the US, to be published in June this year. James Nurton provides a preview of the findings so far
IP work is booming in the US. According to provisional results of MIP's first-ever extensive survey of in-house counsel in North America, many companies have increased their IP budgets for both contentious and prosecution work, and similar numbers expect to increase budgets further in the next year. More than a third of respondents so far also expect to expand the size of their in-house IP department over the coming year.
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