Re: Outsourcing patents to India

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On 4/02/04, bemaha wrote:
> On 4/02/04, Kibitzer wrote:
>> On 4/02/04, bemaha wrote:
>>> On 4/01/04, RSU wrote:
>>>> Also, should people in the
>>>> U.S. bother getting patent prosecution experience anymore
>>>> if this is the future?
>>>>
>>>> rsu
>>>
>>>
>>> Does this mean the beginning of the end of U.S. patent
>>> prep/pros attorneys? This amazes me. When I earned my law
>>> degree after getting a masters degree in engineering, I
>>> thought I'd at least be safe in this field of law. Now I see
>>> we are not safe anywhere. OR maybe U.S. patent attorneys will
>>> have to start charging $50 to draft a complex electrical
>>> application.
>>
>> I think any job that you could imagine doing effectively by
>> telecomuting is a strong candidate for offshoring.
>>
>> If the job requires expertise in English and technical skills,
>> right now the logical choice seems to be India, but for other
>> work there are other places even cheaper.
>>
>> There are some advantages to having a local practitioner draft
>> your patent applications, but why would someone in Atlanta
>> prefer a person in Texas over someone in India?
>
>
> Why would someone prefer a person in Atlanta over India? Oh, gee,
> I don't know, maybe a sense of national pride and patriotism, and
> a sense that we should trust American trained attorneys over
> foreign trained attorneys? Oh, but I forgot, pride, honesty, a

The point was that once you agree to use someone non local, business
reasons might make you chose India rather than a distant, domestic
patent attorney. The price in India is going to be cheaper and you
don't get the advantages of using a local person in either case.
Why woud people who are outsourcing manufacturing and engineering
work hesitate to outsource their IP work?

I have the same stake in the debate as you, but a sense of
partriotism and national pride does not seem to make a difference
with outsource IT work, engineering, or manufacturing.

Isaac

Re: Outsourcing patents to India, 5/22/04, by Kibitzer.

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